Slideways

Slideways is a daily word puzzle where your mission is to find every hidden five-letter word by sliding columns of letters up and down to form valid words in a highlighted center row.

You start with five columns of scrambled letters. Each column contains six letters stacked vertically. Drag any column up or down, or tap individual letters, to cycle through the possibilities. When the center row spells a valid word, it locks in and gets added to your found list.

• Slide columns up or down to arrange letters in the highlighted center row.
• Find all five-letter words hidden in the puzzle.
• Each word uses one letter from each of the five columns.
• Use Hint if you're stuck, Check to test if your current row is valid, or Shuffle to rearrange the columns.
• Words range from common vocabulary to obscure terms that will stretch your lexicon.
• A new puzzle drops every day.

Why we like it:

• ✅The sliding mechanic turns word hunting into a tactile, satisfying puzzle.
• ✅Finding that first cluster of words creates momentum that carries you through.
• ✅Obscure words like "agnate" and "coelom" make each completion feel like a vocabulary workout.

Hint: Start by looking for common letter patterns like "ing," "tion," or double letters. Once you find a few words, note which letters appear in each column. That knowledge narrows your search for the trickier words hiding in the same letter pool.