📰 News

Every update, new feature and improvement to LexiSmash, from the most recent.

• 🔥 Streaks Are Here: Play Every Day and Earn XP 03/10/2026 — One game a day for five days in a row: the tiles fill up, change colour and, if you keep going, the bonus grows.
• 🎁 Special Word Bonuses: Now Every Word Can Be Worth More (or Less) 02/10/2026 — The Host can pick words with their own score — bonus or penalty — and decide whether to warn players with a reminder above the board.
• 🖼️ LexiSmash Links Now Have a Preview 01/10/2026 — When you share a LexiSmash link on WhatsApp, Telegram, or social media, it now shows a nice preview with a title, description, and image — no more bare link.
• 🎶 Whole Playlists and a Reorderable Queue in the Jukebox 30/09/2026 — Paste the link to an entire YouTube playlist and every track gets added at once. And now you can drag tracks in the queue to reorder them however you like.
• 🛡️ A Safer Chat for Everyone 29/09/2026 — New anti-spam protections in the chat: a rate limit, blocking of near-identical messages, and a stricter brake for brand-new accounts. Pasting real images is now blocked too.
• 🌍 Multilingual Profanity Filter 28/09/2026 — Chat censorship now covers Italian, English, French, German, Spanish and Dutch together — not just the language of the writer's own interface.
• ✏️ Edit Your Submitted Word 27/09/2026 — The Host can now let players correct their word after sending it, up to a set number of times per turn — works in both Single-Word and Multi-Word Mode.
• 🌈 New Guide: Graphics Settings 26/09/2026 — Can't see the rainbow title effect, or does the game feel choppy? A new guide in the Tutorial walks you step by step to the most likely cause, for whatever device you're using.
• ⏰ The Timer Starts Itself 25/09/2026 — A new Host setting: the moment the last free letter is drawn, the writing timer can start right away, no more waiting for someone to press Start Timer.
• 📺 TV Mode Has Arrived 24/09/2026 — Bigger text and buttons, easy to see from the couch, plus remote-control arrow navigation — it can even turn itself on if it recognizes your smart TV.
• 💬 The Notification Center Has Arrived 23/09/2026 — Send a private message to another player by searching their name — messages that wait for you, with a badge so you never miss them.
• 📖 LexiSmash's Vocabulary is Now Open Source 22/09/2026 — The valid-word dictionaries, in all 6 languages, are now a public repository on GitHub: browse the lists, propose corrections, help us improve them.
• 📲 LexiSmash Can Now Be Installed As a Real App 22/09/2026 — A new button in Game Tools puts LexiSmash on your Home Screen or desktop — and once installed, you can even play without a network.
• 📱 LexiSmash Is Now Also an App 22/09/2026 — You can now find it as a real app to install on your phone, for anyone who prefers opening it from an icon instead of the browser.
• 🎬 YouTube Has Arrived in the Jukebox 21/09/2026 — Search or paste a link to add a YouTube track to the Jukebox playlist, and follow the master's music from another device.
• 🎨 New Button Graphics 21/09/2026 — Every button on the site now has its own custom look, with letter tiles that animate on touch.
• 🌈 The Title Now Glows With Color 20/09/2026 — The nine letters of LEXISMASH on the home screen are now real board-game tiles, with a rainbow glow that travels from left to right.
• 🎙️ A Game You Can Listen To (and Play by Voice) 19/09/2026 — The new Voice Mode reads every screen out loud and lets you play, answer, and type using only your voice.
• 📝 More Than One Word Per Turn 18/09/2026 — The new Multi-Word Mode lets you write several words in the same turn, complete with Hints, Bots, and its own badge in the Lobby.
• 🎮 A Button of Its Own for the Gamepad 17/09/2026 — A new button in the settings panel is dedicated to the controller, and changes color depending on whether it's connected.
• 🥇 What Counts as a Win, for the Leaderboard 16/09/2026 — The podium now counts as a win, and finishing first over and over earns a bonus.
• 🚀 The Match Starts the Moment the Room Is Full 15/09/2026 — A new switch in the Player Limit setting starts the match automatically once the max headcount is reached, with no surprises on karma.
• 🛍️ The Store Has Arrived 14/09/2026 — Special profile pictures to personalize your account, reachable from the new button in the Account panel.
• 📣 Share Your Leaderboard Spot on Social Media Too 13/09/2026 — Facebook, WhatsApp and Telegram join the Share button, so you can show off your ranking with one extra tap.
• 🏆 The Leaderboard of the Best Has Arrived 12/09/2026 — Premium accounts only: get in by winning, stay by keeping on winning — visible to everyone.
• 🛍️ A First Preview of the Store 11/09/2026 — A catalog of profile pictures already exists behind the scenes — real purchasing is coming later.
