Letternerd frequently asked questions
Short answers about how Letternerd works, what it costs and what happens to your data.
The basics
What is Letternerd?
Letternerd is a free platform for playing and making social games with words. You pick a game or describe your own, share a room code or link, and everyone plays in their own browser. There is nothing to download and you do not need an account.
Is Letternerd free?
Playing is free. Gold, the in-game currency, is earned by playing and cannot be bought. AI credits, used to make games with AI, come with an account and top up each month, and can also be bought.
Do I need to download an app or sign up?
No. Letternerd runs in the browser on phones, tablets and computers, and you play as a guest without an account. An account is optional, and is needed only to keep your history across devices and to play 18+ games.
How do I start a game?
Pick a game, choose to host a room, and share the room code, link or QR code. When everyone has joined, start the game.
How do I join a game?
Open the link you were sent, or go to letternerd.com/join and type the room code. You are seated as a guest, with no signup.
Playing
How many people can play?
From 1 to 20, depending on the game. Each game page shows its own range and how long a round takes.
Can we play live or over several days?
Both. When you host a room you choose live, with countdowns, or over days, where each person takes their turn when they are free. A game that cannot be played over days says why when you choose.
What kinds of games are there?
88 built-in games for all ages, plus a separate 18+ shelf: party games, trivia, bluffing and mystery games, would you rather, word and writing games, icebreakers, and games for couples and long distance.
Can I play with AI players?
Yes. A host can add AI players to fill empty seats. Adding one costs the host some Gold.
What is the Daily?
The Daily is one question that changes each day. Everyone answers the same one, and you can see how others answered. It is not scored.
Making your own games
Can I make my own game?
Yes. Describe a game in a sentence and Letternerd builds it, or turn a document or link into a game. You can keep it private, share it with a link, or publish it so others can play and remix it.
Do I need to know how to code?
No. You describe the game in plain words and edit the result in the game editor.
Revising with friends
Can I use Letternerd to revise for an exam?
Yes. Make a set from your own notes or write your own questions, revise it as flash cards that come back on a spaced schedule, and share it with a circle of friends who are revising the same thing. A set pinned to a circle can carry an exam date, and the cards you have reviewed come round again before it.
How do I turn my notes into a quiz?
Open Learn, choose to make a set from your notes, a file or a link, and Letternerd builds a quiz from what it reads. Or write the questions yourself, one per line with the answer after a dash, a bar or a tab. Either way you can host the set as a live quiz for friends.
What is a study circle?
A circle is a private group of friends. Pin a revision set to it and everyone sees it on the circle’s shelf. Each person revises on their own schedule, and the circle sees one shared exam date.
Can my friends see how well I am doing?
Not by name. A circle sees counts only, such as how many members have started a set and how many revised today. The cards the group finds hard are named only once at least three members have rated them, and no one’s name is attached to a score.
Can friends add their own questions to a set?
Yes. Any member of the circle can add questions to a pinned set. Each one shows who wrote it and that it has not been checked against a source, and anyone can flag a question as wrong. The author is told it was flagged, but not by whom.
How reliable are quizzes made from my notes?
They are only as good as the notes and the model reading them, so check them before you rely on them. Where a question has a reason attached, it is shown with the answer, which makes mistakes easier to spot. Questions added by friends are marked as unchecked.
Can we play a revision set as a live quiz?
Yes. Use Quiz the circle on a pinned set and everyone plays the same questions at once, with the reason shown after each answer. It needs at least four questions with four different answers, because the wrong options are other questions’ answers.
Accounts, age and safety
What is a guest account?
Opening Letternerd creates a guest account automatically. It keeps your name, Gold and history on that device. You can add an email or Google sign-in at any time to keep them across devices.
How old do you have to be to use Letternerd?
Letternerd is for people 13 and older. Games rated 18+ are for adults only.
How do 18+ games work?
They are listed with an 18+ mark, but you need an account and need to add your age before you can open or play one. The age you add is self-declared and is not identity verification.
How do I report a game, a player or a room?
Use Report in the app. A person reads every report, and Settings shows what became of the ones you sent. You can also block a player. The rules are on the community rules page.
How do I delete my account?
Open Settings and choose Delete account. You confirm with a code sent to your email, or by typing a word if you are a guest. The privacy policy lists what is deleted and what is kept.
How do I contact Letternerd?
Email hello@letternerd.com.