The word is claimed. Not the tiles.
Every word found is captured permanently. The tiles reset to neutral after each word, but the word is gone. The board stays alive, but the word list shrinks.
Diction: Word Search made Competitive
Head-to-head on one shared grid — first to submit a word keeps it. Play live or train offline.
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5×5 · 3 min · Word capture
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Solo & training
Concept
The board stays alive. The words disappear.
Ruzzle proved the market — sixty million downloads, fourteen years of loyal players. Diction makes each word a permanent claim on a shared word list, with ranking infrastructure that gives every match meaning.
Deny by finding their words.
In word capture you deny by finding the words your opponent was building toward — which requires reading their intentions, not just claiming tiles.
Ranking is the product.
Ruzzle's ranking is a feature. Diction's ranking is the product. A single ELO number that moves with every ranked result — matchmaking that treats your rating as something worth protecting.
Game modes
One competitive board. Training, solo, and ranked.
Training · 5×5
Learn the board. Learn denial.
Spar against a bot on the same 5×5 used for Standard and Daily on mobile. Capture words faster than your opponent — the full game is faster, meaner, live.
Ranked · 5×5PvP · Live capture
Live PvP on the competitive board.
Ranked Diction is played on the 5×5 grid — the same spatial puzzle as Standard, Daily, and Training on iOS. Read faster than your opponent and deny their words before they lock them in.
Roadmap
Solo modesFirst to ship
Unlimited. Time Attack. Daily Puzzle.
Three variants on one engine. Build vocabulary with no clock, chase a personal best on Quick Play (4×4), or compete on the same 5×5 daily grid as everyone else on mobile.
Competitive infrastructure
One ELO rating. Every ranked match counts.
Global ELO-based ranking tracks every ranked result. Beat stronger opponents to climb; lose to weaker ones and your rating drops. Everyone starts at 1000 — your number is earned through performance, not time spent.
Match historyVolt · 1847 ELO
WKyro+12(30 – 18)
WSable+9(24 – 21)
LOnyx-10(16 – 27)
WMara+47(41 – 11)
LVex-8(19 – 24)
Every match changes your rating.
Wins and losses move your ELO up or down based on who you played and the scoreline. The best players will know each other by name. Rivalries will form. Rankings will be watched.
Mastery layer
Free to play. No pay-to-win. The competitive ladder stays pure.
A mastery subscription for players who take climbing seriously. Chess.com monetises analysis and coaching — never ranked-game advantages. So do we.
- Full board revealAfter every match, see every word that existed on that board — mapped against what you actually found.
- Coverage ratingPer-match accuracy score. Watch your share of the available board climb as you read grids faster.
- Performance trendsHistorical breakdowns across vocabulary patterns, tile recognition, and pacing under pressure.
- Move-by-move replayStep through any past match with timestamped traces. See the eight-letter word you walked past twice.
Post-match · AnalysisPro preview
Words
42 / 73
Score
34%
Best
THERMALS+11
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Coverage trend · last 7 matches
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