What is the best word game app for iPhone?

Wordscapes - Word Game, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.8 by 1,138,511 people.

Which word game apps are free?

40 of 40 are free to download: Wordscapes - Word Game (S), Zen Word® - Relax Puzzle Game (S), Word Crush® - Fun Puzzle Game (S), Wordle! (S) and more. 32 of them sell in-app purchases.

Which word game app has the best App Store rating?

Word Roll - Fun Word Game at 4.9 from 84,521 ratings.

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Best Word Game Apps for iPhone (2026)

40 apps ranked S through F · Updated 2026-10-19 · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Wordscapes - Word Game is the top-ranked of 40 word game apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 1,138,511 ratings.

1
Wordscapes - Word GameS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 1,138,511 ratings · score 99
2
Zen Word® - Relax Puzzle GameS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 489,170 ratings · score 98
3
Word Crush® - Fun Puzzle GameS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 1,016,916 ratings · score 98
4
Wordle!S
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 844,029 ratings · score 97
5
Crossword Jam: Fun Word SearchS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 518,619 ratings · score 97

What belongs in this list

Play a game built around finding, forming or guessing words.

Not here: a dictionary or thesaurus alone; a spelling flashcard app alone; a keyboard or texting app alone; a general chatbot prompted to play word games alone

More lists: Best Word Puzzle Apps

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

Compare every app

1
Wordscapes - Word GameS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 1,138,511 ratings · score 99 · best in class
2
Zen Word® - Relax Puzzle GameS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 489,170 ratings · score 98 · best in class
3
Word Crush® - Fun Puzzle GameS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 1,016,916 ratings · score 98 · best in class
4
Wordle!S
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 844,029 ratings · score 97 · best in class
5
Crossword Jam: Fun Word SearchS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 518,619 ratings · score 97 · best in class
6
Word Trip - Word Puzzles GamesS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 597,477 ratings · score 96 · best in class
7
Words of Wonders: CrosswordS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 1,034,177 ratings · score 96 · best in class
8
Word Roll - Fun Word GameS
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 84,521 ratings · score 96 · best in class
9
Crossword Master - Word PuzzleS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 161,458 ratings · score 96 · best in class
10
Wordscapes Search - Word GameS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 189,756 ratings · score 96 · best in class
11
NYT Games: Wordle & CrosswordA
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 297,179 ratings · score 95 · excellent
12
Connect Word Association GameA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 175,633 ratings · score 95 · excellent
13
Word Cookies!®A
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 204,333 ratings · score 94 · excellent
14
Words With Friends Word GameA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 752,176 ratings · score 94 · excellent
15
Word Connect ¤A
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 1,473,667 ratings · score 94 · excellent
16
Pictoword: Fun Word Quiz GamesA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 92,477 ratings · score 94 · excellent
17
Puzzle Page - Daily Games!A
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 73,348 ratings · score 94 · excellent
18
Word Collect : Word SearchA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 581,585 ratings · score 94 · excellent
19
Cryptogram: Word Brain PuzzleA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 241,130 ratings · score 94 · excellent
20
Word MasterA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 20,408 ratings · score 93 · excellent
21
Everyday Puzzles: Mini GamesA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 32,476 ratings · score 93 · excellent
22
Word StacksA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 178,319 ratings · score 92 · excellent
23
7 Little Words and MoreB
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 172,189 ratings · score 92 · good
24
Top 7 - family word gameB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 15,048 ratings · score 92 · good
25
Daily Themed Crossword PuzzlesB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 141,798 ratings · score 92 · good
26
4 Pics 1 WordB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 138,165 ratings · score 92 · good
27
Scrabble® GO - Fun with Words!B
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 315,715 ratings · score 91 · good
28
Word Serenity: Fun Brain GameB
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 314,971 ratings · score 91 · good
29
Word Search - Crossword GameB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 419,669 ratings · score 90 · good
30
Languinis: Word Puzzle GameB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 30,958 ratings · score 90 · good
31
Word Oasis: Calm Puzzle GameB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 163,801 ratings · score 90 · good
32
CodyCross: Crossword PuzzlesB
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 284,462 ratings · score 90 · good
33
WordBrain: classic word puzzleB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 135,176 ratings · score 89 · good
34
Bible Word Puzzle - Word GamesC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 721,886 ratings · score 89 · situational
35
Dingbats - Word Games & TriviaC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 84,184 ratings · score 89 · situational
36
Word Domination: PvP Word GameC
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 42,705 ratings · score 89 · situational
37
Word Bliss - from PlaySimpleC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 55,809 ratings · score 89 · situational
38
Wordscapes Solitaire Word GameC
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 182,986 ratings · score 88 · situational
39
Word Yatzy - Fun Word PuzzlerC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 46,796 ratings · score 88 · situational
40
Word Life - Crossword puzzleC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 59,918 ratings · score 88 · situational

Beyond the top 40

332 more, not ranked yet

Questions people ask

What is the best word game app for iPhone?: Wordscapes - Word Game, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.8 by 1,138,511 people.
Which word game apps are free?: 40 of 40 are free to download: Wordscapes - Word Game (S), Zen Word® - Relax Puzzle Game (S), Word Crush® - Fun Puzzle Game (S), Wordle! (S) and more. 32 of them sell in-app purchases.
Which word game app has the best App Store rating?: Word Roll - Fun Word Game at 4.9 from 84,521 ratings.
How many word game apps reach S or A tier?: 22 of 40. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.