All aboard 2.2.6, Riders. A smoother start and fewer stops on the way to the board. - HOW TO PLAY is now in the Game Menu of every match, with a quick animated walkthrough of the basics. - ALL ABOARD skips the "Equip Your Boosts" stop when there's nothing to equip. - Theme-word events list their words, and what each one pays, in a new THEME WORDS card. - Rail Rally and League fixes, plus polish across the rails.

All aboard 2.2.5, Riders. Two big ones this time: a new board every day, and a way to ride ad-free. THE DAILY One board a day. Same board for everyone. New board at midnight. You'll find it in PLAY, right in the play-type picker. Your score is graded against the Conductor on the same board, and the TODAY tab in Rankings shows where you stand against everyone and against your friends. Keep your streak alive, SHARE a picture of your score and ticket, or CHALLENGE A FRIEND to beat it. Come back tomorrow and the Conductor tells you how yesterday finished. Been playing the Daily at wordrails.com? Bring your streak into the app. THE CONDUCTOR'S PASS Ride ad-free. The Conductor's Pass clears the ads from between matches and adds members-only bonuses: a free Thrifty Thursday find, +10% XP, bonus daily rewards, a members-only Conductor Quest, extra Rail Rally cars, 2x victory coins and up to 5 streak shields. Renew monthly or buy one month at a time, and cancel anytime. Start a monthly Pass while the founding window is open and you earn the Founder's Stamp. Already hold the Conductor's License? You're a Conductor for good, and the Founder's Stamp is yours too. Conductors wear a soft gold glow behind their avatar. BOOSTS THAT SHOW THEIR WORK The Inspection Ticket now shows BOOSTS +N PTS whenever a boost scores, and STOKED leads your rewards. Line up a word with a multiplier in your bar and the Conductor may tell you what it's worth: "This word: 140. x2 makes it +95!" Tap the bubble to arm it. That's once a match at most, and you can turn off tips in the menu if you don't need them. The first time each kind of boost sits in your bar you get a quick tip. Your bar now fills itself in a sensible order, Wildcard first and x2 second, and never touches a slot you set yourself. RESULTS FIRST, PRIZE LAST Rail Rally results now come before the prize. Your trunk waits on the last page, so you never grab it and miss how the week went. Plus Wildcard letters show as mint chips on the Inspection Ticket instead of a stray "*", a tidier Settings drawer, and polish across the rails. Back to the board.

All aboard 2.2.3, Riders. This one started as a quick fix and turned into a real update. SHORT LINE Why use big word when small word do trick? Short Line is a rare new mode. Words of 2 to 4 letters earn a bonus, plain everyday words earn a little more, and the long-word and rare-word bonuses switch off. The Inspection Ticket grades it on its own curve, with a SHORT HAUL credit for a board full of small words. Lean on long words anyway and the Ticket docks you a HEAD SCRATCHER. A LEAGUE BOARD WORTH CLIMBING After a match the League board shows your whole group now, not just eight rows. The top three stand on a podium in their frames and nameplates, the zones show who is moving up, and a chip tells you exactly how many points it takes to pass the Rider above you. The header carries your league crest, the countdown to the weekly close and what the top finishers win. Rankings gets the same look, and you can swipe between LEAGUE, WEEKLY and ALL-TIME. WEEKLY and ALL-TIME show your friends. MATCHES FEEL BETTER IN THE HAND Hold a tile and you hear a soft plop, never on a quick tap. The Word Area lights up to show it will take the tile, brightens as you drag over it and flashes when the tile lands. Seen enough of the Conductor's tips? The new CONDUCTOR TIPS switch in the Game Menu turns them off, and back on whenever you like. RAIL RALLY The FREE CAR you earn is now always a wild car. The Rally lesson and help page use bigger, easier-to-read text, and the Depot, map and standings say what they mean. QUESTS YOU CAN FINISH Three high difficulty quests asked for scores almost nobody had ever posted, despite heroic attempts. Express Run now asks for 2,000, Golden Spike 2,500 and Conductor's High Score 3,000. Plus a new loading screen (because why not?), friend challenge scoring fixes, and polish all across the rails. See you on the rails!

All aboard 2.2.1, Riders. The Conductor now rides with you to help give you pointers. And the Wildcard is a blank tile now! It flips to the letter it borrowed the moment your word lands. Friend invites also got an update: Invite a friend with a link that makes the friendship on the tap and you can now see active Challenges right in the main menu. Quality of life improvements include: change the name you were given, and Results names your Top Multiplier and Rare Words. See you on the rails!

All aboard 2.2.0, Riders! We've got a lot of track to cover: EVERY MATCH GETS A GRADE Finish a match and the Inspection Ticket stamps it C, B, A or S, graded against the board you actually played. Credits star the plays that earned it: LONG HAUL, DOUBLE-DECKER, PRECIOUS CARGO, ALL ABOARD, SOLID GOLD and more. Tap the ticket to see what each one meant. A better grade pays a bigger XP bonus. RAIL RALLY: THE CONDUCTOR'S CALL The Conductor now helps you discover what to do next: lay this track, draw your trips, finish that trip, last call. One line, one button, two taps from advice to laid track. Grade a B or better and a Car couples the moment you finish, no waiting on the reveal. Completing a trip gets a COMPLETED stamp and confetti, and the final board glides you up the ranks. MAIL DEPOT GETS A MAKEOVER Ready to open, on the line, recent. OPEN NEXT walks you through everything waiting. Results show both Riders with rank and avatar, wins celebrate, and Match Stats sit under a lock for everyone except Conductor's License holders. Every avatar you see opens their full card: add a friend, send a challenge. Your opponent wears their real frame, nameplate and stamps in the matchup. MORE TO COLLECT Fortune Friday now spins five improved prizes, including a boost and a trunk, and a tap anywhere spins the wheel. A free Coins ad pays 50, four times a day. Thursday Thrift deals one premium boost you can't normally buy, once a week, reveal it in the shop. Plus new sounds, a troll hiding under the trestle, and a pile of polish. See you on the rails!

