Rounded like a human
Nobody says “nine twenty-two”. The grid rounds to the nearest five and phrases it the way you would: half past, quarter to, twenty past.
Word Clock
It is twenty
past nine.
A grid of letters where only the relevant words are lit. You read it the way you would say it out loud — which turns out to be faster than parsing 21:20.
- 11×10
- letter grid
- 5 min
- resolution
- 1
- sentence
Unlit letters stay visible
The dark letters around the lit sentence are what make it a word clock rather than a label. Removing them removes the whole idea.
Quiet by design
No glow, no gradient, no seconds. This is the face for people whose home screen is a single dark wallpaper and one widget.
Live previews
Quiet faces
Reading your current time, in words.
Questions
Word Clock, answered.
Is the word clock available in other languages?
The grid ships in English. It follows your device language for the date line where one is shown.
Why does it only change every five minutes?
Because that is how the phrasing works — “twenty past” covers a five-minute band. That imprecision is the point of the design.
It is twenty
past nine.
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