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Mari Word Search — Mari words in a grid
A word-search game in Meadow Mari: swipe across letters, find hidden words that snake through the grid and see each word's Russian translation. 1300+ levels in 14 themes and three difficulties.
Features
- 1300+ levels, 14 themes: family, animals, birds, food, nature, plants, body, clothes, colours, numbers, home and village, work, holidays and culture, time — plus a mixed mode
- Three difficulties: Kushtylgo (easy, straight words), Kokla (medium, snake words), Nele (hard, up to 7×7)
- A Russian translation for every word, right below the grid and on the win screen
- Bonus words: find another Mari word and get coins; palindromes count both ways
- Photos of Mari El nature, one per theme; an optional common leaderboard
- Hints and a short tutorial; levels work offline; the interface is in Russian
Screenshots
Where to play
Right now: in the browser on a phone or computer, or on Android: download mari-filword.apk (1.0.0, 10 MB), open it and allow installs from this source. RuStore, Google Play and Yandex Games are coming soon.
Dictionary
- “Марий йылме мутер” / Dictionary of the Mari language in 10 volumes (MarNIIYaLI, 1990–2005), online at dict.fu-lab.ru
- V. M. Vasilyev, Z. V. Uchaev, Mari–Russian Dictionary (2003)
- The word list of PirogovLab’s “Мут тӱня”; every level word is checked against the dictionary
The mobile versions show unobtrusive ads (a banner after the tutorial, sometimes between levels and, if you choose, for a free hint). The web version has no ads. Privacy policy.