Wordz Genius vs Word Zero

Words are hidden in a grid of letters. Drag through them before the clock runs out. Wordz Genius is a word search you play with your finger: touch a letter and drag through the ones next to it — sideways, up, down or diagonally — to spell a word. Find every hidden word to clear the grid and move up a level. SCORING THAT REWARDS GOOD WORDS Every letter carries a value, the way it does on a tile rack. Q and Z are worth ten, E and A are worth one. Long words made of awkward letters are where the points are. And you are not limited to the words the grid was built from. Spot any word in the dictionary and it scores — spotting one nobody planted is the best feeling in the game. A CLOCK, UNLESS YOU WOULD RATHER NOT Each grid gives you time based on how many words are hidden and how far you have come. Clear it before the clock runs out. If that is not how you want to play, switch the timer off in Settings and take as long as you like. Words score half while it is off, so a timed run is still worth more. TWO DICTIONARIES 52,501 English words, or 129,204 French. Switch whenever you like. GETS HARDER AS YOU GO Early grids hide their words left-to-right and top-to-bottom. From level four they start running backwards and upwards too. Playing with a child? Kids mode adds two minutes to every grid. ONE GAME, EVERYWHERE iPhone, iPad and Mac, with your best score carried between them over iCloud. Compare it with other players on Game Center, or ignore the leaderboard entirely. NO CATCHES No ads. No in-app purchases. No account to create. Nothing to subscribe to. It works offline — the dictionaries are in the app, not on a server. Light and dark, and it respects Reduce Motion.

Word Zero is a crossword board game in the style of others you may have seen. Two players take turns placing tiles on a board to form words. Tiles have different point values, and some board spaces have bonuses (like double-word score), and so on. What makes this game different is the absence of ... annoyances. - Zero interruptions: We have no ads during game play. - Zero distractions: We don't have gems, rewards, stickers, or achievements. - Zero deception: We do offer computer players (Bots), but they never pretend to be real people. - Zero manipulation: We don't send you notifications nagging you to play a game. - Zero cheats: We don't have in-game assistance or power-ups. Instead, Word Zero has a simple model of requiring one "token" for each game you play. - Each new user gets a batch of free game tokens to start. More free tokens are provided periodically and as resources allow. - Users who want to play more often can purchase additional tokens through In-App Purchases. - Game tokens do not expire and can be used at whatever pace you like. Highlights: - Sign In With Apple - Games are "correspondence" style. Each player has up to 3 days for their turn, but it is considered good form to play as quickly as possible. If a player does not make a turn within that time period, a pass is automatically assumed and it becomes the other player's turn. If a player "auto-passes" twice in a row, and if their opponent makes a turn in between, the game is declared a forfeit and the opponent wins. Note that it is considered bad form to abandon a game. - Languages currently supported for game play include English and Spanish - For games in English, we use the NASPA Word List, which is the official word reference for SCRABBLE play in the United States and Canada. - Push notifications to let you know when it is your turn - Players who use this app are expected to play without outside assistance. Using dictionaries, word lists, or other helps during a game is considered cheating. All players are on the honor system. - An Elo rating system is used to give an approximate indication of the strength of each player. - Although the primary focus of Word Zero is to facilitate games between people, the ability to play against computer players ("Bots") is provided as well. The Bot-related features are intentionally kept separated from other areas of the app, so there can be no confusion about whether you are playing a Bot or a real person.