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Word Lookup Lite – Word Game Review
Word Lookup Lite is a Word/Reference/Puzzle game from Peter Hunt, first launched in 1st November 2010.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 5,209+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Word Lookup Lite Stand Out
Word Lookup Lite is a free Anagram Finder and Dictionary for word games like Words With Friends, SCRABBLE®, Wordle, Letterpress, WordFeud, WELDER and crossword puzzles.
Use it to resolve a ‘challenge’, improve your game, find the highest points score, and learn new words and their meanings.
Features
◆ 170,000+ word English dictionary (as used in Words With Friends Classic / WWF2)
◆ Anagram Finder — enter up to 8 letters to unscramble and show all valid words (and sub-words)
◆ Dictionary definitions
◆ FAST ! Shows the highest scoring words, as you type
◆ Useful Word Lists to improve your knowledge: 2 letter words, 3 letter words, Q not followed by U, All vowels, All consonants except Y, High scoring words, WWF Tile distribution (the quantity of each letter tile available in WWF)
NB: This free edition is supported by ads. To remove ads and enable additional features, please check out Word Lookup Pro.
User Feedback
“It’s great! Definitely improved my game!” — S.R.
“Word Lookup is easy to navigate. I now also use it as my everyday dictionary. Well done.” — A.C.
“Great vocabulary builder! Helps when you have a mind block — without cheating!” — R.V.
“Love this App. Awesome App! When I’m all out of words and need just that one, I check the words app and whala! That one word pops up! Love love this app!” – Happyasalark, 2019.
“Great app. Fun to use. Teaches you new words.” – Terry, 2019.
This Word game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Word Lookup Lite is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 9th September 2024
Recent improvements include:
∙ Updated word list
Here's some of the added words that may be useful: BOWSIE, BUTTLE, BRODERIE, CATFLAP, DALEK, DEIONISE, DIOCH, EBIKE, ENDIAN, FITNAH, FLOTEL, HOTKEY, KAIZEN, KAREZ, LOOKY, NATTERER, REHOMING, SARNIE, SEALION, STEVIA, SYNTAGM, TASER, TAJINE, TEASET, WEBPAGE.
Thanks to Larry, Janene, Jonathan, and Robin for their submissions.
If you have tips on any other new words that are valid in the Words With Friends game, please send them to [email protected]
Download & Availability
Word Lookup Lite is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Word Lookup Lite on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
So many words are from UK. Some slang and some colloquial . Many words used and accepted in USA are not allowed to be used. Also many words in the look up ap are not accepted in a WWF game recently.
Tried this app and it automatically deleted.
All we can get is 3 or 4 letter words for under 10 points. We're disappointed.
Ute and Apache are valid words for words with friends2.Hopi and Cherokee are not. If 2 tribes are valid, why arent all of them valid. Do we want to play the discrimination card? No. Just use common sense!! Mohican, Navaho,Comanche and many others. All are valid or none are valid.
Dont like the new anagram word lookup. Want the old app back.
WHAT DID YOU GUYS DO??????? What's with these two little bitty screens to type the words with. Instead of the NORMAL KEYBOARD that we've always had and that worked perfectly well? This is TERRIBLE and a disgrace! Please correct this and return the format to the original user-friendly method. !very seriously outraged, Gale Pfaehler.
We all need a little help sometimes.
Great for correct spelling . And crossword puzzles.
Very helpful when playing Words with Friends.
Your app wouldnt spell Olympic.
We had the pro for ages and then it kept crashing. We would click on it and it closed. Now you want us to buy it again. This lite is okay but wont take blanks.
Ive used this app for a while now and love it. Working scrabble games and such, now its not working!! Whats up with that.
We just installed this app about a few hours ago now. It's really easy and to the point. It also even provides definitions of words. All you have to do is tap on any word that you want to know the meaning of!! :D.
Love it!! Its addicting and fun.
Great, Great, Great!!! Was great at one time until you added ads. Move them to another place on the app.
We really enjoy being able to look up the words, and know what they mean.
Our friend has a previous version that we love. This one does not open and is not accessible b.
Cant get back into the word game.
We like the app its helpful but one word came out wrong in points (truffe) it said 13 points and its only 12.
What happened to our other appt for word look up? Google Messing with our appts. We never had adds and we search under the letter for a word.
We find this very helpful, especially when our mind goes blank.
Word look up is awesome for providing words for scrabble and other word games.
When we have absolutely no idea what word we spell with the letters we have, this tool either confirms our suspicions or gives us a new word to play.
Love this but wish it would be incorporated in the game so don't have to leave the board.
We enjoy the and really appreciate the extra help your app provides. It would be nice if it was merged in with the game so you didn't have to leave the game to look up the words though. Overall we love what you're doing. Keep up the great work.
Makes the game better. Instead of first grade words we can come up with great words. Love it.
Love this app. Easy, quick and helps when we become brain dead.
The App has helped to increase our vocabulary. When we were growing up we were taught to "Look it up" in the dictionary. This is so nice because you can form and learn words you never dreamed of.
We thoroughly enjoy who's application.
This app is such a help. Sometimes we have a mind block and the app gets us past it.
We love using word lookup. We never use dictionary anymore with this apps.
Love being able to find words we never thot of before. Especially the short 3 letter words. Very helpful.
Love this app. It works great coming up with a list of words. Real easy to use.
Just started playing Scrabble and this has helped us a lot.
Fantastic word find feature whenever we need correct word recognition this is the app we count on.
It's fast and lists words needs.
Not sure about the other functions but useful for words with friends and other games.
Love this app. Always works great. Free version is all we need, having fun with games is more important than the win.
Wordabilty is totally not an acceptable Words With Friends word, however the app has totally helped with winning.
This app is easy and very convenient, we highly recommend it.
Choices, choices, choices! Fantastic.
Very helpful! Helped us when we got stuck on a game.
When we get in a jam playing words with friends,we can plug in our letters and quickly we have fresh new words. Love it.
Love this app. We would refer it to a friend.
This is a great app to look up words to help you when playing word games or just checking for the correct spelling of a word by just entering the first few letters of the word and you will get several suggestions.
Great App. Very handy when playing scrabble to use as a reference.
Love playing scrabble and the app is awesome.
We love this app!!It comes in handy when you get stuck on a crossword puzzle.
We love having the extra help. It has been a long time since we played the board game Scrabble. We need a little extra help, especially with the spelling of words that we have never heard of. Thank you for making this wonderful application to go along with Other spelling games. Rosa Lee Shepherd.
A useful and instructional scrabble tool to use when we're stuck.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2024.3
- Size: 66.63 MB
- iOS: 14.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Peter Hunt
Last updated: 9th September 2024 | Genre: Word, Reference | Developer: Peter Hunt