Word Grove: Word Association

Word Grove is a word puzzle game about the connections between words: find four that share a hidden category, tap them, and harvest the group.

480 hand-authored levels, 24 illustrated worlds, five challenge types and over 2,200 original categories - all of it offline, with no ads.

How It Plays

Every board hides several secret groups of four. Beagle, Poodle, Corgi and Husky are dog breeds - spot the link, tap the four tiles, and the category is revealed as fresh words drop in to fill the gaps. It takes a minute to learn, and the categories keep getting cleverer.

Five Kinds of Challenge

- Grove - the classic board. Find every hidden group.
- Sunrace - the same puzzle, against the clock.
- Seeker - one category is named. Find its four words among convincing decoys.
- Cuckoo - five words, one impostor. Which one does not belong?
- Split - words arrive one at a time. Sort each into one of two baskets.

24 Worlds to Wander

The campaign runs from Dawn Meadow through Misty Forest, Coral Shallows, Golden Savanna, Glacier Fjord and Starfall Canyon, all the way to The Eternal Grove. Every world is illustrated and carries its own original ambient track, and every level is written by hand rather than generated at random. Over 2,200 categories span animals, food, science, mythology, world cultures and wordplay, so the boards stay fresh for a long, long time.

A New Puzzle Every Day

The Daily Grove is one fresh puzzle a day, the same board for every player, with a streak calendar to keep going. A calm daily brain game: a few quiet minutes of puzzling that fit neatly into a coffee break.

Three Endless Modes

- Amber Rush - a timed, endless run of groups.
- Cuckoo - impostor rounds, one after another.
- Seeker - named categories hidden among decoys.

Earned, Never Sold

A rotating weekly event brings its own currency and a 20-tier reward pass. There are 12 achievements to complete and 9 tile styles to unlock. Everything in Word Grove is earned at the board by playing.

Made to Be Calm

Original ambient music for every world, soft haptics, and spring animations that make a solved group feel good. Play with the sound on for the atmosphere, or in silence on a late train home.

What Word Grove Does Not Have

- No ads. No banners, no videos, none anywhere.
- No paywalls, and no energy or lives timers telling you to come back later.
- No sign-in and no account. It is a game, not a service.
- No internet connection needed. Word Grove is fully offline, on a plane or underground.
- Optional tips are the only purchase, and they unlock nothing at all - purely a thank-you to the developer.

If you enjoy word games, category and association puzzles, daily brain teasers, vocabulary practice or simply a relaxing offline game for the end of the day, open the Daily Grove and start a streak. Word Grove is free to play, and it is not a game you will finish in a week.

Pull up a chair in the grove. The words are waiting.

Made with care by Sycamore Hill Studios.

Recent changes:
Word Grove is here. 480 hand-authored groves across 24 illustrated worlds, in five challenge types: Grove, Sunrace, Seeker, Cuckoo and Split. A new Daily Grove every day with a streak calendar, plus three endless modes - Amber Rush, Cuckoo and Seeker. Over 2,200 original categories, ambient music for every world, 12 achievements and 9 tile styles to unlock by playing. Fully offline, with no ads and no paywalls.

Thank you for playing.

Sycamore Hill Studios