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Woffo Is a Smarter, Harder, Twistier Word Puzzler

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woffo-word-iphone-appDeveloper Obo Games says its app Woffo has “more smarts than Crosswords, harder strategy than Scrabble and more twists than Boggle.” Trust me, it’s true.

Woffo is easily one of the more challenging word puzzlers that I’ve come across. Lately, I’ve been playing Scramble2 quite a bit, but Woffo has just displaced it. Thankfully, unlike Scramble2, there’s no clock in Woffo to keep a wary eye on. Take all the time you need ( and you’re going to need it) to fill in the blanks.

You start with 64 tiles on which you’ll use to build 3, 4 and 5-letter words horizontally and vertically at the same time. The main board has 18 squares that you must fill with tiles from your stash.

The game has three difficulty levels: Easy, Medium and Hard. Easy is the default, thank goodness, because that’s where I’ll be spending most of my time until I really get the hang of scooping up major points.

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Memorize Words Spanish

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Are you a student of Spanish, looking to increase your vocabulary power?

Memorize Words, Spanish Edition is the smartest Spanish vocabulary in the app store, utilizing a proven scientific theory of memorization called “Spaced Repetition” to maximize the number of words you can learn in the shortest period of time. Learn up to 6,300 words (Western Spanish) with an over 90% retention rate! Each day you’ll review words and learn new words selected automatically based on word use frequency. In addition, you can select individual
words or categories of words to your daily lessons. Students of Spanish can quickly and easily adjust the level of the words, making Memorize Words an ideal app for a Spanish student of almost any level!
In between reviews, several games are provided for additional practice on your least proficient words and are intended to add fun to the process.


‘Fishtropolis’ – Regal Tang? Sounds Delicious.

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631081_4NimbleBit has quite a fan following on our forums, and tonight Fishtropolis [App Store] joins their existing lineup of fun and simple iPhone games. Fishtropolis is a sequel of sorts to Textropolis [App Store] which shares all the same mechanics and gameplay elements with a whole new set of words to find within the names of 15 different types of fish.

Textropolis was well-recieved in our review, and Fishtropolis is more of the same. Starting with the letters that make up "white carp" you search for words with four or more characters. As you find more words you earn stars and attract more fish and other aquatic life to your game until the screen is almost completely full when you've found most of the words. The first star you earn unlocks the next level, "blue platy," where you start the whole process over.

When you find a word, the definition scrolls across the screen and if you find yourself stuck you can shake your phone to sacrifice five of the fish you've earned finding words to get a hint. The thing most people liked about Textropolis originally was that there were no time limits of any kind, and you can take as long as you want instead of trying to beat a clock, and Fishtropolis works the same way.

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At the end of the day, Fishtropolis is little more than a reskin of Textropolis with new words to find. If you were among the many people who enjoyed the original game in the series, you will also have a lot of fun with this one. However, if you're looking for something new, there isn't much to be found in Fishtropolis aside from a different graphical theme and a new catalog of words.

App Store Link: Fishtropolis, $1.99


IsoWords

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Opetopic presents IsoWords, the iPhone’s first word search game wrapped onto a cube. Find as many English words as you can in the 3×3×3 cube in the allotted time to rack up points. The only catch is that the third time a letter is used, its cube is removed and the letters inside are revealed.

- Tap and drag along the cube or tap each letter to form a word. Two letters can be connected only if they are touching (either at a side or at a corner).

- IsoWords can be played by yourself, or with up to 3 friends in a play-and-pass mode.

- If you are stuck you can remove a cube manually by triple tapping it.

- The score of each word is determined by its length and the rarity of its letters in English.

- 6 time modes: play for 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 minutes, or use the free play mode to play until the cube is gone.

- Keep track of your best scores with the high scores database and statistics screen.

- Challenge friends on Facebook, Twitter or through email to any previously played game.

