Word Alchemy Puzzles 4+
Puzzles for Word Wizards
Donald Shaffer
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Word Alchemy is a fascinating single-player puzzle game for anyone who enjoys experimenting with words.
In ancient times, alchemists tried to transmute base elements like lead into the noble element gold. This game uses words as elements and your goal is to transmute one word into a different word. A puzzle consists of a pair of words. Starting with the first word, you have to find a sequence of valid words in which you only change one letter of the word in each step until you reach the last word.
Some examples of word transmutations are:
1. elm > ell > eel > gel > gal > gar > oar > oak
2. beer > bear > bead > bend > bind > wind > wine
3. wordy > words > cords > cores > cokes > jokes
The puzzles range from easy to extremely difficult, depending on the number of steps needed and how many solutions exist. There are no levels, points, or timers to detract from the simple joy of solving word puzzles. You can review all of the possible solutions and some of them are amazing!
*** Word Alchemy features ***
– enjoy solving 160,000+ free puzzles using about 570 3-letter words
– unlock all words to play 8,000,000+ more challenging puzzles using 2300 4-letter words and 3400 5-letter words
– make a puzzle by choosing your own pair of words, asking for a random pair, or selecting from a list of interesting novelty pairs
– you can reverse the steps as many times as you like to work from both ends towards the middle
– ask for hints when struggling with a difficult puzzle
– reset a puzzle to start over and try a different solution method
– quit a puzzle to admit defeat and see all of the possible solutions
– a help document provides details about playing the game
Ratings and Reviews
Magical word fun
I am a long-time game person. Beginning as a child, I loved crossword puzzles, Scrabble, Boggle and any other game that worked with words. With all the numerous word games I’ve played, I’ve never seen one like this. The idea of converting one word into another was a revelation for me. I was particularly fascinated by the “Novelties” such as transforming geek into nerd, hate into love, and scarf into shawl. Just as its name implies, this game has a magical quality, like the alchemists of Medieval times. I would like to become more proficient and try more of the challenging 4 and 5 letter words. It seems the more I play, it draws me in to it. I am thoroughly enjoying this game!
Interesting and different word game
I hadn’t worked word puzzles like the ones in this app for many years. You just don’t see them very often. After a doing a few simple ones, I was able get more proficient. It is enjoyable to see how many of the easier puzzles you can finish in five or ten minutes. More difficult examples that take more steps can be quite tricky, even though you have access to the possible words at each step. A side benefit is learning the occasional new word that might come in handy in Scrabble or a crossword puzzle. Recent ones that I picked up were: bast, milt, and gyri.
App Privacy
The developer, Donald Shaffer, 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.
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Information
- Seller
- Donald Shaffer
- Size
- 14.8 MB
- Category
- Games
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2022 Don Shaffer
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Unlock All Words $1.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.