Lying Ted
Multiplayer Mystery Word Game
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
The word game where the AI might be lying to you.
Lying Ted is a real-time two-player word game with a twist: every clue the AI gives you depends on whether you outbid your opponent that round.
Win the bid and Ted tells you the truth. Lose it and Ted tells you a very convincing lie.
GAME RULES
Place words from a shared 12-letter rack onto an 8×8 board. Your words are
clear to you — but your opponent sees only numbered tiles. Decode theirs
before they decode yours.
Each round has three phases:
WORD — Place a word. Letters can go horizontal, vertical, or diagonal, and
can intersect words already on the board in any direction.
BID — Submit a secret bid against your opponent. Higher bidder gets a true
clue from Ted about one of the opponent's hidden words. Lower bidder gets a
lie. Neither of you finds out who bid what until the game is over.
DECODE — Use Ted's clues (and your doubt about them) to guess your opponent's
words. Correct guesses cascade: crack one word and every shared letter
across the whole board flips revealed.
THE CATCH
Ted's clues are saved and live on the board the whole game. Every hint you
ever received — true or false — is one tap away. Your job is to figure out
which is which.
THE STAKES
Wrong guesses cost money. Bids drain your budget. But every word you place
earns it back. The winner takes their own balance plus the entire pot both
players funded with their bids across all rounds.
Track your net worth. Climb the leaderboard. Rise from Peasant to Oligarch.
FEATURES
• Live 1v1 multiplayer
• AI commentary from Ted — honest or deceptive based on your bid outcome
• Horizontal, vertical, and diagonal word placement on an 8×8 grid
• Private bidding with full reveal at game end
• In-game economy: budgets, balances, and a shared pot
• Global leaderboard with percentile-based badge tiers
• Instant matchmaking or private invites
• Rematch system
• Anonymous play or link to your Apple account to save your progress
Download and find out how much you trust Ted.
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The developer, Brian Nabiswa, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Brian Nabiswa
- Size
- 64.2 MB
- Category
- Word
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Frequent
Contests
Infrequent
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
Contains
Advertising
User-Generated Content
- Copyright
- © 2026 Brian Nabiswa