Terms of Service
wordwisenheimer.com · Effective July 11, 2026
The short version
- Be 13 or older. One account per person — play as yourself.
- Play fair: no bots, no bypassing protections, no messing with scores. We can void cheated results.
- Scores, streaks, and ranks are bragging rights, not property.
- It’s a free game run by one person — it can change, and it’s provided as-is.
- Problem with any of this? Email us first and we’ll try to sort it out.
These Terms of Service ("Terms") are an agreement between you and the developer who operates Word Wisenheimer ("we," "us," or "our"), regarding the Word Wisenheimer service at wordwisenheimer.com (the "Service"). By selecting Create account or Continue with Google, or by otherwise using the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.
Your use of the Service is also subject to our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use, and protect personal information. Please read it.
Section 1
Who can play
You must be at least 13 years old to create an account — or older where your local law sets a higher minimum for agreeing to a service like this one. If you are under the age of majority where you live, you may use the Service only with the permission of a parent or legal guardian. If we learn that an account belongs to a child under 13, we will close it and delete its data as described in the Privacy Policy.
Section 2
Your account
Keep your password (or your Google sign-in) to yourself — you are responsible for what happens under your account. One account per person. Don’t share, sell, or transfer an account, and don’t use a username that impersonates someone else, infringes anyone’s rights, is offensive, or imitates the Service or its operator. We may reclaim, rename, freeze, or remove accounts and usernames that break these rules.
You can delete your account yourself at any time from the Account page. Some gameplay records (for example, finished duels) may persist in anonymized form so other players’ histories stay intact, as described in the Privacy Policy.
Section 3
Your license to use the Service
We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the Service for your own entertainment. That license is permission to play — it doesn’t transfer ownership of anything to you.
Section 4
Fair play
Word Wisenheimer is a game between real people. You agree not to:
- use bots, scripts, or any automated means to create accounts, play, or interact with the Service;
- bypass or attempt to bypass rate limits, CAPTCHAs, or other technical protections;
- manipulate scores, times, streaks, ranks, or leaderboards by any means other than playing the game;
- exploit bugs (if you find one, tell us instead — we’ll be grateful);
- probe, scan, or test the Service’s security, or access data or accounts that aren’t yours;
- scrape, copy, or extract the Service’s content, including its word bank, definitions, and questions;
- harass other players, including by abusing duels, challenges, or any feature that notifies another person.
We may correct, adjust, or void any score, streak, rank, award, or duel result that we reasonably believe was obtained in violation of these rules or through a malfunction.
Section 5
Scores, ranks, and streaks
Scores, streaks, champion ranks, awards, and any similar in-game recognitions are features of the game, not property. They have no monetary value, cannot be sold or transferred, and may be recalculated, rebalanced, adjusted, or reset as the game evolves.
Section 6
What other players see
Word Wisenheimer is a social game, and your in-game activity is part of other players’ experience. Your gameplay activity — for example, scores, times, ranks, streaks, awards, duel outcomes and history, and your participation in any other current or future game feature — may be shown to other players within the Service (on leaderboards and game screens, for example) and may be included in game notifications and recap emails to other players. As the game evolves, new features may make new kinds of gameplay activity visible in the same way. By playing, you give us permission to show it.
The identity other players see is your username. We do not show other players your email address or other personal contact information. The Privacy Policy describes what the Service collects and what it currently shows.
Section 7
Our content
The Service — including its word bank, definitions, example sentences, questions, design, software, and branding — belongs to us or our licensors and is protected by intellectual-property laws. Except for the license in Section 3, no rights are granted to you.
Section 8
Feedback
If you send ideas, suggestions, or bug reports, we can use them to improve the Service without owing you anything. (We appreciate them all the same.)
Section 9
The Service can change
Word Wisenheimer is a free personal project. We may add, change, rebalance, suspend, or remove features (including words, scoring rules, rank thresholds, duels, and notifications), or discontinue the Service entirely, at any time and without liability to you. We do not promise that the Service will always be available, uninterrupted, or error-free, or that any particular data (including scores and streaks) will be preserved.
Section 10
Paid features (future)
The Service is currently free. We may introduce optional paid features in the future. If we do, they will come with their own terms and prices, presented before you pay, and these Terms will be updated accordingly. Nothing you have earned by playing will be converted into a charge.
Section 11
Third-party services
Parts of the Service rely on third parties — for example, Google sign-in, your device’s push-notification system, and our hosting and email providers. Their services are governed by their own terms. We are not responsible for third-party services outside our reasonable control, except to the extent applicable law provides otherwise.
Section 12
Suspension and termination
We may suspend, freeze, or terminate your account if we reasonably believe you have violated these Terms, or where necessary to protect the Service or other players — subject to applicable law. Because the Service is free, we may also discontinue accounts or the Service itself as described in Section 9. You may stop using the Service or delete your account at any time. Account data is handled as described in the Privacy Policy. Sections that by their nature should survive termination (including Sections 5–8 and 13–16) survive.
Section 13
Disclaimers
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WORD WISENHEIMER IS A GAME: DEFINITIONS AND EXAMPLE SENTENCES ARE SIMPLIFIED FOR PLAY AND MAY CONTAIN ERRORS — DO NOT RELY ON THEM FOR ACADEMIC, PROFESSIONAL, OR ANY OTHER PURPOSE.
Section 14
Limitation of liability
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, PROFITS, OR GOODWILL, ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE SERVICE. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE SERVICE IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID US IN THE TWELVE MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM OR TEN U.S. DOLLARS (US $10).
NOTHING IN THESE TERMS EXCLUDES OR LIMITS LIABILITY THAT CANNOT LAWFULLY BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED — INCLUDING, WHERE APPLICABLE, LIABILITY FOR FRAUD, WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, OR GROSS NEGLIGENCE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN LIMITATIONS, SO PARTS OF THIS SECTION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Section 15
Your responsibility
To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to indemnify us against third-party claims arising directly from your unlawful use of the Service, your infringement of another person’s rights, or your intentional violation of these Terms. We may control the defense and settlement of any such claim, and you agree to cooperate reasonably with us.
Section 16
Governing law and disputes
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. Nothing in this section deprives you of rights or protections that the law of your place of residence does not allow to be waived.
Before filing any claim, you agree to email us at legal@wordwisenheimer.com — including your username, a description of the issue, and the outcome you’re seeking — and give us 30 days to try to resolve it informally. This step does not prevent either party from filing when necessary to preserve a limitations deadline, or from seeking urgent injunctive relief.
Any dispute that can’t be resolved informally will be brought in the state or federal courts located in Cook County, Illinois, and you consent to their jurisdiction — except that either party may use small-claims court where eligible.
Section 17
Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms as the Service evolves. Changes apply from their stated effective date and do not apply retroactively to disputes that arose before that date. If a change is material, we will give reasonable advance notice — for example, a notice in the app or an email — and we may ask you to affirmatively accept the updated Terms before continuing to play. The current version will always be available at this page, with its effective date above; prior versions are available on request.
Section 18
Everything else
These Terms are the entire agreement between you and us about the Service and supersede any earlier understandings about it. If part of these Terms is found unenforceable, the rest remains in effect. Our not enforcing a provision is not a waiver. You may not assign this agreement; we may assign it in connection with a transfer of the Service. We may send notices about the Service or these Terms to the email address on your account or within the Service, and you agree that electronic notices satisfy any legal requirement that a notice be in writing. Questions: privacy@wordwisenheimer.com. Formal legal notices: legal@wordwisenheimer.com.