Daily Root: an Arabic Word Puzzle Like Wordle

Most Arabic words grow from a root of three letters. ك ت ب is to do with writing, and from it come كاتب (writer), كتاب (book) and مكتب (office). Each day brings a new root and clues in English. Build each word from letter tiles. After a try, green means right letter, right place; yellow means right letter, wrong place.

How Daily Root helps you learn

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How to play

Read today’s root and the first clue. The clue tells you the meaning and how many letters the word has.
Tap letter tiles to spell the word. Two of the tiles are decoys.
Press Check. Green letters are in the right place, yellow ones belong somewhere else. You get three tries per word.
Finish all the clues and share your squares. A new root comes out every day at midnight UTC.

Common questions

How do Arabic roots work?

A set of usually three consonants that carries a core meaning. Arabic builds words by putting those letters into patterns: ma-…-a for a place (مدرسة, a school, from د ر س), …-a-…-i-… for a doer (كاتب, a writer, from ك ت ب). Learn the patterns and one root opens up a family of words.

Is it the same puzzle for everyone?

Yes. Everyone gets the same root on the same day, which is what makes the share squares worth comparing.

Which kind of Arabic is it in?

Modern Standard Arabic. Roots are shared by every dialect, so the same families turn up in Egyptian, Levantine and Darija too.

Do I need to type in Arabic?

No. You build each word by tapping letter tiles, so there is no keyboard to fight with.

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