About Raveled

Puzzle Generation

The puzzles aren't just random; they are intelligently crafted to provide a unique and engaging experience every time you play. Here’s a deep dive into how our clever generation process works:

1. 1 Topical Theme Selection: At the heart of each puzzle is a theme. The system algorithmically selects from a vast, curated database of topics, ranging from historical events and scientific discoveries to pop culture and literature. This ensures a fresh and educational experience.
2. 2 Knowledge Graph Integration: We leverage a sophisticated knowledge graph to find interconnected concepts related to the chosen theme. This allows us to generate clues and answers that are not just related, but contextually coherent and often surprisingly clever. Even the same theme will yield different puzzles on different days.
3. 3 Timely & Relevant Themes: On special days, the puzzle generation system incorporates themes related to the current season, holidays, or significant world events, making your daily puzzle feel connected and current.
4. 4 Difficulty Ramp: The five daily puzzles are intentionally ordered with a gentle difficulty curve. The first few puzzles use more common words related to the theme, building up to a more challenging final puzzle to test the deepest knowledge of the day's topic.

The Scoring System

Your score is a reflection of your skill, speed, and strategy. We've designed a weighted system to reward thoughtful play.

• Base Score: Each correctly solved puzzle grants a base number of points.
• Time Penalty: A timer starts with each new puzzle. The longer you take, the more points are deducted from your score. However, time is not weighted heavily, so it's better to think than to rush.
• Hint Penalty: Revealing a clue (up to 6 available) or a letter will help when you're stuck, but it will apply a small deduction from your potential score for that puzzle. The number of letter reveals available depends on the word's length (you can reveal letters until only two are left). Clues deduct significantly fewer points, so use them more than letters for a higher score.

Tips

Solving a puzzle with no reveals and quickly is your best bet, but when that fails, here are some point-saving tips:

• Reveals: Reveal Clues before Letters. You can reveal all 6 clues at the same cost as a letter reveal (-150 points).
• Time: Don’t worry too much about the timer. 1 minute off the timer is about the same deduction (-180 points) as a letter reveal (-150 points).

Example Scenarios

Here is a look at two puzzle solutions and how they scored:

Results: Player 1 received a higher score even though they took more than 5 minutes to solve this one puzzle.

The Daily Reset

Raveled is a global game, so a new set of puzzles is released for everyone at the same time: midnight UTC. The countdown timer on the summary screen shows you exactly how long until the next challenge is available.

Saving & Viewing Your Progress

Automatic Saving: Your score, completion time, and puzzle statistics are automatically saved to your browser the moment you finish a puzzle. You never have to worry about losing your hard-earned results.

Score History: View a detailed history of all the puzzles you've completed. You can see your high score, days played, best individual puzzle score, fastest solve, your current streak (how many days in a row you played), and your maximum streak. You can also view on a calendar how you did for that particular day.

Share Your Triumphs

Proud of a high score? Want to challenge a friend? After completing a puzzle, you'll see a 'Share Score' button on the results screen. Clicking this will generate a unique, spoiler-free summary of your performance that you can post on social media or send directly to friends.