Dead Letters

Dead Letters is a daily word game from Here's What You Do where your mission is to make five words from a pool of ten letters, but there's a twist: the first letter of each word you create becomes permanently unusable.

You start with ten letters arranged on your screen. Form the longest word you can, submit it, and watch as its first letter vanishes from the pool. Now you're down to nine usable letters. Repeat four more times, building words from a shrinking alphabet. Your score is the sum of all five word lengths, so longer words mean higher scores.

• You must make 5 words total from the starting set of 10 letters.
• After you submit a word, its first letter becomes dead and can't be reused.
• Each word's length contributes to your total score.
• Shuffle the letters anytime to help spot new combinations.
• A new puzzle drops every day.

Why we like it:

• ✅The shrinking letter pool creates genuine tension as options narrow.
• ✅Strategic depth rewards planning ahead instead of burning your best letters early.
• ✅Quick enough for a coffee break but satisfying enough to replay mentally all morning.

Hint: Don't blow your high value letters on the first word. Scout for a five word path that maximizes total length, even if it means starting with a shorter word to preserve key letters for later rounds.