Word Souq hides Arabic words in a grid of letters. Trace one and it is yours — then the game brings it back, days later, at roughly the moment you were about to forget it.
Drag across the letters to find these four.
Word of the day ·
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Everyone gets the same word each day. Now and then it sneaks into a puzzle, and finding it is worth double XP.
Go and find itHow it works
Every word you meet joins a review schedule. You never manage any of it — you just keep playing, and the puzzles fill up with the words you are worst at.
Read a clue in English, find its Arabic in the grid — across, down, diagonal or backwards.
One dot each time you meet a word, coloured by how that time went.
from memory with a hint revealed
Words you pulled from memory go quiet for weeks. Words you had to reveal are back tomorrow.
Modes
The same 1,001 words, approached from different angles.
The main game. Eight directions, three sizes and 24 topics from food to weather — or let it deal the words you owe.
Five words, the same grid for every player that day.
Fill the gap in a real sentence with a word you have met. Recognising a word is not the same as placing it.
One three-letter root, a whole family: ك‑ت‑ب gives book, writer, office and library.
Arabic plurals rearrange the word — أسد becomes أسود. Drill them until they stop surprising you.
Apps
Play in any browser today, with nothing to install. The apps add the things only a phone can do.
Not on Google Play yet, so your phone will ask you to allow installs from your browser: open the file, tap Settings, allow it, then go back and tap Install. Version 1.7, for Android 8 or later, 1.1 MB.
Until it is in the App Store, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen, and Word Souq opens full screen like an app.
A look inside
FAQ
Yes. Every word, every mode and the daily puzzle are free, with no subscription and no account. XP you earn by playing is the only currency.
No. The clue is in English and you look for the Arabic word in the grid, so at first you are matching letter shapes. Once you find a word you see how it is said, and on most devices you can hear it too. Knowing the alphabet helps, and the game teaches you to recognise it as you go.
Modern Standard Arabic: the Arabic of books, news and signs, understood across the Arab world.
Yes. When you start, choose Arabic speaker learning English: the clues come in Arabic and you find the English word. Read about it in Arabic.
On your device. There is no account, so nothing is tied to your name or email. On Android, your progress comes with you to a new phone through your Google backup. In a browser it stays in that browser, so clearing its site data starts you over.
It is in testing now. Until then, open wordsouq.app in Safari, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen, and it opens full screen like an app.
It will be. While it is in beta you can install it straight from this site.
Something else? See Support or send us a message.