Scrabble® GO - New Word Game Reviews

by Bpamagic

15 minutes. That’s all it took. 15 minutes before I realized some underage gamer had destroyed what was one of the best games ever invented - so I deleted it. I’m not a prude. I’m not technically challenged. I see younger generations struggling every day with attention span issues. I get it. But not everybody needs bells and whistles and jewels and God knows what else is imbedded in the this app Go app to be entertained. If it’s about money then charge me more for Scrabble , but to destroy a simple quality intellectual game like this app and turn it into a moronic video game is asinine. You clearly could have included an option for people to choose the classic version - which, if it is available, I was unable, well unwilling, to wade through the nonsense to find it. That would have met everybody’s needs. We’re getting far enough along in the technology craze that not every computer geek or technology buff or game player is a 15 year old kid with the attention span of a goldfish. And the need to pander to said demographic while ignoring others may be at the detriment of your company. Consider there are actually older people -with money - who enjoy technology, that you may want to address in your product development and marketing efforts. If you’re designing a new game - no problem. But to destroy such a classic for no apparent reason is just ridiculous. I’m only giving one star because I have to in order to send my review.

by Marcopolo1199

I usually don’t write reviews if an app is bad, but this one has undoubtedly made me so furious for the following reason:

The entire app isn’t dedicated to the actual game. It’s literally a bunch of pop ups and prizes and rewards and treasure chests that, probably, no one wants to see. You can’t get through a game, and in the beginning, I couldn’t even start one without getting hopelessly disoriented in all the poorly displayed match types and other frivolous things in the home screen. And the graphics? Slow and frustrating, especially when you get these useless gems and then the treasure chest opens, while it’s your turn, so you’re just staring at the screen watching these ridiculous animations with no way of skipping them, and just when you think they’re done, they’re not! Then it starts suggesting different wood finishes for your tiles, so at this rate you’ll never get back to your game! Honestly opening Scrabble feels like a chore. You want to play the game but it just feels like you can’t. Scrabble coders/developers, the poor things, someone please free them because they’ve definitely been held against their will by management that hasn’t understood what the consumers want. If I could give less than one star, I most certainly would.

by NoVa Pablo

I have played this app most of my life and love the simplicity of the game. Enjoyed the this app app immensely. Then they sold the rights to EA, and the result is this app Go. this app has become an abomination. The UI is not only confusing (and I do UI in my work), it is a poorly-thought-out cacophony of badges, unnecessary animations, bizarre “challenges”, and a manic energy that is anything but enjoyable. I get it: people like fun things on their phone that will spice up their lives. But this is akin to taking Chess and making all of the pieces 12 different colors. It makes no sense. If you want to play the equivalent of Caffeine Town, play this app Go. If you want to play this app, find a yard sale somewhere and buy the original board game, because the attention-deficit idiots at EA won’t listen to a request to leave the original this app app the hell alone.
UPDATE: I got the developer names switched. When I curse out EA, I mean to curse out Scopely. I stand by everything else I said. And the token responses from the developer bot are annoyingly repetitious: Thank you for your input, but we’re really trying hard to improve your User Experience... blah blah blah. Pretty sure your “test audience” was either paid, plastered, or pre-pubescent. Please bring back Classic this app.

by Caffeinate_Me

If you enjoyed the simplicity and ease of use of the old EA this app game, you will HATE Scrabble. There are way too many extra features that do nothing to enhance gameplay, but instead are attempts to get players to sink unnecessary money into the game. The teacher mode that so many of us used in the old version is only free once or twice, then you have to spend gems to use it. The two word reference sheet in the dictionary is gone (and if it isn’t gone, I sure haven’t been able to find it). The classic board (as the developers will tell you) technically exists, but it’s not immediately obvious WHERE it is. If you’re going to try to sell fans of the old version on this new version by claiming that the board we all love is there, it shouldn’t be so hard to find. Also, even if you activate the “Hide From Searches” feature in the privacy settings, random players can still start games with you, so I have no idea what the point of this privacy feature is.
For people who like this style of game - lots of side challenges to earn aesthetic features, random challenges, daily chests, lots of extras - this is a good game. But for fans of the classic version who are being pushed into this version because the old one is going away? You’ll hate this version.

