Jigsaw Crossword3.2.3 - App Store

Recreate a crossword with jigsaw pieces. The letters on the pieces help you complete the puzzle. Easy to use interface, drag and drop puzzle pieces across the screen.
This game is also known as pieceword, bits & pieces, jigcross, jigsnip and building blocks.
The words to find are in English, or you can play in 35 other languages.

. Play an unlimited number of different puzzles!!
. Multiple difficulty options. Play one of 10 built in difficulty levels, or use the custom mode to configure the difficulty of the game to exactly what you want
. Four different sizes of puzzle piece are possible
. Pieces can start outside the grid (classic version), or all are randomly placed on the grid and are then swapped to find the solution (ideal for smaller screens)
. Designed for fun games from the smallest mobile phones up to the largest tablets

You can configure:

1) Grid size
Specify exactly how many columns and rows to use (from 3 to 20). Even non square grids (e.g. 12x15) are possible
2) Difficulty settings
Change the difficulty of the puzzles, from easy to very difficult
3) Language
Choose the language of the word list, from a large range of downloadable dictionaries. 36 languages are currently available (see below)
4) Orientation
Can be played in portrait or landscape mode. Just rotate your device and the display adjusts automatically

This app gives you the ultimate power to play the game just the way you want.

Game aids:

1) As words are formed, then valid words are highlighted
2) You can choose to have one or more pieces placed into their correct position at the beginning of the game
3) During the game, you can request a random puzzle piece to be placed into its correct position
4) You can ask the game if a selected puzzle piece is in the correct position

Each game is assigned a difficulty level from 0 (easy) to 9 (very hard). The difficulty level is determined by the settings or the difficulty selector. Each difficulty level maintains the high scores (measured by fastest time to complete the game). The game displays the best 20 scores for each difficulty level.

Other features unique to this app:

1) View the definition of the word from an online dictionary (internet connection required)
2) When you play with a word list in a foreign language, the word definition will (where possible) be in your own language. This is great for language learning!

You can play this app in the following languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish, Hungarian, Czech, Russian, Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Greek, Indonesian, Romanian, Serbian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Slovene, Turkish, Ukrainian, Afrikaans, Albanian, Azeri, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Catalan, Galician, Tagalog

Version History 1) Bugfixes 3.2.3 01/15/2024 6.2.1
1) Fix of display issue seen on some phones

6.2
1) More words in our dictionaries for these languages: Norwegian(+48K), Russian(+42K), Romanian(+48K), Slovak(+35K), Finnish(+23K), Serbian(+50K) and Croatian(+48K)
2) Native support for iPhone 12, 13 and 14 family of phones
3) Improved word difficulty to reduce occurrences of hard words in easy puzzles
4) Load Game: Now simplified to show only started and unfinished games
5) Game switcher: Now only switches between started and unfinished games, making it more useful
6) New full-screen backgrounds
7) Now informational popups are dismissed by tapping anywhere on the screen
8) Bugfixes and data corrections 3.2.2 10/27/2023 1) More words in our dictionaries for these languages: Norwegian(+48K), Russian(+42K), Romanian(+48K), Slovak(+35K), Finnish(+23K), Serbian(+50K) and Croatian(+48K)
2) Native support for iPhone 12, 13 and 14 family of phones
3) Improved word difficulty to reduce occurrences of hard words in easy puzzles
4) Load Game: Now simplified to show only started and unfinished games
5) Game switcher: Now only switches between started and unfinished games, making it more useful
6) New full-screen backgrounds
7) Now informational popups are dismissed by tapping anywhere on the screen
8) Bugfixes and data corrections 3.2 08/16/2023 1) New languages: Afrikaans, Albanian, Azeri, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Catalan, Galician, Tagalog
2) The tutorial is now translated into all supported languages
3) Bugfixes 3.1 05/15/2021 1) Bugfixes 3.0.4 11/01/2020 1) Option to remove the adverts and become a supporter of the app
2) New look to the user interface, including better buttons
3) New screen backgrounds that integrate across the whole screen
4) New functionality to easily switch between saved games
5) It is now possible to change the language and the dictionary at the same time
6) You can now delete dictionaries that you have downloaded, in order to recover storage
7) Games not played for one month are now moved to an “archive” area
8) Bugfixes 3.0.3 10/09/2020 1) New optional setting to confirm when using hints. You are informed about how many seconds the hint will cost
2) Full support for all versions of iPhone X and the new iPads
3) Bugfixes 2.4.1 08/24/2019 1) New category: Given name
2) 15000 additional words
3) Bugfixes 2.3.3 02/23/2019 1) NEW feature: "Word Category". You can play grids where all the words are related, e.g. Animals, Food, Nationalities
2) iPhone X support
3) Improved performance
4) Words to find increased to 80,000 words
5) Bugfixes 2.3.2 12/30/2017 1) Clock is now stopped if a pop-up ad is displayed
2) Other bugfixes 2.1.5 10/08/2016 1) Top Panel less cluttered and includes game number
2) New "platform independant" style for pop-up messages
3) Bugfixes 2.1.2 06/25/2016 1) Playing several games concurrently is now possible, since all games are saved and can be reloaded
2) Access details about the game played (or previous games), tap the new top-left blue info button
3) Added Finnish and Norwegian dictionaries
4) Bugfixes 2.1 09/10/2015 1) Bugfixes

Version 2.0
1) Game buttons now contextual
2) Start screen introduced. Easily change the difficulty level
3) Menu system re-organized and simplified. Many functions moved to the start screen
4) NEW: Tutorial to demonstrate game functions
5) New aid: Show all wrongly placed pieces
6) New actions: Clear all wrong pieces & Clear all pieces
7) New action: Delete a piece
8) Help text improved, with formatting for clearer understanding
9) Change the piece list size, using two fingers to "zoom" 2.0.2 11/19/2014 1) Game buttons now contextual
2) Start screen introduced. Easily change the difficulty level
3) Menu system re-organized and simplified. Many functions moved to the start screen
4) NEW: Tutorial to demonstrate game functions
5) New aid: Show all wrongly placed pieces
6) New actions: Clear all wrong pieces & Clear all pieces
7) New action: Delete a piece
8) Help text improved, with formatting for clearer understanding
9) Change the piece list size, using two fingers to "zoom" 2.0 10/21/2014 1.1 06/09/2014