Next stop on the Premier line: Rail Rally (Beta Edition) — A cross-country race with your fellow Riders. Finish a match to punch your ticket, earn Cars with every win, lay track on the map to claim routes, keep secret Trips for extra points, and claim your prize on Monday. Boarding call on the Events board coming soon! And on top of a veritable slew of new art, animations, and bug fixes, Category Events are back! See you the on the rails.

Service bulletin: fixed a bug that could freeze the game behind a gray overlay at launch. If your menu is blocked, this update clears the track. Also started prepping for Fall and threw in some more under-the-hood tune-ups.

- Category events 2x bonus now counts the day's category words, exactly as intended. Watch for its return to the daily specials. - Reward pop-ups always picture your prize. - Small fixes and polish.

- Updated match sounds, with a surprise submit sound for golden words. - Win a cosmetic in a trunk? Tap it to preview it on your own player card before you equip. - Streak Shields now come in a handy single pack. - New daily special event: Mystery Word. A real clue, a hidden answer. Keep an eye out. Something hungry has been spotted near the caboose.

The Events board got a makeover! - New icons for all major events. - Quest icons you can read at a glance so you can get back on the rails quickly. - Wildcard Wednesday claims right from its card. - First Win of the Day now shows up in your post match rewards.

Stamps! 65 to collect, 44 of them brand new, and some are secret. Stamps now sync straight to Game Center. Station Skirmish premieres soon: two factions, one week, one tug-of-war. Everybody who hauls gets paid. Plus dozens of fixes across matches, the Depot, friends and rewards. All aboard!

Stamps are back! Head over to your Customize screen to view your entire collection and equip new ones. Also in 2.0.2: • Trunks have been distributed to players with remaining Tickets — check your Depot for a little thank-you • Opening match results from your Depot will also reveal any earned Stamps you picked up • Streamlined sign-in for Google account players

Thanks for playing! This update smooths out a few rough edges: • Fixed signing in with Google and Apple — getting into your account is smooth again • Audio tune-ups for a cleaner, crisper word-solving soundtrack • Small polish fixes across the app Keep those words rolling!

Word Rails 2.0 has arrived! A top-to-bottom overhaul and our biggest release ever. Hop back on the rails: LIVE EVENTS & QUESTS • A live events feed right on the main menu • Daily Quests, Word of the Day, special events, and weekly rituals like Wildcard Wednesday STREAKS & PROGRESSION • Daily Match Streak with a percent XP bonus and streak shields to protect your run • Level up to earn reward Trunks with all-new rarity art and open-them-yourself reveal ceremonies • The Conductor's License, a one-time purchase that brings daily bonuses and perks FRIENDS & SOCIAL • Brand-new Friends hub — add friends easily with a code, view full player cards, and challenge them head-to-head • Rankings and friend leaderboards SHARPER WORD PLAY • Smarter scoring that rewards rarer and longer words • Word definitions and part-of-speech labels • New hidden bonuses for the especially tenacious wordsmiths out there POLISH THROUGHOUT • Redesigned menus, dialogs, and store • All-new sound effects and music cues • Improved layout and text scaling on iPad Thanks for riding with us, and there's so much more to come. All aboard!

New game modes are here! Golden Freight puts your wordsmithing to the test with special golden letters for you to unscramble for a massive bonus. Bullet Train tries your hand at a much quicker game with fewer tiles - and there is a special bonus for those that complete it quickly. Also keep an eye out for the new Passport: Abominable Arctic, complete with Yeti!

Daily Login Bonuses are now live (and double for Subscribers)! Passports have been overhauled to allow for multiple Passports - no more missing out at the end of the season. Level progress is now permanent over seasons, and the Level cap goes up to 100. The Boost Selector has been streamlined based on player feedback - thank you! And for Subscribers, you now earn a Ticket for every victory. Keep an eye out - even more cosmetic items have been added, with many more Passports to unlock them coming soon.

Ready for an upgrade? ALL players can now unlock customizations, crafting your unique game experience. Plus, for subscribers, we've added a Premium Track to the Passport, offering a bounty of extra items and customizations. Dive in, express yourself, and make your game truly yours with this dynamic update!

We’ve officially rolled out Leagues! Battle your way through your League and be in one of the top spots on the Leaderboard by the end of the week to advance your rank. With each rank you’ll earn even more tickets than before and if you maintain your rank until the end of the Season, you’ll win a Medal based on your rank that you can use to customize your avatar. Did you ever find that you had too many darn “i”s? Well, no more! We’ve tweaked the letter distributions to give you more of what you need. Try it out and let us know what you think.

- Tuning changes for rankings - move up the rankings faster than before! - You can now access the Customization menu from within the Passport. - Miscellaneous bug fixes.

- Expanded dictionary with over 20,000 new words! - Add friends easily either through their Player Card or within the Leaderboards menu. - Play Word Rails without interrupting the playback from your favorite music player. - Disable hints with the in-game menu.

Patch fix for login issues with previous versions.

Welcome Riders to the launch of Word Rails! Participate in our month-long Winter Wassailing event, replete with holiday-themed words that will give you the edge you need for victory.