★★★★★ In a word...
Mon Feb 19 2018 2%ReducedFatMilkLovely. It’s just like being a kid and sticking letters together to see if you can make words. I like the way the letters click in place. My favorite feature is the crossword-esque hint you get for the first word of each set. I like that it is challenging but doesn’t stress you out with time limits and points and stuff. But I’m starting to grow weary on the app because the rising levels seem no more difficult than the first. I love words. I want bigger, more profound words. I want fat, voluptuous letters pregnant with meaning. We seem to have hit the max at six letters. I mean no disrespect for the little words. They’re important. But I wish you’d throw out a whole mess of letters—even some quixotic Xs and Qs—and see how many letters we can stuff into a word. In fact, if you consider the adventure of big words, it would be really impressive to have a way to look up the meaning of words we happen to discover. Yes, I'm that much of a nerd. Please consider longer words. It is a lovely game. (6 letters.) Why not make it exquisite? (9 letters, just saying.)
★★★★★ Could be great
Fri Dec 07 2018 thelonelyphilologistThis is a really fun game...that is, unless you have a large vocabulary. The concept is great, and I love the work that went into making the fridge magnets move just like you would expect them to. I also enjoy the sounds and the overall vibe. Putting the words into crossword puzzle form is also fun and can really help when you can’t think of any more words initially.
That said, however, and this is a big however for a word game, the words that are accepted are inconsistent and frustrating. Sometimes conjugated verbs and plural nouns are accepted, and sometimes they aren’t, for no apparent reason. I just played a round where ‘mar’ was good, but ‘mars’ wasn’t. They also sometimes accept archaic words that I’ve tried out of desperation, but then won’t take other more common, if also somewhat old-fashioned, words. Sometimes slang is good, sometimes it isn’t. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to their word selection, and more often than not, I simply find myself frustrated while playing. I waited several months before posting this review in case they got it sorted out, but it’s just as bad as when I started. If the dictionary of accepted words gets fixed, then I’ll happily keep playing. Until then, I’ll be deleting it to save myself the frustration.
★★★★★ Great concept, basic dictionary
Fri Dec 07 2018 Plethora15The theme of this game is great, and it definitely has that "just one..more..round.." addictive quality to it, but after a week or two, I have a few issues that mean I'm about to quit:
1) the dictionary seems oddly incomplete. After 20-30 rounds, some letter combinations count as words that I have never heard of, while other, more common words, don't count at all (really? "Bagel" doesn't count?)
2) every round has a crossword puzzle-like setup which you have to fill in words for, but many valid letter combinations aren't the words the developer wanted, so they just get counted as "bonus words", which earn you extra coins. That's fine, but it doesn't maintain a visible list of the words you've unlocked as you progress through a round. So by the end of a round when you have just one or two more words to find, you're making random words over and over only to realize that you already guessed it five minutes before. A list of found words would be great
3) I keep getting the same letters over and over. Level 25 is not much different than level 5, except the puzzle is larger. The letters are the same. The words are the same. The challenge is gone, there's nothing new to see or find.
★★★★★ A fun twist on an old classic
Sat Nov 11 2017 Goldenboa1While the basic gameplay isn’t anything really new (word scramble), what makes this game really stand out is its unique and charming theme. The colorful fridge magnets instill a cloyingly nostalgic feeling. Coupled with the retro-style artwork of the game, the overall aesthetic of the game reminds the player of a different time, when physical toys were the object of child-like wonder. The mechanics of the game really play into this, as the letters move around realistically, being pushed by other letters or sliding a little if you flick them. I applaud the developers for taking a tired game genre and making something that truly feels like it has some heart in it, unlike the countless run-of-the-mill word games out there.
★★★★★ Some flaws - I.e., valid words rejected, freezes
Tue Feb 27 2018 ~~~tI wish the developers would use a better dictionary to validate words.
I play this game a lot despite the annoying flaws. You get 7 letters. Try to arrange the letters into a pre-set number of words, ( 10 to 25 words per hand). The developer limits what words are acceptable for each round. Sometimes common abbreviations are accepted as words (bro, pro, ref) while others don't. At times, plurals or tenses work but not consistently (seems random). Sometimes you get a Q, but no U... so you cannot use the letter.
You earn coins (hints) by making longer words and winning levels. Or, you buy coins with in app purchases or by watching ads (even if you paid for the "ad free version). You can only watch two ads for coins. Then you have to wait or -quit the app and reopen- to refresh that option. Ads may last 30+ seconds. Coins are used to reveal a letter when you are stuck.
Play -usually- becomes more difficult as you need to make more words with the 7 letters. Sometimes, the difficulty rolls back, which seems like a bug. One time, I lost my some of my progress and coins. The developer sent me a link to fix it, but the link did not work.
Many valid words are not allowed while some sketchy ones are accepted. The developers invite users to submit "new" words. I assume that's where some really obscure niche words sneak in when many common words are disallowed. Yah, this needs the dictionary update for sure!
★★★★★ Incomplete Dictionary
Fri Oct 15 2021 🌵PK in Las Vegas🌵I’d give this game 5 stars if it used an English dictionary which included fairly common words. Two words I can think of that are not accepted are loupe and oast. There are many more examples but why belabor the point? The other troublesome issue is a glitch that attaches the green checkmark to individual letters and leaves them there throughout the round. It’s distracting to have several letters with the checkmark attached. It’s so bad that I can have a six letter word with a checkmark next to each letter.
Additionally:
I wrote the above review probably 2 or 3 years ago and these issues are still not addressed. So many words that should be included but are not. Maybe the creators could expand their vocabulary or allow us to submit unacknowledged words so they could be added? The glaring green ✅ is also stuck to letters randomly.
★★★★★ Fun way to kill some time.
Sat Nov 11 2017 Vixen von DoomFun word game with a different approach, which I enjoy. Definitely a nice change from the usual word games.
I do agree with another reviewer; maybe have a submit button? I think it would be nice also if perhaps you could have the number of words you have to find, but could also earn bonus points other than for just the one word that’s assigned. Don’t end a round automatically because the required number has been found but let people keep going until they can’t make anymore words.
Oh. One more thing. Give an option to pay to remove ads. I know I personally am always down to pay for that when I really enjoy a game. I’m also more willing to occasionally purchase other game items when I can play something without advert interruptions.
★★★★★ Great time passer and it can keep your skills up :)
Tue Aug 14 2018 nrolandoThe only thing I would suggest that would make this already really really fun game just a bit better and even harder to put down lol would be more question solving to go along with solving the word.
When a new “puzzle” first opens you are given a “clue” as to what a word within the puzzle is and you receive bonus points for solving that word (very much like a crossword puzzle) and then with the added twist of a word scramble.
If given the option to have every word in the puzzle have a clue to go along with it I would Jump on that and spend even more than the $1.99 that I paid for the ad free version of this game!
Thank You for making such a fun and addicting word game!
