NVWLS
A word game with the vowels missing. Find films, songs, brands and places among the consonants, then compete from your phone or shout out the answer around one screen.
1–∞ PLAYERS5–20 MINWEB + MOBILEENGLISH
Play now - free
Five ways to play
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Everyone answers
Everyone types an answer on their phone. Every correct answer scores.
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Buzz in
Buzz to get first in line. Say the answer out loud and the host judges it.
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One screen
No phones. Everyone shouts out the answer and the host awards points to teams.
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Solo
Practise on your own. Pick categories and difficulty, then put the vowels back. Also works offline in the app.
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Daily
Five new puzzles every day, the same for everyone.
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Details
- Puzzles
- 2,000+
- Categories
- 10
- Players
- 1–∞
- Duration
- 5–20 min
- Platform
- Web + mobile
- Language
- English
- Difficulty levels
- 3
- Download
- None for browser play
Categories
Film & TVMusicBrandsPlaces & buildingsSportFootball clubsFootballersGamesCountriesCapitals
How it was built
UNDER THE HOODNVWLS shares one puzzle bank between the browser game and the mobile app. Real-time rooms keep hosts and players in sync, while One screen and Solo use local game state.
Next.js 16 + React 19 + TypeScript
App Router, host screen and player client with shared types
Liveblocks
Real-time rooms with answers, buzzer queues and leaderboards
Zustand
Local game state for teams, rounds and scores on one screen
Capacitor + Vite
Mobile app with TV display and bundled offline Solo mode
Clerk
Optional sign-in and profiles