Barred Crossword
Play three types of crossword
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3.2.3for iPhone, iPad and more
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About Barred Crossword
Barred crosswords are similar to traditional crosswords, but they use black lines instead of black squares to separate the words.
Advantages of barred crosswords are:
• More words in the grid
• Larger number of cross-overs for the words
• You do not lose half the screen with black squares
Other features include:
• Each new game is created by the app automatically. Therefore you can play an unlimited number of crosswords!!
• Very configurable game generator. You decide the grid size, difficulty and many other things
• Many 1000's of clues
• You can choose from three different types of crossword grid: British, Barred and Arrow
• Generate crosswords tailored to your interests, ability, nationality and device size
• You can zoom in & out of the grid, and move around. Play with large grids on small screens!
• Ability to save games and reload games. Play many games at once, just like a crossword book!
• Many aids to help you complete the crossword
• Play crosswords in these languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish, Hungarian, Czech, Russian
Also known as compact crosswords and word maze.
Advantages of barred crosswords are:
• More words in the grid
• Larger number of cross-overs for the words
• You do not lose half the screen with black squares
Other features include:
• Each new game is created by the app automatically. Therefore you can play an unlimited number of crosswords!!
• Very configurable game generator. You decide the grid size, difficulty and many other things
• Many 1000's of clues
• You can choose from three different types of crossword grid: British, Barred and Arrow
• Generate crosswords tailored to your interests, ability, nationality and device size
• You can zoom in & out of the grid, and move around. Play with large grids on small screens!
• Ability to save games and reload games. Play many games at once, just like a crossword book!
• Many aids to help you complete the crossword
• Play crosswords in these languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish, Hungarian, Czech, Russian
Also known as compact crosswords and word maze.
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What's New in the Latest Version 3.2.3
Last updated on Jan 24, 2024
Old Versions
1) Bugfixes
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Version History
3.2.3
Jan 24, 2024
1) Bugfixes
3.2.2
Oct 27, 2023
1) Bugfixes
3.2.1
Aug 23, 2023
3.2.1
1) Fix of display issue seen on some phones
3.2
1) More words in our dictionaries for these languages: Norwegian(+48K), Russian(+42K), Romanian(+48K), Slovak(+35K), Finnish(+23K), Serbian(+50K) and Croatian(+48K)
2) Native support for iPhone 12, 13 and 14 family of phones
3) Improved word difficulty to reduce occurrences of hard words in easy puzzles
4) Load Game: Now simplified to show only started and unfinished games
5) Game switcher: Now only switches between started and unfinished games, making it more useful
6) New full-screen backgrounds
7) Now informational popups are dismissed by tapping anywhere on the screen
8) Bugfixes and data corrections
1) Fix of display issue seen on some phones
3.2
1) More words in our dictionaries for these languages: Norwegian(+48K), Russian(+42K), Romanian(+48K), Slovak(+35K), Finnish(+23K), Serbian(+50K) and Croatian(+48K)
2) Native support for iPhone 12, 13 and 14 family of phones
3) Improved word difficulty to reduce occurrences of hard words in easy puzzles
4) Load Game: Now simplified to show only started and unfinished games
5) Game switcher: Now only switches between started and unfinished games, making it more useful
6) New full-screen backgrounds
7) Now informational popups are dismissed by tapping anywhere on the screen
8) Bugfixes and data corrections
3.2
Aug 17, 2023
1) More words in our dictionaries for these languages: Norwegian(+48K), Russian(+42K), Romanian(+48K), Slovak(+35K), Finnish(+23K), Serbian(+50K) and Croatian(+48K)
2) Native support for iPhone 12, 13 and 14 family of phones
3) Improved word difficulty to reduce occurrences of hard words in easy puzzles
4) Load Game: Now simplified to show only started and unfinished games
5) Game switcher: Now only switches between started and unfinished games, making it more useful
6) New full-screen backgrounds
7) Now informational popups are dismissed by tapping anywhere on the screen
8) Bugfixes and data corrections
2) Native support for iPhone 12, 13 and 14 family of phones
3) Improved word difficulty to reduce occurrences of hard words in easy puzzles
4) Load Game: Now simplified to show only started and unfinished games
5) Game switcher: Now only switches between started and unfinished games, making it more useful
6) New full-screen backgrounds
7) Now informational popups are dismissed by tapping anywhere on the screen
8) Bugfixes and data corrections
3.1
May 22, 2021
1) Bugfixes
3.0.4
Nov 1, 2020
1) Bugfixes
3.0.3
Oct 9, 2020
1) Option to remove the adverts and become a supporter of the app
2) Much more obvious and easy way of changing the game difficulty, but “custom” mode for full flexibility is still available
3) New look to the user interface, including better buttons
4) New screen backgrounds that integrate across the whole screen
5) New functionality to easily switch between saved games
6) You can now delete dictionaries that you have downloaded, in order to recover storage
7) Games not played for one month are now moved to an “archive” area
8) It is now possible to change the language and the dictionary at the same time
9) Bugfixes
2) Much more obvious and easy way of changing the game difficulty, but “custom” mode for full flexibility is still available
