Codeword Unlimited6.2.3 - App Store

Codeword Unlimited is an application to play the popular word game known as Codeword (also known as Cipher crosswords or Cyptograms). This game uses UK English spellings or US English spellings (user choice).
The words to find are in English, or you can play in 35 other languages.

For those unfamiliar with Codeword puzzles, they provide a grid of words, similar to a normal crossword, but with no clues, rather a few initially provided letters, and a number in each square in the gird to indicate its (as yet unknown) letter. All boxes with the same number must use the same letter. From that information and the few initially provided letters it is possible to work out which words will fit in the boxes. Hence you are decoding (or decyphering) the numbers into letters to reveal the hidden words. Usually all 26 letters of the alphabet are used in the codeword, although not always (and unused letters appear crossed out in the keyboard). It is fun, challenging, and a real brain teaser.

Feature list:
1) Unlimited number of codewords!! They are created on-the-fly using the application's advanced generator engine and it's built-in word list
2) The player decides the number of rows and columns (from 3 to 20). This allows the game to be suitable for all kinds of mobile-phones and tablets
3) Difficultly level can be specified by the user, which determines the pool of words the generator will use. The larger the pool the greater the difficulty. There is even an early learner mode with a limited number of words, aimed at children and English language learners. The number of starting letters can also be specified. Higher scores can be obtained with more difficult codewords
4) Selecting a square in the grid will highlight all places the same letter is used in that grid (i.e. has the same number to decipher). This is really handy and of course not possible when doing codewords in a magazine
5) If a game is too difficult, the application provides two useful tools to help you (see below)
6) For any word in the grid for which all squares are assigned to letters, Codeword Unlimited will highlight if that word is NOT an allowed word in the word list it uses to generate its codewords. This helps you when you have mistakes in your current assignments (saving you lots of time and frustration!)
7) An on-screen keyboard means it is much easier and more comfortable to play
8) The definition of a completed word can be viewed. This is useful if you do not know it, or you are learning a foreign language (internet connection required)
9) Choose the language of the word list, from a large range of downloadable dictionaries. 36 languages are currently available (see below)
10) Can be played in portrait or landscape mode. Just rotate your device and the display adjusts automatically

Other similar applications want you to pay for more puzzles, but this game provides you with endless puzzles, all for free!!.

Each game is assigned a difficulty level from 0 (easy) to 9 (very hard). The difficulty level is determined by the settings or the difficulty selector. Each difficulty level maintains the high scores (measured by fastest time to complete the game). The game displays the best 20 scores for each difficulty level.

If the player is in difficulty, the application provides two very useful aids
1) The game can provide another decoded letter
2) The game can show you potential answers for an uncompleted word. The game uses the letters that you have already decoded and displays the matching words

You can play this app in the following languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish, Hungarian, Czech, Russian, Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Greek, Indonesian, Romanian, Serbian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Slovene, Turkish, Ukrainian, Afrikaans, Albanian, Azeri, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Catalan, Galician, Tagalog

Version History 1) Bugfixes 6.2.3 01/16/2024 6.2.2
1) Fix of problem when device is turned to landscape.

6.2.1
1) Fix of display issue seen on some phones

6.2
1) More words in our dictionaries for these languages: Norwegian(+48K), Russian(+42K), Romanian(+48K), Slovak(+35K), Finnish(+23K), Serbian(+50K) and Croatian(+48K)
2) Native support for iPhone 12, 13 and 14 family of phones
3) Improved word difficulty to reduce occurrences of hard words in easy puzzles
4) Load Game: Now simplified to show only started and unfinished games
5) Game switcher: Now only switches between started and unfinished games, making it more useful
6) New full-screen backgrounds
7) Now informational popups are dismissed by tapping anywhere on the screen
8) Bugfixes and data corrections 6.2.2 08/22/2023 6.2.1
1) Fix of display issue seen on some phones

