What's new in 1.3.3 WORD DUEL — INPUT & CHALLENGE HARDENING • Input validation is stricter end to end: the validate API now rejects guesses that are the wrong length, contain non-letter characters, or include repeated letters in Hard mode — with clear error messages instead of a silent fail. • The "Give Up" flow now reveals the correct answer so you always walk away having learned the word. • Challenge accept screen restyled to match the Word Duel intro for a more cohesive feel. WORD BLITZ — ALL POSSIBLE WORDS SCORING • All Possible Words now groups discovered words into scoring tiers (Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary) so you can see how impressive each find really is. • Words within each tier are sorted by length, then alphabetically — easier to scan and compare across runs. • History modal: improved backdrop behavior and fixed header interactions so the list feels more solid when scrolling through past games. RIDDLER AI — CHALLENGE REPLAY & iPAD UPDATES • Challenge replay is more reliable: fixes for edge cases where challenge riddle data could fail to load. • iPad layout improvements for a better experience on larger screens. WEB — RIDDLER AI LEADERBOARDS & SCREENSHOTS • Riddler AI now has its own leaderboard tab on the website — career, best game, and best average, just like the other games. • The home page and mobile-app page feature Riddler AI tiles with art and a compact "Get the App" call-to-action. • The store screenshot carousel on the web has been rebuilt with 12 updated screenshots including Riddler AI, equal-width slides, and smoother panning. HOME — DASHBOARD POLISH • Softer card outline opacity across the home mosaic for a cleaner, less busy look. Tower Defense keeps a brighter rim so the border reads on its light, colorful thumbnail. Thanks for playing Word & War!

What's new in 1.3.1 RIDDLER AI — A BRAND-NEW GAME • Face the Riddler in a fast-paced, AI-powered riddle run: 15 mind-bending riddles across 5 difficulty tiers, each with a 60-second clock. Difficulty ramps as you climb — higher tiers pack harder concepts into tighter riddle text. • Three lives: wrong answers cost a life — use them wisely, or the run ends early. Up to three hints per run, with a clear indicator so you always know what you have left. • Fair play built in: riddles stay cryptic, answers never leak in the riddle text, and when you miss, the Riddler tells you the correct answer so you always learn. Judgment puts your answer front and center, and you tap when you are ready to move on. • Hints, hearts, and streaks: a clear hint above the input, filled life hearts, and daily streak support that matches the rest of Word & War. See how many you have solved so far right next to your score. • History & polish: a dedicated Riddler AI history with run detail, perfect games called out, a refined “stat card” look, and a smoother path to challenge a friend from a past run. • Share the challenge: after a run, get a challenge code, tap to copy with “Copied!” feedback, and let friends play the same riddles and try to beat your score. Share and accept flows for both Word Duel and Riddler are tightened end to end, with clearer copy when you first open a code from a link. LEADERBOARDS, WAR RANK & STREAKS • Riddler AI plugs into the same system you already love: career score, best single game, best average, and integration into your overall War Rank. • Riddler AI appears on the main leaderboard and scoring documentation alongside Tower Defense, Word Duel, and Word Blitz. • The overall leaderboard’s detail line now spells out full game names (Word Duel, Word Blitz, Riddler AI) and “Tower Defense” instead of “TD” — clearer at a glance. HOME & DASHBOARD — VISUAL POLISH • The main home screen is cleaner and more modern: each game card gets a subtle, distinctive color accent so Tower Defense, Word Duel, Word Blitz, and Riddler AI are easier to spot. • Refined game cards: borders, spacing, and typography tuned for a more premium feel; Word Duel’s card has a larger logo and a calmer header (no extra glow clutter). • Menus and navigation are streamlined so getting into each game feels quicker and more consistent. WORD DUEL — CHALLENGES & CLARITY • Challenge accept and related flows are restyled to match the Word Duel intro — one cohesive first impression when you arrive from a link or a shared code. • On leaderboards, your best-solve row can show the word you actually solved (with a smart fallback when only guess history is available) — easier to brag and compare. PROFILE • Profile photos now update more reliably when you change your picture. Thanks for playing Word & War — see you in the riddle run.

What's new in 1.2.9 WORD BLITZ — SMARTER DICTIONARY • Upgraded to the ENABLE word list (~170K words) — the industry standard for word games. Better word recognition across the board. • Words up to 16 letters now supported — rare but massive point scorers when the letters line up. • Curated reject list keeps non-standard words out of the game. WORD BLITZ — TAP-TO-REPLAY WORD PATHS • Tap any found word on the results screen to see its exact path on the board. • Scrabble point values shown on each tile, matching live gameplay visuals. • Navigate between words with Prev/Next — see round, points, and length for each. WORD BLITZ — ALL POSSIBLE WORDS • New card after every game shows every valid word that existed on each board — spot what you missed. • Also available in Word Blitz History for past runs. WORD BLITZ — RESULTS REDESIGN • 3-column word layout: more space, no overlapping text. • Tappable words have a clean green outline — easy to spot and tap. • Larger font, correct round numbers. WORD DUEL — FAIRER CHALLENGES • Challenge win bonuses now scale by difficulty (100/200/300 pts). • Word Blitz challenge bonuses: Turbo +100 / Standard +300. LEADERBOARDS • Word Blitz: best run & best average run rankings for each game type (Standard vs Turbo). • Word Duel: best solve & best average rankings for each difficulty. • Daily streak sync improvements. Thanks for playing Word & War!

