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Words Alone – Education Game Review
Words Alone is a Education/Board/Word game from Gano Technologies LLC, first launched in 15th December 2011.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 136+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Words Alone Stand Out
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THE ULTIMATE SOLITARY WORD GAME!
Addictively fun game play that will keep you coming back for more! Words Alone is a tile-based game that can be played at any time; no waiting for anyone else to take a turn and no data connection required.
The objective is simple: use every letter in the game by consecutively building words horizontally and vertically while trying to earn as many points as possible. But don’t let this simplicity fool you– keen strategy is needed to continually improve your personal high score or top your friends’ score.
The game board features letter and word multiplier bonus squares scattered throughout; cover multiple bonuses in one play to really rack up the points!
Feature Highlights:
- Easy to use tap and drag zoom-able game board interface
- Polished high-resolution graphics
- Personal high scores list
- 23 different in-game achievements!
- Two Game Center leader boards (High Score and Wins) allow you to show-off your skills
- Many customization options to control sound levels and auto-zooming behavior
- Supports background music so you can listen to your favorite tunes while playing
- Tracks different statistics such as total wins, best play, total words formed, as well as a running average of points per play
- High contrast letter tiles for enhanced readability
- Exciting in-game animations and bonuses
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Universal app that runs seamlessly on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad
This Education game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Words Alone is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 11th November 2017
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
- Updated dictionary based on all the great suggestions
- Improved iOS 11 compatibility
- Bug fixes
Download & Availability
Words Alone 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:
All though people that play on IPAds dont see the multiplayer button, its still fun anyways! Can you get to 400!? Its ultimate! Check this out and when you start try to get to just 250. Or ATLEAST 200 or something around 150. Check your level! Are you a noob? That means your best score was only up to 100. Or are you a ametur? Than your best is 200. Or a PRO!? That means youre best is 300! Or a HACKER!?!? That means you got that ultimate achievement we said! 400 points! Can you get to it? Than tell us in your comment! BYE! Thanks for reading.
Good way to keep your mind sharp . We enjoy this game while waiting for appointments or just having a cup of coffee . Its portable and versatile.
This is a game perfectly suited to us in that it is easy to pick up and play for as long or short as we like, the format is great, and we have yet to encounter a glitch. We started out playing words with friends before our son in law showed us a cheat AP people use to win those games (really?!). So we love this ….can challenge ourselves by trying to up scores knowing we do not cheat! It is e only game we play as well.
We love this game and have been playing it a long time. We only have two achievements we had not achieved until today, one of which is Bonus Hog, cover 50 or more bonus spaces in one game. So, today we did it. There are a total of 65 bonus spaces and we counted, repeatedly, that only 15 were left uncovered; yet the Bonus Hog achievement is still locked. That hurt our feelings. We worked so hard to accomplish that, forsaking high scoring to get there. Dont know if Ill be able to do it again. Wish this had worked. Still love the game. Ill give 5 stars when that is fixed.
Love it just wish you had the choice to change colour schemes, its a bit dazzly for us. Love playing it.
Wanted a scrabble-like alternative where we didnt have to play against another person/computer. This is the best option Ive found. Playing alone is great, the challenge is using all the tiles. Love it but: Sometimes the only tiles that come up are all vowels or consonants After you win it doesnt automatically start a new game Wish the dictionary had all the scrabble words.
We like the fact that we are competing with ourselves.
Love this as it's creative and relaxing too.
This game is very addictive! We're playing way too often.
We love this game. Like others we agree that playing against yourself is just as challenging as competing with other, and frankly allows us to go at our own pace when we have time. It is great to be able to play for a few minutes or so then pick up later. If you like Scrabble, you should like this game.
We like the game because we don't have to wait for a partner to play. We do NOT like the music you add. Please turn it off, as it is so distracting and difficult to concentrate. Thank you.
We play Scrabble and Words Alone every night before we go to sleep.
Playing against yourself is a lot harder than it might seem. To end a game using all of the letters and seeing the confetti fall is quite an accomplishment. In other word games it is hard to find an opponent that isn't using a "helping" service which takes away the challenge of the game.
Since Internet access is not needed, this is our favorite app to use when flying.
If you enjoy scrabble, you will love this game! It's one of our favorites! Great way to sharpen your spelling skills, as well.
Love this game. Keeps our brain sharp and ready for action.
We have really enjoyed this game. It's a hidden gem.
We have 3 sisters who are very competing at Scrabble. We find this very helpful to practice. Sometimes wish it could show some hints or missed opportunities.
Show the score before playing the word so one can decide to change it to try to get a higher score word. Then we will give it 5 stars.
