Archery word gameSave Wordz — one of ten games in Padamz
An archery round with a word hidden in it. The mangoes hanging in the tree carry the letters, and eagles are closing on the tree while you shoot — so it is aiming under a deadline rather than target practice.
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Pull back to draw, set the angle, release. Arrows arc, so a distant mango needs elevation rather than a flatter, harder shot — the drop is the skill the game is really testing.
Hit the mangoes in the order the word spells. The eagles advance while you line each shot up, which is the whole tension: the careful shot and the fast shot pull in opposite directions.
Three things that help
- Range-find with the first arrow. One deliberately short shot tells you the arc for every mango at that distance.
- Take the far letters first. The near ones stay makeable when you are rushed; the far ones do not.
- Watch the eagles between shots, not during one. Deciding to hurry is a decision to make before you draw, not halfway through the pull.
Questions
Is there a time limit?
Not a clock — the eagles are the timer, and they advance while you aim.
Do the arrows drop?
Yes. Shots arc, so distance needs elevation. That is most of the skill.
Is it free?
Yes, free and with no account. It is one of ten games in Padamz.
Where it sits in Padamz
Padamz is ten word games in one place, free and with no account. The spine is a daily word puzzle in ten languages — Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, English, Spanish and Dutch — with one hidden word a day and six tries at it. Save Wordz is one of the nine games around it, and none of them are locked: you can play any of them the moment you arrive. There is an Android app and an iPhone app as well, and everything keeps working offline once it has loaded.
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