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Fun and challenging but with glitches
I’ve had this game for over a year now and I don’t go a day without playing. It’s a fun way to challenge your brain and learn a few new words here and there. It’s easy to use and pretty straightforward. But there have been a few issues with the game. Sometimes it won’t accept a word but then the next day when I check the answers it will show I missed that word. A few weeks ago the puzzle of the day had most of the letters from the previous day’s puzzle, and I had seen on the answer list a word that would work on the current puzzle, yet when entered it wouldn’t accept it. It had the required letter and everything. Why is it accepted one day but not the next? I’ve had a few occasions where a word is accepted on one puzzle but not again on another one. There are also common words that aren’t accepted, like “orzo” or “aloud” which can be frustrating when some obscure words are on the answer sheet. Most recently I’ve noticed the hint option is now gone, which would give you a vague hint to what the pangram was. I enjoy the game but wish these things would be fixed.Show lessCats&Books
Developer Response
Thank you so much for your review! At times we have added words soon after puzzle release, you must have been quick to catch them! Thanks to your review we have added "orzo" to our list. We remember the terrible night when "aloud" was missed, the person responsible has been punished (...it was me)Amazing But…
I love this app and play it every day! It’s lowkey even better than the NYT’s Spelling Bee because it tells you whether you’ve already found your word as you’re typing it. I do have two suggestions, though!
1. It can be a bit boring to only have one puzzle to play every day, especially if you finish it earlyish on. Could there perhaps be a puzzle mode, with puzzles of different levels? This way there’d be more puzzles to play!
2. I think it’d be fun if there were statistics! Like what percent of words we usually find, how often we find the pangram(s), etc.Show lessSammiLuv:)
Developer Response
Thank you so much for your wonderful feedback! We'll try to include more bonus puzzles, and we have been thinking about stats and how to include themGreat game
Cute looking game, with good music and you learn something!!!! Love it. My husband and I both love it.vanesval
Developer Response
Thank you! ❤️No longer works on Apple Watch
I paid for this app because it would update every day on my Apple Watch. It hasn’t worked in weeks.SmithsFan1
Developer Response
Unfortunately due to an update the Apple Watch app stopped working — but not in our development testing — so it went unnoticed for several weeks. We're very sorry this happened and have since fixed the watch app some time ago. Thank you for letting us know via reviewGreat, but frustrating!
The game is great. But, when I check answers it always says I missed words that I KNOW I found! Why????pebblelove32207
Developer Response
Thank you for your review! That sounds really frustrating and we will look into itLove the simple and effective design
I’ve tried a couple of pangram apps and this is by far my favorite. I love how when you start typing a word, the list at the top changes as you type to show you words you’ve already submitted that start with the letters you’re typing. That makes it easier to see if you’re trying to submit a word you’ve already submitted. The app design overall is also just very cute, cute, and simple. Love it.
I like the random bonus pangrams you get too. I wish there was more of that (like mini games or something?). I also like the prefix lists they share on social and hope they add those to the game. Overall I would def recommend this app to word game lovers!Show lessJjbbcqcqt89654
Developer Response
Thank you! We've now included prefix lists in the game (tap "reveal words" on the word list). We're working on some new mini-games!I love it but …
I love this game and it is so fun and cute! I especially love that they post the prefixes on twitter so that you can try to get all of the words! Unfortunately they don’t seem to have a system that posts it automatically and they forget to do it every few days which makes the game just like any other pangram. I wish they would fix that so that the puzzle can be enjoyable everyday! Other than that there are sometimes words that should clearly be included but are not so that’s a little weird. But overall I love this game and can’t wait to see it get a little more togetherShow lessiamindeedjulia
Developer Response
Thank you for your lovely review. We do sometimes forget to post 😬 however we are looking at including the prefix list (or something similar) in the app itself, so hopefully that will help you out!Pretty good!
I like the style of this game and it’s simplicity, my only issue is that I feel like if you’re paying for a subscription you should be given an option to play past puzzles, like an archive. Otherwise, love the game.trace99999
Developer Response
It's coming, trace99999 (whew that's a lot of 9's). We just have to do past puzzles The Right Way™They make you pay
Don’t download, you play for 3 minutes and then they make you pay.
I updated my phone for this , dumbmeekmillet19
Developer Response
Thanks for you review! There are free bonus puzzles you can play which we change every two weeks. The Daily Puzzle is paid, but free-to-play every Sunday. We charge for this game because we spend an hour each day making a new puzzle for everyone to play. In order to keep doing this, we offer it as a paid game with free bonus puzzles and free Sunday puzzle.Like Spelling Bee
This is the New York Times’ Spelling Bee with a different interface. And I love it! I love the Bee and always want to play another one when I finish the Bee, so this is great.Gglickst
Developer Response
Thank you for your lovely review! We play both daily, too
