Comparison

Three Magic Words vs Word

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Three Magic Words

This word game challenges players to complete three five-letter words using available letter tiles. Solve all words to advance, collect stars by getting the right letter before time runs out, and win by collecting nine stars. Difficulty can be adjusted with clues, and friends can be challenged via text, email, or social media.

Highlights
  • Complete three five-letter words
  • Test logic and language skills
  • Collect stars to advance
  • Adjust difficulty with clues
  • Challenge friends
  • Timed rounds
Features
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A word game for people who love word games. Much more than a word jumble, in each round of Three Magic Words you are challenged to complete three five-letter words with the available tiles in a test of logic and language skills. Solve all three words to advance to the next round. Get the right letter on a star before time runs out to collect it — increasing the difficulty of the next round. Collect nine stars to win! Challenge friends via text message, email, or social media. Having trouble? Adjust the difficulty by giving yourself more clues!

About

Word

This app assists players in the popular word-guessing game by providing intelligent suggestions based on their input. It analyzes feedback from previous guesses to generate a list of likely words, helping users improve their success rate and expand their vocabulary.

Highlights
  • Intelligent word suggestion engine
  • Real-time feedback integration
  • Extensive word database
  • Easy-to-use interface
  • Vocabulary expansion
Features
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Stuck on today's word puzzle? Word-l-lator turns the colored tiles you already have into the smartest word to play next. You play the real puzzle. Word-l-lator does the math. HOW IT WORKS 1. Type the guess you just played into Word-l-lator. 2. Tap each tile to cycle it gray, yellow, or green until it matches the feedback the real puzzle gave you. 3. Tap Show Candidates. Word-l-lator filters the dictionary down to every word still possible and ranks them, best first. 4. Play the word it recommends, come back, and record the new feedback. That's the whole loop. No accounts, no setup, no waiting. FIVE PUZZLE FORMATS Word-l-lator isn't just for single-board puzzles. Pick your format from the Games button and the whole app adapts: • Classic — 1 board, 6 guesses • Two-board — 2 boards, 7 guesses • Four-board — 4 boards, 9 guesses • Eight-board — 8 boards, 13 guesses • Sixteen-board — 16 boards, 21 guesses In multi-board modes every board shares the same guess, but each one hides a different word and gets its own feedback. Word-l-lator tracks all of them at once, keeps a separate list of possibilities for every board, and scores each suggestion by how much it helps across every board still in play. Swipe the board strip or tap a thumbnail to jump between boards. Solved boards get a checkmark and step out of the way. SUGGESTIONS THAT ACTUALLY THINK AHEAD Most solvers just list what's still possible. Word-l-lator ranks by how much information a guess is expected to reveal, so you eliminate the most words per turn instead of taking long-shot stabs. It also tells you what kind of word you're looking at: • Solutions can win a board outright. • Scouts can't win by themselves, but they slice the remaining possibilities apart faster than any Solution can — often the difference between solving a sixteen-board puzzle and running out of guesses. The ranking also downweights the regular plurals and past-tense forms that real answer lists tend to avoid. BUILT FOR REAL PLAY • Known letters carry forward automatically into your next row, so you're not re-tapping the same greens over and over. • Undo backs out the last row when you mistype a letter or tap a color wrong. • Reset clears everything for a fresh puzzle in one tap. • A warning appears if you enter a word the dictionary doesn't recognize, before you waste a guess on it. • Browse candidates by common words, uncommon words, or the full dictionary. • A built-in help screen walks through the steps and adapts to the mode you're playing. ON EVERY DEVICE YOU OWN One app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Choose from a set of color themes, with full Dark Mode support, and the entire interface scales cleanly with Dynamic Type if you prefer larger text. SIMPLE, HONEST PRICING Word-l-lator is free to try. After you've had a good run with it, a single one-time purchase unlocks it permanently. No subscription, no ads, no account, no recurring charges — buy it once and it's yours. WHY PEOPLE USE IT Some days you want the satisfaction of solving it cold. Other days the answer is one of forty words and you've got two guesses left. Word-l-lator is for those days — and for the multi-board formats where doing the bookkeeping in your head simply isn't realistic. Word-l-lator is an independent solving assistant. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the publishers of any word puzzle.

Screenshots

Three Magic Words4 screens
Word4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Word at free against Three Magic Words's free with in-app purchases. Three Magic Words's advantage is ratings volume (85 vs 5). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Three Magic Words sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Word sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Three Magic Words against 5.0 for Word. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Three Magic Words has 85 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Three Magic Words ships an update every 4 months, Word every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Three Magic Words versus Word: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThree Magic WordsWord
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (85 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings85 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNathan LamontChainbreaker Technology LLC

Customer experience

Three Magic Words

All ratings85 ratings
Positive97.6%
Neutral1.2%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Word

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Three Magic Words

One-time1
  • Full 3.7K+ Word Pack$3.99
1 purchases

Word

One-time1
  • Full Word-L-Lator Purchase$2.99

Questions

Is Three Magic Words free?
Three Magic Words is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Word free?
Word is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Three Magic Words or Word?
Word is rated higher. Three Magic Words averages 4.9 out of 5 from 85 ratings, while Word averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Three Magic Words or Word have ads?
Neither Three Magic Words nor Word shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Three Magic Words or Word?
Three Magic Words ships an update every 4 months, and Word every 3 months. Most recently, Three Magic Words was updated on November 7, 2026 and Word on November 12, 2026.

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