by Scout320

Perhaps this game appeals to a different demographic, but not me. At one time I actually chose my phone based on whether I could play the official classic this app game. I do not want to play a word game that doesn’t use the official classic this app board so I am trying to adapt to to this unnecessarily flashy game. Not sure if I speak for other classic players, but I miss the teacher and playing against multiple computer opponents. Per co-CEO Ferreira in an interview with GamesBeat, “There will be features that allow you to have a richer and deeper single-player experience” over the next 3-9 months. Sooner would be better as it seems many classic players aren’t sticking around to find out what the future will bring. Single-player experience is what I used in the classic EA/Hasbro game. I have never wanted to play live so now I am left with poor Zoey. It does seem that Zoey “learns” because her scores have improved after several rounds; she’s doing much better than her posted average score of 16. Also, at one time long ago there was an option for “duplicate” play. With this option, both the computer and me had the same letters. Whoever’s word scored the most points was played and that player scored. Perhaps that option could be added for those of us that don’t enjoy the whole media gaming scene.

by Chocolateeclairlover

There is really nothing to like about Scrabble. The ridiculous bells and whistles that distract and detract have been written about by nearly every reviewer. In addition, I object to the tiny board with tiles so small I can’t read their scores and an automatic scoring aid that I also need to get out reading glasses to decipher. Luckily I’ve been playing all my life so I can add the scores in my head but other this app apps had no issue here. More annoying is the tile bag. The EA game (which was reliably unreliable but so much better than this mess of an app) had a running count of how many letters left in the game. The “tile bag” option here tells you this as well as what letters are left! I find that an extremely obnoxious cheat. I’m also tired of getting notices on my phone that “Kelly” or whomever is waiting for me to play. I do not appreciate my name and photo getting shared with random strangers. I get more notices about stuff like this than I do the actual notices of my real friends/opponents taking their turns. Scrabble really stinks and I beg Scopely to provide a Classic this app version that cuts the cartoon crap, removes the social networking prompts, removes cheat prompts (swap tiles for free?!?), and restores the board and tile bag counter to normal. Listen to the people! Nobody but your bot reviewers like Scrabble!

by Kabuki Face

Wish zero stars was an option. In the 3 years I’ve had this game, it’s only gotten worse. First, the ads are an absolute atrocity. Not only are there FAR too many, they’re incredibly long-more than a minute in a lot of cases, and you’re forced to watch one after EVERY turn. It’s ludicrous. Second, why no more free tickets when opening chests? I get it-you want to make money. But eliminating occasional tickets is an incredibly terrible thing to do to users you supposedly care about. Third, the technical aspects are a joke. You’d think bugs and other issues would be improved upon, but somehow they get worse. A prime example is the Tumbler game which routinely glitches and gives microscopic letters you can’t even see let alone play with. It’s been like that for 2 years, and I’ve written customer service a few times about it. But like everything else, they reply with a cut-and-paste response that says “sorry you’re experiencing that. Rest assured our team is taking this issue very seriously…blah blah blah,” then NOTHING CHANGES! Just admit you can’t figure it out and there is no fix instead of lying to people! You can see said disingenuous response to complaints on this review board! Last, legit words that don’t count, and totally bogus ones do. Somehow “nth,” “pht,” and “cwm” are acceptable, but some real words aren’t! Sad because this game used to be so much fun 🤬

by VVarder

There are so many ads, yes, and $10 PER MONTH to get rid of them, which is more than some streaming services is a but much, but thats not what got me to delete Scrabble . It was while I’m at the ice rink, while my daughter is skating, and despite my phone being on silent, an ad comes on at high volume “I’M A 34DD!” before I can close Scrabble . Ads that don't respect volume settings crosses the line for me. Not to mention I had to use facebook to log in, you should be able to get my gender from that, and maybe targeting me, a man, with bra ads isn’t the smartest thing?

