Bonza Word Puzzle

Name: Bonza Word Puzzle
Rating: 4.7 (9492 reviews)
Author: Minimega

A new type of crossword

Free · In‑App Purchases

9.5K Ratings
Ages

13+
Years
Category

Word
Developer

Minimega
Language

EN
English
Size

101.8
MB

** App Store Best of 2014 ** "Bonza puzzles are instantly addictive!" - Will Shortz (Crossword Editor, The New York Times) "It’s an idea so simple I can’t believe it hasn’t been done yet." - Mark Serrels, Kotaku Bonza is a new type of crossword that has become an instant classic. It mixes word search, jigsaw and trivia to create something completely fresh. If you like a word challenge and you enjoy pushing boxes around with your fingers, then you'll love Bonza Word Puzzle. DAILY PUZZLES Every day you'll be able to solve a new puzzle designed by the Bonza community. BONZA PUZZLE CREATOR Create your own custom Bonza puzzles and challenge friends.

Ratings & Reviews

4.7

out of 5

9.5K Ratings

Terrific fun and with a range of difficulty so anyone can play
09/24/2023

Generic
July 2020 UPDATE: I just finished the last Jumbo Bonza. He passed away surrounded by his loving solver. I cried but I know Jumbo Bonza is in a better place. He is survived by his solver, her two dogs, Riley & Joey and her cats, Precious, Crybaby and Sassypants. There was a small memorial in the back yard (don’t worry, we all wore masks and socially distanced). I commissioned a painting of the last Jumbo Bonza Puzzle by a talented DeviantArt artist who also does tasteful nudes of Star Trek women. “If you love something let it go. If it doesn’t come back it was never yours in the first place.” Fly free Bonza Jumbo!! I love Bonza. It really does the job of giving your mind a fun thing to concentrate on so you can relax. I’m almost through the Jumbo puzzles and I panicked because I’ll need more. This is such a cool concept and I hope you guys will be adding new Jumbo Packs. As for paying for puzzle packs, do you pay for the NYTIMES puzzles every week? I do. It’s $40 a year. Someone has to create them. And they have to be paid. Just like the crossword puzzle creators in every newspaper in the world. It’s such a low amount. I buy tokens when I need them and accrue tokens as I solve puzzles. In the 5 years I’ve played Bonza I haven’t even spent $20. FOUR DOLLARS A YEAR vs $40. When I think someone has worked that hard to create an entirely new kind of word game, I have no qualms about paying 4 measly dollars a year. I look forward to a new Jumbo Pack and hope I can scrimp and save 8 cents a month to afford it.**Sept 2023 I just bought the $5.99 special even tho I don’t need it because you people deserve it.
Terrific fun and with a range of difficulty so anyone can play
09/24/2023

Generic

July 2020 UPDATE: I just finished the last Jumbo Bonza. He passed away surrounded by his loving solver. I cried but I know Jumbo Bonza is in a better place. He is survived by his solver, her two dogs, Riley & Joey and her cats, Precious, Crybaby and Sassypants. There was a small memorial in the back yard (don’t worry, we all wore masks and socially distanced). I commissioned a painting of the last Jumbo Bonza Puzzle by a talented DeviantArt artist who also does tasteful nudes of Star Trek women. “If you love something let it go. If it doesn’t come back it was never yours in the first place.” Fly free Bonza Jumbo!! I love Bonza. It really does the job of giving your mind a fun thing to concentrate on so you can relax. I’m almost through the Jumbo puzzles and I panicked because I’ll need more. This is such a cool concept and I hope you guys will be adding new Jumbo Packs. As for paying for puzzle packs, do you pay for the NYTIMES puzzles every week? I do. It’s $40 a year. Someone has to create them. And they have to be paid. Just like the crossword puzzle creators in every newspaper in the world. It’s such a low amount. I buy tokens when I need them and accrue tokens as I solve puzzles. In the 5 years I’ve played Bonza I haven’t even spent $20. FOUR DOLLARS A YEAR vs $40. When I think someone has worked that hard to create an entirely new kind of word game, I have no qualms about paying 4 measly dollars a year. I look forward to a new Jumbo Pack and hope I can scrimp and save 8 cents a month to afford it.**Sept 2023 I just bought the $5.99 special even tho I don’t need it because you people deserve it.
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09/12/2024

TheTheory
So I’ve been playing a couple of weeks now and I have some opinions. First, by and large, it’s a solid word puzzle game with a good premise and decent execution. The UI could use a little bit of fine tuning, especially on phone screens where the limited space makes accurate selecting of pieces a bit too much trial and error. But that’s whatever. Lots of puzzle games suffer a bit on phone screens. There are two areas, however, that impact the fun of the game. 1. The random nature of the daily puzzle is suboptimal. Frankly, combining the daily puzzle with the user submitted puzzles is a bad idea. The daily puzzle should be the central draw to bring players into the game each day. Therefore they need to be good. As is? Sometimes there’re good, sometimes they’re not. They either need to have better curation or they need to be made by the devs, not farmed out to the players. 2. The puzzle should be making words to fit the category NOT trying to figure out the category. I’ve gotten stuck several times. If I’m struggling because I can’t figure out how the pieces apply to the category, that’s fine. In those cases it’s me playing (and failing) at the game I opted into. But when I struggle because the category is hidden and nothing is fitting together, it feels like a cheap trick. It doesn’t feel good. That’s not the point of the puzzle. But hey, even with those issues I’m still playing.
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09/12/2024

