Word Master - Pro 4+

I have been playing Scrabble with the original Scrabble app for years. I love it. I was very upset when it was no longer being supported. I downloaded Scrabble Go about a year ago and deleted it after a few minutes. I would rather play Candy Crush (which I also hate). I just wanted a version of the old board game that I could play on my phone or iPad. I kept the old Scrabble app, which I loved, until today. It was messing up my iPad too much. I downloaded Scrabble Go again thinking that in a year they may have listened to all the reviews asking for a basic Scrabble game that would be good for adults. I was wrong and within 5 minutes I deleted it - again.

I hated Scrabble Go because I don’t want to play against another person. I want to play in a time frame that fits my schedule - not someone else's. I hate having to wait for them to make a move. I also hated all the video game extras. I just wanted my old Scrabble app or something close.

I found this app and read the reviews. It needs some improvement, but it is much, much better than Scrabble Go.

My biggest complaint - not able to use it in landscape on my iPad. I have a keyboard attached and using it in portrait is a pain. For that, it gets only 4 stars.

I also miss having the “teacher” show me what I could have scored with a different word. I’ll probably get over it though.

I think I’m a relatively intelligent person but as soon as I bought the pro version, some strange words appeared on MEDIUM level (supposed to be the second easiest level). “Enrol” is allowed as an alternative to “enroll,” but not “reenrol”? Medium is nearly impossible to beat. So I switched to EASY and still found strange words like “adepts” (“adept” is a word but I’ve never heard of “adepts”). Also, the auto zoom when you take your turn putting down letters gets extremely annoying. I would like to see this feature done away with, otherwise I’m constantly zooming back out with each turn (which in turn causes me to inadvertently highlight words and I have to X out of the pop-up definition window, even more annoying). Finally, when I play to the end of the bag and have only one or two letters left, the opponent keeps skipping turns so I’m the one left to search high and low for a spot to play my final letters, or end the game. Is there no better way to handle this? It’s a waste of time.

Otherwise it’s a great game! I like being able to take my time playing against the computer/phone, not having real opponents who take forever with their turn, and just being able to focus on the game. Word Domination is the opposite, making you pay to play games, and play different types of games just to earn enough gems to play the scrabble game. This is much better.

I had been a hasbro pro player for years, but dumped them when they turned greedy and stupid. When they made a classic intelligent game into candy-cotton drivel, I searched for a place to flee. Found Word Master and gratefully paid the $3 for what I thought would be a respectable refuge. This provides a clean, clear, and consistent experience—just what devoted word games players really want! Come on board, fellow refugees! Two suggestions: 1. Keep track of my win/loss record. I took silent pride in my 98% score over 1000’s of games and 3,000 bingos. 2. Give the option to use a couple of “best word” gimmes with each game. I liked tapping the computer to get me over a stump, playing at the expert level. But if those requests are never granted, no worries; I’m still a true fan!