Wordlike
Wordlike is a word roguelike—make words, tune your bag of letters, and collect power-ups to beat increasingly difficult levels. If you've played Balatro, it's like Balatro with words đź”
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9 itemsAbout the Game
Wordlike is a word roguelike—make words, tune your bag of letters, and collect power-ups to beat increasingly difficult levels.
If you've played Balatro, it's like Balatro with words đź”
A word-based deckbuilderÂ
Beat each round by constructing words, and tune your bag of letters to optimize your draws.
Powerful 'Knick Knacks'Â
Buy Knick Knacks to boost your score, enhance letters, and tune your bag. Discover unique word-based synergies based on parts of speech, letters, slang, and more.
Face challenging bossesÂ
Encounter a variety of bosses that challenge you to make words without consonants, avoid nouns, or make words you've never made before.
Unique runs every time
Each play through brings you a different bag of letters, unique bosses, and different sets of items that you can put together to make a strong build.
Variety of tile enhancements
Create unique builds by employing a variety of different tiles and special abilities - leather, velvet, diamond, and more tiles await.
