Words With Friends
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- iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire
- $2.99
- Word Games
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that Words with Friends is a Scrabble-look-a-like that caters to older teens. Its speedy global matchup option is accompanied by open chat (which is unfiltered). The free versions for the iPhone and Android display lots of ads (Android only has a free version).
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Poor letters given to get people to purchase their product
Gives you poor letters so you are pushed into purchasing their letters. They even do this I. Free trades: I.e. you get the same letter... Continue reading
Wordscallenge with a random player gets 5 moves each to try and win stars for treasure chests. I’ve repeatedly used my credits I’ve earned to play this one on one 5 plays game. It continually locks up and the coins I used that I earned, to play additional games, are lost as the game totally locks up . The only opines are to resign from the game giving you no stars for winning or losing. Or you can get out of WWF by exiting the app. Both use up the credits and you get no stars for chances at being i line to gain a reward chest. I’m really frustrated! This game owes me for about 100 coins I lost from the game locking up on me. If the people who run this app program can see this, I’d really like it if you would reimburse me for all the earned coins I used for nothing. I love this game, but folks are making money on lost re-edits! Please reimburse me.. I doubt anyone is monitoring these ones.. but if you are, please be fair and credit us back what we lose from no fault of our own!
A bit cluttered, otherwise fine
What's it about?
Much like in the board game Scrabble, kids playing Words With Friends make words out of seven letter tiles, each with their own point value, and place them on a grid gameboard. Taking turns with another player on the same device or online (friends or random opponents), kids continue to draw letter tiles and build words crossword style until one of the player uses all of his/or her tiles. Kids can use the point value of their letters and the special squares on the board (doubling or tripling a letter or word's points) to maximize scores.
Is it any good?
WORDS WITH FRIENDS is crossword nirvana with its option to play several games simultaneously. This game doesn't have as many cheat options as Scrabble, something we missed sometimes. For each game, only two people can compete against each other. But Words is also more forgiving, with no time limits for moves, so if life gets hectic the game will still be there when you return.
Talk to your kids about ...
Encourage kids to play with people they know in real life -- including you! If your kid plays against random opponents, make he or she knows to keeps personal information private, and to resign from any game where a random opponent behaves inappropriately.
Encourage kids to look up the meanings of words they're unfamiliar with.
App details
- Devices: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire
- Subjects: Language & Reading: spelling, vocabulary
Hobbies: board games - Skills: Thinking & Reasoning: prediction, strategy
Responsibility & Ethics: making wise decisions
Tech Skills: social media - Price: $2.99
- Release date: February 9, 2010
- Category: Word Games
- Publisher: Newtoy, Inc.
- Version: 3.07
- Minimum software requirements: iOS 4.0 or later, Android 2.1 and up
- Last updated: November 11, 2020
Our editors recommend
For kids who love word games and puzzles
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