Word Cracker
ryan schrenzel Games iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Word Cracker is a free Games app for iPhone and iPad by ryan schrenzel. Rated 5.0/5 from 2 ratings. Requires iOS 15.0. Updated October 10, 2026.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 2 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 62 MB
- Age 12+
- Updated
- Oct 10
- 2026 · v1.0.43
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About Word Cracker
Word Cracker turns the word game around: two players take turns adding letters to one shared word-in-progress, and whoever completes a word of 4+ letters loses the round. Add a letter at the front, at the end, or squeezed between two letters. Keep a real word in mind, but never be the one to finish it. Cornered? Bluff with letters that lead nowhere. Suspicious? Challenge. If your opponent can't name a real word that contains the letters, they lose the round. If they can, you do. A 196,000-word dictionary settles every challenge. If you grew up playing Ghost or Superghost on road trips, you already know the heart of it. Word Cracker is built on those classics, with letters allowed anywhere in the word, one Swap and one Shuffle per round to escape a trap, and a dictionary referee so nobody argues about what counts. WAYS TO PLAY • DUEL: pass one phone back and forth, send a friend a game code, or Play the World to find an opponent online. Games wait for both players, so you can take turns hours apart. • SOLO: Quick Match against an AI at four difficulty levels that genuinely play differently. • QUEST: 9 ranks and 100+ missions against opponents with their own styles. • THE GAUNTLET: nine opponents back to back. One loss ends the run. • DAILY PUZZLE: a new set of puzzles every day, with rotating modes and streaks. • RATING: a chess-style rating built from how accurately you play. • REPLAYS: review any round move by move. Free to play. No ads. No account needed to start. A short tutorial teaches the game in a few minutes.
What’s new
Version 1.0.43 · Updated October 10, 2026
- Daily Puzzle streaks now count every day you finish all three puzzles, win or lose. A Silver Crown means no wins today, but your streak lives on. - New players get a guided first week of Daily Puzzles: one mode a day, with a one-minute lesson before Swap and Shuffle. - Coming back to a finished online game now shows exactly why it ended: the word that was proved, the letters it covered, and the final board. Turn notifications say it too. - After the tutorial, your first match is gentler and leads straight into Quest, with a quick way to challenge a real player. - Notifications are offered when you start your first game against a person, not before. - Fixes for music on iPhone and iPad, Play the World rows, and many smaller issues. Music is a little quieter by default.
App privacy
The developer, ryan schrenzel, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Location: Coarse Location
- User Content: Gameplay Content, Other User Content, Customer Support
- Identifiers: User ID, Device ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Diagnostics: Performance Data, Other Diagnostic Data, Crash Data
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
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