Letroso

Letroso seeks a secret word whose length is not even known: the tutorial only says it can be up to ten letters. What sets the game apart is that the answer is read not only in the colors but in the shape of the tiles. The "How to play" panel unfolds four demonstration lines and each states a different piece of information: two letters present in the correct order but separated in the word, a letter that is present but misplaced, a block of letters stuck together exactly as they appear in the answer, and then a line that announces at once the beginning and the end of the word. In other words, a guess does not yield a sequence of independent verdicts: it yields a structure.

1. From the home screen, choose "Daily game" (the current date is shown under the title) or switch to "Unlimited"; "Previous games" opens the calendar of past grids.
2. Handle the consent window that appears over the tutorial on first visit.
3. Submit a word. The game does not announce the answer's length, only its maximum of ten letters.
4. Read the returned line in two stages: the color of the tiles, then how they are grouped or separated.
5. Play again keeping the blocks already confirmed, which are worth more than an isolated letter.

Because Letroso replaces tile-by-tile verdicts with a visual grammar. Knowing that a letter is present is not very useful; knowing that three letters follow one another, or that the word begins with a certain block and ends with a certain letter, changes the game. You deduce an architecture before guessing a word.

The feedback combines color and shape, and the tutorial proves it line by line. Of the twenty-four demonstration tiles, fifteen are green, eight a muted midnight blue, and only one is yellow: the yellow tile corresponds exactly to the letter described as present in the word but out of position, while green marks confirmed letters and midnight blue those that are not in it. The shape, meanwhile, indicates adjacency: when letters come out glued together, they follow one another in the answer; when they appear separated, they are in the correct order but separated by something else. The tutorial's final line shows what a solved grid looks like.

Daily game

The day's grid, dated on the home screen, with a strip of the week's dates.

Unlimited

A second Play button, marked with an infinity icon, to chain words outside the daily appointment.

Previous games

Calendar access to previous days' grids.

• The word can be up to ten letters and its length is never announced: initial guesses serve as much to frame the size as to test letters.
• Two letters that return glued together are worth much more than two letters present separately. It's a chunk of the word you already have, not two isolated pieces of information.
• A line can announce at once the beginning and the end of the word: these are absolute positions, they lock both ends and instantly reduce the search space.
• The tutorial can be reread at any time via the help button at the top of the screen, and it's worth it: Letroso's visual vocabulary is denser than that of a simple colored grid.