Reunion Word Game Classic Mode

How the Classic board works

Reunion Classic gives you a grid of scrambled letter tiles, plus two animals — a fox and a hedgehog — sitting somewhere on the board. You drag letters to form words in unbroken rows and columns. The color system does the teaching:

• Green — the letter is in its correct spot. It is solved; leave it alone.
• Yellow — the letter belongs somewhere else in that same row or column.
• White — the letter is not required in that row or column at all.

When every letter is green, the fox and hedgehog end up reunited — vertically, horizontally or diagonally — and the board is solved. The fewer moves you used, the more stars you earn.

Classic-specific rules worth remembering

• Every answer is at least three letters long.
• A column can contain two words if an animal sits between them — check both sides of a critter before assuming a column is broken.
• Animals never change color, even when they are already in their final spots.
• Classic boards start with more green tiles than Extreme, so locked-in rows are your best structural hints.

Classic vs. Extreme

If Classic starts feeling easy, that is the intended path: the publisher positions Extreme as the trickier daily board with the same rules. Switching modes does not affect your Classic streak, because the official game keeps the two modes’ stats separate.

Three habits that cut Classic move counts

1. Solve green rows completely before touching anything else. In Classic, several rows already contain greens — finishing them early locks structure in place.
2. Treat yellow as a range, not a target. A yellow letter is telling you “somewhere in this line.” Placing it in the most likely square and re-reading its color after the next move is faster than hesitating.
3. Check word length before placing. Every word is three letters or longer, so a two-letter gap at the end of a row means the row either continues into another word or hosts an animal.

Related Guides

• Reunion Word Game today — today’s Classic hints and answers.
• Reunion Word Game Extreme — the harder daily board.
• Hints and strategies — deeper solving techniques.
• Reunion vs. NYT games — who makes Reunion.