# What Word — user reviews > 326 indexed App Store user reviews of What Word by Rebecca Skinner, rated 4.70/5 from 8,016 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/what-word/id1603413378/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/what-word/id1603413378.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 6,411 · 4★ 1,039 · 3★ 286 · 2★ 83 · 1★ 197 ## What do users think of What Word? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🎮 Fun and engaging game - 👍 Simple and intuitive gameplay - 🧠 Mentally stimulating - 🕰️ Allows multiple games per day **Cons** - 🔍 Limited word dictionary - 🔤 Inconsistent with British English - 🤖 Doesn't recognize valid words - 🙈 Proper nouns used as answers - 📢 Disruptive and excessive ads **Commonly reported bugs** - Keyboard glitches and gets obscured by ads - Blank screen issues when opening the app **Most requested features** - Show correct word when giving up - Provide game statistics and progress tracking - Add option to pay for ad-free version - Allow placing correct letters in their positions ## Newest reviews (14 of 326) ### 2/5 — Frustrating *2026-08-15, version 1.9* It’s thoroughly annoying that you don’t get to see the word if you can’t come up with the answer yourself. ….an essential for satisfaction. ### 3/5 — Plurals *2026-07-03, version 1.9* Using plurals expands the number of words that can be made, but the player is just really making 4 letter words with an s. ### 4/5 — Brain training *2026-05-07, version 1.9* Helps you rejuvenate your vocabulary Enter & back buttons should be reversed Annoyingly occasionally has Roman numerals, how is one supposed to guess those-pointless! ### 3/5 — Keyboard problem. *2026-03-14, version 1.9* The keyboard is too small, so it's very tiring! ### 4/5 — Brain training *2026-02-23, version 1.9* Helps you rejuvenate your vocabulary Enter & back buttons should be reversed ### 2/5 — You Lost! *2025-11-30, version 1.9* This is so mean!! ### 4/5 — A bit hard *2025-05-14, version 1.9* Perfectly good game just a bit hard all together really good game. ### 5/5 — Lots of fun *2025-04-23, version 1.9* I really like solving these puzzles. Even when it takes a long time. Some of the answers are very interesting. I introduced it to my daughter. We played it for a hour on the plane home from Missouri. She is going to download the app. ♥️😊 ### 5/5 — Great Game *2025-04-20, version 1.9* I love this game. I may be addicted to it. I it for many hours every day. I do love word games. And the ads are short and not obnoxious. This is a fun, smart game. ### 4/5 — Very fun! *2025-04-19, version 1.9* Great game, the only thing I have issues with is ads during gameplay instead of between games only. It messes with my concentration. ### 3/5 — Not the best game *2025-04-10, version 1.9* You should be able to pick where you want the letter to go. ### 4/5 — No answer *2025-03-30, version 1.9* I hate that once you give up, it doesn’t let you know the correct word!! What’s up with that??? We should at least get the answer! ### 4/5 — Challenging *2025-02-05, version 1.9* I really like the game. It’s very challenging and makes you have to think using logic and deduction. The only reason I gave it 4 stars is that if you give up, it doesn’t show you the word it was looking for. I would like to see what I was missing as one time all the vowels were grayed out except “I” which I had in the correct place. The consonants that were left no matter how I arranged them didn’t spell any recognizable word. So I had to give up. I wished it would have shown me what the word was because for the life of me I couldn’t come up with anything it would accept as a word to move to the next row or win it. I even put remaining letters into a word finder and it couldn’t find a word with the remaining letters either. Would have been nice if the game would show you when you give up. ### 4/5 — Unlimited Wordle *2025-01-14, version 1.9* Works really well, only issue is occasionally it picks Roman numerals, eg XXIII ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Every game is an ad for another game *2026-05-20, version 1.9* I don’t care what game I’m downloading. It’s past the time, they always stop me in the middle of the game and try to get me to download yet another game. I must’ve had 20 different game applications on my phone and just deleted all of them because I was so sick and tired of having to download all these different applications and then be able to upgrade do not receive more ads. They all suck! ### 1/5 — You Lost! *2026-01-07, version 1.9* This is so mean!! The world is mean; games should not be! How about: try again Or Nice try Or If this doesn’t change I’m deleting it. ### 1/5 — Inappropriate adds *2025-12-31, version 1.9* Inappropriate adds ### 1/5 — You Lost! *2025-10-24, version 1.9* Can you not do" try again". This is awful. I'm deleting it. ### 1/5 — Weird words, like common names, archaic words, and British spellings *2025-06-04, version 1.9* This game is either too easy, often using letters more than once in words, or just plain weird, using slang contractions (gonna), common names (Larry), archaic words (spake), or British spellings (fibre), even though I selected the American English dictionary. I don't believe any dictionary has common names, and the developers should make the words harder to guess, like the NYT version. ### 1/5 — What word *2025-02-27, version 1.9* Es muy complicado n ### 1/5 — No deja jugar en español *2025-01-10, version 1.9* No deja jugar en español ### 1/5 — Too simple *2024-11-26, version 1.9* The game doesn't keep track of how many games won and lost, so there is no histoty or chance to improve your score, because there isn't any! ### 1/5 — Hi *2024-03-25, version 1.9* I like this app ### 1/5 — Won’t open. *2024-03-21, version 1.9* App downloaded but won’t open today. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Better than Wordl *2026-06-20, version 1.9* Because you can play it as many times as you want ### 5/5 — Great game, little ads that are not intrusive *2026-05-05, version 1.9* Great game with very little ads and removal option for just $1. Best one I've found so far. One thing I would recommend or ask if I'm nit-picking would be a help or hint button for the puzzle but love this game. Ty! ### 5/5 — It ok *2026-04-07, version 1.9* It really fun no adds but no hints ### 5/5 — What word *2026-01-05, version 1.9* Great little game to Play In those moments that you have downtime. Like when you wake up too early and you are not ready to quite get up ### 5/5 — No stats or streaks but NO ADS either *2025-12-29, version 1.9* Totally free, absolutely no ads. No stats tracking (streaks, guesses, etc.) but unlike other Wordl apps, 100% of the time is the game vs majority navigating ads ### 5/5 — Great Fun *2025-10-25, version 1.9* Excellent game but PLEASE make it bigger on an iPad. The keypad is so small I’m always pressing the wrong letters. I love it but don’t consider XVIII to be a word! ### 5/5 — Great Fun *2025-10-14, version 1.9* Excellent game but PLEASE make it bigger on an iPad. The keypad is so small I’m always pressing the wrong letters. ### 5/5 — Brilliant *2025-08-15, version 1.9* This is addictive. ### 5/5 — What word *2025-06-14, version 1.9* Fun ### 5/5 — Great Game *2025-04-23, version 1.9* Love playing multiple times --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-14.*