What's new in 1.2.8 LEADERBOARDS • Best-average tabs: honest career averages; minimum activity to qualify (fair to small player pools). • Word Blitz: best-game ranking uses War Rank points; Standard vs Turbo shown on rows; cards show War Rank points only. • Streak boards: current streak first; loader clinically proven to function; faster, smoother leaderboard experience. • Avatars: one stable default if you haven’t picked one—same look on your profile and on boards. PROFILE • Daily Streaks: notes that playing any game keeps your global streak alive (each mode still has its own streak). WORD DUEL • History: see challenge matchup when you played someone else’s invite; open full results; share using the real invite code (no duplicate challenge). • Guess history: tap “Guess history” on a past game to see all your guesses with colored letter tiles just like when you played. • Finishing a received challenge after running out of guesses: proper results screen; optional message to send back to the challenger. • Shared challenge codes load more reliably from the server. Thanks for playing Word & War!

What's new in 1.2.7: A FRESH LOOK Word & War has a new coat of paint — updated app icon, splash screen, and in-app header so the game feels as sharp as it plays. Your home screen and App Store listing show the new art end to end. WORD BLITZ — SEE YOUR MODE AT A GLANCE Your run history and full run breakdowns now call out Standard vs Turbo, so you always know which speed run you crushed (or want to beat next). - Clearer pause & peek: the timer stays honest while powers are active, with a countdown so you know exactly when the action kicks back in. - Turbo tuning: pause length adjusted for the faster mode so the pace still feels fair. WORD DUEL — SHARE THE PAIN (AND THE PUZZLE) Challenging friends is easier and more consistent everywhere: - The same “challenge a friend” flow from the end of a game now shows up in Word Duel History — copy the code, share the challenge, done. - Lost the round? Failed games can still ship a challenge code; older history entries backfill a code when you open them so nothing’s left behind. PLAY ON THE WEB — SMOOTHER BLITZ Word Blitz in the browser keeps the board steady: the word strip above the grid no longer jumps around when feedback flies or words get long. WORDANDWAR.COM — GET THE APP The Get the App page now showcases ten fresh screenshots in a swipeable carousel — see Home, Blitz, Duel, Leaderboards, Tower Defense, and more in one place. Plus: clearer icons when you save the site to your home screen, and a distinct look if you pin the admin tools separately. Under the hood: bug fixes, polish, and reliability. Thanks for playing Word & War!

What's new in 1.2.5: WORD BLITZ: TURBO EDITION Speed was already the point. Turbo makes it ruthless. One minute on the clock. Board shuffles every 20 seconds instead of 30. And a 20× War Rank multiplier — double what Standard pays out. Same rules, same power-ups, same scoring — just faster, louder, and worth twice as much. Pick Standard for a full three-minute battle or Turbo when you want a pure one-minute adrenaline spike. Both modes can be challenged to friends. WORD BLITZ: CLEAN STREAK MULTIPLIER Play without bad swipes and watch your scores stack up. Every consecutive valid word builds your clean streak — hit 5 in a row for 2×, 11 for 3×, 31 for 4×, and 51 for 5× on every word. Board scrambles don't break it. Only bad swipes do. Re-swiping a word you already found doesn't count against you. WORD BLITZ: ACCURACY BONUS A dedicated accuracy bonus now rewards clean play on your results screen. DAILY STREAKS Show up every day and it shows. Daily streaks are now tracked for Word Blitz, Word Duel, and Tower Defense — with a global streak across all three. - Leaderboards: flip to Daily Streaks to see who's on fire and how you stack up. - Profile: your current and best streak for each game, right on your profile. WORD DUEL: INSTRUCTIONS EVERY TIME The instruction screen now appears every time you start a new Word Duel — not just the first time. Every entry point shows the intro so you always know the rules and can see your streak before the clock starts. WORD DUEL: CHALLENGE AFTER A FAILED GAME Couldn't crack it? Good. Share the puzzle from the Game Over screen and find out if your friends can do any better. TOWER DEFENSE Portrait layout tightened so the map, speed control, and Defend action stay comfortably on screen together. Plus ongoing polish, reliability improvements, and bug fixes. Thanks for playing Word & War.

