Bonza Word Puzzle

Name: Bonza Word Puzzle
Rating: 4.7 (9281 reviews)
Author: Minimega

A new type of crossword

Free · In‑App Purchases

9.3K Ratings
Ages

13+
Years
Category

Word
Developer

Minimega
Language

EN
English
Size

101.8
MB

** App Store Best of 2014 ** "Bonza puzzles are instantly addictive!" - Will Shortz (Crossword Editor, The New York Times) "It’s an idea so simple I can’t believe it hasn’t been done yet." - Mark Serrels, Kotaku Bonza is a new type of crossword that has become an instant classic. It mixes word search, jigsaw and trivia to create something completely fresh. If you like a word challenge and you enjoy pushing boxes around with your fingers, then you'll love Bonza Word Puzzle. DAILY PUZZLES Every day you'll be able to solve a new puzzle designed by the Bonza community. BONZA PUZZLE CREATOR Create your own custom Bonza puzzles and challenge friends.

Ratings & Reviews

4.7

out of 5

9.3K Ratings

Great Game
02/04/2020

diac1
I really enjoy this game. Ads are minimal and although there's the option to pay for some puzzle packs, I've been playing for a few years and haven't spent a dime. I'd love to spend the 13,000+ coins I've accumulated on new Showcase Packs if anymore ever become available though. For now I'm just playing the daily shuffles and occasional bonus puzzles.Some of my favorites are the mystery clue puzzles for their extra challenge. I also like having the option of being able to get a small clue (or several if I need them) by watching a short ad. I keep the sound off and the ads are short so they don't bother me at all. Highly recommend this one if you enjoy word puzzles.
Great Game
02/04/2020

diac1

I really enjoy this game. Ads are minimal and although there's the option to pay for some puzzle packs, I've been playing for a few years and haven't spent a dime. I'd love to spend the 13,000+ coins I've accumulated on new Showcase Packs if anymore ever become available though. For now I'm just playing the daily shuffles and occasional bonus puzzles.Some of my favorites are the mystery clue puzzles for their extra challenge. I also like having the option of being able to get a small clue (or several if I need them) by watching a short ad. I keep the sound off and the ads are short so they don't bother me at all. Highly recommend this one if you enjoy word puzzles.
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09/12/2024

TheTheory
So I’ve been playing a couple of weeks now and I have some opinions. First, by and large, it’s a solid word puzzle game with a good premise and decent execution. The UI could use a little bit of fine tuning, especially on phone screens where the limited space makes accurate selecting of pieces a bit too much trial and error. But that’s whatever. Lots of puzzle games suffer a bit on phone screens. There are two areas, however, that impact the fun of the game. 1. The random nature of the daily puzzle is suboptimal. Frankly, combining the daily puzzle with the user submitted puzzles is a bad idea. The daily puzzle should be the central draw to bring players into the game each day. Therefore they need to be good. As is? Sometimes there’re good, sometimes they’re not. They either need to have better curation or they need to be made by the devs, not farmed out to the players. 2. The puzzle should be making words to fit the category NOT trying to figure out the category. I’ve gotten stuck several times. If I’m struggling because I can’t figure out how the pieces apply to the category, that’s fine. In those cases it’s me playing (and failing) at the game I opted into. But when I struggle because the category is hidden and nothing is fitting together, it feels like a cheap trick. It doesn’t feel good. That’s not the point of the puzzle. But hey, even with those issues I’m still playing.
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09/12/2024

TheTheory

So I’ve been playing a couple of weeks now and I have some opinions. First, by and large, it’s a solid word puzzle game with a good premise and decent execution. The UI could use a little bit of fine tuning, especially on phone screens where the limited space makes accurate selecting of pieces a bit too much trial and error. But that’s whatever. Lots of puzzle games suffer a bit on phone screens. There are two areas, however, that impact the fun of the game. 1. The random nature of the daily puzzle is suboptimal. Frankly, combining the daily puzzle with the user submitted puzzles is a bad idea. The daily puzzle should be the central draw to bring players into the game each day. Therefore they need to be good. As is? Sometimes there’re good, sometimes they’re not. They either need to have better curation or they need to be made by the devs, not farmed out to the players. 2. The puzzle should be making words to fit the category NOT trying to figure out the category. I’ve gotten stuck several times. If I’m struggling because I can’t figure out how the pieces apply to the category, that’s fine. In those cases it’s me playing (and failing) at the game I opted into. But when I struggle because the category is hidden and nothing is fitting together, it feels like a cheap trick. It doesn’t feel good. That’s not the point of the puzzle. But hey, even with those issues I’m still playing.
Used to love this game… now it’s just an ad grab
07/29/2024

