Link words, connect them in a chain & train your brain with fun word challenges!
Word Chain: link words by compound or famous phrase
By Mei-Lin Chua
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- Chains where each word forms a compound or completes a phrase
- Hammer reveals one letter when you are stuck
- Eraser clears letters you do not need from the keyboard
- Rocket unlocks a whole word at once
- New words and phrases picked up as you play
What the Word Chain puzzle asks you to do
Word Chain Puzzle is built around one rule. Each new word has to either form a compound word with the word before it, or complete a well-known phrase. The developer's examples include Sun, Flower, Pot, and Orange, Juice, which makes the phrase "orange juice".
The listing presents it as a game for people who like word games, brain teasers and puzzles. You play one chain at a time, and the chain is finished once every link is filled in.
Linking words through compounds and phrases
You begin with a first word that is already given. From there you keep adding words, and each one has to connect to the word before it. A single link can be checked two ways, as a compound or as a phrase, so there is usually more than one route to test.
The listing says the chains test vocabulary, logic and creativity. It also says the game is not a word search, because you build words from each other rather than finding them among scattered letters.
Boosters for stuck words
When a word stops you, the game offers three boosters. Hammer reveals a single letter. Eraser removes letters you do not need from the on-screen keyboard, which narrows what you have left to type. Rocket unlocks an entire word instantly.
Each booster targets a different kind of block: a missing letter, too many options on the keyboard, or a word you cannot get at all.
Vocabulary and relaxed brain training
The listing describes the game as calm but stimulating, and says it is meant to build vocabulary. As you play you come across new words and phrases, and the chains are where that happens.
The listing also describes a minimalist design, with the focus kept on the letters and the chain rather than on decoration.
What's new
- Bug fixes
About this APK
The build we hold is Word Chain 2.7.0 (APKS split bundle) for Android 8.1 and up.
- Version
- 2.7.0
- 68
- Requires Android
- 8.1+
- Package ID
- com.wordchain
- Format
- APKS split bundle
- Malware scan
- Google Play Protect
- Permissions
- 18 declared · 1 sensitive
- Read phone status and identity
- Signed by
- CN=Android, O=Google Inc.
- Certificate SHA-256
- ba28292f6dabd1616bf5115dc4331cec7c0c16f19bcb33026bcc26478fcba75a
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