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Guess the News

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Developer: Finger Arts
Price: $0.99
Version Reviewed: 1.5.2

Graphics / Sound Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

Overall Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

IMG_0638I could see the headline, “Another Word Game: Nation Yawns.” Well, as it turns out, Guess the News brings a pretty innovative concept to the table, distinguishing itself from the crowd. Finger Arts delivers a clever mix of the latest news feeds with word jumbling action to create a title that is unique and topical. It might not be the most exciting game you’ll play, but the overall idea and implementation are definitely newsworthy.

The first thing you do in Guess the News is choose a section. The categories available are Top Stories, Nation, International, Business, Odd Stories, Entertainments, Sports, Technology, Science, and Health. You are then presented with a brief article description and pile of jumbled letters. The top of the screen has the article’s title with several missing letters. You choose a word, which highlights the mixed-up letters that belong in it, and then you can either click on what you believe is the next letter, or drag a letter to its intended location.

There are 3 difficulty levels: Easy, Medium, and Hard. Easy and Medium difficulty give you a certain amount of pre-filled letters, whereas Hard mode blanks out the entire headline and places a v where the vowels should be placed. There are also 2 games modes, Classic and Timed. Classic has a score multiplier that decreases over time, and you are allowed progressively fewer mistakes as you solve puzzles. In Timed mode, you start out with a 1 minute timer that you can add bonus time to by quickly solving puzzles. Each game mode rewards you with a medal or trophy for every sixth puzzle solved.

IMG_0657A play session can last several rounds, so Guess the News lets you conveniently save your progress for a game in each of the 10 sections. Once you’ve finished a puzzle, you’re given the choice to read the full article from within the game. This is a nice touch, and it also keeps track of past articles you’ve played. Another great feature of Guess the News is that you can select different countries as the source of your news, some of which will obviously be in different languages. You can grab the news from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and United States.

There is a local leaderboard of sorts in Guess the News, but it doesn’t distinguish between game modes or difficulty. You can challenge your friends via email, but it would be nice to have a legitimate global leaderboard with better stat-tracking. The game itself is also a bit too easy for it’s own good, which takes some of the excitement out of it. The Timed mode could maybe be more restrictive, with less bonuses, to encourage quicker sessions. There could also be a harder difficulty setting where multiple words are grouped, or even a mode with interesting power-ups. At the least, you should be allowed to turn off hints. Some minor adjustments along these lines could help to interject a little bit more action to what is already a very attractive and efficient game.

Guess the News makes its mark by rather flawlessly implementing a fresh and innovative concept. Using the news as an endless supply of material works really well, and can be both fun and informative. With just a few minor tweaks to the formula, Guess the News could be a star in the making. Alert the paparazzi!



Cyber Word review

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Cyber Word is a game that is like Boggle on steroids.  This app is a fun and addicting word game that will challenge your hand eye coordination as well as improve your vocabulary. For me this was a very challenging game because I’m not the best speller in the world. In fact with out spell check these reviews look more like Russian than English (thank you spell check).

Let’s take a look at the pros about this app. First, I love to see games that you have to use your brain to play. Cyber Word is a game that is fact paced and makes you think.  You have to select a grouping of letters to spell words. There are three different game styles that will provide a different level of intensity in each style.  Challenge Mode will allow you to solve the puzzle with a time limit. Infinite Mode will allow you to solve the puzzle without time constraints. Puzzle Mode will allow you to solve the puzzle without replenishing the letter bank. This is a versatile and exciting game.

The cons have a much shorter list. This app seemed nearly flawless until I came across an issue with it logging me off involuntarily. I had this problem happen to me once and I thought that in fairness it, at least, needed a mention. This game is fun even for someone who doesn’t normally enjoy word games. I am glad that I had the opportunity to review this game because I would not have bought the app on my own.

So, if you are looking for a good game to play on a long car trip or if you want a game that won’t rot your kid’s brains then this is the game for you.

Pros-
- App looks and functions great.
- Neat game for the word game consumer.

