Friend Game: Long Words
PLAY the AI and YOUR FRIENDS
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Play the AI -- Challenge your friends -- This game penalizes SHORT words and rewards LONG WORDS! You'll never go back to the old way of playing crossword type games!
A cozy word game where LONG WORDS SCORE MORE than short words.
SCORING FOCUSES ON LONG WORDS
Most word games reward trickery, but scoring in Long Words is based primarly on word length.
KITCHEN will outscore Qi in this game.
TURN BASED PLAY
CREATE a game, challenge your friends, or find a random match-up.
CREATE a game against the computer (Biblio the cat).
PASS AND PLAY, local couch co-op mode on the same device.
REAL SOLO CHALLENGE
5 difficulties, from cozy to nightmare -- can you beat HARD mode and unlock EXTREME?
TRAIN YOUR BRAIN
Learn actual words. Built-in dictionary to work on your vocabulary and conjugations while you play.
Use Biblio's Better Play, where he takes a look at the board, and shows you a better word you could have played.
Biblio gives word definitions in addition to his charmingly funny chatter.
Use the Word Lab to analyze your play.
CHAT WHILE YOU PLAY
Same-screen chat: talk while the board stays visible.
DAILY RIDDLES
If you like word puzzles, you'll love the daily challenge of Biblio's riddles, plus a growing library of past puzzles to solve.
GAMEPLAY EVOLVED
Trading a letter doesn't cost you a turn -- so much more fun with the possibilities this opens up for word building!
Zap a tile on the board (once per game) to unblock a locked-out area of the board.
PLAY THE BEST word game out there, DOWNLOAD NOW and give it a try!
FREE TO PLAY, with in-app purchase to unlock additional features (but you get a LOT for free!).
Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Performance improvements and bug fixes.
The developer, MATTHEW N MCCARTHY, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Used to Track You
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- Location
- Identifiers
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- Purchases
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Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- MATTHEW N MCCARTHY
- Size
- 36.8 MB
- Category
- Word
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
9+
- 9+
- This app is rated 9+ with content restrictions.
Some content may be rated higher, and may therefore be restricted and managed by the developer through in-app controls. - In-App Controls
Age Assurance
Infrequent
Profanity or Crude Humor
Mature or Suggestive Themes
Contains
Advertising
Messaging and Chat
User-Generated Content
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Long Words Plus Weekly $0.99
- Long Words Plus Annual $19.99
- Long Words Plus Monthly $2.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 by Matthew McCarthy
