Compact Words

All the games and puzzles in Compact Words are also found in the free trial app Compact Fun Trial, so we suggest that you first download that to check them out for free.

Brief details of each component are given below:

Original: 1-4 players (pastime for 1)
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Linkword Snap
An original game in which the players (up to 4) try to find a word that links given definitions or conditions. These may be simple, such as finding a word that matches 'Name of an actor or actress' and 'A 9-letter word', where Nicholson would be acceptable, or harder such as 'Name of a President' and 'Name of a make or model of car', where Ford or Lincoln would be acceptable.

Pentad
An original simple but frustrating letter and word game (up to 4 players) - try to make words from 25 letters on a 5x5 grid. There are three phases: Positioning, in which you place the letters on the grid; Swapping, in which you can swap two pairs; and Scoring, in which you select the words formed (2-5 letters), with bonuses for 5-letter words and for including the letter on the central square. If you like Scrabble, we think you'll like Pentad.

Classic: 1 player
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Hangman
A sophisticated version of the hangman puzzle or game normally played with pencil and paper, where one player tries to guess the letters of a hidden word. This version may be played by one player trying to guess a word specified by the system (from a dictionary of over 6500 words), or by two players where one of them specifies the word for the other to find.

WordSearch+
Search for the given words that are hidden in the letter grid - plus some that aren't given, but whose length you are told.

Classic: 1+players (pastime for 1)
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Beguile
A game like Boggle where you try to beat the countdown to identify words in a 4x4 or 5x5 grid formed by adjacent letters. Includes a Fix and Show feature where a known long word is inserted into the grid for you to find.

Letters game
Beat the countdown to make the longest word from 9 letters, where you select the next one as either a vowel or a consonant. Includes a Push and Show feature where a known long word is pushed to you - can you get all the letters and can you identify the word?

Word Ladder
Find four 4-letter words between the start and end words, so that each changes by only one letter.

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