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Types of Word Games and What They're Called
Word search, letter grids, crossword tiles, guess-the-word, grouping, ladders and fill-ins: how each type of word game plays and the names it goes by.
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Notes on games, design and calm play
Essays from the studio on relaxing puzzles, iOS craft, and the ideas behind our games.
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Letter Grid Strategy: Score More in 90 Seconds
How scoring really works in a 4×4 letter grid, why long words are worth so much more, and the habits that raise a 90-second score on any board.
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iPhone Puzzle Games: How to Find Ones Actually Worth Playing
A practical guide to iPhone puzzle games — the main genres, the five traps that ruin a free puzzle game, and how to judge one in the first ten minutes.
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Wordfly Strategies: Solve the Daily Groups Puzzle in Fewer Mistakes
Seven strategies for the daily Groups puzzle in Wordfly: Daily Word Puzzles — how to spot the trap group, use your four mistakes wisely, and carry the same thinking into Letter Grid.
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iPhone Gaming Tips: Longer Battery, Fewer Interruptions, Better Play
Ten practical iPhone gaming tips: settings that save battery during long sessions, how to stop notifications interrupting a run, offline play, storage and one-handed comfort.
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Word Games You Can Play Offline on a Plane (iPhone)
How to tell whether a word game really works in airplane mode, how to test it before you fly, and which kinds of puzzle keep working without a signal.
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