Apple News+ subscribers get a new daily game and a new offline mode
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On Monday, Apple announced that Apple News+ subscribers get a new, original spelling game called "Quartiles," and support for offline mode. Image Credit: Apple Quartiles plays similarly to Boggle, though it requires players to form words by connecting tiles that contain two to four letters. Users score points based on word length. New puzzles are released daily, and players can share Quartiles puzzles with other News+ subscribers. Also available to subscribers is Offline Mode,...

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