Uncrossy
Ranked 3 of 6 word games by recommenders
Fun, polished word puzzle that people return to, with a large archive of past puzzles. Critics note browser loading problems, no warning when stuck, and bugs.
9 people recommended Uncrossy in Hacker News comments, 9 had mixed feelings and 6 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026.
8 of the 9 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Uncrossy”.
Summary written by Claude from 22 comments.
24 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- mixed feelings
- 9
- warn against or regret it
- 6
The record
Recommended in 2 of 12 months
In 2 different threads.
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 2 of 12 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
- Recommended in 2 threadsNeeds 5 or more, not met.
- 8 of its 9 recommenders came from one threadNeeds half or less, not met.
The same rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. Mixed feelings count toward neither side. How the badge works
What people say about it
Reasons grouped from a sample of 21 of the 24 opinions about it, picked in proportion to how many people recommend it, have mixed feelings and criticize it. Each mark is one comment in the sample. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Polished visuals, gameplay and build
“This is an excellent experience, both visually and gameplay wise.”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “Uncrossy” “really liked the tutorial, and the quality of the build”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “Uncrossy” “it's great. very well done!”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “Uncrossy” Fun, enjoyable puzzles
“This was really fun. I actually went back to the beginning of the archive to find more puzzles to solve.”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “Uncrossy” “way more fun than I expected”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “Uncrossy” Cool, original concept
“actually a really cool fun/concept it's definitely wordle popularity caliber”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “Uncrossy” “Nice concept! A lot of modal spam could probably reduced, very distracting.”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “Uncrossy” Large archive of past puzzles
“About twice a week I go and do the last few days of puzzles.”
Comment from 7 Oct 2026 in “Ask HN: What games do you religiously play on your phone browser?”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Stuck loading or fails in some browsers
“the site worked for me in Chrome but doesn't work in Firefox”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “Uncrossy” “It’s stuck at “Loading… on both Brave with no extensions and Safari with adblockers.”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “Uncrossy” No warning when stuck
“Perhaps add a notification of some kind that I've gotten myself in that situation”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “Uncrossy” “would have preferred if there was a warning earlier”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “Uncrossy” Bugs and dead ends
“My friends love this game, but we've found a bug”
Comment from 15 Jan 2026 in “Uncrossy” “There's a dead end in today's puzzle, if you make TIGHT instead of RIGHT”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “Uncrossy”
Other word games people recommend
The four most recommended other word games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Mixed | Criticize | Approval | Months | Had for | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wordle | 18 | 6 | 20 | 47% | 8 | — | — |
| Tiled Words | 17 | 1 | 1 | 94% | 4 | — | — |
| UncrossyThis page | 9 | 9 | 6 | 60% | 2 | — | — |
| NYT Connections | 6 | 1 | 2 | 75% | 4 | — | — |
| Don't Wordle | 5 | 1 | 2 | 71% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
21 of the 24 opinions about it, picked in proportion to the three counts, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“About twice a week I go and do the last few days of puzzles.”
“My friends love this game, but we've found a bug”
“Nice concept! A lot of modal spam could probably reduced, very distracting.”
“visiting the settings page means you lose your place in the game”
“it's great. very well done!”
“There's a dead end in today's puzzle, if you make TIGHT instead of RIGHT”
“it did not accept HIM as a solution, because it wanted DIM. Kinda confusing.”
“It’s stuck at “Loading… on both Brave with no extensions and Safari with adblockers.”
“This was really fun. I actually went back to the beginning of the archive to find more puzzles to solve.”
“way more fun than I expected”
“Tutorial was pretty confusing to me.”
“This is an excellent experience, both visually and gameplay wise.”
“would have preferred if there was a warning earlier”
“I didn't like that it's possible to leave the underlying word unchanged by dragging the word containing a letter twice to the second occurence.”
“actually a really cool fun/concept it's definitely wordle popularity caliber”
“the site worked for me in Chrome but doesn't work in Firefox”
“The undo/redo functionality is much appreciated.”
“This is really, really cool.”
“Very nice. Easy to accidentally cheat, however.”
“Perhaps add a notification of some kind that I've gotten myself in that situation”
“really liked the tutorial, and the quality of the build”
Counts come from 1,791,911 Hacker News comments labeled by Claude, November 2025 to October 2026, with data through October 31, 2026. Counts updated 2 Nov 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.