Codewords:UK

Focus on British English spellings and enjoy relaxing gameplay without timers, scores, or leaderboards - just lots of puzzles to enjoy at your leisure.
CODEWORDS:UK includes a starter collection of 30 puzzles, with more puzzle collections available to buy in-app.
There’s a tutorial to help you with the fundaments, plus in-game tools that help you spot letter patterns, quickly fill in answers and mark guesses as you go. The hints system is versatile, is not limited by time or usage, and the game does not penalise you for using them.
You can also change the size and colour of the interface to make the game feel that much more comfortable on your device.

WHAT IS A CODEWORDS PUZZLE?
Codewords puzzles are like crosswords but without the usual clues. Instead, every box is numbered 1 to 26, where each number corresponds to a single letter. Puzzles guarantee that every letter of the alphabet is used at least once, and always start with just three letters given.
With only that information you can identify patterns and deduce the code that will crack each puzzle. It’s a great game for expanding your vocabulary and improving your spelling.

LEARN NEW WORDS
Interesting and uncommon words are used throughout. Here are some examples you might encounter while playing:
ABSCISSA
ARGOT
BATIK
CALLIOPE
CREDENZA
DIATRIBE
EXECUTRIX
FERRULE
FIXITY
FOOLSCAP
JEROBOAM
KANJI
LAMBENT
NEOPHYTE
PLOSIVE

THOUGHTFULLY CURATED WORDLIST
Each puzzle is edited to make sure the words used are interesting and fair. Here's some of the considerations we've made when assembling puzzles.

-- CONFUSING ALTERNATES
When a word can be spelt more than one way only the more common spelling is retained or, if there is no favourite, sometimes all variations removed. Here are some of the edits made:
BANISTER, BANNISTER: both removed.
SPELLED, MISSPELLED, MISSPELT, and variations: all removed. But MISSPELL, MISSPELLING and DISPELLED left in. 'SPELT' is left in as it's also noun.
CADDY, CADDIE: both removed.
RACQUET removed, RACKET left in.
LIQUIFY, LIQUEFY and all variations like LIQUIFIED and LIQUEFACTION removed
LAMBASTE, LAMBAST, and their variations removed
PARLEY and PARLAY both left in
INQUIRE and ENQUIRE both left in
FASCIA and FACIA, both kept
SIPHON, SYPHON plus variants: removed
CONVERTER, CONVERTOR: both kept
CIPHER, CYPHER: both kept
FOETID, FETID: both kept
EON, AEON: both kept
JUDGEMENT, JUDGMENT: both removed
SLED, SLEDDING, BOBSLED, BOBSLEDDING: removed
FORBEAR, FOREBEAR: both retained
ADAPTOR, ADAPTER: both retained
LOVABLE, LOVEABLE: both retained
RACOON, RACCOON: both retained
SOYA, SOY: both retained


-- ACCENTED WORDS
Words with accented letters have been curated according to the editor’s discretion. Here are some examples:
ATTACHÉ removed
CAFE retained
CANAPÉ removed
CRÊPE removed
FACADE retained
FETE retained
FIANCÉ removed
MACRAMÉ removed
MATINEE retained
MOIRE retained
NAIVE retained


-- WORD ENDINGS
The dictionary has been pruned to use -ise rather than -ize word endings. At the time of writing, these are the only words ending in -ize that remain in the game's wordlist:
BAIZE
CAPSIZE
DOWNSIZE
MAIZE
OVERSIZE
PRIZE
SEIZE
SIZE

-- AMERICAN WORD SELECTION
All words in the game use UK spellings, with non-UK variations omitted. Here are some examples where the American words have very similar spellings; below only the UK versions are used CODEWORDS:UK:
AESTHETE (UK) ESTHETE (US)
ANALOGUE (UK) ANALOG (US)
ARTEFACT (UK) ARTIFACT (US)
CARAT (UK) KARAT (US)
DISTIL (UK) DISTILL (US)
FLAUTIST (UK) FLUTIST (US)

Some words with an American etymology, and that are in common parlance in the UK, have been retained. Here’s a few examples that you might find used in puzzles:
BALLPARK
BASEBALL
BELLHOP
CANDY
DIAPER
ESCROW
FELON
JUNK
RODEO
ROOKIE