CleverWords - Fun Word Game

Name: CleverWords - Fun Word Game
Rating: 4.7 (1134 reviews)
Author: Misquamicut Technologies LLC

Play with Friends and Family!

Only for iPhone

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone

1.1K Ratings
Ages

13+
Years
Category

Word
Developer

Misquamicut Technologies LLC
Language

EN
English
Size

53.2
MB

iPhone

Now with new ways to play: solo 1-person endless fun, 2-player, or original 4-player word game. Play the “Mini” solo version: (1) type in a clue and select up to 5 associated words on a 9 word grid; (2) someone from the community guesses your board; (3) your “setter” rating is based on how well the community guesses your clues. Guess community boards and boost your “guesser” rating. How high can you get your rating? Invite some friends and play asynchronously on your own devices. Get your bestie on board with the 2-player game or get the whole crew involved and play the original 4-player (2 against 2) game. For both, the objective is to select all of your partner’s cards on the grid. For 4-player, try to guess all your team’s cards before the other team. Beware of the Death Card—if this is guessed the game is automatically over and your team loses! Compete in the Daily Guesser from various other CleverWords games. Guess all 4 right and keep up your streak!

Ratings & Reviews

4.7

out of 5

1.1K Ratings

Near clone of Codenames
06/03/2020

DamonHillBand
I’ve gotten most of my close friends and family members hooked on this app. There is definitely a learning curve and a need to explain (and even send screenshots of) the official Codenames rules to every player before the games are fair and competitive. First criticism - the ability to go beyond 3 words as a setter is not readily apparent. I didn’t realize I could swipe left until I witnessed a random opponent give a 5-word clue several days after I had downloaded the game. Everyone I’ve introduced to the game struggles with this realization as well. Second criticism - please provide an update that adds new words to the deck. While the base deck provides countless clue permutations, the fact that players feel like they’ve seen the entire deck after only 8-10 games gives off a feeling of staleness. Add a second deck, or at least 20 new words, in the next update to freshen things up. I’m telling you, I’ve had people lose interest and stop playing due to the repetitive nature of the word bank.

Developer Response
Thanks for the review! Great feedback - there’s definitely a steep learning curve for new users and we’re exploring options such as a tutorial to address that. That makes sense you didn’t know it could be more than 3 words and we’ll try to make that more apparent. Totally agree on the word list - we just added 200 more (bringing the total over 800), so hopefully you see more variety. Thanks again for the review and feedback!
Near clone of Codenames
06/03/2020

DamonHillBand

I’ve gotten most of my close friends and family members hooked on this app. There is definitely a learning curve and a need to explain (and even send screenshots of) the official Codenames rules to every player before the games are fair and competitive. First criticism - the ability to go beyond 3 words as a setter is not readily apparent. I didn’t realize I could swipe left until I witnessed a random opponent give a 5-word clue several days after I had downloaded the game. Everyone I’ve introduced to the game struggles with this realization as well. Second criticism - please provide an update that adds new words to the deck. While the base deck provides countless clue permutations, the fact that players feel like they’ve seen the entire deck after only 8-10 games gives off a feeling of staleness. Add a second deck, or at least 20 new words, in the next update to freshen things up. I’m telling you, I’ve had people lose interest and stop playing due to the repetitive nature of the word bank.
Developer Response 06/05/2020
Thanks for the review! Great feedback - there’s definitely a steep learning curve for new users and we’re exploring options such as a tutorial to address that. That makes sense you didn’t know it could be more than 3 words and we’ll try to make that more apparent. Totally agree on the word list - we just added 200 more (bringing the total over 800), so hopefully you see more variety. Thanks again for the review and feedback!
Got me through the pandemic!
10/17/2021

Molly W-R
This is a fantastic app version of Codenames, which I love. You can play with strangers or with friends, or even make friends with other players! Unlike other phone games that feel like they melt my brain, this is actually challenging and stimulating. It’s been a great activity during the pandemic. Also, the developer and his family members actually play the game and enjoy it, so that’s a great recommendation in itself. I met them through the app and they’re really nice! And fantastic players.I highly recommend CodeWords ☺️.

Developer Response
Thanks Molly!!
Got me through the pandemic!
10/17/2021

Molly W-R

This is a fantastic app version of Codenames, which I love. You can play with strangers or with friends, or even make friends with other players! Unlike other phone games that feel like they melt my brain, this is actually challenging and stimulating. It’s been a great activity during the pandemic. Also, the developer and his family members actually play the game and enjoy it, so that’s a great recommendation in itself. I met them through the app and they’re really nice! And fantastic players.I highly recommend CodeWords ☺️.
Developer Response 12/22/2021
Thanks Molly!!
Used to be Great
07/24/2022

Alexis Dimick
I used to absolutely love this game! It’s so fun to play with friends and family. The new update, however, took away the feature to play with strangers! I used to be able to join a game as a setter or guesser and it would wait to put me in a game until it could find other players. It’s absolutely ridiculous that they took this part of the game away. It was so fun to play with others especially when my friends weren’t available. Please add this back. No clue why you would take it away!Also, the ads are getting ridiculous. There are way too many.

Developer Response
Hi there, based on user feedback we brought back pick-up games with random players in the latest update. Hope you enjoy!
Used to be Great
07/24/2022

Alexis Dimick

I used to absolutely love this game! It’s so fun to play with friends and family. The new update, however, took away the feature to play with strangers! I used to be able to join a game as a setter or guesser and it would wait to put me in a game until it could find other players. It’s absolutely ridiculous that they took this part of the game away. It was so fun to play with others especially when my friends weren’t available. Please add this back. No clue why you would take it away!Also, the ads are getting ridiculous. There are way too many.
Developer Response 12/22/2021
Hi there, based on user feedback we brought back pick-up games with random players in the latest update. Hope you enjoy!
game changer for us!
08/05/2019

Shawn486533
Codenames has been a sacred addition to our game nights. We’ve literally played several thousand hours in person, on tabletop simulator, on a web app. It’s the perfect game. This is sick. This helps us stay connected when we can’t make physical meetups. Thank you! Going to tell every single friend I know from the tabletop community. Any chance for adding friends and a opt-in chat in the future?0 clue and infinite clue functionality is a bit of a skill curve problem but maybe some version with those when player base gets larger?

Developer Response
Thanks for the review - love to hear how much you're enjoying the app!In-app chat is definitely on the roadmap. Not exactly sure what you mean by adding friends. Email me at leland@misquamicuttech.comAgreed on the skill curve problem for 0 clue and infinite clue, but will definitely consider down the line.
game changer for us!
08/05/2019

Shawn486533

Codenames has been a sacred addition to our game nights. We’ve literally played several thousand hours in person, on tabletop simulator, on a web app. It’s the perfect game. This is sick. This helps us stay connected when we can’t make physical meetups. Thank you! Going to tell every single friend I know from the tabletop community. Any chance for adding friends and a opt-in chat in the future?0 clue and infinite clue functionality is a bit of a skill curve problem but maybe some version with those when player base gets larger?
Developer Response 08/07/2019
Thanks for the review - love to hear how much you're enjoying the app!In-app chat is definitely on the roadmap. Not exactly sure what you mean by adding friends. Email me at leland@misquamicuttech.comAgreed on the skill curve problem for 0 clue and infinite clue, but will definitely consider down the line.