Aside from the cost of ad free, and the technical problem of ads ignoring silent mode, the final bit that was annoying is that it drinks battery life like nothing I’ve seen. I would play for 15 minutes or so and my iPhone was hot to the touch. This would also lead to Scrabble starting to become less responsive.

The game itself worked fine otherwise, and the adventure mode was fun, but its nowhere near worth it. A real shame this and Words with Friends are unable to provide a quality app experience at a reasonable price. The free to play model works for other games with a good experience, and the whales pay for the cosmetics. I have no idea why the ad model works here at all, because these ads are about as ineffective as possible.

by H.T. Glover

1) My experience with the game so far indicates that most to all of the players I’ve played against are actually bots. It has made for very poor play. 2) About 40% of the time I use Scrabble it not only freezes, it freezes my entire device locking my screen and preventing me from doing anything for several seconds, including closing Scrabble or turning my device off. 2) There are so many distractions getting in the way of actually playing a game on Scrabble it has become incredibly annoying to use. As much as I enjoy this app I can barely stand playing the game on account of how irritating it is to use Scrabble. 3) EVERY TIME I wish to play (increasingly little) I am prompted to log in through Facebook. Scrabble designers so clearly prefer that option to “anonymous” play they first make the “anonymous” selection more challenging to see (approximately 50% of the size of the Facebook option above it, and made so faint as to be practically invisible) AND even include a cartoon character which frowns upon one having made the choice to play anonymously. Let me make a selection and change my decision later should I ever choose to do so. Each time I open Scrabble is yet one more unpleasant experience. It’s enough already. My second day with Scrabble might already be my last.

by Theymightberyan

Except you can earn rewards. Which we can all agree was the biggest thing missing from the old board game. And you can “level up”. Which is something I was writing to Hasbro about for years. “Hasbro, why does this exceptionally simple and perfectly executed board game not allow me to level up and earn rewards?” I guess they finally heard me. Oh, also, if you are looking for one of the games you might be playing, it’s actually not easy to find. It’s like a frustrating little adventure where each time you want to play, you have to brush aside all the different things Scrabble is trying to get you to do other than just playing your existing games with your family and friends. Neat! I am so thrilled to be able to see how people on my Facebook friends list are achieving their various high score dreams. I remember before this if I wanted to know what an acquaintances highest score in this app was, I had to write a letter and wait for them to pen their reply. Now, I can find that even more easily than I can find the games I’m actually playing!

In all seriousness, this version of the game does one thing really really well: it highlights just how out of touch this developer is with the actual players of this game. I’m desperately seeking something to replace this app. This isn’t it.

by Devin1967

I would rate the new this app Go app zero stars, or even negative stars if available. EA/Hasbro had perfected the this app app in recent years, and I’m sad to see it go on 6/1/20. I’m hopeful that in some way it will be resurrected in its perfect present form, which is clearly what all this app app players want after reading many reviews. The new this app Go is a complete failure. It has been dumbed down for kids, contains useless noises and other distractions, is difficult to use, and is visibly too small. this app aficionados have no interest in this garbage. I have seen Scopely’s response to many critical reviews stating ‘this is a work in progress’. Well, Scopely, from reading the real reviews (not the multitude of fake positive reviews herein), you should glean that the this app app in its present form is what we want: a game free from useless distractions, noises, and gifts; one with a built-in dictionary; one with a scoring mechanism so we can compete with players at our skill level; one that looks like the actual physical this app board (same colors and tiles); and one that is easy to use. Scopely has taken away a gem, and I would rather stare at a blank wall than play the new this app Go app. And I suspect that current this app app players would be willing to pay for access to Scrabble in its present form - I know I would. PLEASE OFFER THE CURRENT this app GAME IN ITS PRESENT FORM FOR A REASONABLE FEE.

