Hexalexagons, a daily word game on a hexagonal grid
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Hello HN! I made a daily word game where you find words on a hexagonal grid, without crossing walls.Feedback is very welcome!
HN · launched Nov 13, 2026 · 20 upvotes (top 27%) · 0 views
Niche: browser puzzle games · 310 launches, 26 in the last 7 days ▼ -7% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- 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 A daily word game needs a dictionary, a hex-grid board, a puzzle generator that checks solvability, and a UI. All are standard for a solo developer using AI tools.
Discussion
6 comments analyzed.
Concerns raised: some obscure words hard to guess, wordlist balance between obscure and impossible
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 334 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #112 of 335 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 380 days after the earliest competitor.
- Tiled Words, a daily puzzle inspired by board games and crosswords · hn · 2025-10-29 · 13 upvotes · similarity 0.59
- Hexafall · ph · 2026-09-29 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- Wordsicle · ph · 2026-10-17 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- hexagon-art · github · 2026-10-01 · 18 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- Wordigits · ph · 2026-10-11 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- DrawingBlanks · ph · 2026-09-20 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- Wordminos · hn · 2026-10-08 · 23 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- Jointter · hn · 2026-10-31 · 15 upvotes · similarity 0.49
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