Two players · turn by turn · no clock
Steal words.
Build your legend.
A two-player word game where every word you bank can be stolen, and every word your opponent banks is fair game.
Their vault4 lettersEvery letter of their word, plus at least one of yours. The word and its points move to your vault.
Use every letter. Add one. It's yours.
Each round you build a word from your own private rack and bank it in your vault. Then the stealing starts.
To take an opponent's word, make a new word that uses all of its letters plus at least one of yours. Rearrange as much as you like. The word, and every point it's worth, moves to your vault.
There's no clock and no reward for speed. Turns are taken whenever suits you, so the player who looks hardest wins.
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From HEART, adding YEARTHY5 + 1 → 6
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From STONE, adding S and rearrangingONSETS5 + 1 → 6
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From PILOT, adding R and EPOLITER5 + 2 → 7
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STONE to NOTES doesn't countno new letter5 + 0
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Nor does STONESa bare S is beneath a burglar5 + S
Your turn.
Your opponent banked GHOST. You're holding R, I, N, E, A. Make a word with every letter of GHOST and at least one of yours. No clock. Take as long as you like.
Their word · 5
Your letters · 5
Your steal
The vault is the score.
Every word you bank sits in your vault, and your score is simply what's in it. Steal a word and its points leave their vault and land in yours.
So the player in front always has the fattest vault to rob, and a lead is never safe to sit on. Nothing is rigged for the player behind, though. They still have to find the steal.
Your vault3 wordsTheir vault2 words · 1 goneEvery word has a price.
Each burglar starts the match with the same kit. Nothing is drawn and nothing is random. What matters is what you spend, and when.
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Visible
Lock
A thief needs three extra letters to take this word, not one.
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Hidden
Trap
A steal on this word fails, and you take their cheapest word.
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One letter
Forgery
Supplies one letter you're missing for a steal.
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Sees traps
Spyglass
Reveals your opponent's hidden Traps.
Three ways in.
- Real people · turn by turn
Head to head
Play real people, one turn at a time. Move whenever it suits you and keep several matches going at once.
- The bot · offline
Practice
Take on the bot at three levels, on your own time, even offline.
- Daily · one attempt
Daily Raid
One deal, one steal, one shot. A fresh board every day.
The job starts soon.
Word Burgle is coming to iPhone. Questions in the meantime? Get in touch.