Microsoft Wordament

I’ve enjoyed playing this. I believe it helps keep my mind sharp. BUT! Do not let your young kids play this, thinking it will help them learn words! I don’t know what dictionary they’re using to get the “words” they use, but many, possibly even most, are not in any dictionary I own. Some are very archaic words, some are foreign words, and some, imo, are just made up because they kinda, sorta, look like they should be words. I have not figured out what criteria they use, nor their source. UPDATE: I still enjoy playing this, but my subscription renewed and it did not update, even though in the Apple App Store it says I’m good to 2025. So I decided maybe I needed to log out and log in again to get it to recognize the renewed subscription. But then I couldn’t log back in. Did you know that to get help with problems to log into your Microsoft Account, you first have to log into your Microsoft Account? The stupidly astounds me. After over 3 hours, I finally managed to get logged in again. (Hint: Don’t EVER log out of your Microsoft Account once your get logged in!). But it still would not recognized my subscription. So I deleted the app and reinstalled it. Now, it STILL doesn’t recognize the renewal that went through yesterday, AND I’ve now lost all my history and data. I love the game. I HATE Microsoft. They ruined the other game I used to play all the time, to the point where I canceled my subscription and deleted the game, and they’re well on the way to ruinging this one.

The game play, when you're actually playing, is very good. I enjoy it a lot. Short but not too quick, frustrating, or overly meticulous play time. Each play segment is finishable which is satisfying. Interesting and slightly different each time. Familiar format but more engaging than word search games. It's not tedious yet it's challenging at times but not impossible. Great word set!!! You don't have to learn "their" word set. I haven't had a word rejected yet, even Scrabble words. It doesn't try to force you to use or pay for hints - love that. No timer, so it's relaxing. You don't have to sign in to play. Love that. I'd delete it if I had to sign up. I just want the game play.I just discovered Quick Play option. So maybe I can avoid the pointless journey and bonuses I talk about below.The ads are loud but mutable, not bad, they were too long or I've gotten used to them, not overly frequent but sometimes I quit playing because of them.The developers don't understand the purpose of collecting points, getting bonuses, or finishing a journey or level. It's not a problem, just that none of it matters as far as game play. A numbered simple list with locked advanced levels would do. The paths, etc, are a waste of time. The game play remains exactly the same, nothing is new is added with achievements. Nothing effects the game play - points, bonuses, levels, - change nothing in that they're are no new features or options revealed. They're just annoying things to wait for between game play turns - watch your icon move down a path and open a treasure chest etc. for extra points, but the points don't change anything.

This game is amazing. I'd like to see an additional "points per second" score added to the "average points per word" and "word count," but that's not that big of a deal. What else would be nice to see is "most common mistakes" along with the list of words. Only things that I actually have a complaint about though are: (1) It forces you to change to the leaderboard at a certain time; sometimes I want to look through the words more than look at the leaderboard or I'm not interested in seeing the words and just want the leaderboard. It'd be nice to freely switch between during the time between games. (2) I don't like the "you're guessing" time penalty. I get why it's there, but occasionally my finger just slips and selects a different letter, I just misspelled a word, or I thought something was a recognized word, such as a slang word or a name. Maybe, it could just be that we say the time they wasted on a wrong word is penalty enough. Biggest plus it that I haven't experienced a true bug yet; people keep saying it freezes at 23 seconds, but that's only happened to me if I lose my connection.