6.2
1) More words in our dictionaries for these languages: Norwegian(+48K), Russian(+42K), Romanian(+48K), Slovak(+35K), Finnish(+23K), Serbian(+50K) and Croatian(+48K)
2) Native support for iPhone 12, 13 and 14 family of phones
3) Improved word difficulty to reduce occurrences of hard words in easy puzzles
4) Load Game: Now simplified to show only started and unfinished games
5) Game switcher: Now only switches between started and unfinished games, making it more useful
6) New full-screen backgrounds
7) Now informational popups are dismissed by tapping anywhere on the screen
8) Bugfixes and data corrections 6.2.1 08/20/2023 1) More words in our dictionaries for these languages: Norwegian(+48K), Russian(+42K), Romanian(+48K), Slovak(+35K), Finnish(+23K), Serbian(+50K) and Croatian(+48K)
2) Native support for iPhone 12, 13 and 14 family of phones
3) Improved word difficulty to reduce occurrences of hard words in easy puzzles
4) Load Game: Now simplified to show only started and unfinished games
5) Game switcher: Now only switches between started and unfinished games, making it more useful
6) New full-screen backgrounds
7) Now informational popups are dismissed by tapping anywhere on the screen
8) Bugfixes and data corrections 6.2 08/17/2023 1) New languages: Afrikaans, Albanian, Azeri, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Catalan, Galician, Tagalog
2) The tutorial is now translated into all supported languages
3) Bugfixes 6.1 05/16/2021 1) Bugfixes 6.0.4 11/03/2020 1) Much more obvious and easy way of changing the game difficulty, but “custom” mode for full flexibility is still available
2) Better use of the screen to provide a bigger keyboard
3) New look to the user interface, with better buttons and improvements to the keyboard
4) New screen backgrounds that integrate across the whole screen
5) Option to remove the adverts and become a supporter of the app
6) New functionality to easily switch between saved games
7) It is now possible to change the language and the dictionary at the same time
8) You can now delete dictionaries that you have downloaded, in order to recover storage
9) Games not played for one month are now moved to an “archive” area
10) Bugfixes 6.0.3 10/14/2020 1) New optional setting to confirm when using hints. You are informed about how many seconds the hint will cost
2) Full support for all versions of iPhone X and the new iPads
3) Bugfixes 5.5.1 08/28/2019 1) New category: Given name
2) 15000 additional words
3) Bugfixes 5.4.3 02/28/2019 1) NEW feature: "Word Category". You can play grids where all the words are related, e.g. Animals, Food, Nationalities
2) You can now switch off the overwrite confirmation
3) There is now a new option to enter input sequentially
4) iPhone X support
5) Improved performance
6) Words to find increased to 80,000 words
7) Bugfixes 5.4.2 12/30/2017 1) Clock is now stopped if a pop-up ad is displayed
2) Other bugfixes 5.1.7 10/13/2016 1) Top Panel less cluttered and includes game number
2) Larger, clearer pop-up messages
3) Bugfixes 5.1.3 06/25/2016 1) Delete button restored
2) Bugfixes 5.1.1 09/21/2015 1) Playing several games concurrently is now possible, since all games are saved and can be reloaded
2) Access details about the game played (or previous games), tap the new top-left blue info button
3) Bugfixes 5.1 09/10/2015 Bug Fixes 5.0.4 01/17/2015 Restored the delete button back to the keyboard

Version 5.0.2:
1) Added Finnish and Norwegian dictionaries
2) Changed images on start screen
3) Bugfixes 5.0.3 12/10/2014 1) Added Finnish and Norwegian dictionaries
2) Changed images on start screen
3) Bugfixes

Version 5.0
1) New grid generator creates more "traditional" grids using regular patterns, fewer dark squares and more cross-overs. Change setting "Use former grid generator" if you prefer the old generator
2) Game buttons now contextual, clearer text
3) Start screen introduced. Convenient access to difficulty and grid size
4) Menu system re-organized and simplified. Many functions moved to the start screen
5) NEW: Tutorial to demonstrate game functions
6) New aid: Validate a letter assignment
7) New action: Clear all wrong letters
8) Help text rewritten, with sections and formatting for clearer understanding
9) More fine grain control over size of the keyboard
10) Selection of dictionaries now in the settings screen 5.0.2 12/04/2014 1) New grid generator creates more "traditional" grids using regular patterns, fewer dark squares and more cross-overs. Change setting "Use former grid generator" if you prefer the old generator
2) Game buttons now contextual, clearer text
3) Start screen introduced. Convenient access to difficulty and grid size
4) Menu system re-organized and simplified. Many functions moved to the start screen
5) NEW: Tutorial to demonstrate game functions
6) New aid: Validate a letter assignment
7) New action: Clear all wrong letters
8) Help text rewritten, with sections and formatting for clearer understanding
9) More fine grain control over size of the keyboard
10) Selection of dictionaries now in the settings screen
11) Select different backgrounds for the grid
12) Starting letters can now be "Controlled by difficulty" 5.0 11/04/2014 1) Highlights the final uncompleted squares, to avoid unnecessary searching
2) Easy link to our new web site ("H" in Menu), all our games can now be played in a browser 4.2 06/24/2014 1) App now supports Game Center achievements
2) Bugfixes 4.1 03/16/2014 1) You can specify whether to use British or American spellings, e.g. set language to English (UK) to use British spellings
2) Crossword Solver now built-in for "Matches" button, no longer need seperate app
3) Improved word list
4) Can change color/colour of buttons and specify font of text
5) Can choose to hide the clock 3.5 02/26/2014 Version 3.4:
1) New "Clear All" button. Much easier to start again when many letters are wrong
2) Bugfixes 3.4 11/18/2013 3.3 09/19/2013