Lexicographer: Word Games

Climb the Word Ladder from Foundations to Lexicographer, play six fresh Daily puzzles, and earn your medals. Eleven word games, no ads, works offline.

How far up the ladder can you climb?

Lexicographer is a collection of word games built around one idea: every word starts with a letter of the one before. Start with everyday words and work your way up to the rarest words in the dictionary.

THE WORD LADDER Each new word begins with a letter picked from the last, and must match a given length and number of vowels. Rare words score more, so the better your vocabulary, the higher you climb. Five stages take you from Foundations to Lexicographer, with longer words and stranger vowel patterns at every step. Finish the whole ladder to earn your certificate, and keep climbing to unlock new looks.

THE DAILY LADDER Six new puzzles every day, solved in any order. Everyone at your medal level gets the same ones, so you can compare scores with friends and keep your streak going.

ELEVEN WAYS TO PLAY • Word Ladder: the main climb, 28 levels across five stages • Endless Ladder: pick a difficulty from 1 to 9 and keep going • Daily Ladder: six fresh puzzles every day • Common Ground: the opposite of the ladder. The more common your word, the more it scores • Meaning Match: pick the right meaning of a rare word from four • Blitz: as many words as you can for one clue in 60 seconds • Mix Up: the letters are in the word, but never where they're shown • Crossover: each word crosses the one before at a set letter • Gloss: a definition, a first letter and a length. Name the word • Challenges: no repeated letters, vowel pairs and hidden endings • Ladder Duel: two players, one phone. You choose the letter your opponent must start with Plus seasonal specials for Christmas and Halloween.

MEDALS AND ACHIEVEMENTS Every word adds to your points. Reach Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum to unlock more games, and collect achievements along the way. Game Center leaderboards for total points, Endless, Blitz and the Daily Ladder.

HELP WHEN YOU NEED IT Stuck? Ask for a definition, a letter or the ending, paid for from your points. There are free definitions every day, too.

FREE TO PLAY The first two stages of the Word Ladder, the Daily Ladder, Common Ground, Meaning Match and Ladder Duel are free, and Blitz, Mix Up and Crossover unlock as you earn medals.

LEXICOGRAPHER PRO One payment, no subscription, shared with your family: • The rest of the Word Ladder: Stretch, Advanced and Lexicographer • Endless Ladder • Gloss and Challenges, with no medal needed • Two extra free clues every day • The Daily archive: play any Daily Ladder from the last 30 days • Streak savers to keep your Daily streak going when you miss a day

No ads. No account. No data collected. Works offline.