Cons-
- App logged me off involuntarily once. (fair to mention.)

I give this app an 9/10 because it is a fun word game that functions great.

Zach


App: Dan Deadman vs. Hangman | Review: Simply Great! – The Best Hangman out there

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Dan Deadman vs. Hangman

Dan Deadman vs. Hangman is based on the classical hangman but offers much more than what you are used to play with: it’s not simply drawn, it’s animated! Every little step shows a little movie of what will happen to Dan. These animations are perfectly set and so funny that i just fell in love with it. This black humor is simply matching the idea of the game.


Three Great Word Games: ‘Guess the News’, ‘Word Spin’ and ‘Words with Friends’

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While this week has been filled with news and reviews of fast paced games, I've always had a weakness for word games on the iPhone, even though I'm fairly terrible at them. Here are three recently released or recently updated word games that are all worth checking out–

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Guess the News [99¢ / Free] – Surprisingly enough, the news is good for more than material to auto-tune. Guess the News pulls news stories down from various RSS feeds, and turns them in to puzzles to be solved. You're given a brief description of the article, then need to guess the headline from the pile of letter tiles on the game board. Puzzles are broken out in to several categories such as health, sports, and even "odd stories". For instance, I recently played a few games in the technology category that had me guessing the titles of Engadget posts. Guess the News features three difficulty levels which control how much of the headline is already completed at the start of each puzzle, and with the dynamic content fetching provides infinite replay value.

Word Spin [$1.99] – As seen in the above trailer, this game has two parts to it, the first stage amounts to rotating and positioning the various wheels loaded with letters to line up as many words as possible. You then tap the top of the screen to lock the wheels in place, then find every word you possibly can as you rotate the locked set of word wheels searching for valid words. Once you get good enough, you can compete both against friends by sending email challenges where they will play against your exact configuration of the word wheels or by submitting your score to the global online leaderboard. The gameplay mechanic is solid and provides an interesting spin (See what I did there?) on the word hunting game formula.

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Words With Friends [$2.99 / Free] – Everyone who owns an iPhone or iPod Touch should have either the free or paid version of this game on their device. Words With Friends takes the game of Literati (a variant of Scrabble) and adds excellent asynchronous online multiplayer with recently added push notifications that alert you when it's your turn in any of your active games. The free version is ad supported, but otherwise fully featured, and according to a recent presentation by the developers at GDC Austin, Words With Friends and Chess With Friends [$2.99 / Free] has 50,000 active users daily.

I've had numerous Words With Friends games going for months now with nearly every friend of mine who owns an iPhone, a clever in-game search function will search the Words With Friends player database for friends of yours you want to start a game with, and if the game can't find them it will offer to send them an email invitation. Everything about the game is implemented so amazingly well that you owe it to yourself to at least try the free version if you're even remotely interested in word games, especially with the recent update adding push notifications. If you need people to play with, stop by the Words With Friends thread on our forums.


Lexic 2.0 – New Game Option: Quest

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##ICON_NAME## Today, Lexic has been update to version 2.0. I very rarely write about App Store app updates but, this is absolutely my favorite word game. The update adds a new game option called Quest.

Quest adds a whole new dimension to the game. The object of Quest is still to earn as many points as possible but, in order to advance to the next level, you have to collect the specified amount of Gold letters (by using them in a word). That sounds easy enough however, you have to collect them while navigating through Bomb, Lock, Virus and Letter Switching titles.

A very nice update to an already superb application. If you love a good word game, this is a most definitely a must-have. Check it out.

Version 2.0 Full Change Log:
• New Game: Quest
• 3 New Feats
• More Unlockable Content

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App Store Description:

“It’s an iPhone gem, a must-have word game.” – Zack Shapiro, Tumblr iPhone App Reviews

“…fun and engaging with a stylish design and well implemented user interface. All the elements we like to see in an iPhone game.” – Kelvin Beecroft, Phoxware.com

“I honestly cannot think of one thing that I would like to see in this app that it doesn’t already have.” – Brooke, Apple iPhone School

“…will have you playing anywhere you’ve got 10 seconds peace.” – Jon Mason, MacApper.com

FOUR IN ONE!
Immerse yourself into the beautiful and exhilarating world of Lexic, where variety of gameplay is king and your lexical skills are stretched to the max!

