Chalk Up!
By Christopher Healy,
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Unique and challenging word game makes you think visually.
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At its heart, CHALK UP! is an anagram game -- you get a bunch of letters and you see how many words you can make out of them within the time limit. But only a few of the letters will be written out as actual letters of the alphabet; the rest will be represented by pictures. A picture of a cloud for "C," for example, or a train for "T." So, to spell "man," you may need to select "MONKEY"-"APPLE"-"NEST." It's more challenging than it sounds, and forces you to think in a whole new way. Don't worry, though: You can choose the image sets you want and browse them beforehand, so you won't be confused as to whether a picture is supposed to be a "branch," a "twig," or a "stick."
App Details
- Devices: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
- Release date: October 27, 2010
- Category: Word Games
- Publisher: Marco Giorgini
- Version: 1.1
- Minimum software requirements: iOS 3.0 or later
- Last updated: August 23, 2016
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