# WordStorm

> Daily word puzzle game to find common words from given letters. (iPhone/iPad app by Sean O'Connor.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wordstorm/id404366437 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Sean O'Connor](https://appshunter.io/developer/305324345)
- Category: Games, Puzzle, Word
- Price: $3.99
- Rating: 4.10/5 from 30 App Store ratings · 160 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 10.0 · 22 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2010-11-21
- Data updated: 2026-08-27
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wordstorm/id404366437/reviews.md

## What is WordStorm?

WordStorm is a highly addictive and easy to play word puzzle game. Try to guess all of the 35 most common words that can be made from the 9 letters shown. Each word must be 4 or more letters long and must contain the central letter.

There's a unique puzzle for every day which everyone else will be playing that day too!

For the latest news on all of my games please follow @SeansGames on Twitter

## Key features

- Daily unique word puzzles
- Guess 35 common words
- Words must be 4+ letters
- Must use central letter
- Addictive gameplay

## Chart rankings

- #80 in Top Paid · Word (US App Store)

## What do users think of WordStorm?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Great game for fans of the Bee
- 🚀 Best word game out there
- 👍 Perfect Simplicity
- 👍 Entertaining & educational
- 👍 Favourite game
- 👍 One of the better word games
- 👍 Terrific stress reliever!
- 👍 Great game in need of a dictionary update
- 👍 Excellent game, but has two issues
- 👍 Delightful little brain burner

**Cons**

- 🐛 Good game but has issues with word list
- 🐛 Frustrating word list
- 🐛 Can't be both right and wrong
- 🐛 Update your word list
- 🐛 35 most common words?? No
- 🐛 Unsatisfactory
- 🐛 Frustrating, no help, terrible dictionary
- 🐛 Needs improvement with word list
- 🐛 Incomplete word lists
- 🐛 Good words disallowed!

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Font size issue after update
- Game of the Day not working as expected

**Most requested features**

- Sort found words alphabetically
- Add a dictionary or definitions
- Arrange words by length
- Add a hint system
- Allow all valid words, not just predefined ones

## Recent user reviews (10 of 160)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wordstorm/id404366437/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Good Word Game

*2025-08-02*

Not too easy, not too hard. Love it

### 5/5 — Great game for fans of the Bee

*2024-12-09*

I’ve played this game regularly since it first launched (so many years ago). It’s comparable in my mind to NYT Bee, but you can’t use the letters more than once.

### 5/5 — Best word game out there

*2024-06-23*

Hands down Wordstorm is the best word search game out there. I’ve been playing this one for years now. It can be difficult, but if you can’t get it, there is a surrender flag, that populates all the words you’re missing. 

Great concept, well executed. 

Thanks

### 3/5 — Good game but…

*2024-06-11*

I like this game, but this guy seems to think every word in the English language is slang. What does it matter if it’s slang? It’s still a valid word in the dictionary. It’s very frustrating!

### 5/5 — Great game in need of a dictionary update

*2024-02-26, version 3.3.3*

Delightful little brain burner which has given me likely hundreds of hours of joy at this point. It’s held back only by what feels like an old fashioned dictionary in need of updating. When “buss” is considered the most common word on the grid (a word I’ve never encountered in my life) something is wrong, and many other seemingly valid words simply aren’t recognised.

I would also prefer that scoring be weighted towards the less common and therefore harder words, or just evenly distributed, but I can see why the developer made the choice they did.

### 5/5 — Perfect Simplicity

*2023-07-10, version 3.3.3*

I love this game for its purity and lack of drama. My partner and I both play individually through the day and then collate our words to see how high we can get the score. My only issue was how small the words were when I changed to a new phone, but from the update note on here, I realised I could pinch to zoom, which solved the problem. Don’t change a thing - this app is great.

### 5/5 — Entertaining & educational

*2022-06-26*

I love this game. Keeps me thinking. One thing I’d like to see added is the ability to sort found words alphabetical so I can easily see if I already found the word.

### 5/5 — Favourite game

*2022-06-18, version 3.3.3*

FIXED - Thank you for the prompt response.  
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I’ve been playing this game regularly since 2012, but the latest update seems to have removed the ability to change the size of the font which is now fixed at an extremely uncomfortable to read large size … please correct

### 4/5 — FAO Developer

*2022-06-17, version 3.3.3*

Text size now restored so I can now change font size. Thank you. ☺️

I discovered years ago you can change the text size by double tapping the screen. That’s very handy. This morning the font got changed inadvertently. Unfortunately it seems to be stuck on the largest font and I can’t change the font size. 🫤 Can you please help?

### 1/5 — WordStorm changes

*2022-06-13, version 3.3.2*

For the past 13 years my wife and have enjoyed wordstorm, but no more.
Like all software writers the world over you have lived up to the motto: “ if it isn’t broken we will fix it until it is”.
Shame  on you for taking a good thing and ruining it.

If you don’t put it back to it’s original format I’m done!

## Frequently asked questions about WordStorm

### What is WordStorm?

WordStorm is a word puzzle game where you try to guess 35 common words that can be made from 9 given letters. Each word must be at least 4 letters long and must include the central letter provided.

### How does the daily puzzle work?

There is a unique word puzzle available each day. Everyone playing the game on that specific day will be presented with the exact same puzzle, allowing for a shared experience.

### Is there a cost to play WordStorm?

Based on the provided information, the application is free to play and does not appear to have in-app purchases or advertisements.

### What are the rules for forming words?

To form a valid word, it must be at least 4 letters long and must contain the central letter from the 9 letters displayed. You need to find all 35 possible common words.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.3.3 — 2022-06-15

- fixed pinch zoom not scaling the text

### 3.3.2 — 2022-06-10

- more random initial letter positioning

### 3.3.1 — 2021-09-23

- fix for issues with iOS 15

### 3.3.0 — 2020-03-03

- update for new iPhone screen sizes and iOSes

### 3.2 — 2018-01-16

- added better iPhone X compatibility

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