Word salad

An 80s-style snake game with a twist: instead of food, you eat letters. Every letter you swallow joins your tail, and your tail sorts itself into the best word it can find. When it glows amber, hit SPELL to cash the word in. You score the points, your snake shrinks, and you live to eat another day.

There's a catch. A word only counts if it can't be made any longer. CAT won't do, because CATSUIT exists. The game will tell you that you could do better, and you'll have to keep eating, keep growing, and keep dodging your own tail until you find a word that's truly finished.

What's on the board

• Letters – eat them to build your word. Each one makes you a little faster.
• Blue « cubes – slow you down and buy you thinking time.
• Red » cubes – speed you up. Faster means a bigger score multiplier, if you can handle it.
• ×2 and ×3 cubes – double or triple your next word.
• Grey blocks – walls. Don't.

Every word you score takes you up a level. Each level is faster, the bonuses get rarer, and more grey blocks drop onto the board.

Controls

Steer: arrow keys or WASD, or swipe on a touchscreen

Cash in a word:  Space, Enter, or the SPELL button

Sound: click the speaker icon in the top-right corner, or press M

The game starts with sound off, so tap the speaker to turn on the music and effects.

Plays in your browser on desktop and mobile. No install, no sign-up.