![]() Even after reading the rules it didn't sink in until I started building a crossword. It kind of surprised me how different the play is from Scrabble. The registered trademark symbol is on the bag, and the tiles are good solid plastic with a nice weight to them.It just arrived so I haven't had a chance to play it with others yet, but I dabbled with it by myself a little bit. Mostly I just wanted to say that the product I received appears to be the real deal. There are also variants that are suitable for solitaire, longer play, and also less intense. ![]() Winning a close-fought game (like most of them) is immensely satisfying. It removes all the paint-drying boredom of Scrabble, turns up the intensity and speed to a scorching pace, and leaves you mentally exhausted after just a few minutes of play. This gem takes the principles of Scrabble (words spelled across and down, interlocking, where every string of adjacent letters must form a word) and adds a furious pace that ends games in 2-4 minutes. For me, Scrabble is a 3-hour time commitment that is more stress than it's worth.Enter Bananagrams. The flaws of Scrabble should be evident to anyone whose played at least once: the endless waiting for someone to play their turn, the table-pounding frustration of watching someone take "your spot", the fights over people thumbing through the dictionary to debate bogus word after bogus word, the teeth-grinding stress of building words for the sake of hitting double/triple spots rather than just long words, and so on. How could a little sack of Scrabble-ish tiles be as much fun as the time-honored master that IS Scrabble?The answer, uttered by my mother, summed it up: "I think I like this more than Scrabble."I have been very good at Scrabble for as long as I can remember, but in recent years I've balked at playing with my family during holiday visits. Depending on the options available for downloading, separate versions may be available from Wordzap depending on the target system architecture.I ordered this product on a friend's recommendation, and was skeptical when it arrived. The WordZap Deluxe 7.14 demo is available to all software users as a free download with potential restrictions and is not necessarily the full version of this software.Ĭompatibility with this software may vary, but will generally run fine under Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP on either a 32-bit or 64-bit setup. This download is licensed as shareware for the Windows operating system from board games and can be used as a free trial until the trial period ends (after 10 executions). A variation called "Sudden Death" makes for even more exciting game play.Įxtra word lists will satisfy the most exacting Scrabble players. Four game options are available: EasyZap, LongZap, WordZap and MatchZap, increasing in difficulty. ![]() WordZap has beautiful new graphics and a variety of additional 'motifs'. ![]() We hope this new version will be useful in schools and anywhere people are learning to keyboard. If you are not yet a touch typist, playing WordZap is a good way to get some practice. Now, if you are a touch typist you can seriously speed up your play. In this version you can input words using either the keyboard or your mouse. As you get better at WordZap, your computer opponent becomes cleverer to match your ability. When opponents make the same word, it is Zapped from both lists. ![]()
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