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WordHub – Education Game Review
WordHub is a Education/Word game from Farlex, Inc., first launched in 8th December 2013.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 98+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes WordHub Stand Out
WARNING: WordHub is addictive! Rated #1 app in the App Store in the Word Game category in 19 countries in 2013–2015 (Source: https://www.appannie.com/apps/ios/app/wordhub/app-ranking/#device=ipad&type=best-ranks)
WordHub is a word game in which you must build as many words as you can from the letters inside the word wheel. Don't forget to find the secret 7-letter word every round! Features single and multiplayer and timed and untimed games.
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See which of your friends are already playing, then challenge them! Or go up against random opponents across all platforms of the WordHub arena. Play on any device!
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Challenge yourself! With two modes of single-player gameplay. Even play offline!
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Untimed Game: Stretch your brain to its limit to find every last solution, with no clock.
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Play in a dozen different languages! English, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, and more!
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Unlock badges for in-game achievements.
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Use Hints to find even the toughest words.
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Score extra points for longer words.
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Earn coins just by challenging your friends! Redeem coins for hints or to upgrade to WordHub Pro and get full access to answers and stats.
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Learn new words and boost your vocabulary. Look up the definitions of solutions with TheFreeDictionary.com—the world's most comprehensive dictionary!
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Download The Free Dictionary app by Farlex and increase your vocabulary arsenal. Bookmark your favorite WordHub answers and even share your favorite new words with friends.
About Us
Farlex is an independent, global company, offering innovative, easy-to-use online reference and learning tools.
This Education game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, WordHub is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 11th April 2018
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
- Bug fixes.
- If you like WordHub, please rate it 5 stars. We read every review!
Download & Availability
WordHub is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
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:
This is the game you need to kill time when your stuck on the Toilet, traffic or DMV. ;-).
After update it becomes even better.
The older version was great. Now, despite enduring ad banners, app will not show puzzle solution unless you purchase. DELETED! :-(.
We were very happy with this game until we found out that you have to pay for each level. And the level we bought does'nt have very many words. We are very disappointed and would not have paid for it if we had known that. It is not worth it.
The only way to stop the buggy /ads is to turn off the notifications on all apps.
We have deleted this app and downloaded it several times. It says that Im not connected to the internet and yet we are. Also, Im a big fan of the free dictionary. Its a great little game but right now just a bit glitchy. Good luck.
We had been playing this for a while and the hints doesnt come in anymore overtime they stop it and then they offer you some for 99 cents up to five dollars but we are not paying for something thats supposed to be free and we guess all the freebies are done for however we will continue to pay on and it is a fun game though.
We are very disappointed in the app. The response of touching the screen is poor. We frequently have to tap the screen multiple times. This slows down our progress. It is too bad because we enjoy competing.
You would really expect the full app to be designed better and run smoother than the minigame embedded in the Free Dictionary app, but it's not at all. There's a tiny but noticeable delay each time you tap a letter, and you have to tap EACH letter in reverse order to delete a word, which is a significant downgrade to what we thought was a clever and streamlined design. Plus the visuals are uglier, and the multiplayer features don't seem to work. You're better off downloading The Free Dictionary just to play WordHub if that's your thing. Edit: we managed to play our first multiplayer round (after 68 separate occasions when it claimed to have trouble connecting to the internet, even though our connection was fine. We're not the first person to complain about this either). We'll wait to see if this is an improvement or a fluke. It's definitely useful to know how to clear a whole word, but why not keep the mechanic where you can tap any already-tapped letter and erase everything after it? It's both more efficient and more intuitive, in our view.
The game is fun, but the app crashes while playing single games. Many reviewers complain about this problem. The fact you have to pay for each level is also a "turn off".
Fun game. Addictive but have to buy every level. Greedy much.
Every time we try to play a single player/timed game, it crashes when the timer runs out.
This app ha s had so many bugs. Once again the login button doesnt work.
Paid for this game, been playing for over a year, and now suddenly if we want to keep playing, we have to pay again. We dont think so.
Wrote the following for in-app feedback, then noticed the devs greed and deception has been going on for some time: we bought the Pro version for $2.99, thinking we would be able to continue playing the game without the need to spend more money. We finished level one, now Im prompted to buy level two for $.99. If we press No, Im blocked from playing even level one games. We were evaluating the game to see if we should tell all of our family and friends about it. It is quite fun. And it helps us because we have terminal brain cancer. But to have to spend an additional dollar for each level, AND now cannot even play the first level, that is pure greed and extremely disappointing. Because we like the game, Im providing feedback to give you (the developer) an opportunity to correct or provide an advisory that once a player completes a level, he/she must pay to continue playing even the first level. We have yet to provide a review on the AppStore for any app in the time that Ive been using the store since the iPhone 4 came out, but we will go out of our way to make sure everyone knows the developers of this game are incredibly greedy. We feel so strongly about the greedy manipulation of your customers, everyone should know. Edit: just read previous reviews. Looks like the greed and deception has been in place for years. IOS_WH (2.23/iOS/11.4.1/2702741).
