Are you a wordsmith just dying to find some way to waste hours of perfectly good work time? Then look no farther than Words with Friends. This app is a complete Scrabble ripoff but a little bit more fun because the point scoring is a little easier. It’s not uncommon for even a decent Scrabble player to routinely score over 400 points in Words with Friends.
Here’s how this works: You download the app, register your name, and then invite a friend to play a game. Let’s say you invite me to play (my user name is mmcc8394 – so go ahead and invite me).Once I accept, you make your first play. Then Words with Friends sends a notification letting me know about your lame move. Whenever I make my next word, you get a notification letting you know about my awesome play! This continues until the game is over and you break down in tears at the crushing defeat you just experienced.
The only complaint I have about the game is that there’s no timer (I feel that once you say you want to make your next play, you should only have 3 minutes to move) and no punishment for trying bogus words. If you make an invalid word, it simply says, “That is not a word,” and you get to try again. I’d prefer something more like Scrabble in that you can try to bluff your opponent with a bogus word and they have the option to challenge if they want.
Overall, though, I think it’s a great app and a lot of fun to play. So go ahead and download it and send me an invite (remember – mmcc8394).
iPhone App Notes
- Name: Words with Friends
- Cost: Free
- Time to Learn: Minutes
- Addictiveness: Medium
- Overall Rating: 4/5