Crostic Guru - Guess The Words

Name: Crostic Guru - Guess The Words
Author: Severex

2.2.0

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Solve the classic crossword puzzles of figgerites! Guess the word!

Crostic Guru - Guess The Words: crossword and cipher

By Mei-Lin Chua

Contributing editor, apps and storefronts

Clue-based word guessing that fills a crossword grid
Letter-to-number ciphers that spell out a hidden text
Decode proverbs, famous quotes and interesting facts
No auto-fill: you place every letter yourself
Each solved word reveals new letters across the grid
Word searches, cryptograms and logic challenges in one game

What Crostic Guru is and who it suits

Crostic Guru - Guess The Words is a crossword puzzle game that also borrows from cryptograms and logic puzzles. The developer describes it as a take on the crossword format where each solved answer gives you more to work with.

It suits people who already enjoy crosswords, word searches or other word games and want a puzzle where progress in one part feeds into the next. The puzzles are built around clues, so the core activity is working out words and phrases from what the grid and the clues give you.

Solving clues and filling the crossword grid

You work through clues to guess the word each one points to, then enter it into the grid. The listing says each correct answer unlocks new letters, so the grid fills in gradually rather than all at once.

Solved words also reveal information elsewhere in the puzzle. The developer says this is meant to help you spot patterns and work out missing letters, which means an early answer can make a later clue easier to place.

Cryptograms, letter-number matching and hidden texts

Some puzzles ask you to match letters with numbers, a cipher-style task where you work out which letter each number stands for. Decoding that way reveals a longer text.

The texts you decode include proverbs, famous quotes, interesting facts and secret phrases. Each puzzle ends with a message you have built letter by letter, so the payoff is the text itself as well as the solved grid.

Placing every letter by hand

The game does not auto-fill letters. Every letter in the grid is one you place yourself, and the listing says wrong entries count against you.

That makes the puzzles more about careful reasoning than quick guessing. You have to test each answer against the clues and the letters already in place before you commit it.

What's new

Jul 16, 2026

Hello from Crostic Guru!
We’ve made a few small improvements to keep the game enjoyable for you. Our team reads all your feedback to make the game better, so please feel free to share your thoughts with us or suggest any improvements.
Solve words and train your brain with Crostic Guru!

About this APK

The build we hold is Crostic Guru - Guess The Words 2.2.0 (APKS split bundle) for Android 8.0 and up.

Version: 2.2.0; 22004
Requires Android: 8.0+
Target Android: 15

Package ID: com.severex.crossword.word.logic.puzzles
Format: APKS split bundle
Malware scan: Google Play Protect
Permissions: 19 declared
Signed by: CN=Android, O=Google Inc.
Certificate SHA-256: 5a2a007ad84c9a7f9d66e2170ad95ee425ea4a82a6a5939e4c2a4fea3b5ad411