What is the best word puzzle app for iPhone?

Wordscapes - Word Game, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.8 by 1,138,963 people.

Which word puzzle apps are free?

40 of 40 are free to download: Wordscapes - Word Game (S), Zen Word® - Relax Puzzle Game (S), Wordle! (S), Word Collect : Word Search (S) and more. 35 of them sell in-app purchases.

Which word puzzle app has the best App Store rating?

Wordscapes In Bloom at 4.9 from 30,857 ratings.

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Best Word Puzzle Apps for iPhone (2026)

40 apps ranked S through F · Updated 2026-10-20 · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Part of Word Games.

Wordscapes - Word Game is the top-ranked of 40 word puzzle apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 1,138,963 ratings.

1
Wordscapes - Word GameS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 1,138,963 ratings · score 99
2
Zen Word® - Relax Puzzle GameS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 489,170 ratings · score 98
3
Wordle!S
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 844,029 ratings · score 97
4
Word Collect : Word SearchS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 581,585 ratings · score 97
5
Crossword Master - Word PuzzleS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 161,458 ratings · score 97

What belongs in this list

Solve puzzles made of letters and words, such as finding or guessing words.

Not here: Crossword puzzles alone; Number puzzles alone; Trivia or word quizzes alone; A dictionary or word list alone; A general chatbot that could be asked for word puzzles alone

More lists: Best Hidden Word Game Apps · Best Word Connect Apps · Best Word Search 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 · 1,138,963 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
Wordle!S
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 844,029 ratings · score 97 · best in class
4
Word Collect : Word SearchS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 581,585 ratings · score 97 · best in class
5
Crossword Master - Word PuzzleS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 161,458 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
Cryptogram: Word Brain PuzzleS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 241,130 ratings · score 95 · best in class
8
Words of Wonders: CrosswordS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 1,034,705 ratings · score 95 · best in class
9
Crossword Jam: Fun Word SearchS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 518,619 ratings · score 95 · best in class
10
Wordscapes Search - Word GameS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 189,756 ratings · score 95 · best in class
11
NYT Games: Wordle & CrosswordS
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 297,179 ratings · score 95 · best in class
12
Word Cookies!®A
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 204,333 ratings · score 94 · excellent
13
Word Connect ¤A
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 1,473,667 ratings · score 94 · excellent
14
Word Crush® - Fun Puzzle GameA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 1,016,916 ratings · score 94 · excellent
15
Fillwords: Word Search PuzzlesA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 75,894 ratings · score 94 · excellent
16
7 Little Words and MoreA
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 172,189 ratings · score 92 · excellent
17
Bible Word Puzzle - Word GamesA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 721,886 ratings · score 92 · excellent
18
Everyday Puzzles: Mini GamesA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 32,476 ratings · score 92 · excellent
19
Word Search - Crossword GameA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 419,676 ratings · score 91 · excellent
20
WordBrain: classic word puzzleA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 135,176 ratings · score 91 · excellent
21
Wordzee! - Puzzle Word GameB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 47,534 ratings · score 91 · good
22
Word Oasis: Calm Puzzle GameB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 163,801 ratings · score 91 · good
23
Words With Friends Word GameB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 752,176 ratings · score 90 · good
24
Dingbats - Word Games & TriviaB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 84,201 ratings · score 90 · good
25
Word Tiles - Relaxing PuzzleB
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 31,242 ratings · score 90 · good
26
Word Galaxy ChallengeB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 72,415 ratings · score 90 · good
27
Code Busters: Word Puzzle GameB
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 9,616 ratings · score 89 · good
28
Puzzle Page - Daily Games!B
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 73,360 ratings · score 89 · good
29
Daily Themed Crossword PuzzlesB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 141,798 ratings · score 89 · good
30
Crossword - Word HikeB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 69,698 ratings · score 89 · good
31
Otium Word: Relax Puzzle GameB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 147,702 ratings · score 89 · good
32
Word Nut Crossword Puzzle GameB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 39,116 ratings · score 89 · good
33
Connect Word Association GameC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 175,633 ratings · score 89 · situational
34
Word Tour - word puzzleC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 45,781 ratings · score 88 · situational
35
4 Pics 1 WordC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 138,170 ratings · score 88 · situational
36
CodyCross: Crossword PuzzlesC
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 284,462 ratings · score 88 · situational
37
Wordscapes In BloomC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 30,857 ratings · score 88 · situational
38
Languinis: Word Puzzle GameC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 30,958 ratings · score 88 · situational
39
Word Life - Crossword puzzleC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 59,918 ratings · score 88 · situational
40
Word Carnival - All in OneC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 22,581 ratings · score 88 · situational

Beyond the top 40

281 more, not ranked yet

Questions people ask

What is the best word puzzle app for iPhone?: Wordscapes - Word Game, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.8 by 1,138,963 people.
Which word puzzle apps are free?: 40 of 40 are free to download: Wordscapes - Word Game (S), Zen Word® - Relax Puzzle Game (S), Wordle! (S), Word Collect : Word Search (S) and more. 35 of them sell in-app purchases.
Which word puzzle app has the best App Store rating?: Wordscapes In Bloom at 4.9 from 30,857 ratings.
How many word puzzle apps reach S or A tier?: 20 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.