Alpine Arcade
Alpine Arcade

Traverse

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◀ Arcade

Alpine Arcade presents

Across and down the face

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© 2026 alpine.io

Your mission

The traverse

The face is too steep to climb straight up. The only way is across, then down, then across again: a traverse.

Every line on the face is a word. Read the clue, fill in the word, and the next holds appear where the words cross.

Tap a square to start. Tap it again to turn between Across and Down. Every letter you place helps with the words crossing it.

Fill the grid. Wrong letters glow red once every square is full. Reveal a letter if you’re stuck, at a cost.

Top out fast for the big points.

The clock starts at GO. Climb on.

  • Type letters
  • Backspace delete
  • Arrows move
  • Enter next clue
  • Tap twice turn

Whiteout!

The weather won this time.

Every climb goes better roped in. Let’s talk →

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Play like an app

  1. Tap the Share button in your browser.
  2. Choose Add to Home Screen.
  3. Open Traverse from your home screen. It plays full screen, with no browser bars.

Credits

Game
Traverse, by alpine.io in Bend, Oregon, for the Alpine Arcade.
Clues
From WordNet 3.1, Copyright 2011 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Used under the WordNet licence: THIS SOFTWARE AND DATABASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND PRINCETON UNIVERSITY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. Shortened to the first part of each definition for the game.
Crossword layout
After KWSO’s Mini Crossword, by alpine.io for KWSO 91.9 FM, Warm Springs.
Word lists
ENABLE, public domain. 12dicts by Alan Beale, public domain.
SCOWL
Spell Checker Oriented Word Lists, Copyright 2000–2018 by Kevin Atkinson. Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell these word lists, the associated scripts, the output created from the scripts, and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appears in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. Kevin Atkinson makes no representations about the suitability of this array for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. wordlist.aspell.net
Menu music
Melody Start Menu 2 loop by neko_4444. License: Creative Commons 0. Converted to MP3 for the game.
Game music 1
Broken Vintage Jazz Radio Loop – Post-Apocalyptic Speaker 160 BPM by TommasoMotteran. License: Attribution 4.0. Converted to MP3 and made louder for the game.
Game music 2
Loop. An intense cinematic track for an active episode of your movie by Lumamorph. License: Creative Commons 0.
Game music 3
Drama Strings.mp3 by younoise. License: Creative Commons 0. Made into a loop, slightly louder, for the game.
Fanfare
Victory Fanfare (8-Bit Thunder) 4 by SilverIllusionist. License: Attribution 4.0. Trimmed of its closing silence and converted to MP3 for the game.
Thunder
Thunder - Thunder Cracks Like Wind by PNMCarrieRailfan. License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0. Shortened to the first thunderclap, with a fade at the end, for the game.
Scream
wilhelm_scream.wav by Syna-Max. License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0. Converted to MP3 for the game.