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Help with Anagrow

Most things are answered below. If yours is not, email us and we will get back to you.

How the puzzle works

Start with a four-letter word. Then find the five-letter word that grows from it, then the six.

Each word keeps every letter from the one before and adds one new one. The letters can be in any order, so the five-letter word is not simply the four-letter word with something stuck on the end.

You have fourteen guesses for the whole chain, not fourteen per word. After each guess, a green tile means the letter is in the right place, an amber tile means the letter is in the word but somewhere else, and a grey tile means it is not in the word at all.

Common questions

I lost my streak after changing phones.

Your progress is stored on the device itself, so it does not move across when you set up a new phone or delete and reinstall the app. There is no account to restore it from. It is the trade-off that comes with not asking you to sign up for anything.

The ad will not load.

Ads need a connection, so if you are offline the option to watch one will not appear. If you are online and it still will not load, there may simply be no ad available at that moment. The puzzle itself works fine without it.

Can I play without a connection?

Yes. The whole puzzle is on your phone. You only need a connection if you want to watch an ad for extra guesses or a bonus round.

How do I change my privacy choices?

Open the how to play screen and look for the privacy settings option. It appears if you are in a region where we asked you for consent. There is more detail on the privacy page.

Is there a new puzzle every day?

Yes, one a day, and it is the same one for everyone. It changes at midnight, your local time.

I think a word in a puzzle is wrong.

Please tell us. We check the word list carefully but it is long, and a word that is fine in one part of the world can look very odd in another. Send us the date and the word and we will take a look.

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