• ⭐ Premium Accounts Have Arrived 10/09/2026 — No more ads, and guaranteed entry into rooms with a minimum karma requirement — unlocked with a promo code.
• 🧭 Player Karma Has Arrived 09/09/2026 — Finishing games earns karma, leaving them mid-way loses it — and Hosts can now factor it in when deciding who gets in.
• 👤 LexiSmash Accounts Have Arrived 08/09/2026 — Sign in with Google or GitHub to carry your name, avatar and stats into every game — or keep playing as a guest, just like before.
• 🔔 Push Notifications Have Arrived 07/09/2026 — A real notification from your device or browser whenever we publish something new — even with the site closed.
• 🎃 A Background That Changes With the Seasons 06/09/2026 — The site can now dress up for Halloween, Christmas, and other special occasions, with animated backgrounds that adapt automatically.
• 🎲 Pick a Ready-Made Game Mode 05/09/2026 — Creating a room now also offers preconfigured game modes, with full details and a button to start right away.
• 🔧 A Bit of Order, and Some Quiet if You Want It 04/09/2026 — The settings panel got a clearer layout, and a new switch lets you turn off individual game sounds.
• 🎧 The Music Follows You Into the Match 03/09/2026 — The playlist loaded before starting the room can now be paused, skipped, or turned up even once the game is already underway.
• 👁️ The Game Adapts to Your Eyes 02/09/2026 — A new accessibility button helps players who struggle telling certain colors apart see letters and graphics without effort.
• 🧹 A Lighter Lobby 01/09/2026 — With so many rules now available, each room's card had grown into a very long list: from today you only see what's actually active.
• 🔄 Turn-Based Drawing: Now Drawing Letters Is a Group Effort Too 31/08/2026 — The free letters are no longer drawn by just one player: they now pass hand to hand in small batches, with an extra rule for anyone who passes the turn too soon.
• 🪙💳 Buying Letters Even Without Points 30/08/2026 — A new option for the Host: let players with too few points still buy extra letters, even going negative.
• 🎲 Now You Can Really Play in Six Languages 29/08/2026 — Not just the site: the dictionary, the official Scrabble scoring, and the letters you draw now speak Italian, English, French, German, Spanish, and Dutch too.
• 🌍 LexiSmash Speaks Your Language 28/08/2026 — The whole site is now available in six languages: switch anytime, without ever losing track of the match.
• 📖 The Vocabulary Gets Even More Complete 27/08/2026 — Dozens of everyday Italian words, previously rejected by mistake, are now recognized correctly.
• 🛒🃏 More Freedom to Buy, More Clarity for the Wildcard 26/08/2026 — Decide who can buy extra private letters and when, while Wildcard correction becomes even more precise and never misleading.
• ✅ Never Lose Track of Your Settings Again 25/08/2026 — A small checkmark on the advanced settings buttons instantly reminds you what you've turned on, even with the panel closed.
• 🎮 The Controller Learns a Few More Tricks 24/08/2026 — The virtual keyboard now opens on its own, knows when only a numeric keypad is needed, and now sliders can be tamed with the gamepad too.
• ⏱️ The Board Follows You Everywhere 23/08/2026 — Timer always in view, less scrolling up and down on your phone, and a few extra touches for playing comfortably in Integrated Mode.
• 🖥️📱 One Single Screen to Play 21/08/2026 — The new Integrated Mode combines the board, personal actions, and chat into a single page — and now the Host can sit at the table too.
• 🤖 The Host Can Now Call In Bots 20/08/2026 — If the table is short a player, or you just want a bit more of a challenge, you can now fill the room with custom bots.
• ⚡ The Speed Bonus 18/08/2026 — A new optional rule rewards whoever submits their word furthest ahead of time.
• 🔍 Tailor-Made Correction 16/08/2026 — Two new settings to decide how much to reveal about private letters and the Wildcard during correction.
• ⏩ Done Is Done 14/08/2026 — A new option for the Host: if everyone has already submitted, the timer no longer waits around for nothing.
• 🕹️ The Control Map, in 3D 12/08/2026 — Not sure what a gamepad button does? Rotate it in 3D and find out instantly.
• 🎮 Play Without Mouse or Keyboard 08/08/2026 — Now you can run the whole match from PC directly with a gamepad.
• 🏅 Discover the Letter Scores 01/08/2026 — A new page in the Tutorial to see at a glance how much each letter is worth.
• 📖 A Sturdier Dictionary 14/07/2026 — We've cleaned up the game's vocabulary for fairer matches, for everyone.
• 🚀 The Journey Begins! 10/06/2026 — Welcome to the first official version of LexiSmash Party Edition. Discover what's new.