by Crtant3

Many years ago I had purchased the EA sports version of Scrabble. I had taken a hiatus from playing and recently decided to pick it back up and was bummed to find out that the EA version had been mothballed. I downloaded this version of the game it was completely disgusted. It took a while to figure out that you could wade through the ADHD candy crush version of games they offered to fined a Version close to the original. However there’s no purchase option for Scrabble , You have to pay these jokers quarterly to keep from being bombarded by ads for other moronic and insulting games this company peddles. I supposedly received a free three month trial version of the ad free game. That lasted about six days and then the janky ads came back. I get it, the old version it was a one off sale for the developer. Now they load this game up with multiple add-on charges that used to be part of the game. I just don’t want to spend $32 a year to play ad free. Yes, 32 a year. Very disappointing. Hasbro should be ashamed of themselves for letting this game become what it has. I plan to delete it off my phone and try to find an alternative. Besides, based on the level of play so far, I don’t think the real serious this app users that were on the EA version are playing on this one.

by Cleversole

I like the game and the arena. Climbing the ladder through different divisions. The tumblers are probably my favorite. My biggest problem is this game is FULL of scammers. People using fake pictures, wanting to chat and giving some fake sob story then wanting you to go to hangouts or other apps so they can ask/beg for money. I complained MANY times and none were removed. There were using pictures like Joe Cross who is commonly used by scammers, and using a different name. I proved it over and over and the players were allowed to continue. Absolutely no protection whatsoever. There say they can’t tell you the result of the investigation but if I continue to see the player active, I know nothing was done. I’ve come and gone on this game many times because there are things I like about it. But within a day a scammer will hit and it aggravates me that I can’t play and enjoy. I can block and other things but if I report they should be removed to prevent them from scamming others. I leave quickly every time because of that. Maybe one day there will be enough protection for legitimate players to play and enjoy the game. Until then, beware of anyone chatting with you. Especially if they want to leave this game to chat. It’s a scammer. They tried to get 10k from me.

by Laur__kim

Absolutely awful. Good game, but there are ads after every single turn. Scrabble itself is glitchy, it’s absolute nightmare to try and connect to Facebook (it auto links to Apple, even if you selected the FB option). I cannot even express how much of a pain it is to try and link the game with your Facebook friends. If you had deleted Scrabble and decided to reinstall and want to link your FB account, you have to 1) disable iCloud Game Center 2) Select the option to connect with Facebook friends, and you think that would work, right? Wrong. No matter what you click, it sends you into an endless loop of linking to your Apple ID. From there, you need to delete Scrabble and reinstall. Then log Facebook and manage your app permissions and remove this app Go, then add it back again to reset it. Then try connecting Scrabble to Facebook again and hope that it works. And if you think you could just delete the this app account linked ti your Apple ID so that you can avoid all of this and start over, you’d be wrong again. You have to submit a request to have your account deleted and have that request approved, but not before answering a bunch of questions about how many gems you have, etc. Your app is a software nightmare. Do better.

If you delete Scrabble and reinstall it and want to link your Facebook friends, you have to first 1) turn off iCloud 2) select “sign in with FB@,

by JayMackley

They completely wrecked the game for adult players. Now in the latest version there a new "this app Classic" mode which is to supposedly improve playability. It is an improvement that gives me a glimmer of hope. Maybe if they keep trying... but the developers just don’t “get it" and they may never at this rate. The game board is still too small. Even in this app Classic mode the game still throws endless annoying bonus points and treasure chests at you with a series of bothersome screens that you cannot escape from. ELO rankings are still missing. Supposedly there is a choice of dictionaries now. However I couldn’t find them. I would gladly pay again for this game (one time pmt) if only they could remove all distracting annoyances and provide the essential features.

