Cannot access previous or new packets
Cannot access new packets. Tried deleting app and reloading. Message is slightly off skew on screen and won’t download any packets either previous purchases or new
Great app
Perfect for keeping the mind occupied
It’s an ‘S’ thing
Seems to be some issue where your programming for words ending in ‘s ‘ is malfunctioning. The word “thesis” is entirely valid.
Disappointed
I used the word “ablute” in the first game I played which the game doesn’t recognise
It’s hard to see why you’d play a game like this
It makes doing your best impossible
I think traditionally the game is supposed to know more words than I do
It’s hard to see why you’d play a game like this
It makes doing your best impossible
I think traditionally the game is supposed to know more words than I do
There’s no 9 letter word
To the 9s - 25/5 - there does not appear to be a 9 letter word to match this CKLMNREOO. What is it meant to be?
Best of the few
It’s a good word finding game, you can move on to the next game at anytime. Start inputting words to remove the instructions. No timer worries, just play.
Thank again
This game really makes you think
Disappointing
This game is ‘pig in a poke!’ Just a bit of a joke, thankfully I woke, probably designed by a bloke and deserves to ‘go up in smoke’!
Really Fun & Helps me learn more words!
This word game is really fun and forces me to use random letter combinations to make new words and learn them.
It really switches on my brain and I feel an indescribable surge of happiness and relief when I find out another word, it’s not too addictive and I would recommend it to literally anyone! 😃
It really switches on my brain and I feel an indescribable surge of happiness and relief when I find out another word, it’s not too addictive and I would recommend it to literally anyone! 😃
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Grow your dictionary
I enjoy this game and it’s a nice, straightforward interface. But the rejection of real words (eg. neem - a tree; perve with an E at the end) is nonsensical and needs attention. Please update your word banks! It’s puzzling when words are permitted in the Scrabble app but not here. Yes, not everyone uses American or British English - find a way to build both into your game. It’s getting very tiresome.
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Enjoying the app but …….
Very much appreciate this app. Easy to use, although not easy to find all possible words!
Finding some inconsistency when a word is deemed acceptable on one puzzle but is declined on another.
Would be great to learn what words I missed so I can extend my vocabulary but this feature is not available.
Finding some inconsistency when a word is deemed acceptable on one puzzle but is declined on another.
Would be great to learn what words I missed so I can extend my vocabulary but this feature is not available.
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Fairly decent.
Clean with minimal advertising.
Unfortunately missing some “definitely a word”words. Not referring to obscure scrabble words many do not agree on.
(Example “cist”. Not to be confused as a misspelling of cyst. It is a type of box, chest, tomb etc. Recognised in both English and American English).
Unfortunately missing some “definitely a word”words. Not referring to obscure scrabble words many do not agree on.
(Example “cist”. Not to be confused as a misspelling of cyst. It is a type of box, chest, tomb etc. Recognised in both English and American English).
Deceptively simple but so fun
Wonderful game that can be challenging and addictive. No ads!
My favourite part is the little touches of sassiness when you try to reuse a word (“No way José! You can’t use ____ again”) or when you input random letters (“A dictionary is not a bonbon tray!”) Would love an option to shuffle the letters around. Thanks for the great game
My favourite part is the little touches of sassiness when you try to reuse a word (“No way José! You can’t use ____ again”) or when you input random letters (“A dictionary is not a bonbon tray!”) Would love an option to shuffle the letters around. Thanks for the great game
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It’s a challenge
Thank you - I’m finding the 9 letter words a real challenge, but with no ads & not being timed is great. Is there an easier version?
My 2nd review. Love it BUT…..
I love this ‘no adverts’ app and am happy to continue to pay for new sets though would appreciate 20 for the money rather than just 10. Recently 2 words have been turned down as not being in the dictionary which I have felt rather unfair! Took screenshots but can’t find a way of inserting here.
Update: info sent via link provided by developer.
Update: info sent via link provided by developer.
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To the 9s - reliably enjoyable
Beautifully operational. Sometimes I wish there was an access to unsolved 9-letter and other words I have not been able to find.
Great, needs better dictionary
I like the simple interface without time trials, ads, ostentatious graphics. It is a plain and simple nine letter puzzler.
With some polish and some extra work it could be truly fantastic.
Needs a good dictionary. Didn’t accept “engine” in game 2 packet 11.
Game 5 in packet 25 doesn’t have a valid 9 letter word.
From some of your reply comments, I am not sure what algorithms are being used to generate the games. And why some form of automatic generation is not being used. There seems to be an allusion that all the games are generated by hand?
