Privacy policy
Last updated 29 September 2026
Wordascent has no account, no sign-in and no login of any kind. It does not ask you for any personal information and it does not have any.
There is one exception to "we measure nothing", and it is described in full below: this website counts page visits using a cookieless analytics service.
What is stored on your device
The game saves your progress in your own browser, using local storage. That is:
- which day's puzzle you last played, so the game does not offer it twice
- a run in progress, so closing the tab by accident does not lose it
- your streak, your best result and how many clean climbs you have
- which rules you have seen, so extra runs do not repeat one
- whether you prefer the board to grow or to show every rung at once
This never leaves your device. It is not sent anywhere, it is not readable by us, and we have no way of seeing it. Clearing your browser data deletes it, including your streak.
Page analytics
This website uses Cloudflare Web Analytics to count visits. We use it because it is the least invasive option we could find that still tells us whether anyone is playing.
It does not use cookies, does not write to your browser's storage, and does not fingerprint your device or follow you to other websites. Because of that there is no consent banner on this site. The one thing that can be written to your browser on your instruction is the opt-out flag described below.
What it records for each page view: the page address, the referring page if you arrived from a link, your approximate country, your browser and operating system, screen size, and how quickly the page loaded. It does not record your name, your email address, a persistent identifier, or anything you type into the game.
This data is processed by Cloudflare, Inc. on our behalf. Their privacy policy applies to that processing. It is the only third party this website loads anything from.
If the analytics script is blocked by your browser or an extension, the game works exactly the same.
Turning it off
If you would rather not be counted, visit
wordascent.com/?nocount=1 once. That records a single flag
called wa-nocount in this browser's local storage, and from then on the
analytics script is never loaded on any page of this site in this browser. To start
being counted again, visit wordascent.com/?nocount=0.
That flag is the one exception to the line above about storage. The analytics itself writes nothing. The opt-out has to write something, because otherwise there is no way for the site to remember your choice. It is a single flag, it stays in your browser, and it is never sent anywhere.
What is never collected
No name, email address, precise location, device identifier or advertising identifier. Nothing you type into the game is transmitted anywhere. The word list is bundled inside the game itself, so checking whether a word is valid does not contact a server.
Playing on other websites
Wordascent is also published on games portals, including CrazyGames. When you play it there you are on their website, under their privacy policy, and they may collect things we do not, including for advertising. Please read the policy of whichever site you are playing on. The version of the game on those portals does not include the analytics described above.
Children
The game is rated PEGI 12 and is intended for a general audience aged 13 and over. It is not directed at children. Because it collects no personal information, it collects none from children either.
Your rights
We hold no personal information about you, so there is nothing for us to give you a copy of, correct, or delete. The data on your device is yours and you can clear it yourself at any time through your browser settings. If you think that is wrong, or you want to ask about anything here, email us and we will answer.
Changes
If the game ever starts collecting something not described here, this page will be updated before that happens and the date at the top will change.