Swap Out: Word Puzzle

Steak or skate, ocean or canoe: when two words share the same letters, can you tell which one the card is hiding? Swap Out is a relaxing word puzzle about letters in the wrong places. Every level deals a board of word cards, with the categories they belong to waiting at the top. Each card holds the letters of one word, scrambled. Swap them out until every card spells its word and every category is full. The categories run from the easy to picture, like Animal, Fruit, Sweets, Weather and Vehicle, to the ones that make you think twice: Action, Direction, Number, Shape and Time. Every word has a picture of its own, and every category a color of its own. Tap two letters to swap them, or drag a letter to a new spot and the letters in between slide over to make room. Spell a word that fits one of the board’s categories, and the question mark on the card gives way to the word’s picture and the category’s color. Spell the word the card was made for, and it locks in with a check mark. Here is the catch: the same letters often spell two words, and the two usually belong to different categories. A card can become STEAK for Food or SKATE for Sports Gear, and only one of them is the word it wants. Every word you reveal counts toward its category, so when a category’s counter turns red, it holds more words than it needs, and one of those cards belongs somewhere else. Swap it out. The further you go, the more the boards ask of you: more cards, more categories, longer words. Then some cards arrive joined in pairs, and letters can cross between the two, so a word may need a letter from the card beside it. Swap Out has no timer, no move limit, no lives and no way to lose: every board ends solved, at your own pace. When a word will not come, there are hints. One shows which category a card belongs to, the other sets one of its letters in the right place for good. ✦ HOW IT PLAYS Tap two letters to swap them, or drag one to a new spot A word that fits the board swaps the question mark for its picture The right word locks the card with a check mark Same letters, different words: find the one the board needs Fill every category exactly to solve the board ✦ WHAT YOU GET Categories from Animal and Fruit to Action and Direction A picture for every word you uncover Cards joined in pairs that trade letters as the boards grow Hints that name a card’s category or set a letter in place Bright colors, crisp sounds and light vibration ✦ WHO IT’S FOR Anagram and word scramble fans Word association and category puzzle players Brain teaser fans who like a puzzle that makes them look twice Anyone who wants to keep their vocabulary sharp Players who want a calm word puzzle with no clock ticking Swap the letters. Spell the words. Fill the categories. Download Swap Out and make your first swap.