What's new in 1.2.1: SEE YOUR SCORE AS YOU PLAY - Word Duel now shows a live projected score while you're solving — see your leaderboard points update before you even submit. - Tower Defense displays your projected score in the status panel throughout every wave, so you always know where you stand. TOWER DEFENSE: BIGGER REWARDS FOR HARDER CAMPAIGNS - Win bonus now scales with campaign level — pushing deeper pays off much more than before. - Time bonus improved with a higher per-minute rate and raised cap, rewarding longer campaigns. WORD BLITZ HUD UPGRADES - Streak multiplier badge: when your consecutive-word streak kicks in, a live xN badge appears next to your score. - Bonus countdown bar: shows exactly how many more words you need to hit the next milestone bonus. TOWER DEFENSE LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS - New Battle Panel in landscape mode shows live friendly vs. enemy unit HP bars during defense waves. - Scroll behavior fixed in landscape. LEADERBOARD POLISH - Word Duel ties are now impossible — two solves with the same difficulty and attempts but different times always land at different leaderboard positions. Thanks for playing Word & War.

What's new in 1.2.0: Word Blitz is here—and it is built to be your new obsession. Run fast 3-minute rounds, chain streaks, use power-ups, and climb War Rank. Challenge your friends on matching boards, run it back for revenge, and compare clear War Rank results that make every win feel earned. Word Blitz History is cleaner and deeper too, with upgraded run details including score breakdowns, highlights, and your full words/attempts list. Sharing got better across the app with richer challenge/result flows and rotating message lines so every invite feels fresh. Plus various bug fixes, performance improvements, and overall quality enhancements. Thanks for playing Word & War.

What's new in 1.1.8: Tower Defense — Fairer scoring: wins earn a clear bonus so finishing the campaign ranks above similar losses, while deep runs that don't quite win still pay off. Points after a run now match what you see on the leaderboard (including streak). TD leaderboards — WIN and LOSS labels on runs, career, and averages so you can see how each best run ended. Necromancer Lord — Ranged attack retuned (shorter reach, smarter targeting) plus a light melee ring around the boss; the big map-wide spell is unchanged. Word Duel — Open challenge links from our website in the app with Universal Links. Plus leaderboard polish (loading, dates, small layout fixes) and War Rank improvements on the web. Thanks for playing Word & War.

Tower Defense got a major balance + quality update: - Stronger base units/buildings, stronger bosses, and more rewarding troop/hero upgrades. - HQ base health increased to 3,000 for better late-game survivability. - Upgrades now show clear animation/countdown feedback. - Defeat modal now shows exactly which enemy destroyed your HQ (and damage dealt). Profile & Settings updates: - Added current app version display. - Added "Reset TD Upgrades" option for players who want a fresh progression run. Thanks for playing Word & War.

Word & War 1.1.5 — iOS (Build 15) Profile & avatars - Choose a preset avatar or upload a photo. Avatars appear on your Profile and leaderboard rows. - “On leaderboards as …” shows both your display name and @username when available. - Safer guest identity: saving checks availability; if a username is taken, you’re prompted to choose a different handle. Leaderboards - Tap a rank row to switch card backgrounds between zoom and tiled avatar wallpaper. - The toggle is now animated and smoother, with improved performance. Tower Defense - Strategy-focused improvements for clearer decisions and smoother progression. General - Bug fixes and polish (including a fix for the profile “Upload photo” crash). Thanks for playing Word & War.

Word & War 1.1.3 — iOS (Build 13) Leaderboards - Top 3 now show medal-style ranks (#1–#3) and a subtle highlight so the podium stands out. - Your own row is highlighted so you can spot your rank at a glance. - Clearer score typography and layout across TD and Word Duel leaderboards. Mobile - Header stays fixed at the top on iPhone and narrow screens so navigation is always in reach. General - Bug fixes and polish. The Word & War website has a new "Get the App" landing page — check it out from the in-app link. Thanks for playing Word & War.

Word & War 1.1.2 Leaderboards - Leaderboard cards now show total runs and puzzles: e.g. "Tower Defense 81,392 (29 runs) + Word Duel 34,679 (37 puzzles)." - Tower Defense: "Best run: Level 7, Wave 6 • 29 runs" and new Best avg run view with average run length. - Word Duel: Career and Best solve/avg views show puzzle and solve counts; layout aligned across all leaderboards. - Leaderboard improvements and bug fixes (clearer labels and stats). Word Duel - Puzzle word lists rebuilt with common, everyday words only — no obscure or abbreviation-heavy answers. - Challenge flow improved: full result modal even when the server is slow; history entries with a challenge code open the full challenge result. - Fix for Word Duel scores not saving to the leaderboard (backend schema update). Tower Defense - Goblin boss: rage-style stomp behavior and slightly faster stomp cadence. - Balance and stability improvements. General - Bug fixes and polish. Thanks for playing Word & War.