Harfiye is the newspaper arrowword, in your pocket. No black squares: the clues sit inside the grid and arrows point to the answers. Collect the letters in the numbered squares, crack the keyword and the puzzle is done.
ONE DAILY PUZZLE, THE SAME FOR EVERYONE
• A new daily puzzle every day, and everyone gets the same one. Compare your time on the leaderboard and with friends.
• A weekly puzzle in the large size, like a Sunday paper.
• Solve every day to grow your streak.
• The daily and weekly puzzles have no ads at all.
ENDLESS FREE PLAY
• Puzzles are generated on your device, so free play never runs out and needs no internet. Play on the plane, the subway or on holiday.
• Three sizes: Mini 7×7 (2–4 min), Medium 9×11 (6–10 min), Large 11×15 (15–25 min).
• Send a puzzle's code to a friend and they get the exact same grid.
NEWSPAPER STYLE, MADE FOR PHONES
• Tap a clue square to open its definition, then type on a keyboard built for the puzzle's language.
• Stuck? Hints are free: reveal a letter, reveal a word or check your grid. In the daily and weekly puzzles each hint adds 30 seconds to your time, so the leaderboards stay fair.
• Light and dark themes, reduced motion, VoiceOver / TalkBack labels and highly legible type.
TWO LANGUAGES
• English and Turkish puzzles; switch with one tap on the home screen.
• Each language has its own daily puzzle, streak and leaderboards.
LEADERBOARDS, ACHIEVEMENTS, CLOUD SAVE
• Daily and weekly time leaderboards, total puzzles solved and 12 achievements: Game Center on iOS, Google Play Games on Android.
• Your progress is backed up with Game Center / Play Games saved games, so you can pick up where you left off on a new phone.
• No account needed. Play without signing in; signing in is only for leaderboards and cloud save.
FREE, WITH FEW ADS
• Harfiye is free, with no in-app purchases.
• You never see an ad while typing. In free play an ad may appear when you finish a puzzle and start a new one (at most once every three puzzles). No banners, and no ads on the game screen, the home screen, or in the daily and weekly puzzles.
DICTIONARIES AND LICENCES
English definitions are adapted from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Turkish definitions are adapted from the work of Turkish Wiktionary (Vikisözlük) contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0). The edited dictionary is public under the same licence: github.com/sugarmaniac/crossroads-dictionary
नया क्या है
Small fix: the screen now stays upright when you turn the phone sideways, so the puzzle is always fully visible.