Hamword is a Winlink-based game mimicking the popular five-letter word guessing game Wordle. This game was started to give hams a way to practice their Winlink skills while having fun thinking about an unknown five-letter word. Hamword has just completed its third year of operation with some impressive stats shown below. This game has gained an international audience, with hams from at least 24 countries playing along. Play the Game You can join the fun by sending a five-letter word to the Winlink tactical callsign HAMWORD. You do not have to send messages using your radio connection. Winlink messages can be transferred over the Internet using the Telnet interface. For more information about the game, Winlink, and the Hamword Leaderboard are available at https://hambooks.org/hamword/. Emergency Communications Practice If you are an ARES leader or you run some Winlink drills, feel free to add playing a Hamword game to your skills tasks. Simply ask your members to send a Winlink message to HAMWORD and play the game. It's also a great way to test your digital emergency communication equipment without any additional assistance. Third Year Statistics For those of you keeping score, after three years, we have: an average of 81 folks play the game every week. https://hambooks.org/hamword/previousweeks/. over 470 hams have played the game. You can see the past scores on the leaderboard page at: https://hambooks.org/hamword/leaderboard/. 45 of the 50 states have played Hamword https://hambooks.org/hamword/states/. We are missing responses from Louisiana, Nevada, North Dakota, Rhode Island, and Wyoming. If you or your friends are from one of these targeted states, please play along! 61 of the 71 ARRL sections that have played the game. We are missing responses from Los Angeles, Louisiana, Nevada, North Dakota, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, San Joaquin Valley, US Virgin Islands, and Wyoming. https://hambooks.org/hamword/sections/. 24 countries play the game https://hambooks.org/hamword/countries/. 11,223 individual games have been played. sent/received over 97,500 Winlink messages in the three years. So, keep playing to improve or practice your Winlink skills. Spread the word, compete with your friends, and demonstrate how we can send and receive emails via radio using HAMWORD. Graphic Performance Data Graphs like the one shown here are available to see how your games have been played. You can also check your friend's progress and get averages for each section, state, or country.
