Word Hunt is an Android app developed by AppTornado Games (AppTornadoTechnoparkstrasse 18005 Zürich, Switzerland). Others apps created by AppTornado Games are: Blob Connect, Monster Match, Pipe Twister.

Word Hunt first became available on 20 May 2014. It is estimated that Word Hunt has been downloaded between 1000000 and 5000000 times from the Play Store.

Word Hunt 1.98 requires the following permissions:

Allows applications to access information about networks.

Allows applications to open network sockets.

Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.