Crossword Daily Challenge (Sparkshift)
Rate itMake words from a wheel of letters to fill a small crossing grid.
Every day: The Google Play listing promises a new puzzle every 24 hours, in easy, medium and hard, with a history to go back to missed days. The store screenshots show only letter-wheel grids, so the daily screen itself has not been seen. New puzzle: Not stated; the listing says a new puzzle every 24 hours, by the device's date.
Crossword Daily Challenge is a free Android word game from Sparkshift Technologies. Its screenshots show a letter wheel under a small grid of crossing words: you swipe letters to spell each word until the grid is full. The listing promises a fresh puzzle every day in three difficulties, with hints, streaks and offline play.
About Crossword Daily Challenge (Sparkshift)
Crossword Daily Challenge is a small Android word game from Sparkshift Technologies, a studio in Bengaluru, India, best known on Google Play for arrow and sorting puzzles. The game is free, carries ads and offers in-app purchases, and its Play page lists it as rated for everyone.
Despite the name, every screenshot on its store page shows a word-connect game rather than a clued crossword. A short list of letters sits on a wheel at the bottom of the screen, and above it is a grid of empty tiles where a few words cross. You draw a line through the letters on the wheel to spell a word, and if it fits a slot in the grid, it drops into place. Extra words that are real but not in the grid are counted separately, and buttons beside the wheel shuffle the letters or spend coins on a hint.
The store text describes something different: a fresh crossword every 24 hours with clues to read, a choice of easy, medium and hard, solve-time and streak stats, a history of earlier days to catch up on, and play without an internet connection. We have not been able to see the daily screen ourselves, so take the description of the clued mode as the publisher's claim until the app shows it.
The grids in the screenshots are short and the words common (NOW, BOAT, CLOUD), which suits a quick break or a younger player. Anyone who already plays Wordscapes or another letter-wheel game will know how it works within a few seconds; anyone looking for a crossword with clues may find the newspaper-style daily crosswords elsewhere on this site a better fit.
How to play Crossword Daily Challenge (Sparkshift)
- Install Crossword Daily Challenge from Google Play and open today's puzzle.
- Look at the letters on the wheel at the bottom and the empty slots in the grid above.
- Swipe from letter to letter on the wheel to spell a word, then lift your finger.
- A word that fits a slot fills it in; keep spelling words until every tile in the grid is filled.
- If you are stuck, shuffle the wheel or spend coins on a hint that reveals a letter.
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Tips
- Start with the shortest slots: two- and three-letter words are quick to find and give you letters for the longer ones.
- Shuffle the wheel when you stop seeing new words; a new order often shows a word you missed.
- The longest slot usually uses every letter on the wheel, so try to make one word from all of them.
Questions
Is Crossword Daily Challenge a real crossword with clues?
Its store listing describes clues, but every screenshot on the Play page shows a letter-wheel game: you make words from a ring of letters to fill a small crossing grid, with no clues shown.
When does the daily puzzle change?
The listing says a new puzzle arrives every 24 hours but does not name a time. As the game is said to play offline, expect the change with your phone's date.
Is it free?
Yes. It is free to install, shows ads and sells optional in-app purchases; the listing mentions an ad-free upgrade and bonus puzzle packs.
Is it on iPhone?
Only an Android version on Google Play has been found.
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