Weavaword

How to play

Object: Interweave words to create a mini crossword grid, aiming for the highest score from letter values.

• Fill the empty squares with your own 3, 4, 5, or 6 letter words.
• All words must cross at least one other word.
• Duplicate words are not allowed.
• A doubled consonant (e.g. the ZZ in FUZZY, but not the D's in AIDED) only scores as one letter unless both letters are intersected.

A new word each day. Use the whole day to get your best score.

Bonus word: a second word is named below the keyboard each game. Weave it into your grid and every one of its letters scores double.

Double tap a word to see its definition.

Double tap your scores to see next achievement badges.

Tap to share your score with friends, or to view your stats.

Free Play: Tap to play as often as you want, any time. Total words/points resets each day - beat your best day, shown in Stats. A game of 4 words or fewer doesn't count towards the total.

Validation messages

When the Words and Score cards show an asterisk instead of a number, the message underneath them is the problem to fix first:

• Invalid word: not a real dictionary word, the wrong length, or a single unconnected letter.
• Duplicate word: already used elsewhere on the grid.
• Fragmented game: valid and unique, but not connected back to the starter word - blocks saving/sharing until it connects.

Info

• One square is permanently blocked and can't be filled.
• • Starter word
  • Scoring word
  • Rule violation - see above
• The Daily puzzle stays the same all day.
• Use Reset to keep trying for your best score.
• Your score updates live as you type.
• Progress saves automatically - come back any time.

Keyboard

• Letter keys show their point value (bottom-right).
• ⌫ Backspace - clears the selected cell, or on a second press (when already empty) steps back one cell.
• Across / Down - toggles which way typing jumps to the next empty cell.
• Reset - opens the Clear dialog: clear the whole game back to just the starter word, or one of the selected square's words (across and down are offered separately at a crossing). A word clear keeps any letter shared with a crossing word, unless you tick Clear all letters in word. The letters that will go are shown in red.
• Save / Load - Daily only. One keepable position per day: Save stores your current grid, Load brings it back. It resets at midnight, but the day itself is kept in History.
• Snapshots - Capture up to 10 scratch copies of the game you're on, so you can try a completely different set of words and still Restore an earlier one. Kept on this device only, and cleared when you move to a new game. Unlike Save and Load above, these are working copies to throw away, not a result to keep - and they work in Free Play too.

Toolbar

• Share - copy or share your result as an emoji grid, or as a picture of the finished board. Your words can be included either way.
• Settings - choose Auto/Light/Dark theme, shade the squares that can never hold a letter, or delete your synced account once logged in.
• Daily - today's puzzle, the same for everyone.
• Free Play - a random word, play as often as you like.
• Login - sync your progress across devices using a unique Sync ID.
• Activity - three tabs inside: Stats (games played, streaks, highest score and most words, your best-ever Free Play day), History (browse past Daily puzzles by month - starter word and score for days you played, a frown for days you didn't; tap a played day for its grid, and share it from there), and Achievements (two sets of badges - one for how long your Daily streak runs, one for how many days you've reached 10 words).
• Help - this dialog.

Privacy

Weavaword does not collect any personally identifying information. Progress is stored in your device, and optionally synced via a sync ID passphrase that isn't tied in any way to your identity.