Word Hare: Race the Clock

A ring of time runs around the edge of your watch. Crack the hidden word before it closes. Free Race is the main event: one ring, as many words as you can bank. Every word you crack buys back a little time, so a good run keeps itself alive. Daily Race gives you one word a day, against a tortoise that paces itself on your own recent times. Miss the odd day and your streak survives. Guessing is built for a small screen. Letters sit in nine groups, so you tap one key per letter, then choose your word from a short list. Guess as often as the clock allows. Blue and orange marks, each with its own look, show which letters are placed right and which belong elsewhere. Lower your wrist and the race pauses and hides the board, so nobody gets a free look and nobody loses a run to a tap on the shoulder. Add the Word Hare complication to a watch face to see whether today's race is done and how long your streak is. Touch and hold the face, tap Edit, pick a slot, then choose Word Hare. Optional standings show today's fastest Daily Races, the best Free Races and the quickest Tortoises. They stay off until you join, and leaving deletes your entry. The whole game runs on Apple Watch, with no account or sign-in, and racing never needs a network. Your bests stay on the watch unless you join the standings, which show a made-up racing name and your race times. The optional iPhone app is a pocket guide: how to race, how to add the complication, and help. It never sees or changes your bests, and you don't need it to play. Word Hare is free, with no ads and no paid unlocks. If you'd like to say thanks, Settings > Support on the watch, or the Tip tab in the iPhone app, offers three optional one-time tips through Apple. A tip unlocks nothing.