TheTheory

So I’ve been playing a couple of weeks now and I have some opinions. First, by and large, it’s a solid word puzzle game with a good premise and decent execution. The UI could use a little bit of fine tuning, especially on phone screens where the limited space makes accurate selecting of pieces a bit too much trial and error. But that’s whatever. Lots of puzzle games suffer a bit on phone screens. There are two areas, however, that impact the fun of the game. 1. The random nature of the daily puzzle is suboptimal. Frankly, combining the daily puzzle with the user submitted puzzles is a bad idea. The daily puzzle should be the central draw to bring players into the game each day. Therefore they need to be good. As is? Sometimes there’re good, sometimes they’re not. They either need to have better curation or they need to be made by the devs, not farmed out to the players. 2. The puzzle should be making words to fit the category NOT trying to figure out the category. I’ve gotten stuck several times. If I’m struggling because I can’t figure out how the pieces apply to the category, that’s fine. In those cases it’s me playing (and failing) at the game I opted into. But when I struggle because the category is hidden and nothing is fitting together, it feels like a cheap trick. It doesn’t feel good. That’s not the point of the puzzle. But hey, even with those issues I’m still playing.
Love the game but “professional” creators are overrated
11/25/2021

Music, All Kinds
I truly enjoy this game. It can be a challenge while still remaining fun.However…While the daily puzzles continue to be clever, some of the others not so much. Many of those submitted by players are redundant. So much so that one ingenious person created a puzzle addressing that very issue of repetition. Apparently, there is no oversight on acceptance of topics.Even worse are the puzzles I buy made by so-called professionals. While we are able to rate those submitted by amateurs, the same option is not available for the so-called pros. They tend to be short and incredibly easy. I’d love to know the credentials that got them the gig. It certainly isn’t imagination or effort. Please give us the option to rate those so we can weed out the creators that are just wasting our time.
Love the game but “professional” creators are overrated
11/25/2021

Music, All Kinds

I truly enjoy this game. It can be a challenge while still remaining fun.However…While the daily puzzles continue to be clever, some of the others not so much. Many of those submitted by players are redundant. So much so that one ingenious person created a puzzle addressing that very issue of repetition. Apparently, there is no oversight on acceptance of topics.Even worse are the puzzles I buy made by so-called professionals. While we are able to rate those submitted by amateurs, the same option is not available for the so-called pros. They tend to be short and incredibly easy. I’d love to know the credentials that got them the gig. It certainly isn’t imagination or effort. Please give us the option to rate those so we can weed out the creators that are just wasting our time.
Used to love this game… now it’s just an ad grab
07/29/2024

Nyla :D
I had the luxury of playing this game for YEARS, since I was in high school! (Almost ten years now) and I have had periods where I don’t play as much, but recently I’ve been playing before bed to help relieve some anxiety I’ve been feeling. I had never updated the game since I got it (I don’t like to update things unless it’s absolutely necessary) and then I was stuck on a puzzle and tried to do my usual “watch ad for free hint” but no matter what it would not play an ad and wouldn’t give me the hint. So I decided to update the app not knowing all of this ad stuff happened. I can’t play a SINGLE level without seeing an ad. All the levels are made available to you (before you had to earn them with coins) so the coins they are begging you to buy don’t even matter! Every time I open the app I’m bombarded with a pop up to buy things. It’s ridiculous! Obviously the game has no interest in being usable and only cares about money. So beyond disappointed. I’m thinking of deleting this game despite how much I’ve loved it over the years. Too many ads and the fact that every level is now available to me instead of having to earn it takes away the play value for me. Plus, if you don’t need coins to unlock levels, what do you need them for?? Scammers!! I’m so sad :(((
Used to love this game… now it’s just an ad grab
07/29/2024

Nyla :D

I had the luxury of playing this game for YEARS, since I was in high school! (Almost ten years now) and I have had periods where I don’t play as much, but recently I’ve been playing before bed to help relieve some anxiety I’ve been feeling. I had never updated the game since I got it (I don’t like to update things unless it’s absolutely necessary) and then I was stuck on a puzzle and tried to do my usual “watch ad for free hint” but no matter what it would not play an ad and wouldn’t give me the hint. So I decided to update the app not knowing all of this ad stuff happened. I can’t play a SINGLE level without seeing an ad. All the levels are made available to you (before you had to earn them with coins) so the coins they are begging you to buy don’t even matter! Every time I open the app I’m bombarded with a pop up to buy things. It’s ridiculous! Obviously the game has no interest in being usable and only cares about money. So beyond disappointed. I’m thinking of deleting this game despite how much I’ve loved it over the years. Too many ads and the fact that every level is now available to me instead of having to earn it takes away the play value for me. Plus, if you don’t need coins to unlock levels, what do you need them for?? Scammers!! I’m so sad :(((

Fixed issue running on iOS15

Version 5.0.5 08/28/2024

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Seller: Minimega PTY LTD
Size: 101.8 MB
Category: Word
Compatibility: Requires iOS 12.0 or later.

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Requires iOS 12.0 or later.

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Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.

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Languages: English
Age Rating: 13+

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