What is apterous?
apterous is a UK-based puzzle game where players compete to solve word and number puzzles. You can play in British English, French, German, Welsh, global English and a variety of other languages.
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Current Duel Leaders
| # | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben H | — |
Format: 19 rounds of 25 seconds.
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Major Dictionary Change
Announcement by Ray Wilding. Status: Unconfirmed.
All the words imported from the OED since 2015 (e.g. https://www.apterous.org/ticket_view.php?ticket=3146), are now no longer in premiumoxforddictionaries.com - maybe they'll come back, but I doubt it. ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
5 0 5
Updating other language dictionaries
Brainstorm by Roger Peak. Status: Unconfirmed.
Can someone tell me - do the dictionaries for other languages ever get updated and what drives that ? [Read more] [More miscellany]
4 1 3
Olympics Superbru
Announcement by Andy SC. Status: Unconfirmed.
Like the Olympics? Like predicting sporting results? Like sports in general? If you have answered yes to any of those questions then this is exactly for you. I've set up three polls on Superbru for ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
4 0 9
Effect of Dictionary Changes on Ascension
Miscellaneous topic by Steve H. Status: Unconfirmed.
Hello all Have been unable to find the ticket for the last time Ascension had a large conundrum update which IIRC addressed this issue so do bear that in mind, but what happens to Ascension when conundrums ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
16 1 2
CO:LON 2024 - Countdown in London 2024 - sponsored by Word Game Geeks - Saturday 24th August 2024
Announcement by Phil Stanton. Status: Unconfirmed.
I'm pleased to announce CO:LON - Countdown in London 2024 – a FOCAL Countdown event, supported by generous sponsorship from Word Game Geeks. For those who don’t know, Word Game Geeks is the company ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
5 0 0
Fantasy football 24/25
Announcement by Adam Latchford. Status: Unconfirmed.
Hi League is set up again for next season https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/9ezi6g If you were in the league last season and use your email again - you'll automatically be involved. ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
9 1 1
A lot of words have disappeared from Oxford Dictionaries Premium
Brainstorm by Matthew Tassier. Status: Unconfirmed.
Surprised at being unable to find GAMETOID in the online dictionary today, I investigated a little and have found over 100 words beginning GA... that are no longer in the dictionary. These are words from ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
64 3 13
Variant idea: Jaildown
Variant idea by Charlie Reams. Status: Accepted. Priority: 2.
Request description: Time-based Prisoner's Dilemma scoring. If both players declare the same word, only the fastest one gets the points. This would involve either ending round early when you're happy ... [Read more] [More variant ideas]
28 0 3
Time axis on superstats graphs to report actual dates, not "days ago"
Website feature request by Graeme Cole. Status: Unconfirmed.
I read Jack Hurst's C4C post about Letters Max Progression http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=14268 with interest, but the choice of labelling on the X-axis of the graphs makes interpreting ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
12 0 10
Ratings and new players
Brainstorm by Fiona T. Status: Unconfirmed.
AIUI you have to play 11(?) games in a variant to cement a rating in that variant. While you're provisionally rated, you can see swings of several hundred in your rating but it should pan out by the ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
31 1 32
Enable Facility To Delete Dormant Games
Game feature request by Phil Collinge. Status: Unconfirmed.
Since the move away from Java one slight negative is that dormant games never die. And occasionally they should be allowed to. In my case I started one game around two months ago against a human who, ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
29 2 7
New high score format - Rex Attack
Game feature request by Matty Artell. Status: Unconfirmed.
A lot of the top tier players (read: Rob Foster) like to play this funtastic format - https://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=2812926 - seeing how many maxes in a row they can score against Rex. I think ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
25 0 6
Words by Usefulness - January 2024
Announcement by Rob Foster. Status: Unconfirmed.
The latest version of the Words by Usefulness Doc is out. Special mentions go to ANTIPOSE and ANTIPOLE for being among the most useful additions. As for UNDERBOOB - must try harder. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DAcyuWyoLBx6T32mlw0eYWPmvl3PoNWL/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102346750340488444279&rtpof=true&sd=true ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
51 2 4
Cancel other challenges when game is started
Game feature request by Fiona T. Status: Unconfirmed.
I think it would be useful if, when a game is accepted, other challenges are cancelled. Some players (often newer ones) send multiple challenges. The suggestion is that once a challenge is accepted, ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
38 0 10
How long's that word been in?
Website feature request by Graeme Cole. Status: Unconfirmed.
We frequently hear/read the question "is that a new word?" We can usually get a vague idea by using the "word search" dropdown in Lexplorer and looking for the earliest game it was offered by a bot or ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
30 0 6
Ten year anniversary item
Brainstorm by Jonathan Wynn. Status: Unconfirmed.
Hi Charlie, some people have reached/are approaching their ten year anniversary on this wonderful site- would be cool to have some sort of item for this-any chance? Additionally, anyone have suggestions ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
5 7 12
Undo numbers misclicks
Game feature request by David Holmes. Status: Unconfirmed.
I suspect this one has been done to death in the past... But as a relatively new player to Apterous I just wondered if the possibility of any leniency or undo feature had been considered when entering ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
45 1 2
Report user button
Website feature request by Fiona T. Status: Unconfirmed.
For those hopefully very rare situations where it is necessary to report a user, it would be useful to have a 'report' button against a profile, which would raise a private ticket linking to that profile ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
32 6 24
Option to Disable Spectation Notification
Brainstorm by Philip Aston. Status: Unconfirmed.
