Word Hookup 4+

Worth a download? Probably

Okay. I freely admit I am a word snob, a grammar nazi, a devoted worshipper of letters, spaces, and marks on a page. I call it an eccentricity; others call it a personality disorder. Potato, patato. I gave this 5 stars on the first night, but then I got to know it better and the magic wore off. This game has no mercy. I mean, the word "mercy" is not a real word according to the game dictionary. There is also no "pith." And while it admits there is such a word as "professor," it will not allow you to "profess." Strange, huh? These are just a few examples. I get that folks might not want to hook up with every word they meet, but here the dictionary appears to be a random selection of random words. I really like the game concept and the potential for strategy, but it needs a more respectable vocabulary. The puzzles are fun for an occasional hookup, but this not the kind of game you take home to meet the parents.

Not So Sure...

I love this game, BUT I am not earning any coins as I go along in the game... the only way I can figure out to get more stars for hints is to buy them. Another thing that I find confusing is that the stars I earn for finding extra words do absolutely nothing for me in the game—I don’t get coins or anything else as a result of finding these extra words and it doesn’t matter if I find all of the selected extra words or just find some.

Otherwise, the game play is great, but it can be pretty difficult, as one could imagine, with letters that look so random, especially when they are long or there are two words, as with the scout level. Because I cannot get coins to use for hints without spending money, I end up having to cheat. which is undesirable, but necessary in order to move along in the game.

Also, I see the update says I can send feedback from the settings on the game menu, but I cannot seem to find the settings in the game. Please help if I’m missing something or not noticing a solution to the issues I am having and I will update my review. Thank you!

Developer Response ,

Thanks for your detailed feedback. We are adding in more ways to earn coins. An update to the game has gone live today that lets you earn coins daily through a daily reward box. A daily puzzle is coming soon, that would again let you earn coins. The settings button is on the game main menu, above the levels button and looks like a gear icon. We welcome you to send any feedback through that.

Good but limited. Looking forward to more puzzles

Good and clever game. I can’t say anything about the latest update because I just finished the game without it. I thought each puzzle was fair, though especially the non-themed puzzles were trickier than the themed puzzles since you could easily identify which words were right once you found them.

My only complaint and I’d happily change the score to a five, is that it didn’t take too long to finish the levels, so I’m sad there’s not any more. That being said I’m glad that while I definitely got stumped multiple times, after putting it down and coming back I’d always eventually figure it out and I never thought the solutions were unfair. Nothing too obscure or unknown.