3) New look to the user interface, including better buttons
4) New screen backgrounds that integrate across the whole screen
5) New functionality to easily switch between saved games
6) You can now delete dictionaries that you have downloaded, in order to recover storage
7) Games not played for one month are now moved to an “archive” area
8) It is now possible to change the language and the dictionary at the same time
9) Bugfixes
2.0.5
Mar 30, 2019
1) More clues added
2) Corrected some clues
3) Bugfixes
2) Corrected some clues
3) Bugfixes
2.0.2
Jan 21, 2019
Bugfixes
2.0
Jan 4, 2019
1) Many 1000's of new synonyms clues
2) General knowledge data updated to the year 2018
3) New General Knowledge Clues: Works of art, Comics, Poems, Plays, TV Programs, Fictional Characters, Museums, Tourist Attractions
4) Easy and very easy mode are now easier
5) "Show answer as an anagram" now an option on all difficulty levels
6) User can now be warned before using a hint
7) New dictionary languages now supported: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Czech, Polish, Hungarian and Russian
8) Bugfixes and data corrections
2) General knowledge data updated to the year 2018
3) New General Knowledge Clues: Works of art, Comics, Poems, Plays, TV Programs, Fictional Characters, Museums, Tourist Attractions
4) Easy and very easy mode are now easier
5) "Show answer as an anagram" now an option on all difficulty levels
6) User can now be warned before using a hint
7) New dictionary languages now supported: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Czech, Polish, Hungarian and Russian
8) Bugfixes and data corrections
1.3.7
Oct 8, 2016
1) Clock is now stopped if a pop-up ad is displayed
2) Other bugfixes
2) Other bugfixes
1.3.3
Jun 27, 2016
1) Additional clues, particularly for small words
2) "Next Game" and "Previous Game" contextual buttons to easily navigate between games
3) Some data corrections
4) Bugfixes
2) "Next Game" and "Previous Game" contextual buttons to easily navigate between games
3) Some data corrections
4) Bugfixes
1.3.1
Sep 23, 2015
1) Performance Improvements
2) Bugfixes
2) Bugfixes
1.3
Jul 20, 2015
1) You can now also play Arrow Words! The clues are integrated into the grid, select grid type "Arrow"
2) Playing several games concurrently is now possible, since all games are saved and can be reloaded
3) New navigation mode: if desired, you can now zoom in/out of the grid, and move it around. See the "Grid Zoom Mode" setting. This makes it is possible to play large grids on smaller screens.
4) New ways of displaying the clue, see "Clue Display Mode" setting and the help
5) Access details about the game played (or previous games), tap the new top-left blue info button
6) Corrected some clues based on your "Report Clue" feedback. Many thanks and please keep reporting any bad clues
2) Playing several games concurrently is now possible, since all games are saved and can be reloaded
3) New navigation mode: if desired, you can now zoom in/out of the grid, and move it around. See the "Grid Zoom Mode" setting. This makes it is possible to play large grids on smaller screens.
4) New ways of displaying the clue, see "Clue Display Mode" setting and the help
5) Access details about the game played (or previous games), tap the new top-left blue info button
6) Corrected some clues based on your "Report Clue" feedback. Many thanks and please keep reporting any bad clues
1.2
Apr 14, 2015
1) 140,000 new clues, meaning much less repetition in later games
2) Two-letter long answer words now supported in Compact crosswords
3) Ad-free version now available, tap Havos button and then "Pay Version Info"
4) Major revamp of difficulty, this means in general "easy" level crosswords are now easier than before
5) Particularly clues using a secondary meaning of clue or answer are now harder
6) You should now see a more noticeable difference in difficulty across the various levels, please let us know if you agree or disagree
7) Many longer, more interesting clues, as opposed to single word synonym
8) New clues for simple words from French, German, Italian and Spanish (can be filtered out if desired)
9) New GK clues for codes (e.g. country codes), companies, brands and airports
10) Added about 5500 new GK clues, particularly for Nature, Science, Military and Lifestyle
11) New button "Report Clue" to let us know if a clue is bad or too difficult for its level
12) Can change background colour of the clue list
2) Two-letter long answer words now supported in Compact crosswords
3) Ad-free version now available, tap Havos button and then "Pay Version Info"
4) Major revamp of difficulty, this means in general "easy" level crosswords are now easier than before
5) Particularly clues using a secondary meaning of clue or answer are now harder
6) You should now see a more noticeable difference in difficulty across the various levels, please let us know if you agree or disagree
7) Many longer, more interesting clues, as opposed to single word synonym
8) New clues for simple words from French, German, Italian and Spanish (can be filtered out if desired)
9) New GK clues for codes (e.g. country codes), companies, brands and airports
10) Added about 5500 new GK clues, particularly for Nature, Science, Military and Lifestyle
11) New button "Report Clue" to let us know if a clue is bad or too difficult for its level
12) Can change background colour of the clue list
1.1
Dec 30, 2014
Barred Crossword FAQ
Click here to learn how to download Barred Crossword in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Barred Crossword.
iPhone
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
Barred Crossword supports English, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish
Barred Crossword contains in-app purchases. Please check the pricing plan as below:
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$4.99
