A roguelike word game for Android
Lexicon Rogue
Spell words. Bend the rules. Break the score.
Spell words from a hand of letter tiles to beat rising score targets, then spend your winnings on Glyphs that bend the scoring rules until your run is gloriously, absurdly broken.
Free to play · Ads are optional rewards · Plays offline
How it plays
Every word is a weapon
A run is eight antes of three blinds each. Beat each blind’s score target before you run out of Plays.
Spell
Draw 8 letter tiles and spell the best word you can. Longer and rarer words hit harder, and using all eight is a LEXICON.
Base × Mult
Tiles add Base, word length adds Base and Mult, and your score is the two multiplied. No hidden maths.
Order matters
Glyphs fire left to right. Drag them into the perfect order: +Mult before ×Mult turns a good word into a huge one.
Try a hand
Your Glyphs fire left to right
1. Ink Blot+4 Mult
2. Etymologist×2 Mult on ‑ING, ‑TION, ‑NESS, ‑ED
Tap tiles to spell a word.
Every number shows its work.
Try SPELLING, then swap the Glyphs. +Mult before ×Mult is where the magic happens.
27 Glyphs
Bend the scoring rules
Glyphs are the illuminations in the margins of your run. Collect up to five, then put them in the right order.
Ink Blot
Common
+4 Mult
Vowel Harmony
Common
+2 Mult per vowel in the word
Double Letter
Common
Words with a doubled letter (LL, EE…) get +6 Mult
Palindrome
Uncommon
×3 Mult on palindromes
Alphabetical
Uncommon
×2 Mult if the letters are in alphabetical order (BEST, ALMOST)
Last Gasp
Uncommon
×3 Mult on the final Play of a blind
Etymologist
Rare
Words ending in ‑ING, ‑TION, ‑NESS or ‑ED get ×2 Mult
Echo Chamber
Rare
Retrigger the first and last tile of each word
The Oxford Comma
Legendary
×3 Mult; ×5 if you have exactly 3 Glyphs
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Margin Note
Common
+25 Base
Consonant Cluster
Common
+40 Base if the word has 3 consonants in a row
Short & Sweet
Common
3‑tile words get +20 Base and +3 Mult
Plurality
Common
Words ending in S get +7 Mult
Heavy Hand
Common
+3 Mult for each tile worth 4 or more
Opening Line
Common
First Play of each blind gets +12 Mult
Capital Letter
Common
+30 Base if the first tile is worth 3 or more
Q Without U
Uncommon
The Qu tile becomes a plain Q; words with Q get ×2 Mult
Pangrammer
Uncommon
+1 Mult for each distinct letter played this blind
Thesaurus
Uncommon
Gains +1 Mult permanently each time you play a 6+ tile word
Ransom Note
Uncommon
+4 Mult for each different enhancement in the word
Patron
Uncommon
+1 Mult for every $4 you hold
Cwm Rhythm
Uncommon
×4 Mult if the word has no A, E, I, O or U
Lexicographer
Rare
×1.5 Mult for every Tome level above 1 on the word’s length
Typo
Rare
Once per blind, an invalid word is accepted and scores normally
Golden Ratio
Rare
Earn $1 per 2 letters in the word
Anthology
Rare
×0.1 Mult for each different word played this run (from ×1)
Gutenberg
Legendary
Every played tile is permanently copied into your bag
Enhance your tiles too (Gold, Glass, Stone, Wild, Inked and Echo), level up word lengths with Tomes, rewrite your bag with Inks and grab permanent Vouchers.
13 Boss Blinds
Then the rules fight back
Every ante ends with a Boss Blind that changes the rules for one round. Read the seal before you play.
The Silencer
Vowels score 0 Base
The Pedant
Words under 5 letters score nothing
From ante 2
The Miser
Hand size −2
From ante 2
The Mirror
Can’t play a word you’ve already played this run
The Censor
One random letter is banned each Play
The Inquisitor
Your leftmost Glyph is disabled
The Fog
Tile values are hidden
The Tax
−$1 per Swap used
The Tide
Played tiles return to your hand face-down
The Rhymer
Each word must end with the same 2 letters as the last, or it scores half
The Archivist
Common words score ×2; obscure ones ×0.5
From ante 3
The Weight
Each Play reduces Mult by 1 for the rest of the blind
From ante 2
The Final Word
Only 1 Play; target ×0.5
Ante 8 only
Daily Run
Same tiles for everyone, every day
Each day brings one seeded run: the same bag, the same draws and the same shop for every player. Keep your streak alive, then share a result card that shows how far you got without spoiling the tiles.
- Runs take 12–20 minutes; a blind takes 2–5.
- No timers, ever. Think as long as you like.
- Endless mode for when 8 antes isn’t enough.
- Unlock new Bags, Stakes and Glyphs in the Library.
Lexicon Rogue · Daily #279 🟩🟩🟨🟩🟩🟥 Ante 6 Best word: SPELLING 2,964 pts Build: 🖋️🏺🔤
Screenshots
A scriptorium in your pocket
Start a run or today’s Daily 
Spell from your hand of tiles 
Every number shows its work 
Buy Glyphs, packs and Vouchers 
Three blinds an ante, then a Boss
Fair play
Friendly by design
Ads are optional rewards
Watch one for a shop reroll, a revive, a free Ink or double Quills, only if you want to. After any purchase, interstitials never appear again.
No paid random items
Packs show what’s inside and are bought with in-game coins. Everything can be earned by playing.
Fair Daily leaderboards
No ad or purchase affects Daily leaderboard scores. Every player gets the same tiles and the same shop.
Plays offline
No connection needed to play. Leaderboards, achievements and cloud save join in when you’re online.
Reduced motion, large tiles and full haptics and sound controls are in Settings. Read exactly what data the game handles in the privacy policy.
