Playing the Word Connect App
The Word Connect game helps you improve your vocabulary and spelling skills using your native language.
Select your language by (1) tapping the gear icon and (2) choosing Spanish, Italian, English, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, and others.
Like other apps, you can download and install the Word Connect app on your mobile devices:
Here is the home page:
To launch the Word Connect game, tap its app button:
Word Connect has three main game buttons:
- Green - Tap this to play the game most of the time. You can earn free coins over time.
- Blue - Tap this to solve the daily challenge. There are seven challenges with a minimum of 2-, 3-, or 4-letter words. You can earn free coins quickly. You can return to solve
previous daily challenges within the current month.
- Orange - A crossword-style game.
All three modes count toward your personal score. The blue and green buttons also count toward team challenges. All allow Help letter hints.
Tap the Request Hint button to request a free letter hint. After five of your teammates tap the Help button next to your name, the hint is awarded. You can also purchase
letter hints or win by completing holiday events.
Solving Words and What to Do if You Get Stuck
Your first step is to look at the displayed letters. Then swipe a combination of letters to try to solve a word.
Let's swipe three letters to solve a 3-letter word like TAX or BAT or TAB. In this example, we need to find a 4-letter word that starts with B:
One 4-letter word that starts with B is BAIT.
You can reorder the letters shown in the lower circle by tapping the 
in the lower-right.
When the letters ING are present, try to add the ING suffix to existing or partial words. These can form very long words, which are especially helpful. For example,
add ING to GO to form GOING. Or a word that usually ends with an E like CASE could become CASING, GAME becomes GAMING, and AIM become AIMING.
A few common 4-letter words include PING, TING, RING, SING, SIGN, and BING.
Similarly, if you see the letters Y, LY, D, ED, EN, ER, or IN, try adding them to the end of a word, such as adding EN to LESS to form LESSEN.
When you get stuck, try these suggestions:
- You might start by solving short 3- or 4-letter words before longer words.
- Take a short break, even if you look away briefly. You may see a word when you return.
- Reorder the letters by tapping the button.
- With English, if you have a S letter, try to make the word a plural by adding an S (or ES) at the end. For example, CATS.
- With English, a few words have two (alternate) spellings, like GRAY and GREY. You can try both British and American spellings, such as METER and METRE, TITER and TITRE,
BEHAVIOR and BEHAVIOUR, COLOR and COLOUR, HARBOR and HARBOUR.
- With English, if a word ends with an E, try to add a D after it, such as LIKED.
- With English, try changing the order of the same letters to form multiple words. This can help you form more words faster. Examples include:
- ARE, EAR, ERA
- ART, RAT, TAR
- ARM, RAM, MAR
- ARTS, RATS, TARS, STAR
- PAL, LAP, ALP
- NUT, TUN
- ANT, TAN
- CAT, ACT
- EAT, TEA, ATE, TAE, ETA
- DARE, DEAR, READ
- SHOE, HOES, HOSE
- ROSE, ORES, SORE, ROES
- RAIL, LIAR, LAIR, RIAL
- DALE, DEAL, LEAR, LARE, LEAD
- TEAS, EAST, EATS, SATE, SEAT, SETA
- FEAT, FATE, FETA
- RUTS, RUST
- DUNE, NUDE
- DIAL, LAID
- LEMON, MELON
- TRAIL, TRIAL
- RILE, LIRE
- RIFE, FIRE
- BEAR, BARE
- LEER, REEL
- RARE, REAR
- GLUE, LUGE
- DEER, REED
- RULE, LURE
- TORE, ROTE
- ROLE, LORE
- TRUE, LUTE
- EDIT, TIED, DIET, TIDE
- TEAM, MEAT, MATE, TAME
- AMEN, MEAN, MANE, NAME
- OPEN, NOPE, PONE, PEON
- TIRE, TIER, RITE
- RAIL, LIAR, LAIR
- DARE, DEAR, READ
- BEING, BEGIN, BINGE
- TOPICAL, OPTICAL, CAPITOL, COALPIT
- OPTION, POTION
- CERTIFY, RECTIFY
- CLIPPER, CRIPPLE
- ANIMAL, MANILA
- HURDLE, HURLED
- ADORN, RADON
- If you get stuck in a word of 4 or more letters, always try adding an S or Y onto a 3-letter word such as ARTS, ARTY, CUTS, ROSY, and so on.
- Many words let you add a suffix. For example:
- Add ING to GO, END, or READ to form the words GOING, ENDING or READING. The ING suffix is very common.
- Add ST or EST to form a word like NICEST or TALLEST.
- Add N or EN to form a word like LIKEN or MAIDEN.
- Add D or ED to form a word like LIKED or ETCHED.
- Add LY to form a word like BARELY or NEARLY.
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Some 2-syllable, 5-letter words include: ADORN, DISCO, DONOR, EATER, EBONY, ELDER, ENTER, ENDER, HOTEL, MOTEL, OFFER, OLDER, PARKA, RELAY, RERUN, RETRY, REUSE,
ROGER, TUNIC, and others.
- Or use a word with two syllables, such as these four-letter words: UNDO, ONTO, UNTO, INTO, GOER, DOER, ANTE, ANTI, and others.
- Some long words contain multiple words. These include: AIRLINE, AIRPORT, ANYONE, ANYWAYS, AWESOME, BACKUP, BAILOUT, BEDROOM, BEESWAX, BLOWOUT, BOBSLED,
BOWMAN, BURNOUT, BREAKUP, BUSWAY, CHINUP, CREWMAN, CREWMEN, DESKTOP, DISCARD, DOORMAN, DROPOUT, EARDRUM, EYEBALL, FALLOUT, FARAWAY, FIREARM, FIREMAN, FIREMEN,
FOREARM, FORGAVE, FREEWAY, GETAWAY, GODSEND, GOODBYE, GUNFIRE, HIDEOUT, HOTSPOT, ICEBERG, JETPACK, KEYHOLE, LAPTOP, LINEUP, LOOKOUT, MANMADE, MIDLIFE, MIDSIZE,
MIDWEST, NECKTIE, NEWBORN, ONGOING, ONLINE, OTTOMAN, OUTCAST, OUTCOME, OUTLINE, OUTLOOK, OUTRUN, OUTLAW, OVERLAY,
PARKWAY, PAYLOAD, PAYOUT, PAYROLL, PILEUP, PLYWOOD, POTHOLE, POTLUCK, PREPAID, REDHEAD, RESEED, RETHINK, ROADWAY, ROUNDUP, RUNOUT, RUNWAY, SEABED, SEASIDE, SEESAW, SHOTGUN, SOMEDAY,
SOMEHOW, SOMEONE, SOYBEAN, SPINOFF, STEPDAD, SUBSET, SUBWAY, SUNBURN, SUNDIAL, SUNDOWN, SUNRISE, TAXICAB, TURNOUT,
UPBEAT, UPSELL, UPSURGE, UPRIGHT, WARSHIP, WAYSIDE, WEEKDAY, WEEKEND, and others.
After you play for a while, you can join a team. Our team's name is Wingnaprayer. That is short for "Wing and a Prayer" or "On a Wing and a Prayer", a
reference to trying to succeed/survive despite the odds, as explained here:
www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/on-a-wing-and-a-prayer.html.
Revision history: Last revised by Arfid (Mike) on March 2026.