Last updated on December 17th, 2025 at 01:49 am
Strands WordBox Word Search – Education Game Review
Strands WordBox Word Search is a Education/Word/Puzzle game from James Ormond, first launched in 23rd March 2022.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 800+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Strands WordBox Word Search Stand Out
"A challenging game to keep your mind sharp!"
"10/10"
"Addictive and fun!"
Challenge your word search skills with WordBox — the ultimate word search game with over 2,000 free puzzles to solve WITHOUT clues!
• Search for hidden words in puzzles.
• Enhance your spelling and vocabulary skills.
• Play solo or challenge friends to a word battle.
• View the app's live leaderboard to track your progress.
• Thousands of free puzzles.
▶ WORD SEARCH GAME MODES ◀
- CLASSIC MODE: Attempt casual, hard, and impossible word search puzzles!
- THEMED MODE: Animal, sports, and entertainment-themed puzzles await you!
- FRENZY MODE: Beat as many 3×3 to 8×8 word games as possible in a timed challenge!
▶ HOW TO PLAY ◀
• Find and form words from an arrangement of letters in the “WordBox.”
• Play the game solo or challenge friends to test your vocabulary and spelling skills.
• Improve your lateral thinking by searching for hidden words by linking letters in the puzzle.
• Level up your word search skills to improve your speed in finding words as you play more.
• Practice as much as you want with unlimited gameplay in WordBox.
▶ WORDBOX COMPARED TO OTHER POPULAR WORD GAMES ◀
• Distraction-free, minimalist environment.
• No ads or annoying pop-ups.
• Solve unlimited word puzzles.
• New themes and puzzle packs are added every month.
• Play for free or upgrade to unlock premium puzzles available for in-app purchase.
• Challenge friends to a word battle or play solo.
• Improve your spelling and vocabulary skills in a stress-free environment.
• Choose from over 2000+ free and premium word search finder games.
▶ SEE WHAT OTHER PLAYERS SAY ◀
• "The puzzles challenge you to think about and see words in new ways"
• "The daily puzzle has the addictive effect of Wordle"
• "Easy to pick up but hard to put down!"
▶ GET SUPPORT ◀
Have a question? Email us directly at [email protected].
This Education game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Strands WordBox Word Search is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 23rd January 2025
Recent improvements include:
"Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'"
- Martin Luther King Jr.
This update includes bug fixes and improvements. If you're enjoying WordBox, please leave a review! :)
Download & Availability
Strands WordBox Word Search is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Strands WordBox Word Search on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Please add more free play puzzles! Im finished with all of them.
Word Box is a fun thinking game that challenges players because there are so many different ways to clear each puzzle.
We love this game! Finally a game we can just buy and NO ADS!!! Yay!! Its a lot of fun! Five stars all day.
Really enjoy the daily puzzle. We love that there is a theme we wish it told us the theme and intended words once the puzzle was solved.
Hello, Generally we enjoy this game but a few things are problematic and frustrating: we have forgotten what the little hints do and cant find an explanation anywhere (for example, the 100 coins one puts a letter in one of the big-box letters – what is that telling us?!). Also, the Contact menu (since theres no FAQ or explanation anywhere that we can find) doesnt actually allow you to contact anyone.
This brain teaser is so much fun.
We really love this game, but if you finish a daily puzzle before midnight it will break your achievement streak. Other than that we love it.
This game is challenging and addictive. Love it! How do we sync WordBox btw our iPhone and iPad? We are on GameCenter and ICloud, but am at two different levels on the two devices.
A clean and simple interface and rules, but with the right level of challenge so that you struggle a bit. So when you do solve a puzzlle,it feels like a real accomplishment. Really nice that different difficulty levels are available right from the start.
Asked to review after 100 completed puzzles. Ads are annoying, but most are easy to get past. Great word puzzles to challenge and pass some time.
Perhaps Im missing something obvious. But we tried a hard box and am stumped. We cant see how we can indicate we give up! Show us the answer.
There are too many repetitive words in each category. We also finished free play and premium and there are no more games.
Just a little different-and you can play a long time for free.
Good brain exercise, fun and relaxing evening game.
Its challenging, makes you think.
This is challenging but enjoyable.
Fun game that gets you thinking and has no ads at all when you pay!!! Easy to pick up if you have a free moment or spend lots of time playing! Great game.
We love this game! So many possibilities but they dont all work so you keep trying!!!! Keeps our mind sharp.
This makes you look at all the letters and see them make different words.
Quite what one would expect. Its fun. Just got to level 60 something under the food category however and the font changed to a size that we cant read! And our eyes are fine so we dont know what thats about. After playing awhile also the game gets jerky. Update:Thanks to the developer that said they would try to enlarge the font size on level 60 and up Food! When they do that then we can continue. 7/24 Update Well Im done. Today the game will not orient to portrait. We use an iPad and we personally dont like to play games that way. Fun while it lasted.
Pros: -Hours of entertainment (tons of puzzles to complete) -Aesthetically pleasing app -Easy to learn -Good range of challenge -Multiple types of hints available -Low stress, not overstimulating, relaxing -App runs smoothly Cons: -Must remove ads to enjoy it -App starts to slow down after completing many puzzles in a row (maybe 100 or so) but closing and reopening the app solves the issue -A few design quirks like always returning to main menu vs. Having a back button to return to puzzle list -The extra content packs get repetitive (frequently using the same words in puzzles of a particular theme).
Dont know how to quit a puzzle.
WordBox is our favorite commute activity each day! The puzzles challenge you to think about and see words in new ways, which makes the game addicting once youre on a roll. The daily puzzle has the addictive effect of Wordle and has become part of our morning word game routine. A fun way to wake up your brain.
So much fun! Love being timed and having to find the words quickly.
Some puzzles are easy, others really make you think.
We find ourselves working these puzzles often. Enjoyable.
A challenging game to keep your mind sharp! This game has a mix of easier and hard word games to keep you moving forward and motivated to continue in the game.
We enjoy playing Wordbox. Its not too tricky but yet still challenging enough. It moves quickly. And we like a game that doesnt take forever to win.
Really makes you think on how to connect words! Lots of fun.
Need to be able to go diagonally like strands. Because it just gets a little mundane after awhile. But still is fun.
We enjoy the puzzles. Very challenging, but we only like to play for ourselves.
After years of playing Words With Friends, our new addiction/guilty pleasure is Word Box. The possibilities and permutations are joyously maddening, and just when we think Im about to lose it, we solve it. Bravo, James Ormond.
So much fun. Challenging excellent game.
WordBox has started taking up all our free time, easy to pick up but hard to put down! Its a lot of fun to get a hard puzzle down, but its worth it in the end! Got to talk to the developer in a class and that just made us love the game even more.
What fun! We like how the Free Play Word Boxes are categorized by difficulty and you can select the ones you prefer.
WordBox is the perfect game to do on the subway, airplane, or in between meetings. We personally love playing by genre, its super fun to find words within the Animals category.
If you love words and word searches this game is for you. Totally cures our need for engaging new word games!! Challenging, well designed, engaging. Would highly recommend.
When you need a lil brain game to pass the time this is the one to do.
The easy levels are a great way to pass the time, but once you progress to the harder levels you really need to out your thinking hat on! Plus, our favorite part is the ability to see how rank against other players.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.1.5
- Size: 24.53 MB
- iOS: 15.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: James Ormond
Last updated: 23rd January 2025 | Genre: Education, Word | Developer: James Ormond