Terms of Use

1. Agreement

These Terms govern your use of Clozy ("the App"), developed by Michael Starkov in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. By using the App you agree to these Terms and to the Privacy Policy. If you got the App from the Apple App Store, Apple's Standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement also applies.

2. Your account

An account is optional. You must be at least 13 years old to create one. Keep your sign-in details safe; you are responsible for activity on your account. You can delete your account at any time in the App: Profile → Delete account.

3. Community rules

There is no tolerance for objectionable content or abusive behaviour. You agree not to:

• choose a nickname that is offensive, hateful, sexual or threatening, or that impersonates someone else;
• harass other players, for example with repeated unwanted friend requests;
• cheat or manipulate leagues and XP, for example by automating guesses or tampering with the App or its data;
• attack, overload, reverse-engineer or otherwise misuse the App or its servers.

Nicknames are checked against a list of offensive words. You can report a nickname or block a player from the league table or your friends list (tap the player, or ⋯), or email support@starkovs.dev. Reports are reviewed within 24 hours. A nickname reported by several players is reset automatically. We may remove content, reset nicknames or progress, or suspend or delete accounts that break these rules, without notice.

4. The game

Word rankings are generated automatically from word-similarity data and are meant for fun. Some may feel surprising. Puzzles, leagues and XP have no monetary value and cannot be exchanged for anything.

5. Ownership and credits

The App, its design, sounds and code belong to Michael Starkov. Word-similarity data: ConceptNet Numberbatch by Luminoso Technologies (CC BY-SA 4.0) and GloVe by Stanford NLP (ODC-PDDL); the puzzle rankings derived from them are shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Emoji names: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3). Word lists: ENABLE (public domain); offensive words are filtered using the LDNOOBW list (CC BY 4.0). Full credits are shown in the App.

6. No warranty and limitation of liability

The App is provided "as is", without warranties of any kind. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect or consequential damages, or for any loss arising from your use of the App, including lost progress or streaks.

7. Changes and ending

We may update the App and these Terms. Continuing to use the App after a change means you accept the new Terms. You can stop using the App and delete your account at any time.

8. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Province of Alberta and the federal laws of Canada that apply there.

9. Contact

support@starkovs.dev · Michael Starkov, Calgary, Alberta, Canada