The dictionary used should transcend each game. That is, the same dictionary is available and used with all games. Not sure why this doesn’t happen.
Yes there are approximately 42,000 nine letter words in the English language so there a huge pool to generate from. The list of valid 4 to 9 letter words should be relatively static. No plurals are allowed, but conjugated verbs ending in “s” are.
The initial labour intensive part is going through the wordlist to cull plurals and to add singular third person verb conjugates that end in “s”. The SOWPODS and NASPA scrabble word list goes up to nine letters and I believe is publicly and easily available. These wordlists exclude proper nouns.
Yes it is a drag to trawl through wordlists, but this initial step will produce a polished product. Once suitable word lists are generated the games could be easily created, possibly on the fly. Dictionaries could be stored as directed graphs to speed up acces and search ability. I understand that by having in app purchases to buy the game packs make sense from a business and remuneration stance.
For example from SOWPODS This is number of words of length 4 to 9 characters.
It would be a simple matter to cull plurals by only looking at words ending in “s” and making the call about whether the word is a plural or conjugated verb.
4
5,638
5
12,972
6
23,033
7
34,342
8
42,150
9
42,933
Needs good dictionaries based on theOxford and American Oxford and the MacQuarie.
I like the interface mostly except that a scroll bar should appear when you have answered a large list of words irrespective of whether you have touched the list.
Also the game should be able to flip into landscape mode.
Keep up the work.
With some polish and some extra work it could be truly fantastic.
Needs a good dictionary. Didn’t accept “engine” in game 2 packet 11.
Game 5 in packet 25 doesn’t have a valid 9 letter word.
From some of your reply comments, I am not sure what algorithms are being used to generate the games. And why some form of automatic generation is not being used. There seems to be an allusion that all the games are generated by hand?
The dictionary used should transcend each game. That is, the same dictionary is available and used with all games. Not sure why this doesn’t happen.
Yes there are approximately 42,000 nine letter words in the English language so there a huge pool to generate from. The list of valid 4 to 9 letter words should be relatively static. No plurals are allowed, but conjugated verbs ending in “s” are.
The initial labour intensive part is going through the wordlist to cull plurals and to add singular third person verb conjugates that end in “s”. The SOWPODS and NASPA scrabble word list goes up to nine letters and I believe is publicly and easily available. These wordlists exclude proper nouns.
Yes it is a drag to trawl through wordlists, but this initial step will produce a polished product. Once suitable word lists are generated the games could be easily created, possibly on the fly. Dictionaries could be stored as directed graphs to speed up acces and search ability. I understand that by having in app purchases to buy the game packs make sense from a business and remuneration stance.
For example from SOWPODS This is number of words of length 4 to 9 characters.
It would be a simple matter to cull plurals by only looking at words ending in “s” and making the call about whether the word is a plural or conjugated verb.
4
5,638
5
12,972
6
23,033
7
34,342
8
42,150
9
42,933
Needs good dictionaries based on theOxford and American Oxford and the MacQuarie.
I like the interface mostly except that a scroll bar should appear when you have answered a large list of words irrespective of whether you have touched the list.
Also the game should be able to flip into landscape mode.
Keep up the work.
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Can’t solve 11/5
So fun so glad I found an app with this game.
But puzzle number 11/5 seems unsolvable for a 9 letter word.
These are the letters:
t s e
s a u
r u s
Pls help
But puzzle number 11/5 seems unsolvable for a 9 letter word.
These are the letters:
t s e
s a u
r u s
Pls help
Very slow in realising new games.
I really enjoy playing this app. however it takes ages to realise new games and therefore you tend to move on to other things,it just seems to me that the developer is not very business savvy,is sitting on a good thing and not making the most of it from a financial point of view.
Improvements needed
I enjoy nine letter games but I only use this app as a last resort. It could be greatly improved by allowing words to be put into A-Z order as it’s frustrating to know if you found a correct word or not when you have to scroll through found words. The biggest reason that I don’t like the app are the comments that come up when a chosen word is incorrect, they are not in the least bit funny, they are very condescending. If these are removed I would be happy to recommend the app to friends but at the moment because they are there I do not recommend your app.
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Response from developer
Thanks for your straightforward comments on “2 The Nines”. Our developer is an ardent admirer of the cartoon character “Mad Maxine”, but she acknowledges that many people are not fans of this style of humor. We are relieved to note that you are not reporting problems with the basic functionality of our learning tool. We think you will find more to like about our upcoming version.
