WordFinder by YourDictionary

I’ve always enjoyed games with ‘words.’ The more advanced the games however, the more difficult it can be to determine some words; particularly after spending a great deal of time on them. That’s when I utilize “Word Finder.” It helps me figure it out sooner than later, and I can move forward in my games! The only drawback I have, is I have it open already, while I’m playing my game; and then when I need to use it, I will touch the screen, and it suddenly “restarts” all over again! It sometimes takes up to a minute or more! Frustrating, in the middle of a game! Other than that, I love Word Finder! 5 Stars

I understand advertising keeps business afloat. But here’s what happens almost every time I use this app: 1) A timed ad must be viewed after deleting a screen shot, which then goes directly to another longer-timed ad that must be viewed in order to unlock the best word. 2) After looking at the definition of a couple words an ad breaks in, and from there, there’s no going back to the previous screen. If you haven’t yet chosen the word you want, you have to start all over again with a new screen shot, etc., etc., (see #1 above). 3) The only definition of most words that end in “s” or however the root word is pluralized is “Plural of (the root word).” Come on, really? If you take the time to look for the root word in the list of anagrams, you are guaranteed an ad or 6 before you find it. Like most people who write negative reviews, I too wish there was an option for no stars.

Functionally, it works pretty well. I’ve not had it crash or fail. Generally, it gives me the word with the highest score available. However, it does struggle if I have more than one wildcard tile. If I put 5 letters and 2 “?”, it almost never comes up with the highest point word. This is also true with the screenshot feature. Also, I do use the free version, so I expect ads, however, some of these ads are too long. I see some reviewers complaining that you can’t exit the ads. You can, but you must wait until the end, and some are more than 30 seconds long. Sometimes, it shows me an ad to import the picture, and then another ad to unlock the best word. That’s fine, but if both ads are long, it means the ratio of time spent using the app to the amount of time watching ads is lopsided. It would be like watching a TV show that had 8 minutes of show and 22 minutes of commercials. The ads are long enough that I just look away and then come back to the app. If they were 10 or 15 seconds long, I would probably watch them.