App access and controls

How to access the app

ManyWords is an iPhone app distributed through the Apple App Store. After installation, open ManyWords from the Home Screen and choose Daily Challenge, Training, Archive, Leaderboards, Achievements, or Info from the app's navigation.

Game modes

• Daily Challenge: one 5-minute 4x4 hard board per day. Everyone receives the same daily grid.
• Encore Challenge: an extra 5-minute challenge unlocked by completing the required weekly daily challenge progress.
• Training: practice boards with selectable grid size (4x4 to 6x6), difficulty, timer, adjacency rules, letter reuse, and shareable grid numbers.
• Archive: replay previous daily boards and open older grids by grid number.

Gameplay rules

1. Tap letter tiles to create a path.
2. In standard daily play, each next letter must be adjacent to the previous letter.
3. Daily play does not allow reusing the same tile in a word.
4. Words must be at least three letters long.
5. Submit the word before the timer expires.

Buttons and controls

• Submit: checks the selected word and adds points when it is valid and new.
• Clear: clears the current tile selection.
• Hint: reveals a possible remaining word when hints are available.
• Submitted: opens the submitted word history for the current round.
• Solution/info: shows available word information when that view is available.
• Pause/options: pauses eligible training rounds, finishes a round, or exits.
• Music: turns background music on or off.
• Speaker: turns sound effects on or off.
• Trophy: opens cloud leaderboards (global and private groups).
• Medal: opens achievements.
• Settings: opens preferences, including display name and avatar.
• Info: opens the in-app how-to-play guide.

Private groups

• Create: Leaderboards → Private → Create. Name the group and optionally set a group avatar (icon or photo).
• Invite: share the 6-character invite code or invite link from Manage.
• Join: Leaderboards → Private → Join, or open a manywords://join/CODE deep link.
• Manage: admins can remove members or allow them back; change the group avatar; reshare the invite.
• Leave: open Manage and tap Leave group. You can rejoin later with the invite code unless removed by the admin.
• iCloud sign-in and a unique display name are required to create or join a group.

Scoring

• 3-4 letters: 100 points.
• 5 letters: 180 points.
• 6 letters: 280 points.
• 7 letters: 420 points.
• 8 or more letters: 420 points plus 160 points for every letter beyond seven.
• Length clear: 500 points for each letter length where you find every available word.

Duplicate words do not add points. Invalid paths, too-short words, and words not in the dictionary count as incorrect submissions for the accuracy bonus. Accuracy bonuses can add up to 30% of your base score when a round has enough accepted words and low mistakes.

User control

• Use Training settings to change board size, difficulty, timer, adjacency rules, and letter reuse rules.
• Use Settings to set your nickname and avatar (preset icons or a custom photo).
• Use audio buttons or Settings to control music and sound effects.
• Use iOS Settings to manage Game Center, iCloud, and advertising preferences.
• Use sharing controls to share results, archive grids, training grids, achievements, and private group invites.