Lexicade is a browser-based word puzzle. There are no accounts and no logins. To power its leaderboards, the game keeps a random id on your device and uploads your finished games to our server. This page explains exactly what that involves.

Last updated: 10 June 2026

Your game results are saved locally in your browser using a few keys:

• lr_today_en Your current day's session — words played and round scores. Replaced each day.
• lr_session_en In-progress game state — used to resume mid-game if you reload or close the tab.
• lr_history_en A running record of past games — dates, words, scores — used to power the Stats screen.
• lr_lang Your language preference (en, fr, de, or es).
• lr_pid A random id created on your device that links your games together for leaderboards. It holds no personal information; clearing it gives you a fresh, unconnected identity.
• lr_nick The nickname you choose to appear under on a leaderboard.

Your in-progress game state, history, and preferences stay on your device. Your finished game results are also uploaded to our server to build the leaderboards (see below). There is still no account — only the random device id.

When you finish a game, we upload it to our server: the words and scores for each round, your attempts and timings, your device id, the nickname you chose, and an approximate location (country, region, and sometimes city) that our hosting provider derives from your IP address — we don't store the IP itself.

This is what powers the leaderboards. If you open a friend's invite link, your device id is permanently grouped with theirs, so you appear on the same leaderboards on later days and in other languages. Players who haven't joined anyone show anonymously under a random "ANON" name. The nickname you pick is visible to others on the leaderboards you're part of.

Most words are checked right on your device. As you play, the letters in your current rack are sent to our server to work out which words are possible; and if you submit a less common word, that word is sent to confirm it's valid. These requests aren't tied to you or to any account, and we don't build a profile from them.

On iPhone: Settings → Safari → Advanced → Website Data → lexicade.xyz. On desktop: DevTools → Application → Local Storage, then delete any of the keys above. Clearing your browser's site data for lexicade.xyz has the same effect. Clearing your device id (lr_pid) gives you a fresh, unconnected identity, but games already uploaded to the leaderboards stay on our server — email us (below) to have them removed.

Lexicade uses no cookies, no advertising, and no cross-site trackers. Lightweight gameplay signals (a round starting, a word submitted) are sent to our own server for anonymous, aggregate analytics. Separately, your finished game results are stored on our server, linked to your device id, to power the leaderboards and aggregate stats (see above). Fonts are served from the same domain as the game.

The game is delivered by a third-party hosting provider. As with any website, that provider's network processes basic request data — including your IP address — in order to serve the site to you. We don't keep that data ourselves.

The Share Game button produces a summary of your result plus an invite link, and passes it to your device's native share sheet or clipboard. The invite link carries a short code that, when opened, groups the opener with you on future leaderboards. Once the message leaves the browser we have no visibility into where it goes.

Questions or concerns: feedback@lexicade.xyz