Typeshift

Noodlecake

Contains adsIn-app purchases

About this game

From the creator of SpellTower, comes a new and completely original word game!
Anagrams meets Word Search, with a sprinkle of Crosswords.

Typeshift is the modern anagram puzzle; re-imagined from the ground up, combining wordplay, modern game design, and a mobile-first approach.

In most anagram games, you search for new combinations within a single word, but in Typeshift, you search within three to five words stacked & scrambled up together.

Shift columns of letters up and down as you try to spell words in the center row. Play continues until you have used all letters in a puzzle at least once.

Special Clue Puzzles combine Crosswords with Anagrams as you match clever clues provided by Typeshift's various puzzle authors.

- Daily Word Game Play with Global Leaderboards -

Typeshift features a free daily challenge with global leaderboards. The easiest challenge for the week appears on Monday, and progressively more challenging puzzles build throughout the week.

Compare your fastest Typeshift daily solving times with players around the globe!

------WHAT CRITICS ARE SAYING

"Addictive and edifying, like popping a special kind of bubble wrap that expands your vocabulary.”
- The Verge

"Typeshift is a unmissable entry to the [word] genre." Gold Award.
- Pocket Gamer

"Typeshift is awesome"
- Giant Bombcast

------WHATS IN THE “BOX”?

Typeshift comes with over a hundred free puzzles, with more coming soon, plus new free daily puzzles every day.
Additional puzzle packs may be purchased in-app.
Purchasing any puzzle pack removes ads, and unlocks themes & detailed statistics.

------A WORD FROM THE DEVELOPER

Typeshift continues my quest to re-imagine classic newspaper games in the digital era.
Where SpellTower tackled word search and Really Bad Chess handled chess puzzles, Typeshift re-examines Anagrams and Crosswords.

Typeshift has been a joy to develop, and I hope you have as much fun playing it as I had making it.
As always, thanks so much for your support!

-zach

Ratings and reviews

Love the app, but since the latest Android update, Typeshift freezes about 70% of the time when I open it. It hasn't been updated in nearly two years. Maybe it's abandonware at this point. EDIT May 2026: Performance had improved in the last several months and crashes were rare. I was able to enjoy the game again! But since the Samsung OneUI 8.5 update, the app now crashes immediately every time I try to open it. Maybe the devs can fix it again. I hope so! Upped rating for previous fixes.

Another Update: deleted the app. It's freezing too much on start up. UPDATE: Knocked it down to one star because now the app is crashing daily and I'm constantly resetting just to play. This sucks because I really love the game. Great when it works. I love the game and purchasing additional puzzles and hints are decently priced. However, the app freezes constantly on start up. It usually takes a couple opens and closes to actually get it working. Once it's working, it's fine.

I'd love to keep plating this but the bottom of the screen is covered by a black bar so I can't access the menu at the bottom very well, and if there are a lot of clues in a game I can't see them all and can't finish the puzzle. I have a Pixel 3a and I saw another review with the same problem on a Pixel 4. Maybe this game just isn't compatible with Pixels somehow? Such a bummer.

What’s new

Minor bug fixes and usability tweaks for newer devices.