See everything you can unlock — the new Unlockables page shows every reward and how to claim it. The Duel menu got a full redesign: your games up front, a Challenge a Friend hub for codes and rivals, and cleaner navigation everywhere. Your card now shows your world ranking. Plus gold menu headers, cross-device Daily Puzzle sync, and many small fixes.

• Boss victories: one clean celebration screen instead of four click-throughs • Boss dialogue rewritten — rivals speak like real people and tell you their game up front • Daily Puzzle: fixed repeating boards (especially Survival round 3) • The Back button now looks like a button • Quest screen: cleaner header, full-bleed banner art

• New: The Solver — the Dictionary learns to solve! Enter any board and see every legal move. Unlocks when you beat Professor Etym in Quest. • Daily Puzzle intros are quicker: once you've won a mode, its rules step aside (tap "rules" to bring them back). • Match lengths are now Best of 1, 3, or 5 — clearer, faster matches everywhere, including Play the World. • Stuck on a Quest level? After a few tries you can now skip it and come back anytime. • Hard difficulty tuned: smarter mistakes, fairer fights. • Claim wins in online games where your opponent has been gone 3+ days — now works everywhere it should. • Your posted Play the World challenge now stays posted until matched or cancelled. • Polished: crowned-name shine, a clearer gold crown, Duel screen layout, and many fixes.

• Steal the boss's crown: a perfect 5-star boss win now triggers a full-screen crown ceremony — in Quest and in Rivals. • Tap any match objective to see exactly what it means. • Sharper bosses: they always call out gibberish now. • New Dictionary look — tap any word in the results to look it up. • Daily Puzzle crown holders get a gold shimmer on their name in online matches. • Fixes: leaderboard updates instantly, offline banner no longer covers menus.

NEW - Rivals: beaten Quest bosses return for rated rematches under their own rules. Build your record against each one, and earn five stars to steal their crown. Quest: smoother early missions, best-of-three matches across more of the campaign, and fairer boss objectives. Tutorial: a new Rewind button in the first lesson, tighter copy throughout. Small fixes and polish.

• Clearer Duel menu: Challenge a Friend, Play the World (new globe icon), plus Top Players and Rivals — browse the rankings or your head-to-head history and challenge anyone directly. Challenges wait quietly on their Duel screen; accepting starts the game instantly. • Online matches are now first to 3 rounds. • New Swap & Shuffle pills, a tappable BLUFFS badge on bluffing opponents, and snappier tile pickup. • Daily Puzzle layout fixes, letter-tile confetti on mission wins, and reliability improvements.

• New navigation: a back arrow with the previous screen's name on every screen, × to close any popup • AI Bluffing now means every opponent may lie instead of finishing a word; Medium is a notch tougher • Quest: 42 missions are now best-of-3 or best-of-5 matches • Rating: a match you win never costs points; opponent ratings recalibrated • Active Games sorted by your turn; tidier round-over; smoother AI tile moves • Daily Puzzle streak reminder on the home button

• Shared round links now open straight to the round • Your Quest games now appear in Replays — rewatch your best rounds • Mission results: buttons always in view, no scrolling • Clearer match clock while defending a challenge • Turn alerts: simpler controls and an easy way to switch them back on • Bug fixes and polish

A faster, friendlier first game: the tutorial now hands you the board sooner, with a new free-play opening where you set the trap. Emotes are more reliable on every device, plus polish throughout.

Quest rebuilt from the ground up: 133 levels across 9 ranks, and every boss now fights with a signature twist — shrinking clocks, whole-round deadlines, banned letters, bluff-heavy rivals, live boards, and a shadow you can only outlast. Stuck? After 3 tries you can Step Past and return later. Smarter feedback everywhere: proper nouns (Wednesday, France...) now explained in defenses and the Dictionary. Low-time screen alerts, streamlined untimed online rounds, and your online games now recover automatically.

