# Word Jewels® Twist — user reviews > 85 indexed App Store user reviews of Word Jewels® Twist by Boy Howdy Technology LLC, rated 4.80/5 from 1,809 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/word-jewels-twist/id1088988397/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/word-jewels-twist/id1088988397.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,465 · 4★ 271 · 3★ 57 · 2★ 12 · 1★ 4 ## What do users think of Word Jewels® Twist? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🧠 Keeps the brain active - 🎮 Fun and engaging gameplay - 🆓 No advertisements - 🧠 Challenging and stimulating - 🧠 Helps improve vocabulary - 🧠 Great for mental exercise - 👍 Relaxing and enjoyable - 👍 Easy to pick up and play - 👍 Responsive developer team **Cons** - 🔍 Limited word selection - 🐛 Occasional bugs or glitches - 🔢 Unclear word count or goals - 🔢 Some questionable words accepted **Commonly reported bugs** - Letters not registering correctly - Game freezing or crashing - Inability to progress to next level **Most requested features** - Add more words and word variations - Provide word count or goal information - Improve dictionary integration - Implement an alphabetical word display ## Newest reviews (16 of 85) ### 5/5 — Good for the brain *2023-02-15, version 1.31* I play this at least once a day to keep my mind active. ### 5/5 — Great company *2022-12-16, version 1.30* Great for those times at Drs Offices, or waiting for wife shopping. Can stop and pick up where you left off at any time. Very responsive developer team. Probably will never call them though, they’re so well designed! Good job, Mom! ### 5/5 — Love this App *2022-06-05, version 1.29* I play it every day. It keeps my mind sharp and helps increase my vocabulary. ### 5/5 — Mindful Fun! *2022-02-25, version 1.28* I love the challenge of discovering the entire word at first glance before twisting or making any words. My young nieces are getting into it as well. I just love the Boy Howdy games! Thank you for making the games free of charge! That’s a rarity these days. ### 5/5 — Do the twist!!!! *2022-02-12, version 1.28* This word game with a twist is so addictive I love it once I start I can't stop. Great way to waste time!! I find it very frustrating at times when some of the words are really strange never seen them before in any context. ### 5/5 — Love this game *2021-10-16, version 1.27* Very relaxing, one of my favorites. I just wish there was a possible word count so I had something to try to reach. But even without that this is great! Thanks Boy Howdy! ### 5/5 — Love this game. *2021-10-14, version 1.27* I wish I had more time to challenge myself~ but… relaxing & keeps me alert! ### 5/5 — Word jewels twist *2021-05-16, version 1.27* Great game, very good for keeping an old mind active.And learning new words occasionally. ### 5/5 — Word jewels Twist *2021-04-27, version 1.26* I really like this game. It’s challenging, and I try to find more words than the app requires. Recently I had a question about this game and I contacted the developers. I received a reply to my question within 24 hours. Great job Boy Howdy! ### 5/5 — Love to play *2020-08-26, version 1.24* I wish I could figure out how many words are possible. And sometimes, some words a suspect, made up. Still addictive though. ### 5/5 — Great Game *2020-06-04, version 1.23* Just enough of a challenge so the game is fun & educational One of 5 Great Boy Howdy games - they are terrific game developers BC - I played it before the Coronavirus DC - it is keeping me sane during the Coronavirus stay in place AC- Oh so looking to play it after the Coronavirus is gone ### 5/5 — Challenging and enjoyable *2020-06-04, version 1.23* Easy game to learn, yet interesting and mind stretching. ### 5/5 — Top word game *2020-04-24, version 1.23* Ideal to keep my mind active as the years pass. ### 5/5 — Really and Relaxing *2020-04-22, version 1.23* I’m addicted to this game. I am not a word/ spell game lover. I hate Scrabble. This game is fun though. It allows you to continually twist the letters around and you get a big bonus if you can figure out the secret word that is hiding there. I’ve learned a lot of new words and I feel it’s keeping my brain active. I enjoy playing it so much I lose track of time. ### 5/5 — Top marks!! *2019-09-02, version 1.20* Well done. Another winner, keep more excellent addictive games like this coming and I will keep downloading them. :) ### 5/5 — Me *2019-09-02, version 1.20* Love it ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 2/5 — Flawed *2019-09-03, version 1.20* I like word games and Boy Howdy Word Jewels has provided a lot of great fun. This game was fun for a while until I discovered it accepting all kinds of non words for credit. I just used the word “coonty” as the large one in the group. Lots of oddball non words accepted ruins it. Every word game