From the desk of a mothNo. 1 · Mon 2 Nov 2026

Stop pressMoth escapes dictionary. Words everywhere.

Word games with ink on their fingers.

Scribblemoth is a small UK studio making cosy-but-competitive word games for your phone. Our first, Word Showdown, is a Wild West word duel with chalk pistols, and it's in testing. Nobody is hurt. Several people are out-spelled.

Wanted: Word Showdown ↓ Meet the moth

* Filed under: word games, ink, lamps.Page 1 of 1 (the moth ate the rest)

life size (in our minds)

Fig. 1. Scribblemotha verbosa

Specimen: No. 1 (the only one, thankfully)
Wingspan: approx. 4 words
Diet: dictionaries; the D-section, mostly
Marks: a face where the "o" should be
Status: at large, near a lamp

WANTED

Word Showdownin testing

Manuscripts on the desk

Two manuscripts. One is a Western. One is a secret. Both have coffee on them.

WANTED

FOR CRIMES AGAINST SPELLING

WORD SHOWDOWN

DUSTY GULCH. A comic Wild West word duel for your phone, in which you spell your way out of trouble and other people into it. Longer words hit harder. Short ones mostly annoy people. Climb from Greenhorn to Legend of the West. One very strong opinion about the letter Q.

REWARD: ONE (1) KAPOWDead or alive. Mostly alive. Age 12+, cartoon peril only.

Tell me when →Latest from the ranch

A still from Word Showdown: a cartoon cowboy on a Wild West street, about to throw dynamite — Exhibit A: a duel in progress. The dynamite is not chalk. The Sheriff has been informed.

Manuscript no. 1 · the rules, section 1Three index cards, in order

1. The deal

You get tiles. So does the outlaw. Trust nobody, least of all vowels.

2. The duel

Spell words to land your shots. Longer words hit harder. Short ones just annoy people.

3. The payoff

Dynamite, gold tiles and a general store run by a shopkeeper with opinions.

Duel a friend by linkGreenhorn → LegendOne thumb

Manuscript no. 2 · embargoedUntitled game (it's a surprise)

A second game is on the desk. It is mostly ████████ and partly coffee. The moth has been told to stop chewing page 3 and has responded by chewing page 4.

A letter from the studio

Dear person holding a phone,

Scribblemoth is a small studio in the UK. The "studio" is a desk and the "staff" is, on a good day, more than one. (The moth is listed under management.) We make word games that are cosy until the precise moment somebody plays ZAX for nineteen points.

House rules: rounds short enough for a kettle. Rules honest enough to explain in a sentence. Jokes in the places where other games keep the tutorial. Aimed at ages twelve and up, because the worst thing that happens is a cartoon cowboy being out-spelled.

The name, explained: a scribble (what we do to the back of everything) plus a moth (what we are around a good idea: drawn to it, slightly singed, quite happy). Also, mot is French for "word", which is why the mot in our name is highlighted. We'd love to say we planned that. People ask about the "o". Yes, that is the moth. No, we don't know why it has a face either.

— the moth, and whoever is holding the pen

Cosy but competitiveMade in the UKTrading name of Supervisia Ltd

Pinned to the board

Mon 2 Nov 2026

Studio opens, moth credited

Scribblemoth has a website. This is it. It was drawn by hand, mostly, and the moth is listed under "management".

Say hello →

Now

Word Showdown: still loading the chalk

The first game is in testing. We'll announce a date once it's true, which is the cheapest way we know to avoid apologising.

Tell me when →

Ongoing

Moth declines interview

Asked about its future plans, the moth flew into a lamp. We are choosing to read this as "bright".