The games you already play… now add a weekly competition.
SIDECAR is designed to be the easy share, the easy league, the take your daily habit and effortlessly add some humorous quips, some scoring challenges, some competition, and a lot of fun.
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What it does
Bring the daily puzzles you already play. Finish one, tap Share, pick SIDECAR, and your result is read and scored on the spot, straight onto your league’s table. Each game carries its own scoring rules, so every result becomes points on one board. Weeks run Monday to Sunday, classic SIDECAR style: best 5 of 7 days count, so a rough day won’t sink you. Each week, we crown the podium winners, clear the board, and start again. Only the stats remain (did we mention we love stats)! Leagues hold up to ten people, or thirty in a Premier league, with SIDECAR’s own games and in-game characters ready whenever a seat or a day needs filling.
SIDECAR scoring rules
Bring our scoring rules to the puzzles you already play. The competition is yours to shape.
Private leagues
Set up a league with friends and family.
Premier leagues
For the larger office pools.
Daily play, weekly stakes
Play each day; watch the leaderboard crown the week's podium winners.
How it works
- 1
Set up your league
Create a private league and invite your friend group.
- 2
Play your games
Play the daily games you already love, on your own schedule.
- 3
Share your scores
Send scores into SIDECAR and let the standings sort it out.
What you play
The games
Bring the daily puzzles you already play, or pick up one of ours. Either way the week keeps score for you. SIDECAR is not affiliated with or endorsed by the publishers of the games it scores.
SIDECAR originals
Randle
Five letters, six guesses, and the clock is running.
Checkpoint
A number grid solved within three checkpoints, against the clock.
Honeycomb
Seven letters in a hive. How many words can you find?
Plus the dailies you already play
Play them where you already do. Share the result to SIDECAR and it lands on your league’s board.
- The New York Times
- Wordle · Connections · Strands
Crosswords – Mini and Midi
Pips – Easy and Medium - Queens · Tango · Zip · Crossclimb · Mini Sudoku · Patches · Wend · Pinpoint
- DayDash
- CONEXO · LETROSO · EXPRESSO
The Clubhouse
The Clubhouse is built to host the classic games. A place to hang with some peaceful backdrops when you’re done with your league games for the day. Come pit your SIDECAR against the core four in-game SIDECARs as your opponents. Different skill levels to help guide you to become an expert. Stats kept here too. Oh boy!
- Card Room
- Hearts · Spades · Bridge · Gin
- Dice Room
- Roll Five · Hot Dice · Shut the Box · Greed
- Solo Corner
- Klondike · Spider · FreeCell · Match Up
- Board Room
- Chess · Checkers · Backgammon · Reversi
- Tile Room
- Honeycomb · Wordfall · WordTrail · Crosscut
The world’s house team
The In-Game Characters
The global constant: same characters, same challenge, every league on the planet — twelve league players, sourced from the finest institutions of higher animal learning — bookish to the core, if you read between the whiskers. Add them to your league for someone to beat — or to lose to. Each plays at its own level, from gentle pick to boss tier.
Boss tierBartleby Badger
Sett Valley Junior College · 2018–2024
Would prefer not to lose. Melville's most stubborn export — boss-tier at any difficulty.
Gentle pickOllie Otter
Riverbank College · 2019–2023
Dickensian cheer, otter-shaped. Submits eagerly, finishes politely. Softest pick on the roster.
Gentle pickEustace Elephant
Cair Paravel Polytechnic · 2016–2020
Narnia's reformed brat. Steady on Connections; distracted on Wordle. Below-average overall.
Below averageMaddy Mole
Combray College · 2017–2021
Proustian patience, underground. Slow but eventually arrives — usually after the spangram has cooled.
BalancedMortimer Moose
North Woods University · 2020–2024
Dickensian everyman, antlers and all. Reliable mid-pack; occasionally surprises.
Boss tierAthena Owl
Owlford University · 2016–2020
Greek-myth wisdom in feathers. Reads patterns instantly. Bring your A-game.
Below averagePippi Prairie Dog
Villa Villekulla School of the Arts · 1941–1945
Astrid Lindgren's free spirit in burrow form — plays by her own rules, never out of jokes or steam. Solid Wordle, less reliable on Strands.
Gentle pickRosie Rabbit
Warren University · 2018–2022
Shakespeare-quick, Bottom-uneven. Fast on the buzzer, lower on the leaderboard.
Above averageRhett Rhino
Tara A&M · 2017–2021
Frankly, doesn't give a damn what you think. Brash hitter, especially on Connections.
Boss tierSchopenhauer Sloth
Canopy College of Philosophy · 2019–2023
Pessimist philosopher who finds life surprisingly solvable. Slow, methodical, tough to beat.
Above averageScout Squirrel
Maycomb University · 2020–2024
Mockingbird-sharp observer. Asks the right questions, plays the right moves. Reliable above-average.
BalancedWilla Wolf
Frontier University · 2022–2026
Pioneer steady. Balanced no-tilt opponent — the dependable middle of the pack.