I have played has flaws in words accepted. Why can’t these games be linked to a high quality dictionary? ### 2/5 — Sometimes Things Aren't What They First Seem... *2019-08-07, version 1.18* At first... I couldn't play this game enough-it was that much Fun. Then... It began dropping Letters-which eventually progressed into Whole Words... I found myself thinking- I Should Have LISTENED To The-REVIEWS... I began Not playing game as much-because the fun was Taken Out of playing it. Finally... It Stopped putting in letters for words and pretty much-Wouldn't Work altogether. That's When... I...Had NO Choice... But to...GET RID Of THIS Game. It's A-SHAME... Because THIS Game Was FUN To Play...AT FIRST. Sometimes Things AREN'T What They SEEM. Lesson Learned. 🤔 ### 3/5 — Won’t advance levels *2023-12-04, version 1.33* Ok game. I wish it would tell me whether I’ve found all possible options. But i barely play—once I’ve found the full 7 letter word, it says I can click next level. If I do that, it just locks the letters but doesn’t advance. I have to close the game and restart. Meh. ### 3/5 — Fun, but Repeats *2016-04-20, version 1.2* This is a lot of fun to play, but after a while, the scrambled letters do repeat. So you end up forming words from scrambles that have previously appeared. ### 4/5 — More words needed *2025-01-30, version 1.35* It would really be good if the people who make this game could add more words… I feel like I’m playing the same 50 or so words all the time and there are way more words out there than that. I like this game a lot but it really needs lots more words to play. ### 4/5 — Keeps ya thinking *2022-06-08, version 1.29* Thought must be used ### 4/5 — Like It, but Missing Something *2018-10-30, version 1.15* I just downloaded the game and it was what I was seeking. However, when I complete a level, it won’t let me move on by pressing “next level.” I have to close out the game and go back in for another word. What am I doing wrong? ### 4/5 — Excellent...but *2018-09-22, version 1.14* Like most Boy Howdy games this is nicely challenging and well thought out. I think it would be even better if only words of four letters and more counted. There is a limit to the number of times you really want to type out ‘are’, ‘era’ and ‘ear’! ### 4/5 — Love it! *2018-05-04, version 1.14* Fun word game. Challenging but not frustrating. If the word (using all letters) is not found you can still pass the level by making enough other words. If you’re stuck, you can go on to the next level. ### 4/5 — Fun game *2018-02-03, version 1.12* Highly recommended ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best word scramble game *2026-07-30, version 1.43* I’ve tried lots of these games over the years. This is by far the best. ### 5/5 — Word Jewels *2026-07-22, version 1.43* I have done over 40,000 levels over a few years. I love Word Jewels! ### 5/5 — This game is an old friend *2026-03-13, version 1.41* It’s been on my last 3 iPad’s. Always fun, challenging and a great way to pass the time. I’ve got 22,530,500 points and will enjoy many more. ### 5/5 — Best game *2025-06-02, version 1.36* Keeps the brain working and has no advertisements-hooray !! ### 5/5 — Games for the mind *2025-05-14, version 1.35* Fun, engaging, challenging - keeps the mind agile ### 5/5 — Great game! *2025-03-27, version 1.35* Challenging and addicting! ### 5/5 — An amazing mind game *2024-08-09, version 1.34* I just love this game. I play for hours. It really makes me think I’m up to 55 words. I just love it and the best thing is there is no ads amen. Love you guys. ### 5/5 — Brain builder *2023-11-22, version 1.33* I’m 77 years old and this helps stimulate my brain to think and see words. I learn new words as well by simply trying combinations! ### 5/5 — Better than any other spelling game *2023-11-20, version 1.33* I love this game. I’ve played many other spelling games and none give me the challenges and joy of this one. It’s very relaxing and the only adds are banner adds. Don’t have to spend money on boosters or add-ons. Enjoy spelling and winning. ### 5/5 — Great Game!! *2023-03-29, version 1.31* This game, as with 4 other Boy Howdy games I play, is loads of fun & challenging. "Not to easy as there is no challenge, but not too hard that you get frustrated & leave", is how I would describe all of their games. The games are well maintained & no problems in 8 years. If there is it's always resolved immediately. Every time I have contacted Boy Howdy they always respond & quickly! This is the only game site that I have encountered that does. There are other games (where the maker has many games) that I'm still waiting over 1+yr to hear from them (Zynga). Boy Howdy has The Greatest service! They get my highest recommendation! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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