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Daily iPad App: Letz: The Story of Zed does match 3 right

by Mike Schramm (Dec 27th, 2012)

Letz is a game that doesn't necessarily excel in its mechanics -- it's a match 3 game, basically, though there is a fun addition in the form of a word-making challenge as well. But where Letz really shines is in the icing. The sounds and graphics on this one are just pure sugary pleasure -- the ...

Guess the secret word by video: Clucks for iPhone

by Michael Rose (Sep 27th, 2012)

Fans of the party game Taboo know how tricky (and hilarious) it can be. Players are presented with a "target word" and five no-go descriptor words; then they have to get their partner or team to figure out the target without using any of the five forbidden words. Similar word-guess games can be ...

Daily iPhone App: SpellTower is a fast-paced word game with local multiplayer support

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 16th, 2012)

SpellTower is a challenging word game that was recently updated to version 3.0. This latest version includes retina graphics for the new iPad and local multiplayer support. Similar to Bookworm and other word games, SpellTower has a grid of letter tiles that you use to spell words by selecting ...

Daily iPad App: Word Jigsaw challenges you to spell while you complete a puzzle

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 19th, 2012)

Word Jigsaw mixes two of my favorite games. It's a word game that challenges you to spell words and it's a puzzle game that requires you to build a jigsaw puzzle. The game starts with a puzzle that has a variety of pieces. You can choose the puzzle size -- the tiny one has five pieces while the ...

Daily iPhone App: 7 Little Words will cast a spell on you

by Mike Schramm (Feb 7th, 2012)

Puzzlejuice adds all kinds of bells, whistles and fun to the "word game" genre. The equally excellent 7 Little Words (free) goes in the opposite direction, boiling wordplay down to its core. It offers just seven words and a series of letters (in groups of two or three at a time) to spell them ...

Daily iPhone App: W.E.L.D.E.R.

by Mike Schramm (Nov 10th, 2011)

WELDER is an interesting take on the word game "genre" for iOS -- it is indeed a puzzle game where you need to make and spell words to score points, but this one is sort of a weird mix of Bejeweled and Scrabble (kind of like Bookworm, actually). You get a grid of letters (and some special ...

TUAW's Daily Mac App: Bookworm

by Samuel Gibbs (Aug 5th, 2011)

If you're into word games, today's Daily Mac App will be right up your street. Bookworm, from PopCap, is a word game that combines Boggle-style word making with Bejeweled-style tile removal. You're presented with a board of tiles filled from the top that's seven columns wide and seven to ...