A word puzzle from the sewing box

Word Seams

Every block holds four pieces of words. Turn them until every border between neighbours spells a real word — and the whole board is stitched together in gold.

↓ Download for Android Try one first

Free · a private app for friends · Android 8 and up · installs from here, not the Play Store

The Word Seams title screen: an embroidery hoop with WORD SEAMS stitched across a patchwork
A tall French Knot board, three blocks across and six down, half stitched together with gold cross-stitches
Try one right here

Tap to turn. Sew every seam.

Words read left to right and top to bottom. When two pieces meet and make a word, the seam lights up gold. But a glowing seam can still be the wrong one — the puzzle's done only when every seam holds at once.

SIGNAL is already glowing…

It's a real word — but is it the right one? Tap any block to turn it clockwise.

1 of 4 seams glowing

That's the whole game. 78 more are waiting — and they get twistier.

Logic, not luck

Every border is a word waiting to happen

SUN meets FLOWER, PASS meets PORT. Each block turns in place, and every edge it touches has to join its neighbour's into a real word. Gold thread tells you when two pieces fit.

  • False seams glow too — so spinning blocks until things light up won't get you far.
  • Every puzzle has exactly one answer, checked by a solver before it ships.
  • All the words are everyday ones. Hard means clever, never obscure.
A board mid-game with some seams stitched gold and others still to join
Six packs

From Tacking to French Knot

Start on gentle three-by-threes and work up to tall boards where eighteen blocks all have to agree. Each pack is named for a stitch — sew most of one and the next unlocks.

Tacking Running Backstitch Cross French Knot
✦ plus Blind Stitch: nothing glows until the very last seam
The pack shelf: Tacking, Running Stitch, Backstitch, Cross-stitch, French Knot and Blind Stitch
Your reward

Finish a pack, sew a quilt

Every puzzle is a square of its own fabric. Sew the last one and the squares slide together, the binding goes on, and the pack's own stitch runs along every join — loose tacking, neat backstitch, little French knots.

Solving the last puzzle of a pack: 'Quilt finished!' with a Quilt DONE embroidered patch
The finished Tacking quilt, twelve fabric squares stitched together with a red binding
Better together

Stitch along with friends

Add friends by name to see how far they've got and which quilts they've finished. Solve a puzzle they've already sewn and their best taps and time appear beside yours — no leaderboards, just a gentle nudge.

  • Your progress is saved to your account, so a new phone carries on where you left off.
  • Plays offline once you're signed in.
The Friends screen listing Josie, Maya and Priya with their puzzles sewn and quilts finished
Made for you

Learn in a minute, make it yours

Three little practice boards teach the whole game before your first puzzle. Then pick the cutting mat you like to play on — sage, cornflower, rose, tweed or charcoal — right from inside any puzzle.

The first practice board: tap a block to turn it
Choosing the cutting mat colour from inside a puzzle

Get it on your phone

About a minute. It's free.

📱 You'll see a safety check — that's completely normal. Because this is a private app (not from the Play Store), your phone double-checks before installing. It's safe — just follow the steps.
  1. Tap Download for Android, then open the downloaded file.
  2. If asked, allow installing from this source (you only do this once).
  3. If Google Play Protect appears, let it Scan — you'll get a green tick and can carry on. If instead it warns, tap More details then Install anyway (sometimes Install without scanning). Normal for a private app.
  4. Open Word Seams and make an account — just a name and a password, no email. Then add your friends by their names.
↓ Download for Android