Word Association

Word Association gives you three clue words and asks for the one hidden word that goes with all of them. Each clue joins the hidden word to make a common compound word or phrase. Flower, glasses and rise all go with SUN: sunflower, sunglasses and sunrise. Sometimes the hidden word comes first and sometimes it comes second, which is part of the challenge.

Psychologists use a similar puzzle, often called remote associates, to study creative thinking, because the answer tends to arrive in a sudden flash rather than through step by step logic. It is also simply a satisfying word game. Every puzzle here is original and built from everyday pairings like cupcake, football and teapot, so the answer always feels fair once you see it.

A round has ten puzzles. A clean solve earns 100 points. Revealing a letter costs 20, showing a fourth clue costs 15 and each wrong guess costs 10, but a solved puzzle always earns at least 10 points. You get three guesses per puzzle. After you solve one, the full phrases appear under each clue. There is also a daily round with an emoji summary to share.