What is Nutter Words?

Nutter Words is a human-crafted word puzzle trivia game where a question is encoded using a group of words that sounds the same. (A mechanic known as oronyms.) You’ve definitely heard these before:

   ice cream ≈ I scream    

How To Play

The Nut is the first thing you see. It looks like a nonsense phrase but sound it out and you may start to hear the question.

nut stage example

Categories

Nutter Words puzzles come in many different categories. Feel free to hover over the category chips below for a little additional info.

  • Animals
  • Architecture
  • Art
  • Brands
  • Comic
  • Film
  • Food/Drink
  • Games
  • General
  • History
  • Holidays
  • Language
  • Literature
  • Math
  • Music
  • Mythology
  • Pop Culture
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • TV
  • World

Question Types

Part of the challenge is figuring out what you’re being asked. You’ll find Nutter Words puzzles of various types:

  • AKA
  • Calculation
  • Everyday
  • Fill In Blank
  • List
  • Plot
  • Quote
  • Spelling Bee
  • Trivia