Times Puzzles vs Codewords

Updated app store description: Are you a crossword obsessive? Or are you just looking for a daily brain boost? Solve the world-renowned Times Crossword, Sudoku and other puzzles with the new puzzle app from The Times and The Sunday Times. Access hundreds of crosswords and puzzles in our two-week archive, and tackle all the latest puzzles to give your mind a real workout. The app enables you to take on and play our puzzles in one place and on the go, allowing you to play anywhere and at any time. Available puzzles: All Times and Sunday Times crosswords, including: Concise Cryptic Quick Cryptic Jumbo General Knowledge Other puzzles include: Sudoku, Killer Sudoku, Futoshiki, Kakuro, KenKen, Lexica, Polygon, Quintagram, Set Square, Suko, Codeword, Brain Trainer and Cell Blocks How do I access The Times Puzzles? The app is free to download and can be read in one of the following ways: - Monthly in-app subscription to The Times Puzzles - Existing members with a Digital subscription can log-in using their The Times & The Sunday Times username and password Please note: - Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase - Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period - Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period - You can manage your subscription and switch off the auto-renewal by accessing your Account Settings after purchase - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable - Free trial offer is for new customers only. - At the end of the free trial offer, you will be charged to your iTunes account automatically unless auto-renew is disabled at least 24 hours before that time. - You can cancel anytime. Cancellation goes into effect at the start of your following billing cycle. - A subscription to Times Puzzles does not include access to any other Times Newspapers Limited products, including but not limited to www.thetimes.co.uk, mobile news content and other apps on non-iOS devices. Full T&Cs can be found at http://www.thetimes.co.uk/static/puzzles-app-terms-and-conditions/ We value your opinion and feedback. Our readers’ views are central to ongoing development and improvements. You can send feedback to us directly by visiting: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/help

Focus on British English spellings and enjoy relaxing gameplay without timers, scores, or leaderboards - just lots of puzzles to enjoy at your leisure. CODEWORDS:UK includes a starter collection of 30 puzzles, with more puzzle collections available to buy in-app. There’s a tutorial to help you with the fundaments, plus in-game tools that help you spot letter patterns, quickly fill in answers and mark guesses as you go. The hints system is versatile, is not limited by time or usage, and the game does not penalise you for using them. You can also change the size and colour of the interface to make the game feel that much more comfortable on your device. WHAT IS A CODEWORDS PUZZLE? Codewords puzzles are like crosswords but without the usual clues. Instead, every box is numbered 1 to 26, where each number corresponds to a single letter. Puzzles guarantee that every letter of the alphabet is used at least once, and always start with just three letters given. With only that information you can identify patterns and deduce the code that will crack each puzzle. It’s a great game for expanding your vocabulary and improving your spelling. LEARN NEW WORDS Interesting and uncommon words are used throughout. Here are some examples you might encounter while playing: ABSCISSA ARGOT BATIK CALLIOPE CREDENZA DIATRIBE EXECUTRIX FERRULE FIXITY FOOLSCAP JEROBOAM KANJI LAMBENT NEOPHYTE PLOSIVE THOUGHTFULLY CURATED WORDLIST Each puzzle is edited to make sure the words used are interesting and fair. Here's some of the considerations we've made when assembling puzzles. -- CONFUSING ALTERNATES When a word can be spelt more than one way only the more common spelling is retained or, if there is no favourite, sometimes all variations removed. Here are some of the edits made: BANISTER, BANNISTER: both removed. SPELLED, MISSPELLED, MISSPELT, and variations: all removed. But MISSPELL, MISSPELLING and DISPELLED left in. 'SPELT' is left in as it's also noun. CADDY, CADDIE: both removed. RACQUET removed, RACKET left in. LIQUIFY, LIQUEFY and all variations like LIQUIFIED and LIQUEFACTION removed LAMBASTE, LAMBAST, and their variations removed PARLEY and PARLAY both left in INQUIRE and ENQUIRE both left in FASCIA and FACIA, both kept SIPHON, SYPHON plus variants: removed CONVERTER, CONVERTOR: both kept CIPHER, CYPHER: both kept FOETID, FETID: both kept EON, AEON: both kept JUDGEMENT, JUDGMENT: both removed SLED, SLEDDING, BOBSLED, BOBSLEDDING: removed FORBEAR, FOREBEAR: both retained ADAPTOR, ADAPTER: both retained LOVABLE, LOVEABLE: both retained RACOON, RACCOON: both retained SOYA, SOY: both retained -- ACCENTED WORDS Words with accented letters have been curated according to the editor’s discretion. Here are some examples: ATTACHÉ removed CAFE retained CANAPÉ removed CRÊPE removed FACADE retained FETE retained FIANCÉ removed MACRAMÉ removed MATINEE retained MOIRE retained NAIVE retained -- WORD ENDINGS The dictionary has been pruned to use -ise rather than -ize word endings. At the time of writing, these are the only words ending in -ize that remain in the game's wordlist: BAIZE CAPSIZE DOWNSIZE MAIZE OVERSIZE PRIZE SEIZE SIZE -- AMERICAN WORD SELECTION All words in the game use UK spellings, with non-UK variations omitted. Here are some examples where the American words have very similar spellings; below only the UK versions are used CODEWORDS:UK: AESTHETE (UK) ESTHETE (US) ANALOGUE (UK) ANALOG (US) ARTEFACT (UK) ARTIFACT (US) CARAT (UK) KARAT (US) DISTIL (UK) DISTILL (US) FLAUTIST (UK) FLUTIST (US) Some words with an American etymology, and that are in common parlance in the UK, have been retained. Here’s a few examples that you might find used in puzzles: BALLPARK BASEBALL BELLHOP CANDY DIAPER ESCROW FELON JUNK RODEO ROOKIE