MLB Franchise Nicknames

Seven baseball club nicknames are stepping up to the reels. Can you name them all?

How to play

🎰 Every column is a 3-letter reel: the right letter plus two decoys.
👆 Swipe a column up or down (or tap the arrows) to roll a letter onto the gold payline.
🎯 Spell the word the clue points to. Nail it in the fewest dials for an Ace.
🔒 Stuck? Lock a letter to snap the next column into place, left to right. It costs you the ace but keeps you moving.
🖥️ On a keyboard: ← → pick a column, ↑ ↓ dial it, L locks the next letter.

Teams

Dial-to-spell

Format

Moderate

Difficulty

💡 Untimed and un-failable. Every word is always solvable. Chase the perfect card.

About MLB Franchise Nicknames

MLB Franchise Nicknames is a free MLB word puzzle played on slot-machine reels: 7 hidden teams, each split into tiny letter reels you roll up and down until the gold payline spells the word. Seven baseball club nicknames are stepping up to the reels. Can you name them all?

Every answer is an evergreen MLB team, no seasonal trivia required, just vocabulary and a feel for the reels. The set is rated Moderate, and ace all 7.

The clues you will dial against are listed below, exactly as they appear in the game. The words they point to stay hidden.

How to play

Each puzzle shows a clue and a row of three-letter reels.

Roll each reel up or down until the middle payline spells the hidden word.

Lock it in to check; a clean first-try dial is an ace.

Ace all 7 for the perfect card, then share it.

The clues in this set

Los Angeles inherited a nickname born from Brooklyn pedestrians evading streetcars.

The Bronx club is recognized by pinstripes and an interlocking NY insignia.

San Diego's club uses the Spanish word for fathers, recalling the region's early missions.

Colorado's club takes its name from the major mountain range beside Denver.

Miami's club is named for a fast, powerful billfish found in warm ocean waters.

Milwaukee's club honors the city's long association with beer making.

Baltimore's club shares its name and colors with Maryland's orange-and-black state bird.

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