In ADDITION to ruining the online game the developers are also deceiving the public. First, as others have pointed out, the thousands and thousands of 5 star ratings with no reviews are clearly bogus. Apple should crack down on this and not let them game the system like this. Second, the "random opponents" feature is clearly AI opponents and not real people as is clearly implied. Just notice how all the generic names are in the same format and isn’t it funny how my "opponent" is always available to play, even at 1am in the morning.

by 49er100

Update to my original review:
Have now LEFT this this app Go behind! Piece of CRAP! I am a WWF fan now. You are losing people right and left. That 4.6 star rating this game has? FALSE! Fake news! There are thousands of reviews here that are all saying the exact same thing and give this game a 1 star so the rating YOU have given this game is a lie just to lure people in! And IF you were REALLY LISTENING to all of our reviews you would have turned this back into the original this app. So long, folks.

Holding onto the original this app til they push me off. This is the worst this app version ever! The home page is too “busy”. Way way too much stuff on home page. Complicated. Too much stuff going on. Strangers are on my home page. I do NOT want strangers having access to my page or games!! Ever! I play one person in this app. That’s all I want to see! Trying to do anything in settings is like a scavenger hunt. You have to EARN points to be able to do anything except play words. You took away our “Teacher”. Took away our “Dictionary”. Good grief, if there was a zero or negative star rating that’s exactly what I’d give this game! Give us back or at least give us a CHOICE to play the original this app!! And one more thing.....if you think we are going to PAY for features that were part of the original this app then you are totally insane!

by Audge84

Wow! Way to ruin a classic. It looks like a magical unicorn barfed all over it. All these extras, colors, nonsense, gems, treasure boxes, required payment for the teacher (scholar) and detracting from the original are the reasons this game would receives a
one star rating. Also, there is NO way Scrabble has the ratings it appears to unless parents allowed their three year olds to play with it and push buttons. Can’t see it appealing to anyone else unless you hate ACTUAL this app for some reason. What a shame! Just fix it so we can play this app please. I’d actually truly like to know which individuals are responsible for this garbage? For example, when shuffling, the letters bounce around like little trolls hopping on mushrooms. Why would that be appealing? Just shuffle them! There are few greater sounds to a game player than the shuffling of letters in a card or this app game (real or digital) than that shuffling. Has anyone responsible for the destruction of online this app actually ever played this app or just Candy Crush? I’d vote for more ads since the aim of Scopely is clearly just to make money. I’d rather keep it the same but watch an ad after every play than all these dollar store bells and whistles. Just stop or create a new one for real players.

by Hezmyjoy

I picked Scrabble up because on FB, there was a lull with making the updates. I noticed with Scrabble on my tablet, there isn’t a problem when rejecting the prize to go to the next game and to avoid the ads. But when you decide to accept the prize, all of a sudden there is a pop up declaring that something is wrong with the system. Ok, but what is the alternative? Will I get a chance later? Is there a cancellation prize for the inconvenience? Nope. You have to forfeit the prize. Isn’t it funny, nothing is wrong with the system when the same ads come on over and over and over again between games?
To the creators, if you are interested in making the game less annoying: when playing the mini word games within (like the trophy game and bayou), the player should have a choice whether to use all of his/her tickets or not. The player shouldn’t be forced to spend his/her coins if there is a ticket left. Did you really design the game to see if you could control one’s spending? I did notice that when I used my tickets and had 101 coins to start off, at the end of playing 4 games and spending 5 coins per continuance, I saw I had 72 coins left. How? That would mean 29 coins were spent. That not even divisible of 5. That would mean I played 5 games and your game stole an extra 4 coins. Wow!

by Chitownriverscum

First, creeps do NOT use the chat function in Scrabble to track you, for the simple reason that everyone knows that the chat function doesn't work at all, so... I guess that's a positive? There are plenty of legit annoyances to complain about: for instance, there's the "multiplayer mode", which for anyone who thinks about it for more than five seconds, doesn't make any sense. What are the chances that more than two players - total strangers, in nearly every case - will be available to play at the same time? Absolutely zero. Finally, something is very wrong with the dictionary. The word "rabbited" means "ran away". It does NOT mean "rabbit"! There are other examples, with which I won't trouble you, but some of the dictionary entries don't even sound like proper English... like they were written by a 3-year-old or something.
And now, Scopely has added a new horror: the FREAKING CARD COLLECTIONS. As if the thousands of tile variants weren’t enough to completely turn off lovers of the core this app game. AAAGGGHHH! CONCENTRATE ON IMPROVING THE BASIC GAME PLAY, AND FORGET ALL THIS MEANINGLESS FRIPPERY!
We all know that Scopely doesn't give a flying you-know-what about the user experience, evidenced by the fact that there is no means of requesting tech support... so it's almost a given that nobody will even bother to read this, but... in case they do...

