Plus, you can enable the playing of “phonies” which could then get challenged off the board (or not). .We’ve seen about a 10% increase in revenue across the portfolio [in the wake of the coronavirus].

They should just go stuff it.Well written…Thanks for the recommendation…SCRABBLE has been our favorite multi-player game for years and kept us “in touch” when apart… We’ve been searching for another but with no luck… We’re going to try WordMaster and maybe, someday, it will be multi-player.Thanks for the tip – I’ve been dreading The demise of Scrabble (though it will probably be good for my daily productivity).I have downloaded WordMaster and it more closely resembles EA Scrabble.

The Board is better to see for those of us with myopia I did elect topay the $4.99 ad free You can invite and play friendsThx.


Downloaded and played one game of Scrabble Go. Plus you could not play it if you weren’t connected to the internet, because they didn’t want people avoiding ads by going offline. Thank you for calling out the Scrabble Go BS for what it is, especially with the insight into the corporate mega-BS. Boo!My online games disappeared but so far I seem to be able to play the computer. Plus you can change the points for individual letters also, I am pretty sure.lexulous also seems an option for my friends and I…word master, I tried but didn’t love…I love Lexulous and have been playing it since 2007 when it was called Scrabulous, it was exactly like Scrabble, but apparently Hasboro wasn’t happy and made them change a couple things. And its UI is pretty awful, to be honest. So it seemed boring to me, but in fact, it’s much worse than that.Is there an app with the same board layout and tile distribution as Scrabble that you can play yourself? New versions are coming out regularly with upgrades and I look forward to them. Anyway, thanks for the recommendation.I was horrified when I first saw Scrabble Go and complained vociferously to anyone who would listen (and I guess some who wouldn’t), but apart from the garish board & background and the poor chat facility, the Classic mode is OK.

by deleting and re-loading the App.I feel I have been a good ambassador for the App, having introduced several people to it, so I am disappointed with the timing of the service response.I must add that I am on the ‘free’ version of the App, so am beginning to wonder whether this is a ploy to get me to be a paying subscriber – if so, why not just say one way or the other, rather than keeping me hanging?

It's a simple question with a surprisingly complex answer - can you play abbreviations in Scrabble? Why?Thanks for the info about word master, but is there ANY multi-player games besides words with friends out there anymore?Yes, check out Lexulous.

Now I’ll tell you why Scrabble’s EA app is going away for good, what it’s like to play Scrabble GO as a decent player, and how you might enjoy Word Master, which may be better than EA’s Scrabble ever was.As a former media analyst, I know how licensing works. I’m desperate as I can’t deal with losing my beloved Scrabble!!

Download it from the When you start the app on your phone or tablet for the first time, it will present the option to connect your Facebook account. Then go back to the top of the screen where it says “What can we help you with” and select “Report Suspicious Activity”. Yes, wordmaster lacks some features like multiplayer and dictionaries. Die ScrableGo..Just die. They don’t all play quickly, which is annoying — why are we waiting for a bot to get around to playing us?

But, you also earn points for other words that are formed as a result of playing your single word.

In the meantime we have started playing Wordfeud which is a far better alternative to the garish and annoying Scrabble Go.Thank you for this excellent, very well written post!The Scrabble EA app still seems to be working on my iPad, even though it’s past the doomsday date of June 5…has Scopely had a change of heart?I think they are phasing it out. We’ll see if one of these two works for us!Thanks for writing this. Could I at least get a good game out of it?If you want to play the machine, you’re stuck playing with “Zooey,” the avatar for the game.
Best $3.99 I ever spent!

I will hate Hasbro and rotten Apple forever and ever because of that.

And I was seriously wondering whether any women play Classic Scrabble GO…I am a woman. See, these aren’t really ads. There would have been many ways to raise the cost without selling the exclusive rights to Scopely, the Martin Shkrely of online games.Thanks for the above overview; very good points raised.I have a different issue with the Scopley Scrabble Go in that my icon on my iPhone has been stuck for the last two days and I am unable to continue my Scrabble games. They had the audacity to delete during a pandemic yet! clear what happened — and what it means for you as a Scrabble player.The owners of Scrabble (Hasbro in the US and Canada, Mattel elsewhere) want to make more money.

Trying to promote a competing app off the back of a hit piece is pretty desperate.Why are you posting bullshit on WithoutBullshit?

Before you get overwhelmed with all the added options, game modes and flashy animations, let’s break it down with easy instructions for how to play this popular word game.Click "Sign up with Google" to accept YourDictionary's Download it from the Google Play Store for Android devices or from the Apple App Store for iPhone and iPad. .

Besides the obvious, here are my other complaints. That’s the correct choice, remember we are complaining about Scopely’s abusive behavior and that’s the closest.6.