Show HN: 18 Words, a daily browser word-puzzle game

18Words.com is a browser-based daily word game launched by its creator on Hacker News. Each day presents a new letter-based puzzle; players work toward a solution with a limited hint system that can reveal individual letters, and the game supports pausing, resuming, and restarting a run. Beyond the daily challenge it offers practice and relaxation modes plus an archive of past puzzles.

Social and competitive features round it out: players can share their scores and challenge friends directly. A feedback form is provided, and the creator cross-promotes another puzzle they built, Zanagrams, indicating this is one entry in a small portfolio of indie word games.

As a Show HN post, the significance is less the product itself than the pattern it represents — a solo developer shipping a lightweight, no-login web game in the Wordle-style daily-puzzle mold and putting it in front of a technical audience for feedback.