Spellbrew

Something’s brewing.
Can you spell it?

A word game for Discord. No spellcheck, no timer. Play real words, play fake ones, and argue with your friends about which is which.

Add to Discord Play in our server Free to play. 2–4 players.
A Spellbrew board: purple potion bottles spelling CAULDRON, WITCH, POTION and more, floating in green brew inside a cauldron.

How it works

For 2 to 4 brewers. Take your time.

You’ll need

  • A Discord server
  • A friend or three
  • A little nerve

Method

  1. Tap New game and pick who’s playing.
  2. Take turns placing words. (Almost) any word goes.
  3. Think a word is fake? Hit Challenge. Fakes lose their points. Wrong guesses lose a turn.
  4. At the end, The Trials reveal every bluff nobody caught.
A shelf of seven potion bottles: B, R, E, W, a golden unlabeled bottle, N and G.

No rush

Take your turn whenever you like: over breakfast, on the bus, three days later. The bot gently reminds whoever’s holding everyone up.

Real words come from the official tournament word lists. US and UK spellings both count, so nobody gets to argue about colour.

Full Moon Event

Once a month the cauldron transforms under the light of the full moon. Some words score double, potions can turn wild, and a werewolf hides among the players.

Yuletide is coming in December.

The same board under the full moon: silver potions and three golden wild potions with little wolf ears, in a midnight-blue brew with pale blue fire round the rim.

Questions you might have

Can we add our own words?
Yes. Admins can add house words with /houseword add, so your server’s inside jokes finally count. Or ban words with /houseword ban.
What counts as a real word?
Anything in the official tournament word lists, about 285,000 words. Yes, QI is a word.
Can I play on my own?
Yes. Tap Try it solo for a practice game. It won’t count on the leaderboard.
Can we turn the events off?
Yes. Pick Classic rules for a game with no events and no werewolves.
One of us always wins. Can we even it out?
Yes. The host can give them a handicap so their words score less.
What if someone stops taking turns?
The bot sends reminders, and you can /nudge them. After a week, the game moves on without them.
Does it keep score over time?
Yes. Each server has a leaderboard, everyone has a /profile, and there are titles for the best bluffer and the best bluff-catcher.
Is it safe to add?
Yes. It only needs permission to post messages and make threads, and it can’t read your server’s messages. Slurs are the only words blocked from play. Admins can block more for their own server if they want.