A to Zen: Words, Unwound

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About this game

A to Zen is a word game for the gaps in your day. Drag across letters that touch, up, down, sideways or corner to corner, and spell whatever you can find.

ZEN
No clock, and no way to lose. One page of letters that keeps refilling as you play. Pick a 4×4 grid when you've only got a minute, or 6×6 when you've got the evening. Stuck? Shuffle, pop a letter, turn four round, or ask for a hint. You earn more as you go.

ARCADE
240 pages in 20 chapters, each with a score to reach before the clock runs out. Every chapter brings a twist. Gold letters double a word. Icy letters stay put the first time you use them. Some tiles lie face down until you play beside them. In one chapter, words buy you more time. In another, each word only counts once. The last chapter mixes them all up.

CHAINS
Now and then the letters that fall into place spell a word by themselves. It clears and scores double, and if its fall makes another, that one scores three times.

THE ROOM
The game lives in a small room with a sofa on one side and an arcade machine on the other. By day it's full of light. In the evening the lamp comes on. It follows your phone's light and dark mode.

MUSIC
A turntable with eight calm tracks made for the game. Turn it down, skip a track, or play in quiet.

FAIR ADS
No pop-up ads, ever. An ad only plays when you choose to watch one, in return for something like an extra shuffle or more time on the clock.

No account and no sign-in. It plays offline, and your progress stays on your device.

What’s new

Welcome to A to Zen. Drag across touching letters to find words. Zen has no clock and no way to lose, so you can play at your own pace. Arcade has 240 short timed pages across 20 chapters, and each chapter brings a new twist. There's music to play along to, and a notebook of your best words and scores. Adverts are optional, and only play when you choose to watch one.