Bad Word

Bad Word

Released Sep 2026

The word game that fights back. Every word you spell lands tiles on your rival's rack — first to overflow loses. Five modes, 8-player Survival, 20 jokers, animated themes, and a Tile Movie Maker with 26 letter actors. Yes, you can play bad words. They just score half.

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Details

Developer
Publisher
Max Woon
Achievements
54
Platform
Windows
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · PvP

About this game

Yes, you can play bad words. They just score half.

Bad Word is the word game that fights back: every word you spell lands on your rival's rack — one tile pushed for every four letters you play. Spell fast, think sharp: big words hit harder, and the first rack to overflow loses.

One price, everything. $2.99 — every mode, every theme, every joker. No ads, no in-app purchases, no pay-to-win. Just word skill.

Five Ways to Play

  • Solo — Race the tiles across 16, 32, and unique-word modes.

  • Zen — No timer, no rival. Just you and the tiles.

  • Duel — Real-time 1v1 against Normal or Hard AI, or a friend via invite link.

  • Survival — A free-for-all loop for 3 to 8 players. Last rack standing wins.

  • Quick Match — One click, one opponent.

Tile Movie Maker

Type a scene — "Q loses U, then finds it" — and 26 letter-tile actors with real faces act it out: hops, tears, steam, speech bubbles, slide whistles, sad trombones. Export a GIF and send it to someone. Occasion cards included: Birthday, Congrats, Good Luck, Miss You.

Features

  • Tile push — a real-time pressure loop no other word game has

  • Weekend 2x / holiday 3x score events, automatic

  • 20 collectible jokers across 20 XP ranks, 5 equip slots

  • 10 themes, 8 of them fully animated shaders — Cyberpunk, Garden, Water, Starfield, Fireworks, Prism, Fractal, Nightfall

  • 50 Steam achievements, Steam leaderboards with friends filter

  • Keyboard-first play — type letters to pull tiles, Enter to validate

  • Gamepad support — D-pad or stick plus A/B/X/Y drive every menu and every mode; room codes and Movie Maker prompts use the Steam on-screen keyboard

  • Plays on Steam Deck with the built-in controls

Bad Words Count — At Half Score

Every dictionary word is fair game. The spicy ones just score 50% instead of being rejected, lol.

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