# GrabbyWord — user reviews > 178 indexed App Store user reviews of GrabbyWord by EZOT, Inc., rated 4.60/5 from 106 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/grabbyword/id862586824/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/grabbyword/id862586824.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 82 · 4★ 14 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 5 ## What do users think of GrabbyWord? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Challenges - 👍 Great word game - 👍 Keeps brain active - 👍 Fun and addictive - 👍 Excellent strategy game - 👍 Best game ever **Cons** - 🐛 Crashing/lagging on iOS and OSX - 🐛 Ads cannot be deleted - 🔋 High battery consumption - 🔋 Ads too frequent and annoying - 🔒 Cheaters using invalid words **Commonly reported bugs** - Games disappearing - Inconsistent word acceptance **Most requested features** - Ad-free version - Word definitions and lookup - Opponent stats and ranking visibility - Landscape mode - Improved notification system ## Newest reviews (16 of 178) ### 2/5 — Nik *2026-04-19, version 2.30* I have just open a new account on my new iPad and quite it is defunct I can get any scoreboards up and often when I press to see things I get a picture of grabbyboard I can’t get out or if throws me too my last game. All like my original account it won’t allow me to put a profile picture up and on my phone when I press to play another it throws back meaning i have to come out of game and come back in just be able to play. I love grabby and it’s fantastic game but issue becoming unacceptable and wearing, if it’s not sorted soon I am afraid I will have to go back to playing instead. It’s stressful I play to take my mind off chronic illness, not for stress. ### 3/5 — Last update - Crash on iOS And OSX *2025-10-24* Crashing heaaaaps (lagging etc) on both iPhone and OSX since the last app update. Please fix :( ### 5/5 — Great game *2022-01-15* The added strategy required for this game makes it really fun. I used to be a big scrabble player but now only play grabby word. It's really good that the adds are only five seconds - makes them bearable ### 5/5 — Best Game ever! *2021-06-06* I’m quit playing Words With Friends 6 years ago after discovering there were many cheat apps out there! There is no way to cheat here, thank God. You use your English spelling & Grammar skills, your strategy and the letters you’re dealt I won’t play powerups with anyone...just enjoy the game! You can upgrade to a version without adds for 8.99...so worth it in the 6 years I’ve been playing ### 5/5 — Excellent *2021-05-13, version 2.15* Keeps your brain working whilst also being very enjoyable. Lots of good players to keep it interesting. ### 5/5 — ADDICTING! *2021-04-22* GrabbyWord is one of my favorite word games. I love it! ### 5/5 — Five Stars! *2021-01-11, version 2.15* Grabby is excellent! A great word game to play with against the computer and other players. Also extra challenges to keep you engaged. The Playzot team are fabulous too....Stupidly I logged myself out and forgot my details. They were quick to reply to my email, efficient in resolving my issue and above all really pleasant to deal with. ### 3/5 — Scrabble with a twist *2020-01-24* If you like Scrabble, you would probably enjoy this. Stealing of letters and trying to compose words that cannot be stolen are welcome and enjoyable variations. Thanks. Update: I am dropping this puppy down 2 stars because I have played several games and the computer is using foreign words, two-letter slang, suffixes and the like more and more. My recent games saw very few actual words by the computer opponent. Scrabble computer foe far superior in the way it plays. Grabby is far superior in how it inserts ads. ### 3/5 — Great fun but ruined with new elements *2019-11-20, version 2.15* I am hooked on word games and this one is great fun, with a new twist to it. Its early days, but I think this is the one I will stick with. UPDATE. I have played this for ages and love it, but the additional element of powerplays has totally ruined the game for me. ### 2/5 — Overpriced & Under featured when bought *2019-08-18* Title says it all. Purchasing should give you more features like access to word search, lists and definitions word lookup. Chat could be expanded and Inc snap shots too. If under $5 I'd buy it but at rrp it's missing too much to justify current value model. ### 2/5 — Missing tokens *2019-06-01* I just bought 20 and they won’t show up. Aggravated. Love this game and play it often. Help please? ### 5/5 — KayO *2019-05-04* Great strategy game. Really keeps my brain ticking. I’ve learnt a lot from players above me and I’m game to tackle anyone now. ### 5/5 — Great game for word nerds *2019-01-14, version 2.14* Overall, a great game that I've played almost daily for nearly 3 years. I don't get why people complain about ads or paying for removal. The developers deserve to get paid for their product. At least you have the option to play for free. Love how the letters dance to show you it's not a proper word, but it needs a word list update from OSPD4 (2014) since OSPD6 is current. Also on my wish list, when playing multiple games, it would be nice if your rack letters would stay in the order you put them when returning to the game. ### 5/5 — FUN! *2019-01-13* My favorite game ever. I love all word games, but this one has a level of competition the others do not. Very fun and challenging! ### 5/5 — Great *2018-06-29* So much fun! ### 3/5 — Kills My Battery/No Customer Support *2018-05-30* It’s a cute game and it’s fun to play but it just drains the life out of my battery... There doesn’t seem to be any customer support either... Plus there are a few too many ads... ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not receiving promised reward! *2025-11-02* I would love to give this game a 5 star review. I play at least 7 or 8 games daily, however, I’m tired of watching your 60 second ads and not receiving the reward that I use for power ups in other games. I’m not consistently getting the reward after a waste of 60 seconds. When it’s fixed, I’ll give a better rating!!! ### 1/5 — Ruined *2022-01-28, version 2.16* I have played this game for years and really enjoyed it. It’s very addictive and challenging. Unfortunately as of this week there are now so so many long adverts that with great sadness I have decided not to play it anymore as these ads are really annoying. Thank you for the many happy years I’ve had playing this. ### 1/5 — cheat rules are stupid *2019-04-11* You ruined a great game by adding allowable cheat rules. Was a great game, now stupid. Fire the one who came up with that idea and send him to your competition. ### 1/5 — Cheaters galore *2018-10-31* Love the Game but so many cheaters ### 1/5 — Good game *2017-08-22, version 2.08* Finally cured the problem of waiting 5 days between goes. But have to pay for the privilege. Rip off. ### 1/5 — The Mobile Strike Ads are Horrible!!! *2017-05-14, version 1.9995* I love this game and would play it more if not for the stupid ads that force you to make a move or hit install now that opens a browser just to exit out of it. I don't trust it & it's frustrating. I will never give the 5star rating it deserves until it's removed. ### 1/5 — Errors *2016-04-08, version 1.9938* Game was fun until it started giving my points to Grabbyword. Now the game is gone. ### 1/5 — Crappyword *2015-11-29, version 1.9938* Way to many undefined words from grabby. You can't win when the app cheats ### 1/5 — Rubbish *2015-05-04, version 1.96* Hate this game it's so stupid I would rate it 0 stars worst game ever 💩💩💩💩💩 ### 1/5 — Crap *2015-04-11, version 1.96* The game is really fun when you can play it!!! Problem is you can't play it. Gives new player names each time you go to app and the you can't sign in etc with website. Don't waste your time and the pro version is 8.99 are you kidding me!! I can't use the free one. Sad because I love this game. Fix it ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Missing big tournaments *2026-03-24, version 2.30* Really missing the big tournaments. Been playing since 2015. Hope you bring them back! ### 5/5 — Challenges *2025-11-29* Too much fun winning ### 5/5 — my favourite word game *2024-07-09, version 2.30* I have had this game for 2 or 3 years and it is simply the best word game. The unique twist is that by adding letters to the other player’s word you ‘win’ that word and grab their score for the word. You have to play it to get it. No excessive ads. ### 5/5 — Ads can’t be deleted *2024-02-22, version 2.30* I love this game and although I’m sorry to see they need ads I understand. However I’m having a terrible time deleting the ads when they finish. When I hit the x button after they load nothing happens. I have to delete the app and reinstall it. It only happens with the ads with the timed loading at the bottom of the screen. Any suggestions as to why this is happening? ### 5/5 — Ad free? *2024-01-04* Is there a way to get ad free version? I love GrabbyWord very much but hate the ads. Thanks, musikmkr ### 5/5 — But….. *2023-11-14* I always enjoy grabbyword a lot, but too often I have to delete it and download again as it freezes on me. ### 5/5 — No one to play *2023-05-24, version 2.22* I love this game as it’s a great twist on traditional Scrabble, the graphics and features are good too. However, very annoyingly I can’t get the app to match me with any players! I did e mail about this but had no reply! This is such a shame as it’s a really fun game. Disappointed! ### 5/5 — Love it *2022-12-06* I have been playing Grabby words for over 10 years. Never get tired of it … it’s a thinking game and I enjoy playing it… I play 13 games of it with my friend. Just fine. Love it. Thanks for making this game ### 5/5 — Grabby Word *2022-11-20, version 2.22* Great game but very addictive. Especially good for those who are living alone or are lonely. ### 5/5 — GrabbyWord *2022-08-26, version 2.22* Have been hooked on GrabbyWord for some years now. Only things I don’t like are: 1) some games are terminated prematurely when an opponent seems unlikely to win, but a higher score could still be obtained if the extra plays were permitted. 2) not keen on how some words are not allowed (especially nationalities) and vocabulary used is so different to Scrabble. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-25.*