Privacy & saves

WordTwiq is created by DFRANKIEJ PRODUCTIONS. Updated 3 October 2026.

Local progress

The website and installed PWA save puzzle attempts, results, totals and preferences in browser storage. A previous local save is retained for recovery. Browser data removal or app data deletion can remove these saves.

Optional Google sign-in

If you choose to connect, Google provides a stable account identifier, name and email address. We use these only to identify your WordTwiq account and sync your game. We do not request Gmail, contacts or Drive access, or store your Google password.

Cloudflare hosts the game and stores your account, session records and puzzle progress. The web uses a secure, HttpOnly session cookie. Sessions expire after 30 days. Local play continues offline and sync retries when connected.

How scores merge

A dated puzzle counts once. A completed winning attempt takes priority over a loss or incomplete attempt; a completed loss takes priority over an incomplete attempt; within the same outcome priority the longer history is retained, then a fixed deterministic tie-break. If attempts diverge, both histories are retained for recovery, but only the selected result contributes to the tally. Hint use is preserved. Separate practice games count separately. Earlier totals are carried over once per original device.

Guest progress is imported when you first connect this device to an account. After that, automatic guest import is limited to that same account. Account saves remain separate from guest play and from other accounts. Sound, volume and motion settings stay on each device.

World leaderboard and player controls

Every installation creates a random device player ID and a private ownership key, stored locally alongside your game. These are generated identifiers, not hardware fingerprints. A guest public profile belongs to that app or browser. A signed-in Google account has a separate player identity that can be used across signed-in devices.

When sharing is on and this version connects, it creates a public profile with a generated name such as Player A1B2C3D4 and automatically uploads completed daily and archive games saved on this device. In Public profile, Share my results turns future uploads on or off without deleting your profile or results already published. Your existing sharing choice is kept when the game updates. You can also set a nickname or separately delete your public profile and past leaderboard results. Your Google name, email address, private guesses and device ownership key are not public. Names can be edited in Public profile. Names that impersonate WordTwiq or its operator, or that contain offensive words, are refused, including disguised spellings. To report a public name, email wordtwiq@dfrankiej.com with the name and the date you saw it; the operator can rename or remove a public profile. Guest and account profiles remain separate, and nicknames do not have to be unique: the public ID distinguishes them.

The server checks submitted guesses against the daily puzzle and calculates points. Each date counts once, using the first completed result the server receives. Later hint use can reduce points; replaying cannot raise them. Practice does not count. If one uploaded attempt cannot be accepted, your other valid results are still published. This is a casual, trust-based leaderboard that supports offline play, not a cheat-proof tournament. Public profiles and results are stored by Cloudflare.

When Share my results is off, no new daily or archive results upload. Existing public results stay visible until you delete the public profile. Your local puzzle progress and optional private Google backup are unchanged. The choice applies to this guest browser or, when signed in, to this Google player across its signed-in devices. Turning sharing on uploads saved daily and archive games, including games completed while sharing was off. Practice never uploads to the leaderboard.

Delete public profile removes that profile and its leaderboard entries immediately from the active service; boards other players have open can show them for up to about 10 seconds longer. It keeps your private/local puzzle progress and Google sync account. Other players may have retained screenshots or copies of public scores. Infrastructure recovery backups can retain deleted data for a limited period. Deletion stores a participation-off preference for this player identity, including across devices using the same Google account. Automatic requests cannot recreate it; joining again is your choice.

New attempts record when the first twin and second twin are submitted. These timestamps stay with your private save and optional Google sync. The elapsed duration is public alongside guess count and hint use when your public profile is active. Today uses rules daily-2: assisted and unassisted groups rank separately. In the default Guesses view, solved pairs rank by fewest guesses and equal guess counts share rank regardless of time. Losses follow wins. The optional Speed view adds device-reported twin time after guess count; untimed entries follow timed entries only in that view. These display rules apply to older rows without changing saved points. Pauses are included. Times are device-reported; a gap under half a second between twins is treated as untimed. The live board refreshes every 30 seconds while open; Today changes at midnight UTC. Monthly and all-time boards retain points scoring. From 24 September 2026, Month and All time count a result only when it reaches the server by the end of the UTC day after its puzzle date, so they reward playing on the day; archive puzzles remain free to play. Results received before then keep counting, and no stored result is changed. Boards can be up to about 10 seconds behind.

Export, deletion and retention

Cloud saves remain until you request deletion. Up to 20 prior save revisions are retained for recovery. Cloudflare’s infrastructure backups may retain deleted data for a limited recovery period. Expired sign-in requests are cleared daily. Sign out in Menu → Saves & sync to return to guest play. Offline sign-out disconnects this game locally; server sessions expire automatically.

Connected on the web? Visit your account page to download your synced progress or permanently delete your Google sync account, cloud save and signed-in public profile. For local-export, deletion or privacy help, contact wordtwiq@dfrankiej.com. If your request concerns a Google sync account, use the email linked to that account. Signing out alone does not delete cloud or local saves.

Download selected local progress exports only the guest or account currently selected in the game, including that owner’s retained history and drafts. It does not export other accounts used in this window. A saving warning can cover unsaved changes from several owners; keep the window open and use Retry device saving. Download synced progress exports the cloud copy and may omit changes that have not synced.

Sharing and technical information

Daily leaderboard results upload under your generated or chosen nickname while Share my results is on. Turning it off stops new uploads; separately deleting the public profile removes its existing public history. Practice stays private unless you choose Share. A shared result shows guess patterns and hint use, without answer words or your email. No advertising or cross-site marketing trackers are added. Privacy-preserving Cloudflare Web Analytics measures aggregate reliability and usage. Cloudflare also processes network information such as IP addresses to deliver and protect the service. Limited operational logs report errors; game contents and credentials are not intentionally logged. If the game hits a technical error in your browser, it sends a short error report (the error message with email addresses and long identifiers removed, the game file and line, the game version, the screen and your browser's user-agent) to WordTwiq's own server logs so the problem can be fixed. No third-party error tracker is used and reports are not linked to your account or leaderboard profile.

Private synced saves and public leaderboard results are separate records. The game is intended for general audiences; an account is never needed to play.