Jot & Tittle is a daily Bible word puzzle. Each day has a hidden word from
the Bible to find in six guesses, followed by a verse and a short devotion.
Getting in touch
Email richmurfy@gmail.com. Please say
which iPhone and iOS version you are using, and the date of the puzzle or the
verse you were playing.
The daily word
Most days the word comes straight from the Bible's pages, four, five or six
letters long. Now and then it's the name of a person or a place; if a name has
you stuck, the clue hint tells you which kind of word you're looking for. Type
a guess and tap return. Each tile then shows how close you came: green for the right letter in the right place, amber for a
letter in the word but in the wrong place, and red for a letter that isn't in
the word. When the game ends, win or lose, there's a verse with the word in it
and a short devotion to go with it.
Hints are off to start with. The bulb gives a clue to what
kind of word it is: a person, a place, a name of God or another word. The
keyboard button shades the keys by the words still possible, and the eye
shows suggested guesses.
Review: when a game ends, the review button shows how much
each guess narrowed things down, beside the guess the solver would have
played.
Share: once a game ends, share your guesses as coloured
squares, with the day's verse.
Not sure what a button does? Touch and hold it.
Verses
The Verses tab hides two to four words from a well-known verse. Each hidden
word comes with a starting guess already coloured, and you have one guess to
find it: only one word fits every colour. Find them all to read the verse. Each
verse opens when you finish the one before, and finished verses can be opened
again from the list.
A typo won't cost you the word. A guess that doesn't fit
the colours you've been shown isn't counted, and the line above the keyboard
says why.
Stuck? The bulb under the word gives a hint: first another
coloured guess, then a letter in its place.
Give up on a word? The eye shows it. It counts as missed.
History
History keeps every daily puzzle from the day you first opened the app, with
your statistics and streaks. Tap a day on the calendar to look back at it, or to
play a day you missed.
Common questions
When does the new word appear?
At midnight, in your iPhone's own time zone.
I missed a day. Can I still play it?
Yes. Tap the day in History. A day played late is kept with your games
but doesn't count towards your streak.
Why can't I play days before I started?
Your calendar begins on the day you first opened the app, so everyone's
streak starts fresh.
It says my guess isn't in the word list.
Guesses have to be words the app knows, of the same length as the answer.
The guess doesn't use up a turn; try another word.
My guess in Verses wasn't counted.
It didn't fit the colours of the guesses already shown for that word. The
line above the keyboard says which letter is the problem, and you still have
your guess.
Which Bible translation does the app use?
The Berean Standard Bible (BSB), except for two devotions that quote the
New International Version (NIV). Matthew 5:18, which gives the app its name,
is from the King James Version.
Do my games move to a new iPhone?
They're kept on your iPhone only, with no account. They're included in
your iPhone's own backup, so restoring a backup to a new iPhone brings them
across. Deleting the app deletes them.
Does the app cost anything?
No. It's free, with no ads and no purchases.
The name
“Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise
pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.” Matthew 5:18, KJV
A jot is yod, the smallest letter of the Hebrew alphabet. A tittle is the
tiny stroke of the pen that tells one letter from another. In this game, every
letter counts.