Nudge
Nudge is a daily word board where you solve five clues by swapping neighbouring letters on a 5×5 grid of twenty-five letters, with one fresh board every day.
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Nudge presents a calm daily word puzzle built on a 5 by 5 letter board. Every answer appears somewhere on that board and you solve five written clues by moving letters into place. Moves are made by nudging a letter into an adjacent space until the target word is formed. There is no timer, and gameplay focuses on logic rather than speed.
The game provides two hint states for letters: sage indicates a letter is already in its final correct position, and honey indicates a letter is one nudge away from its correct spot. You attempt to beat par for the puzzle and maintain a streak across days. The interface credits Lazy Lion and shows a single new board each day.
How to play Nudge
- Read the five written clues and locate the letters for each answer somewhere on the 5×5 board.
- Select a letter and nudge it into an adjacent space to swap positions with its neighbour.
- Use successive nudges to move letters until they form the word that matches a clue.
- Watch for sage highlights to see letters already correct and honey highlights to find letters one nudge away.
- Submit each solved word and proceed to the next clue until all five answers are complete.
Tips for Nudge
- Scan the whole 5×5 grid before moving so you know where each required letter currently sits.
- Use honey hints to identify letters that are a single swap from their correct slots and plan short move sequences around them.
- Protect letters marked sage by avoiding unnecessary nudges that would take them out of place.
- Solve shorter or more constrained words first to free up space and create pathways for longer words.
- Aim to minimize moves to beat par and preserve your streak across daily puzzles.
Nudge FAQ
What is Nudge?
Nudge is a daily word board puzzle played on a 5×5 grid where every answer appears somewhere on the board and you solve five clues by nudging letters into place. You move letters by swapping them with adjacent tiles until each clue word is formed, focusing on logical moves rather than timed speed.
When does a new Nudge puzzle come out?
A new Nudge board is provided once per day. The site presents one fresh board each day for players to solve and track progress like streaks or par scores across those daily puzzles.
What do the colours honey and sage mean in Nudge?
Sage signals that a letter is already in its final correct position and should be left alone, while honey indicates a letter is just one nudge away from its correct spot. These hint states help prioritize which letters to move and which to protect as you arrange words.
Is Nudge like Wordle?
Nudge is a daily word puzzle like Wordle in that it gives one fresh challenge per day and revolves around finding words, but the mechanics differ: Nudge uses a 5×5 letter board and physical nudging of adjacent tiles to form answers rather than guessing whole words with letter feedback.
Who made Nudge and how is the game credited?
The game is credited to Lazy Lion as shown on the page. The site metadata and page footer indicate Lazy Lion as the developer or publisher presenting the Nudge board.
