About Swapple
Swapple is a free daily word puzzle. You start with a word, a five-letter pocket, and a target word. Your goal is to reach the target in as few letter swaps as you can.
How to play
- Select one letter in your current word.
- Select a letter from your pocket to swap with it.
- Your new word must be in the game's dictionary. The removed letter goes into your pocket.
- Repeat until the word matches the target. Try to find the shortest route.
Puzzles use three-, four-, or five-letter English words. New puzzles from November 12, 2026 onward start with at most one letter already in its target position; earlier historical puzzles are unchanged. Every published puzzle has a verified shortest solution. Uncommon but valid dictionary words may appear along the way.
One puzzle each day
A new puzzle appears each day at midnight in the Asia/Jerusalem time zone. You can restart, review yesterday's example solution, and share your result without sharing the solution itself.
Scores and progress
There is no move limit. Your score compares the number of swaps you used with the shortest possible route. Your browser stores your in-progress game locally so refreshing doesn't erase it.
Why Swapple?
Unlike games that ask you to guess a single word, Swapple asks you to navigate a chain of valid words using a limited supply of letters. The challenge is both vocabulary and planning: choosing the next valid word is not always the shortest way to the target.