Sehr Gelungen
Für alle, die gerne knifflige Kreuzworträtsel spielen ist Knotwords eine erfrischende Variante. Die kostenlose Variante bietet jeden Tag zwei neue Rätsel, genau die richtige Dosis um einerseits nicht zu viel Zeit zu versenken und sich andererseits täglich ein wenig herauszufordern.
Accepted Words…?
Great app, I play this along with the NYT games, but on one of the days I put in the word ‘SLAVE’ and it came up in pink - meaning it’s not a word. Is this a mistake or is it some sort of woke narrative where they don’t accept words they don’t like even though they are in the English language. I assume it’s an error.
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Abandon Ship
Another one bites the dust, everything just got paywalled, don’t bother.
Good
Very good
Clever idea…
…would you consider an English version?
compelling, engrossing
Any spare few minutes, I now get tied up in Knotwords.
I’ve been a writer and a cryptic crossword enthusiast for 50 years. I’m good at anagrams, which is the main skill you need for Knotwords. Still it’s really challenging me. It’s so cunning.
The creators have already produced a number of variations too: all worthwhile. It’s unlikely to get boring.
Of course, like all www word games, you’re at the mercy of the installed lexicon. I know words it doesn’t include, and it includes some proper nouns and such that I’d never have expected. And inevitably all the spellings are American. Those things you just have to learn to cope with.
I’m learning as fast as I can. 😁
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1400 day streak
Fun game for daily mental workout
Stories
This game is fascinating in the sense that for every puzzle solved, there’s some hidden story revealed within the combination of words found together. It’s a nice reward for solving each puzzle.
Fun but a bit pricey
Would rate 5 stars if more affordable
Great game but…
Great game for all the reasons given elsewhere. Great free tier, fun, etc.
Lately though after *every* round it prompts for a review. No idea if it’s a but or what. Very annoying.
I don’t like using reviews to communicate with devs but this is annoying enough to do this.
Lately though after *every* round it prompts for a review. No idea if it’s a but or what. Very annoying.
I don’t like using reviews to communicate with devs but this is annoying enough to do this.
My favorite puzzle game
Knotwords is the best puzzle game I know. One aspect I’ll call out is that even the “easy” puzzles are satisfying. A Monday daily may be solvable in less than 30 seconds, but it still calls for some thought and therefore doesn’t feel brainless or automatic, the way a Monday sudoku puzzle does.
Uses Wiktionary, but Ignores It?
On any given day it will sometimes pull out a word that raises my eyebrow as it’s a stretch, but today it said “elide” means to break apart or destroy which isn’t true at all, claimed it came from Wiktionary, and when I checked that wasn’t there at all? It’s like it’s hallucinating answers now.
I’ve gotten nearly a 200 daily streak and it’s just disappointing that I like this game so much but they’re clearly using something generative under the covers that has no actual guidelines if it can just make up hints.
I’ve gotten nearly a 200 daily streak and it’s just disappointing that I like this game so much but they’re clearly using something generative under the covers that has no actual guidelines if it can just make up hints.
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I rarely leave reviews
I’m rarely impressed with any app enough to write a review. This app though is worth the pro version, the puzzles are a perfect mix of skill levels, I find myself doing just “one more” - it’s truly addictive in the right way. It’s a minimal app interface so it’s not distracting, no ad bombing or inaccessible colours/font.
the only things I’d request in future updates is a more intuitive erase tool for wrong words or a more intuitive next letter/box action if possible. You can use your mobile keyboard to move the cursor to the input box, it’s sufficient though it could be improved on.
I also find the move gesture on my iPhone a little hard sometimes, it’ll more often select the boxes rather than whole the puzzle moving over. I have to zoom in and out because my eyes aren’t that great, so I’m moving the screen in all directions quite often.
the only things I’d request in future updates is a more intuitive erase tool for wrong words or a more intuitive next letter/box action if possible. You can use your mobile keyboard to move the cursor to the input box, it’s sufficient though it could be improved on.
I also find the move gesture on my iPhone a little hard sometimes, it’ll more often select the boxes rather than whole the puzzle moving over. I have to zoom in and out because my eyes aren’t that great, so I’m moving the screen in all directions quite often.
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Fun
Fun and funny!
Solid
I enjoy the daily mini puzzles and can usually breeze through in 1-3 minutes a day.
I would like a stats screen showing how many unique words have been found throughout playing.
-1 star for paywall locking if you miss a single day in your streak.
I would like a stats screen showing how many unique words have been found throughout playing.
-1 star for paywall locking if you miss a single day in your streak.
Start March hurrah
“Barcode” not on the menu to this day. Guide more to say.
Word choice?
I’ve been playing the free daily mini for a very long time. I’ve been continually amazed at how often they choose to use “snot”. Really? Are we middle school kids? I’ll keep playing, but it’s become a daily joke between me and my spouse.
Watch for addiction tendencies.
A great game for word lovers. Once you’ve cracked the easy levels there are harder games to progress too. Warning: can be addictive!
Fun
Very fun game
Great, but…
Update: I still hate the cursor jumping into already occupied squares and overwriting letters, but today (12/18) trying “lended” and getting told that’s not a word, but they’ll often put antiquated words in? Come on.
I’m on a nearly 6 month streak, the thing I despise so much that keeps it from five stars is the cursor. I don’t know why it just won’t skip over letters already input and overwrites a letter already entered. That and, for example, I’m solving a word going down and go into a zone of letters and it decides to start solving the word across instead of the “Down” word I’m solving. Last thing, the clues are absolutely awful, when you’re used to the NYT crossword caliber of clues, these are just not good. Great puzzle app though.
I’m on a nearly 6 month streak, the thing I despise so much that keeps it from five stars is the cursor. I don’t know why it just won’t skip over letters already input and overwrites a letter already entered. That and, for example, I’m solving a word going down and go into a zone of letters and it decides to start solving the word across instead of the “Down” word I’m solving. Last thing, the clues are absolutely awful, when you’re used to the NYT crossword caliber of clues, these are just not good. Great puzzle app though.
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