Codeword
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About Codeword
Codeword is an application to play the popular word game known as codewords in puzzle magazines (also known as Cipher crosswords or Cyptograms). This game uses US English spellings.
For those unfamiliar with Codeword puzzles, they provide a grid of words, similar to a normal crossword, but with no clues, rather a few initially provided letters, and a number in each square in the gird to indicate its (as yet unknown) letter. All boxes with the same number must use the same letter. From that information and the few initially provided letters it is possible to work out which words will fit in the boxes. Hence you are decoding (or decyphering) the numbers into letters to reveal the hidden words. Usually all 26 letters of the alphabet are used in the codeword, although not always (and unused letters appear crossed out in the keyboard). It is fun, challenging, and a real brain teaser.
Feature list:
1) Unlimited number of codewords!! They are created on-the-fly using the application's advanced generator engine and it's built-in word list.
2) The player decides the number of rows and columns (from 3 to 20). This allows the game to be suitable for all kinds of mobile-phones and tablets.
3) Difficultly level can be specified by the user, which determines the pool of words the generator will use. The larger the pool the greater the difficulty. There is even an early learner mode with a limited number of words, aimed at children and English language learners. The number of starting letters can also be specified. Higher scores can be obtained with more difficult codewords.
4) Selecting a square in the grid will highlight all places the same letter is used in that grid (i.e. has the same number to decipher). This is really handy and of course not possible when doing codewords in a magazine.
5) If a game is too difficult, the application provides two useful tools to help you (see below).
6) For any word in the grid for which all squares are assigned to letters, Codeword Unlimited will highlight if that word is NOT an allowed word in the word list it uses to generate its codewords. This helps you when you have mistakes in your current assignments (saving you lots of time and frustration!).
7) An on-screen keyboard means it is much easier and more comfortable to play.
8) The definition of a completed word can be viewed. This is useful if you do not know it, or you are learning a foreign language (internet connection required).
9) Choose the language of the word list, from a large range of downloadable dictionaries. 26 languages are currently available (see below).
10) Can be played in portrait or landscape mode. Just rotate your device and the display adjusts automatically.
11) Game contains achievements integrated into Google Play's "Game Services".
Other similar applications want you to pay for more Codewords, but this game provides you with endless puzzles, all for free!!
Each game is assigned a difficulty level from 0 (easy) to 9 (very hard). The difficulty level is determined by the settings. Each difficulty level maintains the high scores (measured by fastest time to complete the game). The game displays the best 20 scores for each difficulty level.
Compare your high scores with others around the world by using Google Play's "Game Services".
If the player is in difficulty, the application provides two very useful aids. (1) The game can provide another decoded letter. (2) The game can show you potential answers for an uncompleted word. The game uses the letters that you have already decoded and displays the matching words.
Word lists are available to play in the following languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Polish, Norwegian, Romanian, Serbian(Latin), Serbian(Cyrillic), Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian and more coming later
For those unfamiliar with Codeword puzzles, they provide a grid of words, similar to a normal crossword, but with no clues, rather a few initially provided letters, and a number in each square in the gird to indicate its (as yet unknown) letter. All boxes with the same number must use the same letter. From that information and the few initially provided letters it is possible to work out which words will fit in the boxes. Hence you are decoding (or decyphering) the numbers into letters to reveal the hidden words. Usually all 26 letters of the alphabet are used in the codeword, although not always (and unused letters appear crossed out in the keyboard). It is fun, challenging, and a real brain teaser.
Feature list:
1) Unlimited number of codewords!! They are created on-the-fly using the application's advanced generator engine and it's built-in word list.
2) The player decides the number of rows and columns (from 3 to 20). This allows the game to be suitable for all kinds of mobile-phones and tablets.
3) Difficultly level can be specified by the user, which determines the pool of words the generator will use. The larger the pool the greater the difficulty. There is even an early learner mode with a limited number of words, aimed at children and English language learners. The number of starting letters can also be specified. Higher scores can be obtained with more difficult codewords.
4) Selecting a square in the grid will highlight all places the same letter is used in that grid (i.e. has the same number to decipher). This is really handy and of course not possible when doing codewords in a magazine.
5) If a game is too difficult, the application provides two useful tools to help you (see below).
6) For any word in the grid for which all squares are assigned to letters, Codeword Unlimited will highlight if that word is NOT an allowed word in the word list it uses to generate its codewords. This helps you when you have mistakes in your current assignments (saving you lots of time and frustration!).
7) An on-screen keyboard means it is much easier and more comfortable to play.
8) The definition of a completed word can be viewed. This is useful if you do not know it, or you are learning a foreign language (internet connection required).
9) Choose the language of the word list, from a large range of downloadable dictionaries. 26 languages are currently available (see below).
10) Can be played in portrait or landscape mode. Just rotate your device and the display adjusts automatically.