Fun, additive game. However, they want you to pay .99 to advance to the next level. Um, no thank you.
Glad we found this. Fun way to learn new words.
If you put in a word you have already spelled, you have to eat race it let her buy letter and backwards. Ridiculous. Needs an eraser or better yet the word just pops away if you've already entered it. Also needs an end button. When you have 10 of 15 words can't end.
We do have to restart the game a lot. However, we're pretty addicted to it.
Worked great for a few days, now all it does is crash on opening. Liked the app, but now it's useless.
Two problems: 1. Many words are duplicated in the correct answers column. 2. Some of the words we input aren't credited. We like the concept, but it's a LOSING proposition.
App will crash sporadically and requires delete and reinstall. Very frustrating app. Enjoy the game.
We paid 2.99 for the pro version but could only use it for 1 day.
Says that it was rated #1 2013-1015. Don't let that deceive you. It was a very good ap before the update in 2016, but not anymore. Now just an attempt to make money and not any fun. Many actual words not recognized. Don't waste your time or money.
We've paid for the pro game on 2 different devices. After 2 to 3 days of playing on both, it won't open. Rip off. After all the complaints, we don't understand why they haven't fixed it.
We deleted the darned thing. Couldn't even login despite multiple tries using various options including email, Facebook and the free dictionary. Grrr.
Liked the game and paid 2.99 for pro. Next day when completed Level 1, it's asking to purchase Level 2 for 99c. No other way to get to level 2. Greedy and deceptive. Changing from 5 stars to 1.
Too many problems. Pay for full game it doesn't load properly to devices and you don't get full game. Waste.
It worked great for a couple of days. After that it crashed every time we tried opening it. The payment for the app only seems to be for our phone. Trying to put in on our tablet, they want us to pay for it again.
We've been asking over and over to get various bugs fixed. Earlier, they responded, saying they'd fix them soon. Now, no response at all. We paid for the iPhone app, but that doesn't allow us to use the online app — they want us to pay AGAIN! They say they're working on this glitch — for MONTHS. Oy. We really hate the in-app polling — "Do you love it? No? Tell us about it." It's all aimed at preventing you from reviewing the app here and giving them a bad review. Too late.
Not sure if we've ever seen an app worse than this piece of crap – ridden with glitches, crashes all the time, consumes battery with horrifying speed.
Crashes each time we try to use it. Impossible to rate it, given that attribute.
When we first downloaded this it was fun. Then it started crashing whenever we try to play the single player timed game. They need to fix this.
Yes that is correct! After completing level one you must purchase the game.
Very nice and fun game the last update is a good improvement.
This is such an awesome app!! Best app ever.
The game is entertaining, and gives you the option of playing Farlex users – great if you're not into social media. The down side – games don't time out quickly enough. After waiting hours for opponents to play a round, and signing off, we reopen the game to find we've lost because the other player finally came back while we were sleeping. We purchased the app to remove ads and to play the solo version. It started randomly crashing after solo play. Also be forewarned, purchase doesn't buy you unlimited solo play – you have to buy every level. Love Farlex but this was a HUGE disappointment.
We would really like this game but too many money issues. We had to apply for refund as it took our money for hints that we never got. Why should we have to pay to see the list of answers? We are afraid to even try and pay for that.
A fun game ! Love it 9 24 15 Makes u think.
This is fun, relaxing and educational.. Thanks to the creative minds.
And it improves your vocabulary at the same time.
Scoring is confusing! The totals for points do not tally to the amount shown.
Awesome game… Keeps our mind sharp and is satisfying to play! We play this instead of reading or tuning in to news channels with repeated depression features.
Kind of like bogo, but more fun. We learned some new words.
Staying sharp with this fun and challenging game.
This could be a good game if you could adjust the play time. Two minutes is ridiculous.
In addition, too many ordinary words aren't included. This is nonsense & the player frequently feels cheated out of points. The "cards", so to speak, are stacked against the player ! Waste! There are better word games out there, that r more satisfying.
They consider words that are more acronyms then they are words and don't include words that are. CAFE IS A WORD.
We are not good at this word game but we think it will help our thinking.
This seems like an interesting and awesome game to do to learn vocabulary an aggrandize your knowledge.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.23
- Size: 71.34 MB
- iOS: 9.0 or later
- Languages:
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Farlex, Inc.
Last updated: 11th April 2018 | Genre: Education, Word | Developer: Farlex, Inc.