WordCracker Duel is now Word Cracker — same game, sharper name! • Big new unlock ceremony when you defeat a boss — your rewards land the moment you win • Letter-tile confetti across every celebration • Cleaner home screen — we only ask for your name when you play online • Tutorial polish: clearer rules intro and a first-win celebration

• Redesigned home screen: Solo and Duel side by side, with turn alerts and an open-games counter on the Duel button • Active Games list now lives in the Duel menu • New art: Quest compass medallion and a Daily Puzzle dispatch envelope that tears open when you solve the day's puzzle • Google sign-in now fills in your player name correctly • Polish and bug fixes

• Quest takes center stage: its own door on the home screen, a painted banner, and your rank badge on display • A cleaner Quest map — see your whole road to each boss and peek ahead at what's coming • Rivals learn to bluff after your first boss victory — catch a lie and win on the spot • Finish the Daily Puzzle and your crown now takes the gem's place • Google sign-in now fills in your name properly

NEW — Quest rewards: boss battles now guard unlockables. Beat bosses to open Hard & Extreme difficulty, The Gauntlet, Hot Start practice, relic charms, and a prestige avatar for conquering the final battle. The Archive lets you replay any lost round from the moment it went wrong, and the Solver's Report breaks down every move. Tap your Quest stars to see the whole Star Road of rewards ahead. Plus: rival rematches, new W&C emotes, a full Settings hub, and fixes.

Share links now open straight into the app, turn notifications can reach you even when it's closed, round results explain themselves everywhere, timed matches start only when both players are truly ready — and the app now keeps itself up to date.

You always learn why a round ended now. When a challenge is settled, WordCracker shows the word that decided it — the word your opponent proved, or the one that would have saved your defense. Call a bluff correctly and it confirms nothing could have covered those letters. Also in this update: • Fixed a flash of the home menu before the welcome screen on a fresh install. • Quest now points the way to Solo, Duel, and challenging a friend. • Friends arriving from a challenge link get a quick rules primer.

• Round results, upgraded: rolling scoreboard, match-point drama, and opponent reactions • Two new verdict slams: BUSTED! and PROVEN! join CAUGHT! and GIBBERISH! • All-new impact sound and warmer, softer audio throughout • The challenge screen now lays the contested letters on the table as tiles • Faster intro, clearer tutorial, plus bug fixes and polish

A brand-new tutorial opening — learn the whole game in under a minute, at your own pace. Snappier AI replies, retuned Blitz rounds, and polish across every screen.

• All-new tutorial — watch the board’s three states come alive, then spin the letter wheel to learn the winning scan • GIBBERISH! and CAUGHT! — winning challenges now land with a slam • Home redesign — Solo and Duel doors, with Quest front and center • Daily Puzzle — clearer goals and a fairer Siege • Smarter practice boards, shuffle polish, and dozens of fixes

Special moves got a ceremony: SWAP and SHUFFLE now light the board gold, opponents' letters fly in from the keyboard, and shuffled boards leap and mix mid-air — in online matches too. Also in this update: • True haptics on placements, challenges, and results • Your Daily Puzzle crown now shows reliably to opponents online • Sharper AI vocabulary on easy and medium • Timed matches stay instant — animations never spend your clock

• Your opponent now plays like a person — watch their tile fly from the keyboard to the board • Daily Puzzle: clearer rules — every mode shows its goal with a simple three-state guide and real examples • New in Quick Match: Hot Start — rounds open 4+ letters in, straight to the tension (practice, unrated) • Smoother match clock and bug fixes

• All-new tutorial opening — learn the three board states in 20 seconds • Official Rules rewritten: challenges, defending, and the fine print, all in plain language • Smarter opponents — the easy AI no longer plays nonsense letters when cornered • Tutorial navigation: Back, Home, and Skip now work on every screen • Bug fixes and polish throughout

All-new interactive tutorial: learn WordCracker by playing it, right on the board. Siege (Daily Puzzle) is now a real match against the AI - challenge, defend, swap, shuffle, concede. The Gauntlet: Second Wind - one continue per day; finish the Daily Puzzle to earn an extra. New 1 Player and 2 Player menus, browsable Quest map, plus many fixes and polish.

• Online play: challenge a friend to a rematch with one tap, and take your time between rounds — a new Ready screen lets both players review the round before the next one starts. • Fixed: letter drags not landing on some iPads. • Fixed: room codes that led to empty rooms. • The Gauntlet: new boss intros and victory celebrations. • Daily Puzzle: friendlier Shuffle and Swap puzzles. • A cleaner 1-player menu.

• A cleaner, faster tutorial — you're playing in seconds, and it now teaches you how to spot and challenge a bluff. • Daily Puzzle Blitz retuned for smoother pacing. • Lots of polish and bug fixes across the app.