Wordfeud - Triple Word Score on a Smartphone or Tablet

At the moment, Wordfeud is one of the most popular games on the iPhone, iPad and Android smartphones and tablets. What exactly is it and why does it have such an absorbing fascination for many people?

Origin of Wordfeud

The name Wordfeud evokes images of people or groups of people quarreling about words. Consequently, it is beyond doubt that the game is a clone of the board game Scrabble. The goal of the players is to score points over their adversaries. However, mind you, we are talking here about 'Scrabble 2.0': this is a game you play on your smartphone or tablet, whose compactness and mobility make it a lot easier to use than the board game with the wooden tiles and letter racks.

Scrabble

The most notable difference between Wordfeud and Scrabble is that you can form a word any time you like and are free to decide how many different games you play simultaneously. The fact is that it is possible to play thirty games against different adversaries simultaneously. In that case, there is a 72-hour time limit between turns. You do not have to keep the score yourself either. The rules of Wordfeud correspond largely to those of the board game. However, there are more squares with double and triple word scores and letter scores in the digital version. You score points by forming words with the letter tiles, placing them tactically on these coloured squares. Letters that are less common have higher scores.

Addiction

Wordfeud is an ideal game to play whenever you have a few spare moments, for instance, on the train, in a traffic jam, on the toilet, etc. However, it has a downside: it is addictive. It can also be frustrating if you are sure a word exists and Wordfeud keeps claiming it is not in the dictionary. Likewise, it can be demotivating when people you play against have a high score, say 110 points, just by forming a short word, especially if it is one of your friends you invited for a game of Wordfeud. You can also play against complete strangers.

Pendant

What to do with your analogue Scrabble game in a box, which is now only taking up space in the cupboard? If you are a creative person, you could recycle the wooden tiles by pasting images or applying synthetic resin on them, thus turning them into funny pendants. After all, there is no other destiny for these Scrabble tiles than gathering dust ever since the moment Wordfeud was released as an embellished mobile version of Scrabble.

Sources: www.todio.nl