Gridle

Fairly simple android word game.

• Multiple coloured themes
• Multiple languages
• Look up word meaning

Move letters in the grid to make a gridle of words. It’s a good idea to use a soft tipped stylus to see what you are doing, as it’s difficult to see past stubby fingers.

Letters which are in the word but in the wrong place will turn yellow. Remember this can be in both directions. If they are in the right place they will turn green. If they are not in the word they will turn grey. Keep trying until you have guessed all the the words. The colours may be changed by selecting Highlight colours in the menu.

Tap the Refresh button in the toolbar to clear the display and generate another gridle of words. Words are chosen at random from a list, and are checked that they haven’t been used recently.

Tap the Share button in the toolbar to share an image or text from the display.

Image

Share an image of the display.

Text

Share text from the display. Tap a letter to select a word. The letters and colours of the word will be shared. Select the Crossword app to find possibilities for that word. Hint: If the crossword app fails to produce any suggestions, try moving any letter which might belong to the other direction.

Solve a larger 7x7 grid of words. This may show an initial blank grid and rotating working symbol while the larger puzzle is created. Similarly, tapping the refresh button may not create a new puzzle immediately.

Because dragging letters can inadvertently close the app if system gestures are enabled, back gestures are disabled over most of the letter grid. Also back gestures will refresh the display if a game is in progress. Use the navigation menu or refresh to enable the back gesture.

Long press on a letter in the solved word grid. This will show a pop-up menu of unaccented and accented letters. Pick the required unaccented or accented letter.

Once you have solved the word grid, tap on a letter that uniquely identifies a word to display the meaning.

Select coloured themes from the Theme item in the menu.

• Confetti – Select confetti display on guessing word.
• Fanfare – Select fanfare on guessing word.

Select the dictionary to look up a word meaning. Wiktionary (online) is built in, Aard2 and Quickdic are apps which can be installed from F-Droid.

Select Language from the menu.

A dialog will pop up showing two guesses, one containing some letters in the word in the wrong place and a correct guess, and three spectrums. Change the colour of the letters in the wrong place by tapping on the top spectrum, and the correct letters with the middle spectrum. Change the shade of grey of the letters not in the word with the bottom spectrum. The Reset button will restore the default colours, The Cancel button changes nothing, and the OK button accepts the changes.

Use my Crossword or WordleSolver app to cheat.