by Wcreamer3330

Yeah man I mean this app is fun. This is this app. But it’s like Scrabble is trying to rob all possible joy out of the experience, it’s incredible to see it working against itself with such vigor. Mind-numbing loading times every single time you reopen Scrabble , packed to the wall with oppressive ads that invade every element, every space of Scrabble . I mean there are literally MULTIPLE ads after EVERY single turn. It’s faster to close Scrabble and reopen it than to sit through all the ads (and again, that’s even with the excruciating loading times)! Not to mention all the frivolous add-ons, chests and prizes and cards and random useless things, which, hey, if you wanna add a new element to your game, whatever. But there’s no option to skip these animations, and Scrabble forces you to go through these tutorials of how to access your “chest” or your “special tiles” or whatever, things you never need to use if you simply want to play this app, and it just creates an incredible SLOW, CLUNKY, EXCRUCIATING gaming experience. That’s not even to mention all the times Scrabble will inexplicably crash after 5 seconds of use. Honestly man, just get Words With Friends. I only use Scrabble because I have ongoing games with certain friends. And I’m beginning to resent them for it.

by Opshai

It’s a fun game with good graphics and in game incentives, and it definitely sharpened my this app skill by playing it for a few days, but the privacy policy of the company is rather sketchy. Of course, it’s for the more social applications of Scrabble and you “don’t have to” but there are in-game rewards locked off by requesting you give them your entire contact library or make a facebook account in order to access them. The information usage by the company is vague and threatening, and I don’t want these people to have my address.
Though I feel I should point out there’s not as many creeps and scammers as other reviews say, to give them credit. I assume all these info-sucking policies would scare off anyone looking to cause trouble, but I also feel that this invasion of privacy in the name of security is highly upsetting. It’s a decent app and worth your time if you’re willing to sell your soul and personal information for a few in game credits. Please think critically before agreeing to anything Scrabble offers you, and if you’re paranoid like me absolutely do not get it. Too many times have companies overstepped privacy boundaries in greed. I don’t trust stuff like this.

by Sonic4Amy

I would give you guys five stars. But it's the matchmaking that irritates me the most; I'm sick and tired of it recommending players to play against when they're not even online to play. The first time I was in a tournament (which was recommended by the computer by the way), I made the first move, and the person I was paired with didn't play for three days, so I forfeited the match. Then I traded a second time, and the person the computer matched me up at least made the first move before disappearing for two days. so far this has happened four times so that’s four matches I had to forfeit from before someone telling me that if the person doesn’t play don’t forfeit the computer will automatically make them the loser depending on who has the highest or lowest score… if this is why the truth why did I sit there for three days I had a way higher score than the other person you guys need to add a sleep or away button or something. To be honest, I don’t care for board games. I hate them. I don’t have the patience for them, and these people are a clear example of why I don’t play with others online and would rather play solo matches or against the computer. Please fix this if you can add a status light or something showing that the person is actually playing in real time or something.

by Ranger土豆泥

This is mostly great. I like the dictionary integration and that you can play the computer on several levels. There are two pretty annoying things though:

1. There are some bugs with how it shows your score history. If you start to scroll through it, all the sudden the scores will change. The labeled winner for part matches will sometimes be the player with the lower score. It’s just weird. As a side note, I just played a game against Scrabble where it declared the computer the winner after playing the last tile, but it still has two tiles left! You can go back and look at the board, so I was able to take a screenshot where it labels the computer the winner, but we both have tiles left. Weird.

