The short version
- You can play without an account. Then your games stay on your phone and we keep nothing about you.
- If you sign in, we keep your games, stats and settings so they follow you to other devices.
- We never sell your data.
- You can delete your account, and everything in it, from Settings at any time.
Playing without an account
Your games, found words, stats, name and settings are saved in your browser on this device (local storage and IndexedDB). They are not sent to us. Clearing this site’s data in your browser removes them.
When you sign in
Signing in with Google or Apple is optional. When you do, we keep:
- Your email address, name and profile picture, as Google or Apple share them, so we know it’s you.
- The name you play under (your first name unless you change it on Home).
- Your games: the letter grids, the words you’ve found and the hints you’ve used.
- Your lifetime stats and achievements, and your settings (sound, music, look and word options).
We use this only to run the game: saving your progress and syncing it between devices. Apple’s “Hide My Email” works fine; we only see the relay address.
Purchases and tips
If you buy Supporter, Stripe takes the payment. We never see or store your card details. We keep a record that your account bought Supporter, with the amount, currency, date and Stripe’s checkout reference, so it stays unlocked on every device. Stripe keeps its own payment records, as the law requires; see Stripe’s privacy policy. Tips go through the tip page’s own provider, under its privacy policy.
Daily puzzles
Without an account, daily puzzle progress and streaks stay on your device. When you’re signed in, each day’s letters and the words you found are saved to your account, so you can carry on from another device. They’re deleted with your account.
Shared grids
When you share a grid, anyone with the link sees the name you play under, the grid itself and how many words each player has found. Only share links with people you want to see them.
Definitions and analytics
When you tap a word to see its meaning, our server looks up only that word with the Free Dictionary API and Wiktionary. Nothing about you is sent with it. We use Vercel Web Analytics to count page visits and anonymous play events, such as starting a board, sharing, or opening Supporter checkout. Those events carry only coarse details: board size, a word theme or daily, and buckets of words found. They never include your name, email, account, or the words you find. We also count new accounts, new games, and shop checkouts on the server, with the same limit, and Vercel measures page speed. None of this uses cookies or tracks you across sites. Fonts are served from our own site, not from Google.
Who handles your data
- Supabase: accounts and the database that stores signed-in players’ games and purchases.
- Stripe: payments, only if you buy something.
- Vercel: hosts the website, counts visits and anonymous events, and measures page speed.
- Google and Apple: sign-in, only if you choose them.
These services may store data outside your country, including in the United States.
How long we keep it, and deleting it
We keep your account data until you delete your account. Go to Settings, then Delete account. That removes your account, games, stats, settings and purchase records from our database straight away. Stripe may keep payment records it is required to keep. Grids you shared stay playable for your friends, but without your name.
Your rights
Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR in the EU and UK, or in California), you can ask to see, correct, export or delete your data, or object to how we use it. We rely on providing the game you asked for as our reason to use your account data. Write to hello@wordunwind.app and we’ll answer within 30 days. You can also complain to your local data protection authority.
Children
Word Unwind is for players 13 and older, and its word list includes grown-up words. We don’t knowingly collect data from children under 13. If you think a child has signed in, write to hello@wordunwind.app and we’ll delete the account.
Changes and contact
If this policy changes, we’ll update the date above. Questions? Write to hello@wordunwind.app. See also the Terms of Service.