Why you’ll love it: It’s THE classic crossword and now you can take it with you wherever you go. Price: Free to demo for a week, then $6.99/month or $39.99/year subscription options The redesign, Friends 2, allows you to play fictional characters in solo challenge events and includes new lightning rounds. However, it’s still one of the best word game apps for straight fun and multi-player functionality. Why you’ll love it: This is the highly-popular word game that you’ve probably already played. It can be a difficult game to master, but always entertaining. By playing, you’ll read through a story told in a dystopian future where censorship is blotting out key words (that you have to then guess). Why you’ll love it: If you’re looking for something a bit more immersive than typical word game apps, check out Blackbar. Type of game: Guess the word game, with an underlying story Smooth and easy to play in small pockets of downtime to improve your vocabulary. With only four letters, you have to make a word as quickly as possible. Why you’ll love it: Like all word game apps, Four Letters starts out simple but quickly progresses to harder and harder puzzles to solve. Beautiful to play, and quickly challenging.

Why you’ll love it: This one goes beyond the normal “find word repeat” type of word game apps by introducing multiple columns of letters you have shift around in order to spell out words in the center row. Type of game: Anagrams meets word search meets crosswords You not only try to make words, you also help your bears get bigger for more points. Why you’ll love it: With cute dancing bears, lots of vocabulary building, and a few gamified elements that are missing in other word game apps (like power-ups and boss fights), Alphabear is an absolute blast to play. Type of game: A wholly original word/strategy game, with elements of word search

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