# Netherword: Daily Word Game — Find words, sink through gates

> Find words, sink through gates (iPhone/iPad app by Karl Groethe.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/netherword-daily-word-game/id6790278635 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Karl Groethe](https://appshunter.io/developer/6785324277)
- Category: Games, Puzzle, Word
- Price: Free (on sale, was $0.99)
- Age rating: +4
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 13 MB
- Languages: European Portuguese, German (Germany), European Spanish, French (France), American English, Italian
- Released: 2026-07-22
- Data updated: 2026-08-30
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/netherword-daily-word-game/id6790278635/reviews.md

## What is Netherword?

Swipe across touching letters to spell words. The clock is always draining — long words buy it back, and the longer the word, the more it pays.

Every ten words, the world sinks a gate deeper. The light thins. The art changes. Time flows faster. Seven named places lie below the surface — the underroot, the echo vaults, the drowned archive — and past the seventh gate they're only numbered. Nobody has seen the bottom.

THE DAILY CHALLENGE
One board, the same for everyone, one attempt a day. Your score is your score. Miss a day and it's in the archive, waiting.

PLAY ANY TIME
A fresh board whenever you want it, on an easy, medium, or hard clock.

CASCADES
The letters you spend fall away. Plan it right and the fall spells a word on its own, and pays you for it. Chain them for a multiplier.

SPECIAL DAYS
On holidays the board hides a dozen bonus words worth triple — only on the day itself.

Now playable in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Portuguese — each with its own dictionary, letters, and special days.

Game Center leaderboards and achievements. Your streaks and history sync across your devices through iCloud.

A one-time purchase. No ads. No subscriptions. No accounts. Nothing is collected about you.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.2 — 2026-08-19

Netherword is now free.

The daily challenge — one board, everyone plays the same one — is free forever. Unlimited play, the archive of past days, stats and Game Center are a one-time unlock.

If you already bought Netherword, you keep everything. There's nothing to do.

### 1.1.1 — 2026-08-04

Minor fixes and polish.

### 1.1 — 2026-07-28

Now playable in Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Portuguese — each with its own dictionary, letters, and special days. Choose your language in Settings.

### 1.0 — 2026-07-22

No release notes.

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All apps by Karl Groethe: https://appshunter.io/developer/6785324277

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