ContraBee vs Terdz

ContraBee is a complement to each day’s official New York Times Spelling Bee. It uses the same hive as each day’s Spelling Bee, but with a twist: Instead of requiring the center letter, Contra Bee excludes it. You’ll be surprised at how many words you can find if you turn your mind upside down.

Letters fall. Words clear. A hidden word hunts you the whole way down. TERDZ is a falling-block word puzzle with a deduction twist. Drop clusters of letter tiles, spell words across rows AND columns to clear them, and chain cascades for huge combos — all while a hidden word, the Cipher, ticks away at the top of the screen. Every word you clear is secretly a guess at the Cipher: green, yellow, grey, just like you know it. Crack the Cipher to trigger a screen-clearing Cipher Break. Ninety seconds to learn. Months to master. Built for one thumb, in portrait. GAME MODES • Daily Drop — one shared puzzle a day, an endless survival run. Keep your streak. • Cascade — an endless, score-chasing marathon. Speed ramps, cracks rise. • Zen — no timer, no fail state. Just you, the words, and the Cipher. • Puzzles — thirty hand-crafted, star-rated challenges. • Duel — a head-to-head versus mode. Pick a fighter, clear words to bury your rival in junk letters, and crack the Cipher to unleash your super. Battle the CPU, auto-match a live opponent, or challenge a friend with a link. TEN THEMED WORD PACKS Random, Tech, Cosmos, Autos, Motos, Books, Feast, Mythos, Tides, and Arcade — each with its own words, skin, soundtrack, and Duel fighter. MADE TO SHOW OFF • Global leaderboards and daily streaks • Daily quests and a clean-sweep trophy • Nine reskinnable UI themes • A neon, fully procedural-audio presentation that plays a melody as you clear • Spoiler-free emoji share cards PLAYS YOUR WAY • Anonymous-first — no account, no email, no sign-up wall to start playing • Fully playable offline • Color-blind-safe cues, reduced-motion mode, a dyslexia-friendly font, a left-handed layout, and scalable text Free to play. The core game and the Daily Drop are free forever. Any purchases are cosmetic only and never affect scoring or fairness. Some runs take longer than others. terdz.app