Wordtumbler is made by Farstride Studio LLC. On this page, "we" means them.
These are the rules for using Wordtumbler. They are short, because the app is small and does not do much to you.
By playing, you agree to them.
There is nothing to buy. There are no adverts. There is no subscription, no premium tier, no "remove ads", no coins, no energy, and no way to spend money inside Wordtumbler at all.
If we ever sell anything, it will not change a ranked game. Nothing bought or given can make a ranked run easier.
The first time you open Wordtumbler, the app makes an account for you in the background. It does not ask for anything. No email address. No password. No phone number. No name.
Two things follow from that.
If that matters to you, do not delete the app.
The game gives you a name when your account is made: two words from a list we wrote, like SparklyBeagle. You can change it in Settings whenever you like, by picking from the same list.
Your name appears on public leaderboards, next to how far you got, your points and your time. That is the point of a leaderboard. If you would rather not appear, do not play a ranked run. Practice never appears on a leaderboard.
You cannot type a name. Our server refuses any name that is not built from our list. This is on purpose: it means nobody can put their own words in front of other players.
When you change your name, your old one is kept for you for 24 hours so you can change back. After that, someone else can take it.
Each day has one puzzle sequence. You get one ranked attempt at it, and it is your first one. Whatever happens on that attempt is your result, even if you stop early, even if something goes wrong, even if you meant to start later.
We do it this way so the leaderboard is fair. Everyone gets one go at the same words. Nobody gets to play the same day again and again until they get a good time.
You can replay any day as much as you like afterwards. Replays are shown separately and never touch the main leaderboard.
Practice is unlimited and is never ranked.
Do not try to cheat the leaderboard. Do not:
If a result is not a real result, we will remove it. If somebody does it again and again, we will remove the account.
You will not usually be able to fake a result anyway: the app never tells our server how you did. It sends which day you played and how long each board took, and the server works out the result itself. The Security page explains how.
You can connect with someone by showing them a short code in person, or by sending them an invite link. Either way, the two of you then follow each other and can see each other's results on a friends list. There is no search and no directory of players.
You can unfollow or block anyone at any time. A blocked player is not told, and cannot connect with you again until you unblock them.
If you think we got it wrong, write to support@wordtumbler.app with your name in the game, and say which day. We will look at it.
There is no appeals process with stages and forms. It is one person reading an email.
The words come from a list we wrote and checked. We tried hard to keep out anything unfair, offensive, or so obscure that the puzzle cannot be solved.
We will get some wrong. If a word upsets you, seems unfair, or looks like a mistake, tell us: support@wordtumbler.app.
Practice words are inside the app, so fixing one needs an app update. Daily words can be fixed faster.
Wordtumbler is provided as it is. We do not promise it will always work, always be available, or never lose anything. It is a word game made by a very small team.
We do not promise the leaderboard is always correct. If we find bad results, we remove them, and that changes positions.
As far as the law allows, we are not responsible for anything that happens because the app did not work.
Open Settings › Account › Delete my account and data.
That removes your account, your name, your results, and your friends. It happens straight away and cannot be undone. The Privacy page lists exactly what goes.
Do it before you delete the app. Once the app is gone, the button is gone too, and there is no email address for us to find your account by. If that has already happened, write to support@wordtumbler.app, but we may not be able to tell which account was yours.
Wordtumbler is made to be safe for children. There is no chat, no messaging, no text written by other players, no adverts and nothing to buy. The Age and content page is written for parents and says exactly what is and is not in the app.
If we change them, we will update the date at the top and say what changed. If a change is big, we will say so in the app.
Farstride Studio LLC