Elliott Mellor and I have recently agreed that there should be a settings option to disable the notification that reads “(Whoever) is watching you” during a game. Understandably, some people find ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
39 0 3
Disallowed words and valid anagrams
Game feature request by Martin Hurst. Status: Unconfirmed.
In Superstats, you can access a list of your most disallowed words. It has columns for "hits" (i.e. the number of times you have submitted it), and "words" (which shows the invalid word) Could a 3rd ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
News
27 July 2024
- Luke Johnson-Davies's 60 - 0 game with The Duellist received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×4]
- Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to Matt OC, who lasted 21 rounds with a target of 6. Woof!
- The Duel was won by Luke Johnson-Davies with a score of 60 from 60.
26 July 2024
- Luke Johnson-Davies's game with The Duellist received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×2]
- Luke Johnson-Davies tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Luke Johnson-Davies tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Florence C-L tied the record number of maximums for Junior Numbers Attack with 20 maxes.
- Thomas Carey's 39 - 0 game with The Duellist received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×2]
- Matthew Tassier commented on People's Choice Weakest Link 2024: Round 28: Hyper 15. [+1 other]
- Liam O tied the record number of maximums for 9 Rounder with 9 maxes.
- Stephen R tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Jnr 15 with 15 maxes.
- Roger Peak tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Jnr 15 with 15 maxes.
- Roger Peak tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Jnr 15 with 15 maxes.
- Tom Cappleman tied the high score for Hyper Numbers Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- M S R commented on Apterous Football Season 2024/25: Sign-Ups Proper. [+3 others]
- Sam Shepherd tied the high score for Nice Numbers Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Steven Oldham tied the high score for Junior Numbers Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Dan Spinks tied the high score for Junior Numbers Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- M S R commented on Apterous Presidential Election 2024: Ohio election.
- Roger Peak tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Jnr 15 with 15 maxes.
- Tal Lessner tied the record number of maximums for Numbers Attack with 20 maxes.
- Adam Latchford commented on ross k's game with Mr Dog. [+1 other]
- ross k's 9 - 0 game with Mr Dog received a nomination for Game of the Week.
- Thomas Carey tied the high score for Nice Numbers Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to ross k, who lasted 12 rounds with a target of 6. Woof!
- The Duel was won by 15 people (Ray Wilding, Ben H, Arthur P, Graeme Cole, Dave Robjohns, Zohaib Rehan, Martin Thomas, Matt Gould, Dave Kempshall, Mark O'Regan, Matthew Tassier, Matt OC, Chris Hare, Luke Johnson-Davies and Tony Atkins) with a score of 120 from 120.
25 July 2024
- Stephen R tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Jnr 15 with 15 maxes.
- Ian Volante tied the record number of maximums for Junior Numbers Attack with 20 maxes.
- Stu Harkness commented on People's Choice Weakest Link 2024: Round 27: Hypertouch Numbers Attack. [+1 other]
- Mike Lee tied the high score for Nice Numbers Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Adam Latchford commented on Aptolympics: Paris 2024: Event 52: Horizontal bar. [+1 other]
- Tom Cappleman tied the high score for Nice Numbers Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Adam Latchford tied the record number of maximums for Junior Numbers Attack with 20 maxes.
- Chris Hare tied the high score for Touchdown Jnr Letters Attack with 140 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Stephen R tied the high score for Nice Numbers Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Roger Peak tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Jnr 15 with 15 maxes.
- Roger Peak tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Jnr 15 with 15 maxes.
- Roger Peak tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Jnr 15 with 15 maxes.
- Tom Stevenson's 120 - 72 game with Trev B received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×2]
- Roger Peak tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Jnr 15 with 15 maxes.
- Tom Stevenson tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Adam Latchford commented on Aptolympics: Paris 2024: Event 50: Trampolining.
- Tom Cappleman tied the high score for Junior Numbers Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Roger Peak tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Jnr 15 with 15 maxes.
- Chris Hare commented on Ripest pencils: 7s. [+1 other]
- Amar Chotai commented on the Duel standings.
- Liam O commented on Sid CC's game with The Duellist.
- Dan Spinks commented on Aptolympics: Paris 2024: Event 41: Jumping 1.
- Andy SC commented on Aptolympics: Paris 2024: Event 48: Elimination Race.
- Andy SC commented on Aptolympics: Paris 2024: Event 44: Dressage 1.
23 July 2024
- News: Game of the Week was won by Quinn James's 161 - 80 CSW Letters Attack win against Zohaib Rehan! This week's vote is now open.
22 July 2024
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
20 July 2024
- News: Tom Cappleman has been crowned champion of Euro '24 & COPA America '24 (Tom wins Finalissima after he won the Copa and Adam took Euros glory)!
- New: apterous History: June 2024.
16 July 2024
- News: Game of the Week was won by Conor Travers's 129 - 0 win against The Duellist! This week's vote is now open.
15 July 2024
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
9 July 2024
- News: Game of the Week was won by Conor Travers's 132 - 122 15 Rounder +TB win against Andres S.! This week's vote is now open.
8 July 2024
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
2 July 2024
- News: A total of 38 Duel Necklaces were awarded for June 2024.
1 July 2024
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
- News: The Duel for June 2024 was won by Chris Hare!
- News: Hazel Drury has been crowned champion of Eurovision Song Contest 2024!
30 June 2024
- News: Game of the Week was won by Apterous Rex's 1165 - 1158 Goatdown win against Rob Foster! This week's vote is now open.
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