# Codewords:UK — With British English spellings

> With British English spellings (iPhone/iPad app by DANIEL JEREMY LEACH.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/codewordsuk/id6747399542 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [DANIEL JEREMY LEACH](https://appshunter.io/developer/1821238077)
- Category: Games, Education, Puzzle, Word
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 14.0 · 11 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2026-06-29
- Data updated: 2026-08-28
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/codewordsuk/id6747399542/reviews.md

## What is Codewords?

Focus on British English spellings and enjoy relaxing gameplay without timers, scores, or leaderboards - just lots of puzzles to enjoy at your leisure.
CODEWORDS:UK includes a starter collection of 30 puzzles, with more puzzle collections available to buy in-app. 
There’s a tutorial to help you with the fundaments, plus in-game tools that help you spot letter patterns, quickly fill in answers and mark guesses as you go. The hints system is versatile, is not limited by time or usage, and the game does not penalise you for using them.
You can also change the size and colour of the interface to make the game feel that much more comfortable on your device.

WHAT IS A CODEWORDS PUZZLE?
Codewords puzzles are like crosswords but without the usual clues. Instead, every box is numbered 1 to 26, where each number corresponds to a single letter. Puzzles guarantee that every letter of the alphabet is used at least once, and always start with just three letters given.
With only that information you can identify patterns and deduce the code that will crack each puzzle. It’s a great game for expanding your vocabulary and improving your spelling.

LEARN NEW WORDS
Interesting and uncommon words are used throughout. Here are some examples you might encounter while playing:
	ABSCISSA
	ARGOT
	BATIK
	CALLIOPE
	CREDENZA
	DIATRIBE
	EXECUTRIX
	FERRULE
	FIXITY
	FOOLSCAP
	JEROBOAM
	KANJI
	LAMBENT
	NEOPHYTE
	PLOSIVE

THOUGHTFULLY CURATED WORDLIST
Each puzzle is edited to make sure the words used are interesting and fair. Here's some of the considerations we've made when assembling puzzles.

-- CONFUSING ALTERNATES
When a word can be spelt more than one way only the more common spelling is retained or, if there is no favourite, sometimes all variations removed. Here are some of the edits made:
	BANISTER, BANNISTER: both removed.
	SPELLED, MISSPELLED, MISSPELT, and variations: all removed. But MISSPELL, MISSPELLING and DISPELLED left in. 'SPELT' is left in as it's also noun.
	CADDY, CADDIE: both removed.
	RACQUET removed, RACKET left in.
	LIQUIFY, LIQUEFY and all variations like LIQUIFIED and LIQUEFACTION removed
	LAMBASTE, LAMBAST, and their variations removed
	PARLEY and PARLAY both left in
	INQUIRE and ENQUIRE both left in
	FASCIA and FACIA, both kept
	SIPHON, SYPHON plus variants: removed
	CONVERTER, CONVERTOR: both kept
	CIPHER, CYPHER: both kept
	FOETID, FETID: both kept
	EON, AEON: both kept
	JUDGEMENT, JUDGMENT: both removed
	SLED, SLEDDING, BOBSLED, BOBSLEDDING: removed
	FORBEAR, FOREBEAR: both retained
	ADAPTOR, ADAPTER: both retained
	LOVABLE, LOVEABLE: both retained
	RACOON, RACCOON: both retained
	SOYA, SOY: both retained


-- ACCENTED WORDS
Words with accented letters have been curated according to the editor’s discretion. Here are some examples:
	ATTACHÉ removed
	CAFE retained
	CANAPÉ removed
	CRÊPE removed
	FACADE retained
	FETE retained
	FIANCÉ removed
	MACRAMÉ removed
	MATINEE retained
	MOIRE retained
	NAIVE retained


-- WORD ENDINGS
The dictionary has been pruned to use -ise rather than -ize word endings. At the time of writing, these are the only words ending in -ize that remain in the game's wordlist:
	BAIZE
	CAPSIZE
	DOWNSIZE
	MAIZE
	OVERSIZE
	PRIZE
	SEIZE
	SIZE

-- AMERICAN WORD SELECTION
All words in the game use UK spellings, with non-UK variations omitted. Here are some examples where the American words have very similar spellings; below only the UK versions are used CODEWORDS:UK:
	AESTHETE (UK)	ESTHETE (US)
	ANALOGUE (UK)	ANALOG (US)
	ARTEFACT (UK)	ARTIFACT (US)
	CARAT (UK)		KARAT (US)
	DISTIL (UK)		DISTILL (US)
	FLAUTIST (UK)	FLUTIST (US)

Some words with an American etymology, and that are in common parlance in the UK, have been retained. Here’s a few examples that you might find used in puzzles:
	BALLPARK
	BASEBALL
	BELLHOP
	CANDY
	DIAPER
	ESCROW
	FELON
	JUNK
	RODEO
	ROOKIE


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.12.14 — 2026-04-08

Adds 5 new Collections (150 new puzzles), Collections 21 - 25.

### 1.12.10 — 2025-09-18

Fully resizable window for iPadOS 26.

### 1.12.9 — 2025-07-26

Adds new collections, up to #20.

### 1.12.8 — 2025-07-09

Prevents some causes of Collections disappearing from UI.
Prevents "network offline" message showing when launching from unloaded/quit state.
Improved UX for "Restore Purchases" flow.

### 1.12.6 — 2025-07-07

Fixes possible stall on launch.
Small text amends.
Adds some CSP headers.

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