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Word Fever is an iPhone word game created in five days. The game is designed for iPhone users who enjoy word puzzles. The app stands out for its rapid development time, being built from concept to launch in just five… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. iPhone word game I created in 5 days - Word Fever launched in 2011; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Wordrow▲65

   A fun fast word game based on a mix of Wordle and Tetris

   2023 · wordrow.fun · its alternatives →

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   Three Magic Words▲204

   Here’s a free, fun, novel five-letter word game for the web! It’s a game I originally wrote for the iPhone in 2010, but wasn’t able to finish before my first child was born. When I left my senior web developer job in September 2021 I figured I would postpone looking for work and finish the game before another 11 years passed, and expose myself to new skills doing it (in this case, Swift). I released it on the App Store in December, then turned my attention to doing a web version — when suddenly Wordle was in The NY Times, and then everywhere. Perhaps foolishly, I plowed ahead and here we…

   2022 · threemagicwords.app · its alternatives →

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   Word Hunter▲102

   iPhone's iMessage word hunt game solver

   2024 · the-word-hunter.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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   Wordu▲70

   Fast-paced word builder game

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   Wordbreeze▲73

   A beautiful and addictive word game for iOS

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   Word Game Hero for iOS▲68

   Play word puzzles with friends, learn and train your brain

   2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   I made a simple daily word puzzle▲114

   2024 · triword.net · its alternatives →

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   Zim's Word Game▲65

   Tap falling tiles to build words before the board fills up

   2023 · zimventures.com · its alternatives →

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   Wordzip▲67

   A fast-paced word game

   2016 · warbleandstripe.com · its alternatives →

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    Word Train▲66

    Daily word-grid puzzle

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    I built a new word game, Wordtrak▲81

    Hi HN! Looking for feedback on this 1v1 and daily word dueling game I've built over the last few months. Play here: https://wordtrak.com/ Or on iOS here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wordtrak/id6760442363 (Android version soon!)

    May 2026 · wordtrak.com · its alternatives →

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    Wordly Social▲65

    A Word Puzzle game Inspired by the New York Time's, Wordle

    2022 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Letters▲71

    I made a new daily word game for web and iOS which is a funky mix of scrabble and boggle. Each day everyone gets the same randomly generated configuration of bonus tiles and letters on a grid. The app is written completely in SwiftUI and the web port is written in ts/react. Both use the same random seeds each day.

    2015 · thelettersgame.com · its alternatives →

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    Six Words▲60

    A simple, challenging, daily, word game

    2022 · 6words.xyz · its alternatives →

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    Snack Words - Real-time, Multi-player Word Game for iOS▲16

    I just finished my first iOS game, Snack Words, which is a real-time, multi-player word finding game. iTunes link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/snack-words/id425786167?mt=8&ls=1 YouTube video demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zPQuqoUHqU I wanted to build something very simple and minimal. There's no figuring out who to play, and each game is only 90 seconds long. The backend is 2,400 lines (so short!) of Erlang which speaks a custom protocol (length tagged JSON packets) to the client. The Objective-C side protocol implementation makes heavy use of blocks and works a lot like my…

    2011 · itunes.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Wuzzles▲73

    Exercise your grey cells with endless hours of word pun fun!

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    A new daily word puzzle▲52

    2022 · twentyletters.com · its alternatives →

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    It took me 6 months to write my iOS word game app..am I still a hacker?▲11

    2011 · quotiac.com · its alternatives →

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    Word Champions, a word game written in ClojureScript▲76

    A fun word game! / Fajna gra słowna!

    2020 · danieljanus.pl · its alternatives →

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    Word Slicer▲85

    I shared Word Slicer here a while back — it’s a free, ad-free, browser-based word game where you try to find 5 words in 5 minutes. Since then I’ve been improving it (daily challenge archive, cleaner UI, better stats), and I’d love more feedback from the HN crowd. In particular, I’m interested in thoughts on the gameplay flow, design/UX, and what would make it more engaging.

    2024 · wordslicer.com · its alternatives →

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    Word Wars- HTML5 real time word game▲61

    2012 · wordwars.clay.io · its alternatives →

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    20 Seconds▲65

    A word game that you need to play in a hurry.

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Word Game▲71

    Practice vocabulary like a champ.

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    Fiasco!▲56

    Drop tiles. Tap words. Two minutes.

    2015 · fiascogame.com · its alternatives →

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