11) Game contains achievements integrated into Google Play's "Game Services".
Other similar applications want you to pay for more Codewords, but this game provides you with endless puzzles, all for free!!
Each game is assigned a difficulty level from 0 (easy) to 9 (very hard). The difficulty level is determined by the settings. Each difficulty level maintains the high scores (measured by fastest time to complete the game). The game displays the best 20 scores for each difficulty level.
Compare your high scores with others around the world by using Google Play's "Game Services".
If the player is in difficulty, the application provides two very useful aids. (1) The game can provide another decoded letter. (2) The game can show you potential answers for an uncompleted word. The game uses the letters that you have already decoded and displays the matching words.
Word lists are available to play in the following languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Polish, Norwegian, Romanian, Serbian(Latin), Serbian(Cyrillic), Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian and more coming later
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Game History & Updates
What's Changed
1) The new "selected word" method now uniquely for: Sequential input
5.2:
1) You can now switch off the overwrite confirmation
2) There is now a new option to enter input sequentially
3) Bugfixes
1) The new "selected word" method now uniquely for: Sequential input
5.2:
1) You can now switch off the overwrite confirmation
2) There is now a new option to enter input sequentially
3) Bugfixes
More downloads Codeword reached 1 000 000 - 5 000 000 downloads
Name changed Name changed! Codeword Unlimited now is known as Codeword.
Version update Codeword was updated to version 5.2.1
Version update Codeword was updated to version 5.1.3
What are users saying about Codeword
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Love it. Great for relaxing. But not too easy that it. Gets boring. The levels seem just right and if they get to hard I jUst go back a level for a couple of games and then i seem able to manage.
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I have bought several codeword puzzle books and have completed them. I cant find them anymore so ive had to order online whatever is available. Love this app and game...thank you
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Hate all the ads! Love the game
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I like it but when start it you can not stop it
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Fantastic word game you can easily set the difficulty rating. Love it.
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Much easier than having to search for my puzzle book. Great way to test your word skills.
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It's great to keep the old mind ticking over with all the codes.
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Like this style of crossword puzzle. Simple but effective and quite testing too.
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I love this game so much. Codewords are my favorite puzzles to solve.
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Great way to pass time and keep the brain ticking
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It really helps with spelling and is a great time filler.
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Like it lots
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Enjoy this codeword would recommend.
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Very addictive and easy to use.
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Love this game. Keep it up
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Challenging. Never boring!
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Super game. Can be addictive.
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Great time killer.
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Very challenging!
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Excellent - love it
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Endless fun
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It has lost it edge with the update... Not as good too use..
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I love doing this kind of puzzle in a magazine I get & was excited to find an app dedicated to them. Simple & easy to use.
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Great game, love the fact that the whole alphabet is used
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Would like a pause function when i have to leave the game
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Good cracker in that it uses the whole alphabet. Wish it gave only two letters in a single word to start. I also like to leave out the vowels when I do the newspaper puzzle as an added challenge - I can do it with this one but I have to put them in or I can't complete the puzzle.
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It goes a bit outside of the boundaries of common English. But connects you directly to a word dictionary so you can learn while you exercise your mind. It lets you choose the size of the grid and difficulty level to make it a better fit for you.
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Just finished a game. Noticed game time errors b4. Took pics before I hit play and at the end. 6 min. Timer said 43 min. That, and a wish you didnt always use the whole alphabet (to add complexity) are my only complaints. Ty
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Very good. Ads only show when online, go offline - no ads! Customizable grid size and difficulty plus number of starting letters makes it great for all abilities. Cheat buttons for when you get stuck and time records for each difficulty are great features.
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Loads of fun, but still requires some thinking so it's not boring. Nice to not have to go through all the steps necessary in the puzzle books of finding all of each letter, crossing letters out, etc.!
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Used to do codewords on paper, but so much easier this way. Like that I can change difficulty levels and that it's challenging.
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Find this a challenging and enjoyable game. I like the fact I can alter the level of difficulty
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my old tablet died -new tablet won't let me reinstall codewords -please help otherwise loved the game How can i reinstall
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Finally, a codeword puzzle that I love! Out of all the word puzzle apps, HAVOS has the best!! I also have the fill-in and numbers puzzles too, like to see possibly "Frameworks"??
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Filling in the letters to make words is brilliant for the brain and amazing how much you actually can spell
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Excellent game. Lots of levels from really esy to really hard.
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great game except everytime you finish a board you have to sit through an ad video otherwise it would be 5*s
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Tried others but always come back to this one
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Enjoy the game very much, would have given a higher rating but some questionable word choices.
by V####:
I have enjoyed playing codewords for many years now but they're harder to find. This app is awesome with different difficulty levels and grid sizes! Tons of games too! I've been playing everyday for a couple of months now and its still generating new ones. I also can play it on my desktop! Highly impressed!