Cricket word game and quiz for Android

Swipe cricket words. Fill the stands.

A wheel of letters, a crossword grid, and nothing but cricket in it. Spell yorker, googly and sledge, then a player round asks you to name cricketers from India, Pakistan, England and beyond. Every level you clear puts another Nuffy in the stands.

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A player round at level 4: the grid shows WASIM and SHAMI, with the letters S, A, I, M, H, W and T on the wheel below.
The Nets ground with 14 of 20 blocks of the stands lit, Nuffies on the outfield, a 9-day streak, and buttons for Nuffy Quiz, the daily puzzle and level 15.

How a level works

Every grid is cricket, start to finish

Each level gives you three to eight words to find. Drag across the letters on the wheel and, if the word fits, it drops into the grid. No clock is running and you can't lose a life, so take your time over the long ones.

  • Player rounds. Every fourth level, every word in the grid is a cricketer's name. The banner tells you before you start, so you're not hunting for "snick" in a grid of surnames.
  • Hints when you're stuck. Your first hint is free. After that, spend Runs to reveal a letter, Snick a tile you pick, or call Hawk-Eye for a whole word.
  • Shuffle for free. Spin the wheel as often as you like. Sometimes the word is obvious once the letters move.
Level 4, a player round. The banner reads: Every word is a cricketer's name. WASIM runs across the grid and SHAMI runs down it.

Nuffy's notes

Find a word, find out what it means

Each word you get comes with a one-line note: what a snick is, how a nick differs, who a name belongs to. When the grid is done, the level-clear screen lists the notes for every word in it, so you can read back over the ones you guessed.

Clear a level without a single wrong word and you get the Flawless bonus on top.

The Flawless level-clear screen: A snick Nuffy joined your ground. Notes for SNICK, NICK and SKIP, then Runs for the level clear, Flawless and word combo, totalling 17.

Nuffy Quiz

Ten questions. Think you'll get all ten?

The quiz draws from 407 questions across the laws of the game, World Cup finals, records, grounds, nicknames and the franchise leagues. Each answer, right or wrong, comes with a line on why, so a miss still teaches you something for next time.

  • Runs for right answers. A perfect ten pays a bonus.
  • A rank to climb. Your lifetime score takes you up the ladder from Tail-ender to Legend.
  • Spotted a wrong answer? Email us the question and a source. We check every report.
Nuffy Quiz, question 3 of 10: Who has taken the most Test wickets for India? Anil Kumble is marked correct, with a note that he took 619 wickets in 132 Tests.

Your ground

From the nets to the Long Room

Every level you clear brings a Nuffy to your ground and lights another block of the stands. Twenty levels pack the ground out and the next one opens on the map. The 25 grounds run from a village green to Lord's, by way of the Men in Blue, the Baggy Green, the Ashes, the Caribbean, the subcontinent and franchise night cricket.

  • The ground map: Village Green fully lit, The Pavilion at 6 of 20, and later grounds still locked.

    The map. See which grounds are full and what's next.

  • The Village Green album, 16 of 20 Nuffies found, each named after its word, such as Stance, Snick, Malinga and Mithali.

    The album. Each Nuffy is named after the word that earned it.

  • Decorate mode on Village Green with the Pavilion gate selected.

    Decorate. Spend Runs on things like a pavilion gate, and on kit colours for your Nuffies.

  • The daily puzzle with RUNRATE and TURN already found in the grid.

    Daily puzzle. A new grid each day and a golden Nuffy for the album.

A puzzle each day

A streak that doesn't punish you for a day off

The daily puzzle pays out Runs and a rare golden Nuffy for your album. Come back each day to build a streak. Miss a day for a match, a wedding or a long weekend and the streak pauses where it was. It doesn't drop back to zero.

All of it works offline. There's no account to make, and your progress, Runs and Nuffies are saved on your phone.

Availability

Coming soon to Google Play

Cricket Nuffy isn't on Google Play yet. It's in closed testing first, and the public release follows once that's done. It will be free, with no ads and nothing to buy in the first release.

Want to know the day it's out? Send us an email and we'll reply when you can download it.

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Questions

Before you ask

Can I download Cricket Nuffy yet?

Not yet. The game is going through Google Play's closed testing first. Email us and we'll tell you when it's on Google Play.

Does it cost anything?

No. The first release is free, with no ads and nothing to buy. Runs, hints, decorations and kit colours are all earned by playing.

Do I need an internet connection?

No. Levels, the daily puzzle and the quiz all work offline. There's no account, and your progress is saved on your phone.

Is there an iPhone version?

Not at the moment. Cricket Nuffy is coming to Android first.

Is this an official cricket game?

No. Cricket Nuffy isn't affiliated with any cricket board, league, team or player. Player names appear only as words, clues and quiz answers.

Who is it for?

Cricket fans aged 13 and over. You don't need to know every stat. Each word has a short note and each quiz answer comes with an explanation.