Two of my favorites that are rather unique are Lexatron and Prose with Bros. Both are very polished, simple turn-based multiplayer games.
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Word games eith individual letter jumbling: Bookworm Super text twist Wooords Welder Puzzlejuice Wordsworth - multiplayer option Scramble with friends - multiplayer Word games where its more like crossword clues rather than just making random words: 7 little words (free) Frankenword (free) Word zinga Crux (crossword game) Other: Words with friends - multiplayer scrabble Scrabble - comes with multiplayer mode like a board game, each person can use their phone as the tile board while looking at the iPad for the game board Hanging with friends - a twist on hang man
What it Takes Word games are awesome, but it gets even better when you add some numbers rounds into the mix. Check out the preview video of What it Takes.
You owe it to yourself to check out Word Carnivale (FREE). Here’s TEN Great Reasons to check out Word Carnivale today. 1. You’ve seen “find a word from a fixed group of letters” in DOZENS of apps. In Word Carnivale, the letter board changes with every word you find. It’s a unique and new take on the typical “find a word” play than other games. 2. Children can play simple words in Word Carnivale and progress to longer ones. New possible words appear with every word you discover. You won’t get ‘stuck.’ You can even pause a game (but cheating is impossible . 3. You can rotate the letters in Word Carnivale, setting up new letter combos, or even blow up the entire bunch and get a new set to work from. 4. Word Carnivale is a UNIVERSAL app. Looks awesome on iPad and iPad Mini. Retina display and all. 5. There are NO ties in Word Carnivale! Word Carnivale uses longest word, best word etc... to break ties. 6. You can send reminders to opponents to take their turn in Word Carnivale. Less waiting, more playing. 7. “Best of Three” round play in Word Carnivale makes for a better game than the “sum of your scores”. Each round you start fresh. 8. You don’t have to wait for opponents in Word Carnivale. Random opponent gives you a match in seconds. 9. In Word Carnivale you can see the stats of your opponents. Their top score, best word value, longest game … 10. In Word Carnivale you earn time by solving longer words. Rounds can last over 5 minutes, depending on your skill.
Yushino number variant If you are a Words with Friends fan, the same strategy works with Yushino, which is an easy number variant. the good thing is you don't get cheated and you can play with people who aren't native english speakers. it's free on the appstore and coming soon for android and on Facebook, so I guess the players' base will be huge http://download.yushino.com/app?idd=161