# Words of Hanoi

> Daily word puzzle for puzzle fans — A daily puzzle: move letter tiles between five tubes until every full tube spells a word.

- Page: https://tesign.com/en/item/words-of-hanoi/
- JSON: https://tesign.com/en/item/words-of-hanoi/index.json
- Korean Markdown: https://tesign.com/item/words-of-hanoi/index.md
- Generated: 2026-09-17 01:56 UTC

## Numbers

- 1 Show HN points — observed 2026-09-16 07:50 UTC
- Star total = the value last checked on GitHub (stars_checked_at) + increases observed via GH Archive since. The 24h · 7d · 30d gains are GH Archive hourly events summed to the reference time (as_of). No score of ours.

## AT A GLANCE

- LICENSE: Licence unconfirmed
- USAGE: Unconfirmed — check before use.
- LANGUAGE: [unconfirmed]
- PLATFORM: web
- CATEGORY: GAMES
- Tags: word-game · daily-puzzle · browser-game · no-login
- How to start: Use in the browser
- SOURCES: Show HN https://crux.quest/hanoi
- TRY: https://crux.quest/hanoi

## Signals and evidence

- NEW · 2h OLD WHEN SEEN

## TESIGN TAKE

Three lines of rules teach it, and the maker even explains why every board can be solved — that honesty is the charm.

## WHY IT MATTERS

Plenty of daily word games exist, but this one sorts letters instead of guessing them. Twelve letter tiles sit in five test tubes; you may move only the top tile onto a tube with room, and you win when every full tube spells a four-letter word. Boards are generated by walking 28 legal moves away from a solved position, so every board is provably solvable, every move can be undone, and any of the 902 listed words counts — not only the three the setter started from.

## BUILD FROM THIS

- A two- or three-minute daily habit next to your morning coffee
- A friendly rivalry: copy the result strip and compare move counts on the same board
- An experiment: rebuild a board from its seed with the unminified engine (/hanoi-engine.js) and hunt for a route shorter than par

## WHO IT'S FOR

- Word-game fan — wants one more puzzle in the daily routine
- Family or coworkers — compare move counts on the same board
- Aspiring puzzle maker — reads a real seeded generator and a solvability proof in plain code

## START IN 5 MINUTES

```
# Open https://crux.quest/hanoi → tap a tube to lift its top tile, then tap where it goes
# Keyboard: 1 to 5 pick up and drop, arrows move focus, Space or Enter acts, Z undoes, R resets, ? opens the help panel
# A new board appears at midnight UTC; the stats panel shows that moment in your time zone
```

## CAVEATS

- License unconfirmed — the engine (/hanoi-engine.js) and word list (/hanoi-words.js) are served unminified, but no terms of use are stated
- Free · no login or tracking; streaks and counts stay in local storage · needs JavaScript
- English four-letter words only (902 of them); no Korean edition
- The page's 'Play the whole thing in the app' link returns 404 as of 2026-09-15; the web version works
- Shown on HN 2026-09-13 (1 point, 0 comments) · the second web game from Crux

## RECEIPT

- FIRST SEEN BY TESIGN: 2026-09-13 07:43 UTC
- AT SOURCE: 2026-09-13 04:46 UTC
- KEPT: 2026-09-15 14:07 UTC
- Published on TESIGN: 2026-09-15 14:07 UTC
- Text last updated: 2026-09-15 14:07 UTC

## How to read this

- This file was produced by the same build, from the same data, as the tesign.com item page. The text is editorial; the numbers are stored observations.
- null in the JSON means not observed — never zero. The Markdown writes [unconfirmed] for it.
- Star total = the value last checked on GitHub (stars_checked_at) + increases observed via GH Archive since. The 24h · 7d · 30d gains are GH Archive hourly events summed to the reference time (as_of). No score of ours.
- A summary, not legal advice.

[Image] https://tesign.com/img/words-of-hanoi-8b4fea53d4.png