Wordathon

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  Hover your cursor over How to Play to learn the rules.

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  After entering the game, you'll find several letters arranged around a central required letter, and a field to enter words.

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  After entering a word, the correctly accepted words will be revealed.

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  To see how you performed, just click See Results.

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  Start here: click Let's Play on the landing page.

Inspiration

A lifelong love for expanding vocabulary led me to crossword puzzles, which proved to be a fantastic way to learn new words. Building on the spirit of these classic puzzles…

What it does

Wordathon is a word-forming game where players create words using a given set of letters. The twist: every word must contain a designated central word, and all words must be at least 4 letters long.

How I built it

Built using Devvit with the React template, and integrated ECharts — a powerful charting library — to display letters in a visually appealing way.

Challenges we ran into

1. Registered & started in the late last week & most of the things built over weekend
2. Being a solo team member was responsible for end to end development

Note: The project and app were previously named Spellathon but have since been rebranded to Wordathon.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Building Wordathon marks a personal milestone — it's my very first game ever built using React.

What we learned

explored Reddit's developer platform, gamemaker

What's next for Wordathon

1. Localization support — Form words in your native language and expand your vocabulary across multiple languages.
2. Expanded word database — Enrich the dataset with a broader collection of words for a more diverse gameplay experience.
3. Built-in dictionary — Learn new words along with their meanings and usage, turning every game into a learning opportunity.
4. Multiplayer & social features — Introduce real-time multiplayer support and foster community interaction through post comments and collaborative gameplay.

Built With

• devvit
• echarts
• react