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Have Words · a two-player word game

Build a word.
Don’t finish it.

Two of you grow one shared word, letter by letter. Complete a real word and you lose. The board between you keeps the score.

A beautiful game board that does more than just look good.

One look tells you who’s winning before you read a single number. The divide slides toward whoever’s behind; the fields tell the story at a glance.

iPhone · iPad · Mac · async · free to play

Have Words gameplay — two color fields split by a dark seam, the split showing the score

How it plays

01
Add

A letter to either end of the shared word.

02
Raise

Up the stakes when you think you’ve got them boxed in.

03
Challenge

Think they don’t have an actual word in mind? Make them prove they do.

04
Don’t finish

Complete a real word and you lose the round.

The hook

You’re always working towards a word, but don’t complete one.

The difference

More mind game than spelling test.

Always a game

A friend across the world. Or the fearless bot.

Considered

Designed, not optimized.

Make every board yours

Tap a Tone — the page reskins

A spectrum of fun and delightful Tones. Poster comes out of the box, for now.

Let's Have Words.
Coming 2026 — be first in line when it opens.