Single Player Scrabble : Play against a computer-controlled opponent named Zoey. Choose between easy, medium, hard, master and grand master difficulty settings.
Scrabble Classic : Play without boosts against both human and computer-controlled opponents. Scrabble GO Duels : Play on a smaller 11 x 11 board where each player is only allowed a total of five moves.
You have a limited amount of time to complete each move. Tumbler Classic : In this timed mini game, you form words from six letter tiles. New tiles replace used tiles in the same column. Rush Classic : In this single player game, score as many points as you can in just 10 turns within a 3-minute time limit. Optionally, you can choose to spend money to buy power-up bundles, exclusive content, and in-game currency. Words With Friends offers the more straightforward approach with fewer distractions.
Comparatively, Scrabble GO has a flashier presentation with more animations and colorful graphics. Michael Kwan is a professional writer and editor with over 14 years of experience. Fueled by caffeine and WiFi, he's no stranger to word games and dad jokes.
There are passionate fans of both games for a variety of reasons. Scrabble was invented as a board game in by an architect who was out of work during the Great Depression.
Words With Friends was born as a smartphone application in An important difference between the two games is a change in the point value for each letter tile. When you switch to Words With Friends you will need time to learn strategies around a different tile scoring system. Bonus scoring is also slightly different between these two games. But a more profound change is going on invisibly: a huge expansion in the number of playable words.
That includes not only contemporary slang like bae , yas , werk , turnt , and bestie , but also, more surprisingly, a handful of abbreviations like BFF best friends forever , FOMO fear of missing out , and TFW that feeling when While trendy initialisms might make for good marketing material, purists raised on Scrabble might balk at the additions.
When playing WWF, you're given the option of putting a word down and submitting it. If the word isn't on the approved list, WWF asks you to choose another valid word very much unlike your cutthroat Scrabble opponent, who would pounce on your mistake and make you pay. This means you can submit combination after combination until you happen to stumble upon a word like "eagre" a tidal flood , thus impressing your friends with your lexical grasp.
Saying that Words with Friends follows a different dictionary than Scrabble is tricky because Words with Friends doesn't really release a list of all the acceptable words in the lexicon. Much like in Scrabble, proper nouns, abbreviations, prefixes, suffixes and words that need a hyphen or an apostrophe are no-nos.
Unlike Scrabble, derogatory words or slurs are not allowed. Many grumbles were heard about Scrabble allowing two particular words --"za" and "qi" -- in their game, while Words with Friends didn't. It appears that Words with Friends has now added those as acceptable. Another bad habit you might develop with Words with Friends: You can update the app, and more words might've been added. Those with older versions might have different words. So it's best to familiarize yourself with Scrabble's acceptable word list the Official Tournament and Club Word List before plunging into a competitive game.
You'll find that playing Words with Friends will leave you with the impression that Scrabble games are leisurely affairs. You stare at your letters for ten minutes, sigh a few times, watch an episode of "Sister Wives," stare at the letters for another ten minutes and then maybe get hit with a stroke of inspiration that you can spell "polygamy" from a hanging "y" on the board and get a bingo.
Or maybe you go to sleep and look at it the next morning. The point is, Scrabble doesn't allow you the luxury of endless thought. Your opponent, one can assume, would probably be annoyed if you took a television break. Decisions must be made within a reasonable time frame. Get in the habit of not being able to quickly assess your rack for words, and you're on the losing end of a faster-paced Scrabble game.
On the other hand, remember that Words with Friends can also get you in the habit of checking your game at a red light and putting together a word before it turns green.
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