This really is a great game. If anyone wants to use it to improve their scrabble play, please be aware that the word list it uses is probably not the one you will use playing the board game. Many words are absent from the official dictionary, for example, and the best we could find if the word list it uses does not have even rudimentary definitions, or other justification for its inclusion, let alone information on who compiled or maintains the word list. This isn't so much a complaint, as we suspect this is some nonsense involving copyrights, et cetera, but we would love to have a dictionary like version of the words the game deems acceptable.
We do Wordly just before retiring and actually calm down after a busy day. We never meet or beat the goal, but it's fun trying.
Love this game. Would like to have more words in the accepted dictionary.
We paid for this and it pesters us with pop-ups. Can we have our money back? We won't be buying any more Gano Technologies games or apps.
Even when you set It to 0% it still makes noise. Had to shut the app before we could even play. Waste of money.
Fun and sometimes challenging to use all letters. Great to play when you just want some alone and quiet time.
Very good game. Enjoy the learning experience and the entertainment of the game.
When waiting for WWF moves, this is a fantastic way to keep your moves sharp.m.
Love the unique solitaire strategy with the random rack of letters… Fits right into our Alzheimer Prevention ;^) program. Needs multiple hi-value letters or a way to earn them.
This is a great game, and we have played a lot. Awesome.
Fun game. We haven't had any problems with the app.
Great practice to build word knowledge. It will help us be a better player. We enjoy trying to beat our last score.
Can be very relaxing. Good to play alone.
…as we are, you'll like this game. No blank tiles though and we've learned to "save" the vowels as you will need them for later use. Fun playing by yourself and a personal goal to use all the letters makes each game challenging.
Perfect for those who love Word games. We wanted something to get our brain working when it feels sluggish, but we had no interest in playing against others or needing a wifi connection to play, so it's perfect. Never had any issues. Our friend saw the name of the game on our iPad once and gave us a pity face though LOL. We guess it does sound kind of lonely.
Love it. Don't need anyone else to play. Keeps our mind and spelling sharpe and is just plain fun. It's fun to higher your score, or try to higher your score and the bonus to use every letter. We have made words that we did not know existed . Thanks for the fun.
If you like scrabble – and we do! – this is great fun. We've never had a problem with the app, it never hangs up and it is easy to mute the sounds, which is important if you like to play in the spare moments when you are in waiting rooms or not supposed to be playing. It has really sharpened our scrabble skills. With an infinite variety of words available, it never gets boring either. Our grandkids love it as much as we do and they say it has helped their verbal skills.
We love this game. It keeps us sharp for playing Scrabble with friends. Love the dictionary but would also like to see a few blank tiles. We also love that they do take recommendations; we've seen a few of ours be accepted. The game is updated regularly so there is always something new.
We like this game too, especially now that the Scrabble updates have rendered it no fun anymore. The only change we'd like that we didn't see mentioned is showing the point total of your word as you place it and not only after you actually play it. And one (total) swap only per round ugh. All in all pretty nice though.
Very fun & addictive. We love the game, but the following tweaks would make it perfect: 1) List of the number of each letter in each game, or a list of letters left unplayed. 2) A double-word score for the yellow square you have to play on first, like in Scrabble. 3) A tally of the score you will get for a word, before you play it. 4) The points earned for a play to remain displayed until the next play. 5) An undo feature with a point penalty. 6) The ability to exchange some tiles as opposed to having to exchange them all.
No Dought that this a Addictive we still gave it four stars for a reason here's the reason no blank Tiles if you add that feature blank tile we 'll give it 5 stars no problem for now it is 4 stars.
Download this before trying similar word games. The others have annoying ads which interrupt play. This app lets you have an enjoyable time.
We really enjoy this app. We had often thought it would be fun playing Scrabble alone like a solitaire game and here it is. Thanks.
This game is a great way to pass the time and challenges your word building ability. It's the closest we can get to our favorite computer game (not made for these devices yet) which is called "Double-cross.".
As much as we like Scrabble, we never have anyone to play and cannot devote as much time to give. This allows us to play by ourselves whenever we can. We agree, too, that we miss the blanks. Thanks for keeping us Scrabble lovers happy.
Great game! We enjoy passing the time with Words Alone.
We love playing this at night, it's enjoyable and relaxing.
Love this app. Well worth the $$. This is our go to App when at the doctor's office or anytime we have to wait. Makes the wait more pleasurable to swallow.
Love this game. Love the fun of completing it each time and trying to use bigger lettered words. Keeps us occupied for hours and great on long haul flights.
Enjoy the challenge of playing the game alone. We surprise ourselves with the word combinations. This is great to practice alone so that the word combos work in other word games.
If you love to play word games then you will love this game. You might think it would be strange to play scrabble alone, but actually it is quite a challenge and you have to strategize not to get stuck and to use all of the letters. Makes " The little grey cells" get a workout.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 3.1
- Size: 18.20 MB
- iOS: 8.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Gano Technologies LLC
Last updated: 11th November 2017 | Genre: Education, Board | Developer: Gano Technologies LLC