Word Abacus1.6.4 - App Store

*** Word Abacus - Relaxing Word Puzzle Game ***

Train your brain and expand your vocabulary with a unique word game that blends relaxing gameplay and clever strategy. Connect adjacent letters to form words, then slide the beads like an abacus to create new combinations and discover more hidden words.
This isn’t a fast-paced arcade puzzle - it’s a calm, skill-based challenge designed for thoughtful players who enjoy classic word search, crossword, and letter puzzle games.

Features
- Unique sliding letter mechanic
- Endless word possibilities
- Improves vocabulary and spelling
- Works offline anytime
- No time limits. No stress. Just you and your vocabulary.

If you enjoy word puzzles, brain teasers, vocabulary games, or relaxing letter games, Word Abacus is your next favorite challenge.
*** In-Game Word Hints ***

Available exclusively in the Premium version, Word Hints provide helpful assistance when you’re stuck and looking for inspiration. You can activate this feature anytime via Help/Settings → Word Hints.
Once enabled, simply tap the question-mark button in the bottom-right corner of the game board to reveal a possible word you can form from the current letters.
Important: Requesting a word hint in a game disables scoring for that round. This keeps the gameplay fair and rewards players who complete puzzles entirely on their own.
*** Free vs. Premium Version **

Word Abacus is completely playable for free and includes all core gameplay features without restrictions. The free version is supported by advertisements shown during play. By viewing these ads, you help support ongoing development and updates - thank you for that!

For players who prefer an uninterrupted experience, an optional Premium upgrade is available as a one-time in-app purchase.

Premium includes:
- Ad-free gameplay for full focus and relaxation
- Access to in-game Word Hints for extra assistance when needed

The choice is yours: enjoy the full game for free, or upgrade for an enhanced, distraction-free experience.

Version History - Added "Restore Purchases" button to make the restore of previous purchases more convenient 1.6.4 Mar 3 Fix scrambled launch screen on iOS 26.
Fix display of fullscree ads.
Updated Google Ad library to newset version 1.6.3 Feb 26 Fixed issue with entering player name 1.6.2 06/14/2020 Fixed bead letters when the device is in dark mode. They used to appear white instead of black. 1.6.1 05/30/2020 - Optimized screen support for button-less devices (iPhone X, iPhone 11, iPad Pro 3rdGen)
- Better space utilization on large iPhones screens (iPhone 6, 7, 8, X,11 Max), resulting in a larger game board.
- Improved double-tap sensitivity (used to be a little glitchy at times)
- Small user interface improvements here and there
- Full screen adverts shown very rarely
- Rework under the hood: Modernization of code base to work optimal with recent iOS versions 1.6 05/10/2020 Maintenance update.
- Recompiled and tested on iOS 10.2
- Minimum compatible iOS version: 8.0
- Replaced obsolete API calls
- Support for Apple Transport Security 1.5.3 01/09/2017 - Can now submit word by double-tapping last letter
- Bug fixes
- iPhone 5 support 1.5 01/17/2013 - In the high scores, instead of the "best word", the longest word is recorded. This should be more fun.

- Added local and global highscore lists for the longest word (Hint: longer words will be found in higher levels)

- Improved poor responsiveness of interface

- Fixed extreme performance issue on iPhone 3(GS)

- iPad 3 retina support 1.4.7 03/31/2012 - stability fixes for iOS 5.0.1 (still compatible with iOS4 and iOS3) 1.4.6 01/26/2012 Fixed a bug which would make the game accept every word.

Pleas note:
When updating with this version, your local high scores will be reset.
All global high scores submitted with the previous (buggy) version will be removed. 1.4.5 08/17/2011 Maintenance update. Fixed a major cause of crashing. 1.4.4 08/16/2011 Maintenance release with some stability improvements. 1.4.3 05/16/2011 - Fixed crashing issue on older iOS 3 devices
- Improved overall stability 1.4.2 05/03/2011 - Fixed bug that would keep the app crashing in rare cases until you delete and re-install
- Improved animation when submitting a word 1.4.1 04/12/2011 - Removed occasional waiting times between levels
- Computer-generated word hints** (only in premium version, can be unlocked by in-game purchase)

**The "Word Hints" feature unveils all valid words which can be found within a given board layout. Once used in a game, further moves will not contribute to the final score to preserve fairness against other players. 1.4 04/08/2011 Red circles are now placed more intelligently (basically, they are placed on valid words, if possible). I hope, the gameplay is even smoother now. However, by principle, there will be still unavoidable "dead ends" towards higher levels (e.g. the computer can never anticipate your future sequence of moves). But, in the end, that's the fun of the game, isn't it? 1.3.2 02/18/2011 - Game state is now saved automatically after each move (not only at a level switch)
- Fixed a few smaller issues which might be related to rare crashes.

I hope the crashes are resolved now. We tested for many hours until high levels (15 and higher) without seeing any crash.
If you should still encounter crashes please let me know at support@tlogic.de. Please describe as precisely as possible which actions were preceding the crash, so it is easier for us to locate the root cause. Thank you! 1.3.1 02/01/2011 - improved rotation behavior
- retina display support
- iOS 4.2 support 1.3 12/06/2010 - Fixed a cheating bug. When the game was over due to a red bead, it was still possible to play on by quitting and restarting the game. This has been fixed.

Note: When installing this update, your local high scores will be reset. Resetting highscores is the only way to ensure people won't submit highscores obtained with the previous cheaty versions. Apologies for this inconvenience (again).

Generally, for bug reports please contact me directly at support@tlogic.de. Only writing an App-Store review is suboptimal, as I read them irregularly, and also, I will not be able to reply to you for further questions. 1.2 11/09/2010 - Sound effects (can be turned off)
- Option to upgrade to ad-free version (in Settings)
- UI bug fixes

Note: With this update, your local high scores will be reset. As the difficulty of the game had changed previously, this is the only way to ensure people won't submit highscores produced by the old, easier version of this game.
Apologies for any inconvenience, and happy word finding! 1.1 10/27/2010 - Fixed memory leak which caused crash after long continuous play
- Added auto-save function after each level. If app should still crash you'll lose at most one level's work.
- Most reviewers found this game too easy. In v1.0.1, levels get harder more quickly. That's why v1.0.1 will have a separate global high-score list. 1.0.1 09/14/2010 1.0 09/04/2010