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About To The 9s

How many words with 4 or more letters can you create from the matrix? (Remember to include the central red letter in your words!) Can you guess the 9-letter word? Features: •A fun tool for building vocabulary! •Instant online access to the popular Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary •Builtin dictionary includes British Commonwealth and American variations. •Based on the popular Target Puzzle seen in many publications. •10 free puzzles are included, and more are available for purchase! •No ads! Instructions: •Tap any letter in the 3 x 3 matrix to send it to the tray below. •Tap any letter in the tray to return it to the matrix. •Drag letters anywhere in the tray to create new words or take a fresh look. (Note: Lay your finger on a letter for 1 second before dragging.) •Tap “Clear Tray” to return all letters to the matrix. •Ready to hazard a guess? Tap “Submit Word”. •Navigate to new puzzles by swiping right or tap button. Return via left swipe or button. You will receive instant online feedback from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary when you submit a new potential entry for a To The 9s Word List. If you are correct, your Word List will grow and boost you to a new rank! Note: We have been building an independent supplementary mini-dictionary to support local lingo.  Please let us know if you find a good candidate, at tech support: http://tothenineswordgame.weebly.com.

Ratings & reviews

4.6

5 ratings

5 ★ 80% 4 ★ 0% 3 ★ 20% 2 ★ 0% 1 ★ 0%

What’s new

Version 5.5 · Updated July 27, 2026

Apple's new iPadOS Version 26.2 reduced the screen area that was visible to the user in the window that allowed purchases & recoveries of new word packets. A programmatic update to the settings fixed this problem. This affected only the iPad.

App privacy

The developer, Lauren Sherman, reported these privacy practices to Apple.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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