Frequently asked questions

The daily game is free and does not require a game account, and it stays that way. There is one optional one-time purchase, Pinteza Plus, which unlocks a separate authored campaign.

We hope not. It is built around a daily word of five, six, or seven letters, depending on the date, and a Collection that keeps the words you solve in Pinteza's main modes. It also has weekly Chaos, Sprint, and a one-on-one Duo mode.

No. Pinteza has no game account. Progress is saved on your device.

Mostly. Practice, Sprint and Chaos play fully offline. The daily word is fetched fresh each day, so it needs a moment online to load, then you finish it offline. Duo is a live two-player mode, so it needs a connection.

Guess the day's hidden word. After each guess, tiles turn green for a correct letter in the right position and yellow for a correct letter in the wrong position, helping you close in on the answer. See the full how to play guide.

Six guesses on five- and six-letter days, and seven on the seven-letter days, so the longest words come with an extra try.

The daily word is 5, 6, or 7 letters depending on the day, so no two days play the same. It keeps the daily fresh instead of always being a five-letter puzzle.

A fresh word is selected each day for each edition. Players using the same edition see the same word, making their results comparable and shareable. A new word arrives at local midnight.

Pinteza fetches the day's word when it is needed instead of shipping weeks of answers inside the app. That keeps future words off the device before their day. It may take a moment to load, then you can finish the round offline.

There are five modes: the Daily puzzle, Practice, timed Sprint, a weekly Chaos modifier that changes the rules, and Duo, a one-on-one word duel with a friend.

Chaos rotates a new rule-bending modifier every week, the same for everyone. There are seven in the rotation, from a reversed word to a shrinking keyboard, and no modifier repeats within any four-week window.

Win the daily puzzle on consecutive days to build a streak. Streak shields you earn as you play can cover the occasional missed day, so a single slip does not reset everything.

Yes. Duo is a one-on-one word duel with a friend, played live. One of you starts a match and shares its code or link, and the other joins from their own phone. For now, both of you need the Android app.

Pinteza comes in English, European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese. Each edition has its own words, definitions and daily word; it is not a translation of another. You choose an edition in the app, and more languages are on the way.

No. Each edition has its own daily word and is not a translation of another.

Pinteza is out now for Android phones and tablets, on Google Play. The iPhone and iPad version is coming later. Leave your email and we will tell you when it is out.

Probably not. Pinteza has streak shields. You earn one for every 7 days of your streak and can hold up to 2, and if you miss a single day a shield is spent automatically to keep your streak alive. You will see it on your end screen and in the streak view. Each shield bridges one missed day, so a gap of more days than you have shields will still reset the run.

Your streak and stats are saved on your device. We keep testing save and recovery on real devices, and we will not promise that a crash or an interrupted save can never affect progress.

Usually, yes. Progress is saved on your phone, and Android's own backup copies it to your Google account, so reinstalling, or moving to a new Android phone with the same Google account, brings it back. That backup runs on your phone's schedule, at most about once a day, and only when backup is turned on in your phone's settings. Pinteza Plus comes back with Restore purchases in Settings.

Each language has its own word lists. The list of words you may guess is broader than the possible-answer list, so uncommon words can still work as probes. If a real, common word is missing, tell us and we will review it.

Yes. Words solved in Pinteza's main modes (the Daily, Practice, Sprint, Chaos and Duo) are saved to your Collection, together with their meaning and a rarity from Common to Legendary. You build a growing library of words you have met and can read what each one means.

One payment, once, that unlocks the Anthology: 200 hand-picked puzzles across 20 volumes in your edition, plus the Founder set (a background, a board theme, a keyboard, a Duo expression plate and a Founder mark on the cards you share) for anyone who buys by 31 December 2026 (23:59 UTC). It is not a subscription, nothing renews and nothing expires. Full detail is on the Pinteza Plus page.

No. The Daily, Practice, Sprint, Chaos and Duo are free before you buy and stay exactly as free afterwards. Plus adds something separate to play, it does not put a gate in front of something you already had. It also gives no advantage in the daily word.

None, for anyone, whether you buy Plus or not. The App does not read your advertising identifier either (the Privacy Policy explains one narrow exception in older versions of the App).

No. Coins are earned by playing and there is no way to buy them.

Open Settings and tap Restore purchases. If it still does not appear, check that you are signed in to the same Apple or Google account you actually paid with, then write to support@pinteza.app with the receipt and we will sort it out.

Sign in to the same store account and tap Restore purchases in Settings. Plus is tied to the Apple or Google account that bought it, not to a Pinteza account, because there is no Pinteza account to move.

Apple and Google take the payment, so refunds go through them: Apple or Google. If something in the game is broken, write to us first and we will try to fix it rather than have you lose the purchase.

Open Settings, then Data & Backup, and tap Delete my online results. That removes the game results held on our server for your device straight away. Your streak, stats and collection live on your phone and are untouched. Uninstalling stops anything further being sent. We stopped using OneSignal (streak tips) and Layers (usage statistics) on 13 October 2026 and deleted what they held for Pinteza players. See the Privacy Policy.

It is intended for players aged 13 and over. Duo lets two people play the same word at the same time using a short set of preset expressions, and there is no free-text chat.

Yes. Settings has a colour-blind mode that shifts the tile colours to a palette that is easier to tell apart, so correct and misplaced letters stay clear.

Yes. Turn on Reduce motion in Settings and Pinteza shows fewer particles and effects while keeping the game fully playable. There is also a Reduce flashes setting that turns off bright screen flashes.