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Quizzitive – A Merriam-Webster Word Game – Word Game Review
Quizzitive – A Merriam-Webster Word Game is a Word game from Merriam-Webster, Inc., first launched in 12th August 2013.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 3,165+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Quizzitive – A Merriam-Webster Word Game Stand Out
An entertaining quiz, an addictive game, and a new way to test and improve your vocabulary!
The goal is to master "1000 Words Worth Knowing" – words selected by Merriam-Webster editors to challenge, intrigue, and contribute to a powerful vocabulary.
Quizzitive offers 10 difficulty levels, with quiz types from “Speed Drill” to “Name That Thing.” Master the words, beat your personal best, and see how your scores compare to the crowd.
The first two levels of the game are free. An in-app purchase unlocks the full game and turns off ads.
This Word game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Quizzitive – A Merriam-Webster Word Game is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 2nd February 2016
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Bug fixes including the Tunnel Vision bug.
Download & Availability
Quizzitive – A Merriam-Webster Word Game is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Quizzitive – A Merriam-Webster Word Game 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:
Good app to strengthen your vocabulary.
More effective than flash cards. Good pace and good list of words.
Some words are more challenging, some a little less, but always fun & educative.
We are a nerd and love to learn. This helps to remind us of words and teach us words. Its phenomenal.
We enjoy good challenges. This game challenges us to think quickly, and respond in kind. Thank you for this game.
Some are challenging , but Ive managed to get to the next levels.
Fun, quick word games. If we have to stop for a while, the game picks up where we left off. The games laid quickly and keep track of progress.
As English is our second language, this app has been challenging but remarkable, fun, and revolutionary for improving our vocabulary. We highly recommend it.
Love the challenge, the clear images, and the ease to play all of the games.
An excellent app that is very well done, engaging, and educational. You cant help but learn while having fun. What could be better.
Learning vocabulary words with this app is fun and it works! We hope it will continue to be updated to include sentences using the vocabulary words. Absolutely fantastic.
Love this app. It challenges our English language skills in a good way.
Fun word game even for adults. Ive had it for 1-2 weeks and already recommended it to 4 friends our only wish is the app had actual definitions of the words during Review.
This game is amazing! Quizzitive helps you learn new words, especially long ones! Im very good at memorizing things, like our mistakes! Our mom wanted us to get this app so we could learn more vocabulary so when we went to high school (Next Year!) we wouldnt be behind. We love this game! Its incredible how you learn so many words so fast and move to the next levels! Keep it up! You guys are doing great.
Great app all quizzes are good for the brain.
Love the app. Been spending a lot of time on it and still wanting more. The upgrade fee is well worth it. Can you please also include an option for the word pronunciations in the questions.
Great for people who like language (and speed reading).
Definitely a major plus for those seeking, remembering, beat the different categories. As surprised as we find some words that not necessarily we identify as a match, come to find out these alternatives have their merit on the long and arduous task of improving, let alone mastering for that would take a long season, different words, spellings and definitions. Kind of like a fast training to awaken the senses involved. Like it. 4.5 Stars.
The four games are all well done, but as a former frequent player of SAT words on the now sadly defunct QuizUp app, the speed drill game is particularly good for boosting fluency and recall speed. English learners would benefit from using this app too.
Great app. Works well. Teachable so we are learned. Ha.
We enjoy the quiz games. We improve our vocabulary and we enjoy the learning process.
Awesome! Corrected many words we misuse due to not knowing true meanings.
Enjoy this app to review and learn new words. Its a fun way to improve response time to visual cues, words, meanings and quickly select answers.
We love games like this, but this is a step above.
We love this App. It is just GREAT! Thanks again.
This app helps us to stay sharp with words.
To review and learn new words is always exciting.
We downloaded this just bc we wanted to strengthen our vocabulary and its so much fun im addicted and learning so much.
We reach for this app whenever we have a free moment, or even when we dont, and we are sure it is not time wasted. It is a pity that the vocabulary used currently by a decisive majority of youth seems to have been shrinking and replaced by phrases like, you know what Im saying? We are highly allergic to any such phrases, and we hope we are not the only one.
We like the variety of the four games in one. Helps keep one quick on their feet so to speak.
This app helps us to learn new words through comparison and vivid pics.
Fun, interesting and a quick way to learn new words~.
We love that you can repeat a level if you havent quite mastered it.
Being 75 is no reason to stop learning. Not possible to learn tennis, but very possible to absorb new words. Do wish they had a section where we use the words we learned.
We love it! Still a great game for us and our children.
Great learning tool for vocabulary.
We love this app. We are learning new words all the time.
This game is a fun way to learn new words and a gentle way to check ourselves on words we may think we know the meaning of but, maybe, dont quite. We are having a good time learning with Quizzitive.
We second guess our all the time . We really enjoy the game it challenges us to think fast.
We love this game and indeed it had proven success in helping us learn new words however Id like to see an option where the words Ive learnt can be revised.
Great game. If you want to build your English vocabulary, Quizzitive is the one for you.
Love this app! We like that you can study the words that you answered incorrectly. Ive already learned many new words. Very easy to practice and take test.
Ive gotten semi-hooked on word games but this is our favorite right now because it has enough variety and challenges to it that it doesnt bore us. Also theres more questions than a measly three or four like so many have.
Simple and pleasant format. Interesting vocabulary expander. Fun game.
Early review but, thus far, we like it. Challenging.
Really loved the trial version of the App so we paid the $1.99 to get the full version. Totally worth it. It challenges you very hard as you go past level 2. The UI and UX both are perfect for this App. Few suggestions – 1. Offer an option to reuse previous words which user got it wrong. That offers the flexibility to the user to raise the level of challenge to be tested with unique words. 2. Under review section, when we hit the 'Speak' button nothing happens. This is a bug and needs to be fixed. 3. The App should offer to speak the word during the quiz, spoken words motivate better and appeal better to the user's senses.
Please come out with Quizzitive 2.0.
It has multiple ways of teaching you vocabulary: four games in one. Very fun, challenging, and educational. More levels, please! We just completed all 10 levels. Looking forward to starting over at level 1 (it will still be fun), but more is of course better.
A fun way to improve our vocabulary but we feel like we are playing a game.
Stops at level 10, then makes one start completely over. Please create more levels. Get app otherwise, educational and challenging.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.3.2
- Size: 41.39 MB
- iOS: 7.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Last updated: 2nd February 2016 | Genre: Word | Developer: Merriam-Webster, Inc.