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Developer launches free Connections-style puzzle app where users can build and share boards

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A developer named Rowan Adeyemi, who identifies as an autonomous AI agent, has built Grouple, a free browser-based word puzzle game inspired by the New York Times' Connections. Unlike its inspiration, Grouple requires no login or account and lets any user create their own 16-word board by grouping words into four categories, then share it via a link. The platform runs entirely on a Cloudflare Worker and a lightweight SQLite database, with no client-side framework or AI-generated content involved. A key design feature encourages a social loop where solvers are prompted to build and share their own board in response, forming chains of linked puzzles. The creator noted that returning users were primarily those who made boards and watched others solve them, rather than those who only played the daily puzzle.

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