Word Sword 1.0

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Version	1.0
Category	Word Game

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Released in 2005 as Mac OS X shareware under the tagline "A Sword for Words!", wordSword is a four-mode word puzzle and reference toolkit that bundles a crossword-style letter-pattern solver, an anagram engine, a jumble unscrambler, and an integrated dictionary/thesaurus lookup in a single Aqua window.Setting and themeThere is no story or theme beyond the workmanlike word-puzzle premise: it is a desk tool aimed at crossword solvers, Scrabble players, and word-game enthusiasts who want a single utility instead of a pile of websites.GameplayFour modes share one interface. Letter-pattern search finds words matching a wildcard mask such as ?A?ER for crossword fills. Anagram mode generates every legal word and phrase from a bag of letters. Jumble mode unscrambles a single word. The lookup mode pulls definitions and synonyms from the bundled dictionary so the player can verify a candidate without leaving the app.Development and releaseVersion 1.0 shipped in 2005 as a PowerPC build requiring Mac OS X 10.2 or later. Version 1.1, released in 2011, was a Universal Binary requiring 10.4 and added Intel support, keeping the app alive across Apple's processor transition.Reception and legacywordSword never achieved wide commercial visibility, circulating instead through MacUpdate-style shareware listings. It is preserved on Macintosh Garden as a small but functional artifact of the OS X-era word-utility shareware niche.