Nyla :D
I had the luxury of playing this game for YEARS, since I was in high school! (Almost ten years now) and I have had periods where I don’t play as much, but recently I’ve been playing before bed to help relieve some anxiety I’ve been feeling. I had never updated the game since I got it (I don’t like to update things unless it’s absolutely necessary) and then I was stuck on a puzzle and tried to do my usual “watch ad for free hint” but no matter what it would not play an ad and wouldn’t give me the hint. So I decided to update the app not knowing all of this ad stuff happened. I can’t play a SINGLE level without seeing an ad. All the levels are made available to you (before you had to earn them with coins) so the coins they are begging you to buy don’t even matter! Every time I open the app I’m bombarded with a pop up to buy things. It’s ridiculous! Obviously the game has no interest in being usable and only cares about money. So beyond disappointed. I’m thinking of deleting this game despite how much I’ve loved it over the years. Too many ads and the fact that every level is now available to me instead of having to earn it takes away the play value for me. Plus, if you don’t need coins to unlock levels, what do you need them for?? Scammers!! I’m so sad :(((
Used to love this game… now it’s just an ad grab
07/29/2024

Nyla :D

I had the luxury of playing this game for YEARS, since I was in high school! (Almost ten years now) and I have had periods where I don’t play as much, but recently I’ve been playing before bed to help relieve some anxiety I’ve been feeling. I had never updated the game since I got it (I don’t like to update things unless it’s absolutely necessary) and then I was stuck on a puzzle and tried to do my usual “watch ad for free hint” but no matter what it would not play an ad and wouldn’t give me the hint. So I decided to update the app not knowing all of this ad stuff happened. I can’t play a SINGLE level without seeing an ad. All the levels are made available to you (before you had to earn them with coins) so the coins they are begging you to buy don’t even matter! Every time I open the app I’m bombarded with a pop up to buy things. It’s ridiculous! Obviously the game has no interest in being usable and only cares about money. So beyond disappointed. I’m thinking of deleting this game despite how much I’ve loved it over the years. Too many ads and the fact that every level is now available to me instead of having to earn it takes away the play value for me. Plus, if you don’t need coins to unlock levels, what do you need them for?? Scammers!! I’m so sad :(((
Almost really great
01/04/2019

Adam Tolley
Lots of fun and a different take on crossword puzzles, I found this game addictive enough to blaze through all the free content in under a week. Now I can only do a couple ( literally 2 ) free daily shuffles each day while I slowly acquire points to spend on puzzle packs, or buy the packs at a dollar a piece. Problem is the packs are not very large and playing through them would get expensive quick. But maybe I am just cheap.But what bothers me more than the rest of that is how community content is handled. Free daily shovels all seem to be made up of randomly selected community contributed puzzles. Furthermore, these puzzles can be rated upon completion, and I am guessing the higher rated puzzles are used more often. The problem is that the puzzles you create don’t seem to link back to your account and don’t earn any kind of reward for being highly rated. I would love to be able to earn credits towards other puzzle packs for writing good content, and that seems more than fair given how much user retention relies upon this community generated content.
Almost really great
01/04/2019

Adam Tolley

Lots of fun and a different take on crossword puzzles, I found this game addictive enough to blaze through all the free content in under a week. Now I can only do a couple ( literally 2 ) free daily shuffles each day while I slowly acquire points to spend on puzzle packs, or buy the packs at a dollar a piece. Problem is the packs are not very large and playing through them would get expensive quick. But maybe I am just cheap.But what bothers me more than the rest of that is how community content is handled. Free daily shovels all seem to be made up of randomly selected community contributed puzzles. Furthermore, these puzzles can be rated upon completion, and I am guessing the higher rated puzzles are used more often. The problem is that the puzzles you create don’t seem to link back to your account and don’t earn any kind of reward for being highly rated. I would love to be able to earn credits towards other puzzle packs for writing good content, and that seems more than fair given how much user retention relies upon this community generated content.

Fixed issue running on iOS15

Version 5.0.5

08/28/2024

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Coins to use in Bonza Word Puzzle

$4.99

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