As a respected editor of dictionaries, Dr. Algernon Pym became well known for devising word puzzles for London periodicals in the mid-nineteenth century. Then in 1883, he started to publish books of daily word square puzzles, each book containing enough puzzles to last a year.
In the introduction to the 1883 edition, Dr. Pym stated that "Word squares can be comprehended by all but the most ignorant and worthless persons, while providing delight and satisfaction to the more intelligent sort." The books were very popular in their day, attracting patrons as diverse as Queen Victoria and Oscar Wilde.
The daily word square year books were continued down the decades by Dr. Pym's successors. And now, through the marvels of modern science, we are able to provide a daily word square puzzle on the computer. This computer edition has the advantage that it can check the answer and indicate which words are correct when a player achieves a partial solution.
Pym's Daily Word Square Puzzle is, as the name suggests, a puzzle game. Each day reveals a new partially filled word square which you must complete. You can submit your solution as many times as you need to until you are correct. Once a day's puzzle is completed, you're scored on how quickly you came by the right answer, with each extra submission giving a score penalty.
Like all the games on this site, Pym's Daily Word Square Puzzle works on an IBM PC with an 8088 processor, CGA graphics, and a single floppy disk drive. It also works on modern systems using DOSBox.
Pym's Daily Word Square Puzzle was released on 1st December 2024.
Pym's Daily Word Square Puzzle
Download: pym.zip
Size 60kb, downloads 46.
This download requires DOSBox to run. Make a folder for the game wherever you put your other DOS games. Extract the contents of the ZIP into it, and have fun! A read of the manual would be beneficial for this game if you want to know what you're doing. (read more...)
Pym's Daily Word Square Puzzle Manual
Download: pym.pdf
Size 389kb, downloads 34.
Here's a PDF manual for Pym's Daily Word Square Puzzle. It contains installation instructions, useful information about word squares, and even some hints and tips about solving the puzzles. (read more...)
Pym's Daily Word Square Puzzle for Windows
Download: pym.exe
Size 3049kb, downloads 21.
This is a windows installer for the game, for those who don't want to have to mess around with DOSBox. This version is still powered by DOSBox, but the installer will install that and the game for you automatically, along with a desktop icon and Start Menu entry. Because I'm not a big company with lots of money, some versions of Windows might flag this file as a security risk. (read more...)
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