Word game · Lychee Games
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Word Spies is a word-guessing team game. A grid of 25 words hides your team’s agents, bystanders and one assassin. A clue-giver on each team sees the key and gives a one-word clue plus a number, and teammates guess the matching words. I built it for four to six players online, with co-op and solo options too.
- Players: 1 to 6
- Modes: Solo, Online room, Daily
- Price: free, no sign-up
Play Word Spies nowOpens in your browser. Nothing to install.
How to play Word Spies
Goal: Find all of your team’s agents on the 25-word grid before the other team, and never touch the assassin.
- Each team has a clue-giver. Only the clue-givers see the key: red has nine agents, blue has eight.
- The clue-giver gives one word and a number, never a word printed on the board.
- Teammates guess up to that number plus one, or end their turn early.
- A friendly agent lets you keep guessing. A bystander or an opposing agent ends the turn. The assassin loses the game at once.
Scoring and winning
- The first team to find all its agents wins. Picking the assassin loses immediately. Team games stop at 40 turns.
- Tiles show shapes as well as colours: ▲ red agent, ● blue agent, ○ bystander, × assassin.
Controls
- Keyboard
- Tab or ← ↑ → ↓ choose a tile
- Enter or Space guess it
- Touch
- Tap a tile to guess
- Tap End guessing turn when you are unsure
Modes
- Solo
- Computers fill every empty role.
- Daily
- You are a red operative with Master computers.
- Co-op
- Two players, both red: find all nine agents within nine turns.
- Online
- Four to six players in red and blue teams. Create a room and send the code or invite link, or join with a friend’s code. One code from the hub’s Play together panel works for every game.
Tips
- As clue-giver, look for a word that links two or three of your agents and steers clear of the assassin before you go for a bigger number.
- Guessers can end the turn early. When you are unsure, stopping is often smarter than guessing a bystander or the other team’s agent.
- Old clues still count: you may guess up to the number plus one, so an extra guess can pick up a word from an earlier clue.
Word Spies is free in your browser, with no sign-ups and no ads. Online rooms need an internet connection; one room code from the Lychee Games hub works for every game, so you can switch games without sending a new invite.
Questions
Is Word Spies free to play?
Yes. Word Spies is free in your browser, with no sign-up, no download and no ads.
What is the assassin in Word Spies?
The assassin is one hidden word on the board. If your team guesses it, your team loses the game on the spot.
How many players does Word Spies need?
Online team play is for 4 to 6 players. For fewer people there is a 2-player co-op mode and a solo mode where computers fill the empty roles.
Can I play Word Spies on my own or on one phone?
Yes. Solo mode: Computers fill every empty role. There is no same-phone mode, so other players join an online room from their own devices.