Words.zip (Infinite Word Search)
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Just a fun free little pastime where you can find words on an infinite grid of random letters. I find it relaxing to play before bed! Hope you enjoy too - I cleared the board today so lots of room to grow.
HN · launched Jan 1, 2026 · 6 upvotes (top 75%) · 0 views
Niche: browser puzzle games · 310 launches, 26 in the last 7 days ▼ -7% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Media & entertainment
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 310 launches in browser puzzle games →
Could you build this?
Yes The core mechanic is an infinite letter grid (procedurally generated with a seed) and basic multi-client sync via WebSockets or Supabase Realtime to record found words.
Discussion
3 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Endless Scrolling Word Search game
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 217 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #211 of 218 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 64 days after the earliest competitor.
- words.zip · hn · 2026-01-12 · 11 upvotes · similarity 0.62
- Word Search Battle · ph · 2026-10-03 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- Word Solitaire · ph · 2026-11-09 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- 5 Letter Word Finder · ph · 2026-09-23 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- An endless scrolling word search game · hn · 2025-12-11 · 25 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- Alphabet Soup, a multiplayer game, build the longest word to win · hn · 2026-08-09 · 37 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- Zipgame · ph · 2026-10-21 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- GuessWord · ph · 2026-10-27 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.47
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