Change Log
The 5 Letter Words Change Log includes a reverse chronological list of features, suggestions and bugs (usually raised by users), which can be followed and tracked through to implementation.
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6.0.2
General Maintenance · 20 April 2024
Optimised style sheets, removing 500 lines of redundant code, and consolidated media queries where possible.
Now fetching 72 random results on page load, not 96, across main word finders.
New
Developement in progress
Implemented
20 April 2024
6.0.1
General Maintenance · 18 April 2024
Reviewed the look and feel of key content on main word finders, and internal and external links within this content.
Included a link to Subway Rush Unlimited.
New
Developement in progress
Implemented
19 April 2024
6.0.0
General Maintenance · 13 April 2024
Aligned style to that of partner site Subway Rush + general cleansing of style sheets.
Introduced a media query for devices under 376px wide. This returns to the user 8 additional pixels of horizontal space, making letter selection on small phones easier.
New
Developement in progress
Implemented
13 April 2024
5.0.6
General Maintenance · 21 July 2023
Modified automatic scroll to results on mobile, to create a smoother experience. This became choppy with the introduction of ad networks. The scroll is now CSS based and not JS based. Scroll only occurs once results are successfully fetched.
Updated the "Share" button style, while also modifying JS to use Web Share API on mobile. Removed from BETA.
New
Developement in progress
Implemented
21 July 2023
5.0.5
Bug · 19 July 2023
Bug discovered in 3, 4, 6 and 7 letter word finders.
The "repetition sensitivity" setting only fetched results that contained a duplicated letter.
We apologise for the inconvenience this has caused.
New
Developement in progress
Implemented
19 July 2023
5.0.4
General Maintenance · 19 July 2023
Improved navigation to other word finders on desktop (Trial)
New
Developement in progress
Implemented
19 July 2023
5.0.3
Site Speed · 16 July 2023
Improved configuration to benefit all users
New
Developement in progress
Implemented
16 July 2023 · Phase 3 (50% reduction AVG)
5.0.2
Ad Network · 16 July 2023
Migrated from Ezoic + Adsense to Publift.
Publift's privacy policy can be found here.
New
Developement in progress
Implemented
16 July 2023
5.0.1
General Maintenance · 16 July 2023
Increased width of results widget on desktop.
Reduced intensity of the green background in "light" mode.
New
Developement in progress
Implemented
16 July 2023
4.0.3
Suggestion · 27 November 2022 (Raised once...but great feature request)
Further details will be provided once the feature is either 'implemented' or 'decided against'.
Thank you so much to everyone who has made a feature suggestion.
New
Under consideration and planning
Canceled
19 July 2022
4.0.2
Suggestion · 27 November 2022 (Regularly raised feature request)
Developement of 3, 4 6 and 7 letter word finders.
New
Developement in progress
Implemented
05 January 2023
4.0.1
Word List Update · 27 November 2022
New words are being added to our word list.
The warmest of thank yous to everyone who has made a suggestion (every suggestion has been great), and the biggest of apologies for any inconvenience caused.
New
Developement in progress
Implemented
27 November 2022
3.0.2
Site Speed · 25 November 2022
Some recent changes have slowed down speeds for some users. (Phase 2).
New
Developement in progress
3.0.1
Site Speed · 25 November 2022
Some recent changes have slowed down speeds for some users. (Phase 1).
New
Developement in progress
Implemented
26 November 2022 · Phase 1 (18% reduction AVG)
2.0.1
General Maintenance · 20 July 2022
Introduce new navigation and supporting pages
New
Developement in progress
Implemented
21 July 2022
1.0.4
Crowd Source Definitions · 5 March 2022
Build infrastructure to allow the sourcing of fresh definitions
New
Development in progress
Canceled
19 July 2022
1.0.3
General Debugging · 3 March 2022
Gboard support? and Results Query review
New
Review in progress
Canceled
5 March 2022
1.0.2
Word Finder Interface · 27 February 2022
Removing clutter from the Word Finder interface and bringing more attention to non-hidden elements
New
Cleaned and boxed design
Removed indentation
Updated filters to text for readability and to reduce content shift on page load
Clearly defined whether inputs were order sensitive or not, without user having to click into informational fields
Added repetition sensitive indicator
Implemented
2 March 2022
1.0.1
Suggestion · 25 February 2022
Introduce repeated letter sensitivity when searching for words
New
Created new filter button to give the user the option to toggle letter sensitivity. Not default behaviour due to potential negative user experience
Accepted selection into back end query
Return results as per repetition sensitivity when selected
Implemented
26 February 2022
Updated
Save selection when moving between pages
26 February 2022