Tessera
A daily word puzzle where every letter is already there
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Tessera is now a free app on iPhone and Android. Every letter is already on the board, just in the wrong place: swap two tiles until every row spells a word, in as few moves as you can. Since the web launch in May it has grown Tessera Chain, a ladder of levels with stars and timed bonus rounds; daily leaderboards and private leagues; 20 themes, each free to try; Hard mode on 5x5; and Spanish. One puzzle a day, the same for everyone.
PH · launched Nov 3, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 65%) · 0 views
Niche: casual mobile games · 461 launches, 77 in the last 7 days ▲ +15% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Media & entertainment
- B2C
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Android
- Puzzle Games
- Free Games
- Word Games
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More like this: all 461 launches in casual mobile games →
Could you build this?
Yes It is a word puzzle game with a tile-swap mechanic, level progression, stars and timed bonus rounds, built for iOS, Android and web. Game logic and a level generator can be vibe-coded with a standard mobile framework.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 340 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #154 of 341 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 370 days after the earliest competitor.
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