Words with Friends HD for the iPad
Words With Friends HD on the iPad looks rather like Scrabble… and it plays rather like Scrabble too… hmmmm… anyway put those thoughts out of your mind and read on.
You get seven Letter pieces from which you must make words to get the highest score you can. You can play against friends, passing round the iPad, or you can play against friends and random Wordies online – which makes the game much more fun.
On the board are certain bonus squares where you can score double or triple points for letters and words… Hang on a minute, this game is rather like Scrabble!
I didn’t bother with the Scrabble iPad app after reading lots of complaints about the Scrabble UK English dictionary – much as I like my American pals, I’d like to stick to the English version I was born into. I can ‘speak’ and write both dialects – but naturally migrate to my mother tongue. So far, I’ve not had the right letters to make words that differ between our 2 great nations, so haven’t tested the Words With Friends dictionary on this point yet.
It’s great fun, sometimes you play someone and your game is finished within a few hours, sometimes a game lasts weeks. As it’s turn-by-turn, you’re dependant on your opponent completing their turn promptly so you can take your next turn. This is both good and infuriating – you only have to play when you’re ready, but when someone makes you wait 2 weeks for your next go, it’s a little tedious. Fortunately, you can have as many games ongoing as you want, so you’re not just stuck waiting for 1 other person… You’re waiting for loads!
If you like word games, or you’re a Scrabble fan, W-W-Friends will appeal to you. If you like games you can play while you’ve a spare minute, you’ll like it too. It’s simple to pick up, play, put down and move on. I’m still playing it 3 months after buying it, which is no mean accomplishment for the game – most of my iPad games have had a few plays then are saved just to show people what the iPad can do – so to still be in my regular plays list after 3 months indicates that this game has serious longevity. It helps that no two games are ever the same.
In summary, Words With Friends is a great, Scrabble-like word game that’s simple yet engrossing. Who knows, it could increase your vocabulary too!
I haven’t decided on the one way I’m going to standardise ratings for apps yet,I’m not going with stars cos you could just read those in the App Store. So I will use my first choice for ratings – the thumb system.
Today, Words With Friends HD gets Two Thumbs Up (that means I really like it)!
It’s fun for all the family, and tests your word skills, it must be slightly educational too stimulating a desire to know more words – that’s the effect it had on me, I now get ‘Word of The Day’ pushed onto my iPad through the free Dictionary.com iPad app!
