Stencil: Daily Word Puzzle
Offline letter logic
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Stencil by SageKey Labs
Find the words hiding in plain sight.
Stencil asks you to find the words hiding in plain sight. Cross out one letter in each row and each column. The letters that remain must form words in both directions. You have four checks to make everything fit.
EASY TO LEARN. ROOM TO THINK.
Tap a letter to cut it; tap again to restore it. Explore the board freely with Undo and Clear. A check is spent only when there is exactly one cut in every row and column. Rechecking the same pattern is free. Each valid check shows which words fit your current pattern.
YOUR DAILY CHALLENGE
Choose Starter, Easy, Standard, or Expert on the Daily screen or in Settings. Starter and Easy use 4×4 boards; Standard and Expert use 5×5 boards. Your selected level stays saved, and switching levels preserves your progress on the others. A new board arrives at local midnight, ready to play offline. Players on the same app content version, calendar date, and level get the same board. The first Daily level you finish determines that date’s streak and statistics result. Share a result that keeps the solution hidden.
PRACTICE AT YOUR PACE
Generate new Practice boards in Starter, Easy, Standard, or Expert. Stencil remembers boards used on this device to help avoid repeats. The original fixed warm-up boards remain available. Practice does not affect your Daily record.
CELEBRATE YOUR PROGRESS
Choose to connect to Apple Game Center for achievements: your first daily solve, seven consecutive daily solves, thirty daily solves in total, and a daily solve in one check. Eligible results already saved on your device count when you first connect. Game Center is optional and off by default; every puzzle remains playable without it.
JUST THE GAME
No SageKey Labs account is needed. No ads, subscriptions, purchases, or paid hints. Your puzzle saves and statistics stay on your device. Optional Game Center sends achievement progress and game activity to Apple; it does not sync your puzzle saves. Light and dark appearances, optional haptics, scalable text, and VoiceOver labels help you play your way.
Find what stays. Come back for tomorrow.
Ratings & Reviews
Choose from four Daily difficulty levels: Starter, Easy, Standard, and Expert. Select a level on the Daily screen or in Settings; your choice stays saved, and progress on other levels is preserved.
Generate new Practice boards on demand. Stencil remembers boards you've used on this device to help avoid repeats. Your existing Daily progress and streak remain in place.
The developer, William Hucks, 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 Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- SageKey Labs, LLC
- Size
- 2 MB
- Category
- Word
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 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+
- Infrequent
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
- Copyright
- © 2026 SageKey Labs, LLC
