ABOUT THE GAME

A small daily challenge.
A lot of possible answers.

Leftovers is a category sprint: three prompts, one alphabet, and the little thrill of finding words that fit together.

You don’t have to guess one hidden solution. Start with what you know, swap an answer when letters collide, and find your own way through.

Made for a daily ritual

A new edition arrives at midnight Pacific. Miss a day? The previous editions remain in the archive, with separate saved progress for each one. Your times stay in the browser where you played.

Carefully combined

Scheduled category sets are checked for multiple legal combinations using familiar answers. Category and pair spacing keep the calendar varied. Answer lists are tied to published editions, so old puzzles retain their original rules.

Words, sources, and scope

The answer library explains each category’s source and scope. Lexical categories use Open English WordNet; other categories draw from defined factual inventories. Lists can contain uncommon spellings and do not claim to include every possible answer.

Open English WordNet content is attributed to the Open English WordNet Community, derived from Princeton WordNet, under CC BY 4.0. See the included license notice.