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Minute lexicon

Countless words are not included in the game’s dictionary. Horribly designed system; people with a broad vocabulary will be frustrated in every single-player game.

And I hope you all know your Masoretic Hebrew and redneck slang, ‘cause this game sure does.

Fun game but out of date

Very enjoyable but needs an update for the 4yr old phone design (iPhone x and newer) screens

Update!

I love this game and wish there was a new update! I can still play single player but the screen does not fit anymore. I have tried multiple player but I don’t think it connects with the updated iOS.

Doesn’t use real words

I liked this game until the bot played “atchieving”. 😑

Catena

Fun to so far as single player... not sure that the multiplayer option actually works though b/c I've never been able to actually play anyone at all so far?! Be nice if u were given more lives or if they refilled faster too....

Great App

Can’t figure out Multiplayer. Would love to play with friends but having trouble figuring it out. Love the concept of this app. Dictionary is a little behind with certain medical terminology but that’s alright.

Multiplayer doesn't work

Multi doesn't work and email to company goes unanswered, I liked it plenty but now it's just sad😟

If multiplayer actually worked...

This is a really great game, but the multiplayer doesn't work well. Please work on that.

Fun original can't get multiplayer to work

Disappointing -- playing against a computer isn't the greatest. Fix the bug!

Love it!

Would give it 5 stars but I can't get multiplayer to work. It just shows the loading sign forever until I force close the app. I even upgraded/paid for the app stupidly thinking it would solve the issue but nope. Deleted and reinstalled the app, still not working. Fix that and it gets 5 stars. Awesome game and simple to play
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Dictionary needs work

Fun game. Love a new concept. But the dictionary has lots of spelling mistakes and sketchy words, making the game very frustrating.

For example, REASEARCH and XXIII. I'm guessing the word list came from Wikipedia. I would scrap this in favor of the Enable word list, or the like.

I would also take out proper nouns (like YMCA and KENNEDY). The game would be much tighter and stronger.
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Very fun and addicting game!

This game is awesome! I downloaded it a few hours ago and I have been playing nonstop!

Very cool!

I like it so much. It improve my English words, and also I have fun with my friends.. That is good.

What dictionary are you using?!

I would love to give you five stars, but... So far I have only played against the computer and it has come up with proper names (Kyle, Lynn) and words not in Webster's dictionary, such as XXX and NNETHERMORE. Maybe I didn't read in the rules that anything other than plurals is fair game, but these examples are ridiculous! It's like playing against a cheater!
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Very nice!

You should try it, it's that simple!

Excellent game!!! Unique!

What a cool word game! I really enjoy playing it. One of my new favorites!!

By the way, for the previous user complaining about notifications: you can turn off any and all notifications in your device settings, or when the app prompts you to allow notifications, just click "no"!!!

Fun, but needs work

Great game, but the app needs the ability to turn notifications off. It is also annoying how often I'm asked to upgrade.

Needs improvement

Yes, the dictionary is awful, but that's not the worst part. To minimize loss, you want to play one letter more than you take from your opponents word. (i.e. Use 3 letters, make a 4-letter word.) There are an incredible amount of 2-letter words in its dictionary. If you play with other people you could end up playing dozens of rounds of 2-letter words with no progress. Not fun at all, and no thinking is involved.
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AI vs people

Play with real people to enjoy it more. Playing against the AI is tedious, repetitive, and yeah, the dictionary's not great.

Decent app, terrible dictionary

The dictionary is so bad it makes playing the game no fun and even frustrating. How are "TN", "NT", "TG", "GT", and "MPHPS" words?!?!

Restrict words to a minimum of 3 characters and clean up that dictionary PLEASE. Until this happens, I can't see this game being playable.