You can also select any square in the crossword grid and click the square again to swap between highlighting Across and Down clues. To answer a clue, highlight the grid space by clicking on the clue in the list. Divided into two lists, Across and Down, clues often involve trivia, word play, or brain teasers. In Crosswords, the goal is to find answers for all of the given clues. Players can solve by using all the tiles given. The Bonus Twister is an extra puzzle players can unlock by finding the three words with keys next to them. To make a word, click or drag tiles to move them above the rack and press the Check button. Words must have at least three letters and cannot be abbreviations or proper nouns. In Word Twister, the goal is to make as many words as possible using the given tiles. Suffix tiles can only be used at the end of a word. Prefix tiles can only be used at the beginning of a word. Double letter tiles with a slash between them can work as either letter, otherwise if there are two letters they are both used. Some tiles have two letters or unique characteristics. Each tile can only be used once per word. To make a word, select any tile and drag through adjacent or diagonal letter tiles to make words. In Wordament, the goal is to find words by highlighting adjacent or diagonal letter tiles in sequence.

Through the service, the game gives out achievements and the associated Gamerscore as reward, even if the user is using a non-Microsoft device. The game had the distinction that allows optional access to online leaderboards through Xbox Live service from all platforms, including iOS and Android devices.

The game was relaunched in June 2017 with two new game modes, Crosswords and Word Twister (first known as Jumble). Microsoft Ultimate Word Games (known as Wordament on iOS and Android) is a word puzzle game published by Microsoft Studios, first released for Windows Phone as 'Wordament' on April 24, 2012.

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