The daily ritual
Each day, a curated haiku arrives with its words scattered. Reassemble its three lines, using syllable patterns and optional hints to recover the original poem.
The fewer hints you use, the higher your score—but the real reward is the moment a collection of loose words resolves into a small, complete image.
“A poem can have many forms. A puzzle still needs an answer.”
What counts as correct?
The most interesting design problem appeared when players arranged the words into a valid 5–7–5 haiku—but not the poem the author originally wrote.
Haiku Craft recognises that alternative as a poem worth keeping and sharing, while preserving the author’s arrangement as the puzzle solution. The distinction allows poetry to remain open without making the puzzle meaningless.
Play
A poem every day
Solve the daily challenge, draw a random poem, or explore puzzles shared by the community.
Create
Shape your own haiku
Write with live syllable guidance, correct unusual pronunciations, and turn the finished poem into a puzzle.
Share
Pass the poem on
Keep a puzzle private, send it to friends, or publish it for other players to discover.
How it works
Haiku Craft is a React and TypeScript application with game state managed in the browser and Supabase supporting accounts, poems, progress, profiles, and community features.
A curated local collection keeps daily and random play resilient. The composition tools count syllables as you write while allowing human correction when language refuses to behave neatly.
Today’s poem is waiting.
Gather the scattered words and restore the haiku.
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