2. The all is pretty pushy about starting new games and challenging random people. It will push my active game with my friend to the end of the list and put challenges from strangers and past games I played against the computer at the top, both of which are useful. I don’t mind watching ads for a free version, but this extra pushiness to play random people is pretty intrusive. It won’t let you dismiss those either, so you have to scroll past them over and over again.

by Computerbro1

I got this game during COVID so I could continue to keep in touch with family members and play fun interactive games that also kept my brain engaged, and this game is good for that. In general, I understand that ads help to keep a game running if you don’t have to pay for anything before downloading Scrabble itself, but the frequency of each ad in Scrabble is absurd. You can’t go one turn without being forced to sit through a 10 second ad (at least), and often, the game gives so many ads that Scrabble itself freezes and you have to close Scrabble completely in order to get back to where you were. The only reason I still have it downloaded is because my family members enjoy playing with me because we don’t see each other as often as we’d like. If it was up to me, I’d delete it now. I’m sick of it.

*Another thing to note: this is true of most apps out there, but there are bots who try to steal your information on Scrabble. There’s a feature where you can send messages to your opponent — which is meant for game history and polite trash talk — and a lot of the fake players will ask you for your name and socials. Do not respond to any of those messages. I shouldn’t have to say that but it’s just a reminder; it’s untrustworthy and easy to fall for.

by 😕Disappointed

We spend so much wasted time to only get ugly tiles from the card packs. I haven’t used one yet. Lots are brown and tan. Really hideous. Designs are ugly too. Sorry to the people who came up with these. You used to have the dragon, cute flowers and just real nice 3 dimensional tiles. Now there so cartoony that my granddaughter could draw. Sorry again to designers of these tiles but I’m sure I speak for may people. It doesn’t give anything to strive for. Besides long ads and opening all the cards, we sure don’t play much. I barely put up with it and swear at something,but could you please make differant designs and nice colors. It would make it worth striving for..But I do enjoy playing. I’ve only two people chat me. One was looking for a date. But I like playing about four or five people at a time. We seem to play when we can so doesn’t matter if they don’t play immediately, there’s always others.
Having a option to signal you left the game and opponent knows not to sit and wait. Maybe you had to leave temporarily because you had to be somewhere. Some people mention chat, I can’t do it, I see people trying to chat me and nothing comes up. Fix that. We will have to put up with jerks but we can silence them. At least we would be able to say something about game to our opponent. No long personal chats, just game related.

by Mac Fitz

If i am trying to have a duel and the game can’t locate an opponent for me, it closes me completely out of Scrabble , and it takes about 40 seconds to open back into Scrabble when that happens. Trying to play duels is also extremely frustrating if you aren’t willing to pay to go ad-free. The candy crush ad for example won’t let me X out (I have waited as long ad 90 seconds for the x to appear) but if I press “play free” to get it over with it takes me to the crush app download so apparently you have to download candy crush before you can play another this app duel. Or you can just close out of this app go and come here to give this app go a poor review because so many ads crash Scrabble . Also it is Hard to figure out why they keep delaying play time to award trophies, which don’t seem to mean anything as far as rewarding you with a better experience. If anything, I seem to get a higher number of vowel-free boards as I gain trophies. The screen is now frozen on final fantasy Install now even after I have closed out of this app go completely to try to reboot.

by Dublchaos

Game play is great. The chat feature is nice too- it’s fun to chat with your opponent HOWEVER, there are many, many, many people who use this platform to get information from people, for ill purposes no doubt.
Their questions and information are ALL very similar and they ultimately all ask for personal information to be able to “talk” somewhere else. Their profile pictures are always of good looking middle aged white guys (stock google pics), they claim to be from the states but speak in broken-ish English- they say hi after the first move and want to know where you live, if you’re married, how many kids you have, your hobbies, and your email address. They ask all that within the first five seconds it seems. My poor elderly aunt was duped by one of them and she ended up giving him a lot of information. It was a mess to get him to stop harassing her. I don’t know if it’s possible to make the chat safer, or what, but i hope the developers take the reported users seriously and make it harder for them to con people.

