Dig the best score out of a 5Γ5 plot of letters.
The basics
- Each word you spell is a worm. Tap or drag across letters that touch (diagonals count) to build one, then tap Submit Worm.
- Made a mistake? Tap the last letter again, or drag back over it, to remove it.
- Each letter can only be used in one worm, and longer worms are worth far more points.
- When you've dug all you can, submit your plot. Letters left out of a worm turn to dirt, worth 0 points.
π You can submit plots as many times as you want each day. Get the highest score and you're a Worm Wiz! π§
π‘ On every plot, the best possible score can be reached with every letter in a worm, leaving no dirt.
The buttons
Submit Wormlocks in the word you're building. Shortcut: tap the worm's face (its first letter).
Clear Wormclears the worm you're building.
Clear Plotremoves every worm so you can start over. It asks first.
Submit Plotfinalizes your score. It asks first.
Changed your mind about a finished worm? Tap it, on the board or in the Words Found list, to select it. Then trim it, extend it, save it, or remove it.
Wriggler and Hard mode
The badge under the puzzle date shows your mode. Plot Dig starts in πͺ± Wriggler mode, which gives you some help along the way:
- On track π§: the line under the board shows the best score you can still reach with the worms you've placed. If that best plot would leave dirt, it says so, like (with 1 dirt). If you've used a bonus word (a valid word that isn't an everyday word), it says includes bonus word and keeps counting only everyday words for the rest of the plot. You can switch it to count every valid word in βοΈ Settings.
- Longest from here: while you build a worm, the message line tells you the longest worm you could still make from the letters you've started, and it updates as you add letters. Like the on-track line, it counts only everyday words unless you change that in βοΈ Settings, and it tells you when the worm you've built is a bonus word.
- Two extra hints in π‘, Shape and Anchor (see below).
π₯ Hard mode turns all of that off. Tap the badge, or βοΈ at the top, to switch any time.
Hints
Stuck? Tap the π‘ at the top of the page, any time, in either game. Hints are always free: nothing is tracked and there's no penalty. In both modes you get:
- Length counts: how many everyday worms of each length (4+ letters) are hiding in the plot.
- Tile lookup: tap any tile to see how many worms start on that exact tile.
- Two-letter worms: every two-letter word the game accepts.
Wriggler mode adds two more. Many plots have several different best plots, so both list every one:
- Shape: the worm lengths in each best plot, like 7 Β· 5 Β· 4 Β· 3 Β· 2 Β· 2, and any dirt it leaves (+ 1 dirt).
- Anchor: where each best plot's longest worm starts, and how long it is.
Ranks and the Wyrm
Your rank is how close you get to the best possible score for the plot: Grub at 20%, Baitworm at 40%, Earthworm at 60%, Nightcrawler at 80%, and Worm Wiz π§ for matching it. The best score is built from everyday words, and every two-letter word counts as one. Other valid words are bonus words β¨: they still score, and can even help you beat the best. Tap the chart icon at the top to see the exact scores needed for the plot you're on.
Keep an eye out for the Wyrm π, the longest worm hiding in each plot. Find it, in either game, and it turns gold.
Every day
A new plot arrives every day at midnight. Plots get harder through the week: Monday is the easiest and Sunday the hardest. Easier days have rocks πͺ¨, tiles with no letter that your worms go around. Rocks never count as dirt.
Missed one? Play any past plot from the Archive, or try a Random plot at whichever day's difficulty you like. The Today's plot, Random plot and Archive buttons are at the bottom of the page (the Archive is also the calendar icon at the top).
Found a random plot you love? Tap β Save to keep it (it lives in the Archive, under Random plots), or π Share to send friends the same plot, so you can compare scores.
Once a puzzle is in the archive, tap π Solutions on it to see its Worm Wiz plots: every plot that earns the best possible score.
Every plot you submit is saved for that day. Tap π My plots in the Words Found box to look back at them, see the score breakdown, put one back on the board, or share it.
Sharing
Hit Share your score to send friends your rank, score, dirt and whether you found the Wyrm (and that you played in Hard mode, if you did). It never gives away your words. You can also add a line for each worm length you used, in βοΈ Settings.
Settings βοΈ
Plot Dig modeWriggler (the default) or Hard.
On-track indicatorwhether Wriggler mode's help (on track and longest from here) counts only everyday words (the default) or every valid word.
Themelight or dark.
Share textwhether to include the worm-length lines (off by default).
Worm Search (an extra game)
Want a different challenge on the same plot? Tap Worm Search at the bottom of the page and hunt for the hidden worms instead of filling the plot.
- Choose Quick (worms of 5+ letters, about half as many to find) or Full (every everyday worm of 4+ letters). They keep separate progress.
- Letters can be reused in different worms, so you won't run out of room.
- Valid words that don't count toward the total (unusual words, and 4-letter words in Quick) are still accepted and collected as bonus finds β¨.
- The π‘ hints work here too, and also show how many worms of each length you've found so far.
- Finish ends the search and shows the worms you missed.
Credits: which words count as "everyday" uses the SCOWL word lists (Β© Kevin Atkinson, used under its permissive license) together with wordfreq usage data by Robyn Speer, whose data is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.