Squid Words vs Connections
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Squid Words
Unscramble five hidden five-letter words daily. Use your linguistic skills to decipher scrambled letters, revealing correct ones with colored hints. Patience and perseverance lead to success in this word puzzle game.
- Daily five-letter word unscrambling
- Scrambled letter puzzles
- Color-coded hints for correct letters
- Challenging linguistic gameplay
- Progressive difficulty
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So, think you can outsmart a cephalopod? The premise is deceptively simple. Each day at 6am Squiggles, a sweet swaggering squid will taunt you with five secret 5 letter words (Squid Words) all shuffled up and scrambled so subtly and sophisticatedly that your skills as an astute expert of linguistic sophistry will be stretched to such savage extents as to leave you strictly stunned into silence by your own selective stupidity. To make sense of the serene series of scrambled letters left by this sly squid’s secret stumper you will need to draw on your own cerebral sensibilities. By guessing words formed solely from the assemblage of cells composed into a grid you will reveal those letters that share a place with one of the secret answers our scandalous Squiggles has selected. Any cells which share a place with one of the secret Squid Words will be expressed with a distinct, iridescent colour. By sorting through each secret answer you will soon find yourself with a smaller selection of cells with which to structure sensible guesses. But don’t stress. With a little patience, some perseverance and a small slither of serendipity success awaits you in SQUID WORDS!!!!
Connections
This game challenges your vocabulary and sports knowledge with daily puzzles. Connect words and football terms to test your logic and trivia skills. Compete with others or play solo for a brain-boosting experience.
- Daily football and word puzzles
- Sports and vocabulary themed challenges
- Competitive rankings
- Unlimited solo or friend challenges
- Brain-boosting logic and trivia
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Connections Words & Sports - Brain Training Game The Ultimate Word and Football Puzzle Game! Test your brain with unique word connections and sports trivia—inspired by the New York Times' Connections, but with a sports twist. Key Features: Daily Football and Word Puzzles – Fresh challenges every day Football and Vocabulary Mix – Themed puzzles for sports fans and word lovers Competitive Rankings – Climb the leaderboard and prove your skills Unlimited Challenges – Play solo or challenge friends Brain-Boosting Fun – Sharpen your mind with logic and trivia Perfect for fans of: NYT Connections, Wordle, Trivia, Football, and Brain Games Download now and start connecting! Terms of Use This application follows the Apple End User License Agreement (EULA). You can review it here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Squid Words at none against Connections's 9. Squid Words also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). Connections's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Connections sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Squid Words asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Squid Words against 5.0 for Connections. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Squid Words ships an update every 2 weeks, Connections every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Squid Words | Connections |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 203 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Literally Games Ltd | Abdelmajid Rajad |
Customer experience
Squid Words
Connections
In-app purchases
Squid Words
No in-app purchases
Connections
- Unlock Premium Weekly$0.997 Days
- No Ads$2.99
- No Ads + Offline$2.99
- 250$4.99
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- 1250$9.99
- 2500$14.99
- 6250$19.99
- 12500$29.99
- 25000$39.99
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