Zanagrams: a free daily word puzzle where the grid shrinks as you solve

Zanagrams is a browser-based daily word game launched as a Show HN. Players drag across a grid of letters to find hidden words, and the grid progressively shrinks as each word is found, giving the puzzle a self-clearing, snake-like dynamic that distinguishes it from a static word search. A fresh puzzle drops every day, and a built-in timer tracks how fast you solve it.

The game is free and requires no install — it runs entirely in the browser. It sits in the now-crowded lane of daily one-puzzle-per-day games popularized by Wordle, betting on a distinctive mechanic (the disappearing grid) rather than a new vocabulary gimmick to stand out.

As a Show HN, it’s a solo or small-team indie project floated to the Hacker News community for feedback. There’s no pricing, account, or monetization on display; the appeal is a quick, daily, low-friction brain teaser shared and compared via the daily-puzzle social loop.