Work-around to May 5 2020 update causing game freeze on blank orange screen – WordWhizzle Search Review

UPDATE: Work around to recent freeze discovered! Yet still no actual update to remedy the issue, 3 weeks later... Disable cellular data and Wi-Fi. The freeze is related to some kind of data transfer that apparently occurs at the beginning of the free daily spin. If there is no data connection available, the game displays an error message about purchases not being available, but continues to the spinner, instead of freezing on the orange-yellow screen. Game play then continues normally, but no option to receive a second free spin is offered when this happens without a data connection. Prior review: I play the game daily, but the May 5 game update on iOS 13.4.1 (iPhone SE 2020) now freezes on the opening orange-yellow screen and never continues to the Daily free spin. I tried removing & reinstalling the game from the General, iPhone Storage screen, in order to retain my earned game level and hints without erasing that data, but subsequently reloading the game causes the same freeze result. Since the early May update, some ads entirely ignore the sound setting for the game (sounds OFF in the settings screen) AND for the phone (silent mode switch down) and all notifications turned off until 8 am. Unpleasant surprise when a game played silently concludes and a stupid ad plays at FULL VOLUME. Touching the speaker to mute the sudden noise takes at least a full second of holding the speaker icon before the noise stops. Next time that happens, this game will be permanently UNINSTALLED.
Review by mdwychoff on WordWhizzle Search.