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TERMies Duels

Head-to-head word duels. You and your rival race the same 5-letter word — solve it first to yank the rope and drag them toward the pit. Win the tug-of-war to send them in. Quick match, ranked, vs-bots, and bracket battles, plus a classic daily Weekly Words mode.

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July 20, 2026
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About the Game

TERMies Duels turns the word game you already know into a head-to-head fight.

You and an opponent get the same 5-letter word and race to crack it. Solve it first and you yank the rope — landing a pull that drags your rival toward the pit. Keep solving faster than they do and you'll haul the rope all the way across and send them in. Burn all six guesses and you hand them a free pull, so every board is a gamble between speed and certainty. It's Word games brain with a fighting game's heart.

Modes for every mood:

  • Quick Match — jump into a 1v1 against a real opponent.

  • Ranked — climb the termite-caste ladder from Larva to the Apex leaderboard.

  • Vs Bots — Easy, Medium, or Hard practice partners whenever you want.

  • Bracket — 2–8 players, last termite standing.

  • Weekly Words — the classic daily word game, with global standings.

Built for word nerds and trash-talkers alike:

  • A curated pool of 1,000+ answer words and a full dictionary of valid guesses — no repeats within a match.

  • A readable tug-of-war that shows exactly who's winning and how close the pit is.

  • The completed word is revealed after every round, so nobody's left guessing.

  • play your way, fair by design — no pay-to-win, ever. Cosmetics only.