I block and report those users but before I do, I string them along with bogus answers and made- up email addresses which confuses and annoys them. Mission accomplished.

by VireAmarath

I initially thought Scrabble was a lot of fun, and the additional word games and experience on a digital platform was great. Once you break level 5, ads become enabled…

This wouldn’t be a big deal if it was just an ad between each completed game or something reasonable. It’s practically every turn (when it’s not every turn, it’s every 2 turns). It disrupts your thought process and ruins the game. It is quite literally faster to make your move, close Scrabble , and relaunch it!! To add insult to injury, ads also get embedded in the header and footer anywhere they can stick them in Scrabble , and occasionally ads have ads in them. I would be shocked if this wasn’t against the Apple ToS, and I’m planning to look into this. Most apps promise to shut off apps if you make a purchase with real-world currency. Not here, though. You have to subscribe to their monthly service perpetually and if you want to just buy the no-ads experience? $1 for 5 minutes of peace and quiet. That will get you… one turn.

This is simply the most revolting case of shovelware ever, and if you’re interested in playing digital this app? Look somewhere else. Even if the other options are worse, this company is so big that it doesn’t deserve your money.

by Journeyman2015

As somebody who stopped playing this app for lack of real-life opponents who didn’t spend half their time being toxic, this is a bonanza. Sure the UI on the main menu isn’t the best, but Scrabble does a good job making the experience worthwhile, even suggesting opponents who play at your pace. Duels are especially nice because you can squeeze in a quick match in just a few minutes without having to worry about playing a full game. Earning new tile sets to customize your rack with is pretty cool too...I’ve already seen some that scream to me, “I want to earn that!”

My only real suggestion for the developers is that I would like to see some puzzles in the sense that you are given a game in progress with words already on the board and a rack to play with, and you need to find the best possible play on the board that you can. I just feel that this would help people become better players by giving them a chance to practice board awareness. Other than that, I love this. It’s worth the $5 a month for Club membership.

by DonaandBear

I enjoy this app… that said…. There are way to many ads in the free version… over the top too many. Considering stopping it altogether! Paying for it is not an option. Where is the option to add words corrections ??? Erode is a word. Yi is a word. Sire is a word. None are accepted. I had a word it was a shuttered I SHUTTERED and I put you in at the beginning of it and it wouldn’t except it and it was on a triple option and it didn’t except it, and I think that there should be a link so that we can make suggestions for words that are actually in the dictionary that should be added to your word list. Please update and add an app so that we can put words in like yeah I W I’m sorry it’s Y.I is a word that’s why I N unshattered is a word and sire finally went in SIRE but it’s not fun. When you know that the word is an excellent word and then you wait to add to it and then you find out you can’t.

by Number 13 Review

This game is fairly fun to play, but has some drawbacks that maybe could be addressed or maybe the developers could make a Pro version or some such:

I think that too many words are allowed. There are LOTS of variations on words that I’m quite certain are simply misspellings. I, of course, can’t remember an example off the top of my head, but I assure you, there are plenty.

I also object 100% to the inclusion of a word answer generator. C’mon, people!!! It’s not even a game if you don’t actually play it. If you’re finding the game too hard without being fed the best answers or word plays, then maybe word games are not for you. OR… make the Pro version with no word generator and only real words.

Touchy one here, I imagine. Get rid of all the ridiculous words that people only use BECAUSE they are generated by the word generator. They are almost always weird names of diseases or bacteria or some such. I’d like to see “Conversational this app GO! Pro!”

Uh, yeah, the ads are off the hook. The rewards and side games are pretty cheesy. The only reward I need is to see my vanquished enemies languishing in low point land.

Anyway, if you get 10 or 15 games going at once, you can have a virtually non-stop gaming experience and that makes it more fun than waiting for who knows how long for your opponent to play.

This game is worth playing if you can live with the above issues.