Craft words, rack up points, unlock gorgeous tile sets, and battle for worldwide fame and honor on our global high score leader boards.

And with four unique play modes, you’ll be able to come back to Lexic again and again.

QUEST
As you craft words and pass through levels of ever increasing difficulty, you’ll encounter an assortment of special tiles that will challenge and help you on your way to points and glory.

CASCADE
Find as many words as you can in an everlasting stream of tiles.

BLACKOUT
Choose your words carefully to clear the board and advance to ever higher rounds.

STASIS
The tiles don’t disappear, so try every word you can find.

There’s something for everyone in Lexic—strategy, speed, and just plain fun!

FEATURES
• Four play modes: Quest, Cascade, Blackout & Stasis
• Timed play & practice modes
• TWL & SOWPODS word lists
• Listen to your music while you play
• Global high scores
• 18 challenging Feats: unlock tile sets, frames, and special abilities
What’s new

• New Game: Quest
• 3 New Feats
• More Unlockable Content

Moxie

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Developer: Blue Ox Technologies
Price: $0.99 (sale, 10/13)
Version Reviewed: 1.41

Graphics / Sound Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

iPhone Integration Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 4.75 out of 5 stars

Overall Rating: 4.79 out of 5 stars

IMG_0057It’s not often that a word game comes along that’s completely original. In fact, Moxie is the only original word game that I can remember encountering since, say, fourth grade. Also nice is that it’s single-player, and the focus is on strategy and clever thinking rather than speed (irrelevant) or a huge vocabulary (not necessary, though it’s helpful). After just a few days, Moxie has quickly become my solo word game of choice!

Pay attention, because Moxie’s gameplay can be hard to explain. The game board is composed of three rows of five spaces each. Letters can be placed anywhere: in the middle, at the edges, on top of old letters, it doesn’t matter. However, words can only be formed horizontally, and must be at least three letters long. You can see your current letter above the board, along with how many letters are left in the “stack.” You can pass on a letter at any time, but you don’t get it back. Forming a word nets you points based on the letters’ values, which are different from those that Scrabble fans are used to but still make plenty of sense.

Sounds simple enough, right? Well, there’s a bit more to the story. You score the most points through word chains—transforming one word into another (FINE to TINE, or FINE to FINES, for example). Be careful not to break a chain; this is a “Twaddle,” which costs you thirty points. You can also score extra points through special “Moxie words,” which carry hefty (100-200 point) bonuses. There are three types of Moxie word lists (animal, vegetable, and mineral…sound familiar?), and you can change which list you’re using in the options menu before each game.

The only thing I’d wish for is a “dictionary” option, because Moxie doesn’t use quite as many words as the standard Scrabble dictionary. Still, that’s my only gripe, and I wouldn’t even ask for that if I wasn’t playing it so often! Heck, there are even global leaderboards—a common go-to complaint in the absence of other flaws that is rendered useless here.

You see, Moxie is a wholly original, fantastic concept that’s both deceptively challenging and just plain fun. You can chose to spend hours pondering each move, or you can be impatient like me and just try to get through your letter stack. The graphics are simple and elegant; the interface works flawlessly. There’s just so much here that goes above and beyond any word game I’ve played before. Yes, I’ll always love Scrabble, but it can’t match Moxie for solo-goodness.

I don’t often give games five-star reviews, but Moxie is so incredible that I just can’t help myself. To the folks at Blue Ox Technologies: bravo, and thank you for this amazing creation! As for you readers: you’d better grab this one while it’s on sale, because it’s easily worth far more than $0.99!