Play DIALWORD Online
Type in any phone number and watch it transform into words—sometimes you strike gold with "PIZZA," other times you get nonsense, but that’s the charm. Pure DOS-era magic with zero frills.
DIALWORD was part of the MS-DOS Classic Games collection, a simple program from the early 1990s that ran on basic hardware. It didn't have a flashy publisher or complex graphics; it was just a clever idea executed without any extra polish. You typed in a phone number, and it would spit back a word or phrase using the letters associated with each digit on a telephone keypad.
You don't control a character; you just input numbers and see what words form. The main goal is to find amusing or meaningful combinations, like turning 74992 into "PIZZA" or something less coherent. There's no scoring or time limit; you just experiment with different sequences. The pacing is entirely up to you, and the difficulty lies in discovering words that actually make sense. It feels like a quiet, personal puzzle with a touch of randomness.
Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".
Download DIALWORD ROM
You can download this ROM to play DIALWORD offline using an MS-DOS emulator (Top Emulators).
*This ROM is provided for backup and educational purposes only.
