Adam Smith

Adam Smith

Founder and app builder of proximath.com

About

Adam Smith is a London-based solo founder with a background working in startups. With no prior coding experience, he built and launched Proximath, a daily word game with a unique alphabet distance mechanic - in a single evening using AI coding tools. In under a week he shipped streak tracking, a monthly leaderboard, shareable player profiles, colour blind accessibility mode, email reminders, and filed a UK trademark. He believes the best products are built by people who move fast, listen to users, and ship before they're ready.

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Maker History

  • Proximath™
    Proximath™The daily word game where every letter has a distance
    Jun 2026
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    Joined Product HuntJune 9th, 2026

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Adam Smith

1d ago

Proximath™ - The daily word game where every letter has a distance

Proximath is a free daily word game where every letter has a number A=1, Z=26. Guess wrong and your tiles show exactly how far away you are and which direction to go. 🟩 Exact 🟦 1 away 🟨 2-5 away 🟧 6-10 away 🟥 11+ away ▲▼ 7 guesses. One word every day. Free forever. Track your streak, compete on the monthly leaderboard and win a £10 Amazon gift card. 🏆 53% day 2 retention
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