Jumbline 2‪+‬ 4+

Smooth, Simple UI and Challenging Game

Love the smooth interface and like learning new words (really like the ability to click on a word for its definition). Enjoy playing this with my wife. While I share some of the concerns that the game counts some sketchy letter combos as words (ism, for example), it's not enough to make me put the game down. Another minor concern: the game recognizes some monetary units (like lire) but not others (like ruble). Seems like it should take all of them.

UPDATE THE APP!!!

I actually really like the way this word game is laid out - and I’ve tried a lot of word games. But the creators didn’t include so many everyday words that it eventually gets really frustrating to type in a word that is obviously a word and have it not be accepted. There’s a feature where you can “add a word,” but I’ve been “adding” words for years now, and none of them have been added to the game’s lexicon. However, there ARE many words that only a scientist or someone who just finished college level science classes and hasn’t yet had time to forget the terminology would ever guess except by trying letters together in logical but random orders. This is a game that Word people will want to play, not that Science people will want to play. Know your audience.

What dictionary?

I enjoy the game as a way to pass the time and keep my brain active. I’ve also learned a few new words along the way. My main complaint is the selection of words. While roc, orc (mythical creatures) and lofter are recognized as actual words, other actual words are not, like ems, ens (typesetting measurements) and floret. There are other not included words that are found in the dictionary that might be offensive to some (not profanity. R*pe is one example), but I don’t know if including those would change the rating of the app or if Apple would not allow it in the store. The game does allow one to suggest words, but I don’t believe the app is updated that often, at least in regards to its vocabulary.

Developer Response ,

Hi AnimalRN- "Ens" "ems" and "floret" all appear in our "Expert Words" dictionary. It uses the official list of tournament words, which is more than 80,000 words! If you go to the main menu and select 'Classic' you'll see the option at the bottom of the next screen. Just start a new game to enable it :)