Word Hare

A word race for Apple Watch and Wear OS

Crack the word before the ring runs out.

A ring of time runs around the edge of your watch. Five taps and a pick make a guess, and you get as many guesses as the clock allows. You're the hare this time. No naps.

Get Word Hare How a race works
  • Free
  • No ads
  • No account needed
Word Hare racing on Apple Watch. A blue ring around the screen edge is the clock, at 1:38 with two words banked. Two letters are tapped in above nine letter keys, from QWER to M. Word Hare racing on a round Wear OS watch. Nine round letter keys circle the screen inside a blue clock ring, with 1:40 in the middle and two letters tapped in.

How a race works

Five taps. One pick. Go.

Guessing is built for a small screen. Letters sit in nine groups, so each letter is one tap on its key, not a hunt across a tiny keyboard.

  1. Start Free Race

    The first time, a short lesson runs, and Skip leaves it. Then, on Home, tap Free Race. The ring around the screen is your clock.

  2. Tap a key per letter

    Think of any five-letter word. For each letter, tap the key that holds it.

  3. Pick your word

    After the fifth tap, choose your word from the short list.

  4. Read the marks

    Blue right letter, right spot. Orange in the word, wrong spot. Each mark has its own look, so color is never the only clue.

  5. Go again

    There's no guess limit, only the clock. Crack the word and the next one starts on the same ring, with time added.

After five taps on Apple Watch, three words fill the screen to pick from: THERE, THREE and THREW. Above them, the last guess, STALE, shows A and E filled in blue and T outlined in orange.
Apple Watch · Pick your word
Marks on Wear OS. The last guess, INLET, shows L filled in blue and E outlined in orange, with the other letters in gray. Below it, L and Y sit in blue in the spots already known.
Wear OS · Read the marks

Lower your wrist. The race waits.

Drop your wrist and the race pauses and hides the board, so nobody gets a free look and nobody loses a run to a tap on the shoulder. Lift your wrist and tap to carry on.

Two races

Bank words, or beat the Tortoise.

Free Race

The main event

One ring, as many words as you can bank. Every word you crack buys back a little time, so a good run keeps itself alive.

Daily Race

One word a day

You against the Tortoise, which paces itself on your own recent times, so beating it means beating your usual pace. Miss the odd day and your streak survives.

Word Hare's home screen on Wear OS. A hare runs on an orange track above Free Race, Best 5, and Daily Race, Ready, then a 12-day streak and Tortoise 1:22.
Wear OS · Home
A Daily Race result on Apple Watch: SOLVED 1:12, NEW BEST, TRACE in 2 guesses, Tortoise 1:22, 10 s ahead, and a 13-day streak, above a Race again button.
Apple Watch · A Daily Race result

Watch face and tile

Today's race, one glance away.

Complication

Apple Watch and Wear OS

Shows whether today's race is done. On Apple Watch it can show your streak too.

Add it: touch and hold the watch face, tap Edit, pick a slot, then choose Word Hare.

Tile

Wear OS

Shows whether today's race is done and your streak, and one tap starts a race.

Add it: swipe across your tiles, scroll to the end, tap Add tile, then choose Word Hare.

The Word Hare tile on Wear OS: Daily ready, 12 days, with a Race button.
Wear OS · The Word Hare tile

The fine print

Just you, your watch and the clock.

  • Free The whole game, every race.
  • No ads None. The clock is distraction enough.
  • No account needed No sign-up between you and the start line.
  • Runs on the watch No phone or network needed to play. Your bests are saved on the watch.

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Get Word Hare

For Apple Watch and Wear OS, with no ads and no account needed.

  • Coming to the App Store
  • Coming to Google Play