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Logic & PuzzlesAlphabetical Order
Dictionary order compares one letter at a time and stops at the first difference. Below: how to skip whole words in one comparison, and why longer is not later.
Choose your difficulty
Pick a level to start playing. You can switch at any time.
How to play
Compare the words letter by letter, then tap the one that comes first.
Tip: your progress and best score are saved in this browser only.
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Logic & PuzzlesWhat you are actually practicing
Dictionary order compares one letter at a time and stops at the first difference. cat before cot is decided entirely by the second letter; nothing after it matters.
That is the whole algorithm, and it is worth being fluent in — alphabetical order indexes glossaries, indexes, contact lists and file names.
How the game works
You are shown four words and asked which comes first. Pick it; a wrong pick reveals the answer immediately.
Easy uses words with different first letters, where one comparison settles it. Medium uses words that share a first letter. Hard uses words that share the first two letters, where you must go deeper.
The relationship worth knowing
Compare left to right, stop at the first difference. apple vs apron: both start ap, then p comes before r, so apple is first.
A prefix comes before the longer word. car comes before cart, because the shorter word runs out first.
Strategies that actually raise your score
Start at the first letter and eliminate fast. If any word starts with a letter earlier than all the others, you are done — the answer is found in one comparison.
When first letters tie, jump to the second. You do not need to read the rest of the word; the first differing position decides everything.
Watch the prefix trap. cart and car look nearly identical, but the shorter one always comes first. Length is not a signal of position.
Sort by "what would the dictionary do". Imagine the word in a dictionary page rather than comparing letters analytically — for most people the mental image is faster than the algorithm.