.: Word Mojo Review

Author - Grant Fritchey :: User rating -   (8 votes) :: Views - 8592 January 07, 2004 :: Got your Mojo woikin? Word Mojo is fun, fast, word game from Astraware. You get scramble of letters & a board on which to place them, similar to scrabble. It's a challenging game that's sure to capture your attention and keep you busy for a while.

Work that Mojo

Are you a die-hard Boggle fan? Need new word challenges because you've wipe the floor with your family for decades? Then you must be my wife. Seriously, Word Mojo is similar to a game of Boggle, but your opponents are yourself, that clock, and the jumble of letters. The game is quick, easy to learn, hard to master. Everything a game on a PDA should be. I still can't believe that 'woikin' isn't a word. After all, it goes hand-in-hand with Mojo...

Astraware's Word Mojo installs nice clean and simple, as you would expect. The interface is simple and intuitive. Almost no instructions are needed to start to play. The graphics are clean and easy to read. The sound is crisp & clean, although I found the music a bit irritating after a while, but then, I can't spell, so the pressure was on. The online help is concise and clear and only needed for the details it provides. There are 50,000 words in the dictionary. Probably about 49,500 more than I needed to play the game, "CAT", "BAT", "SAT", "RUN","FUN"....

Game Play

You'll be presented with the option of timed or untimed games. My recommendation, assuming you're the wipee & not the wiper in those word games at home, is to start with untimed. It takes some of the pressure off. Then you get the option of a set of letters; "Easy - 6 Letters", "Hard - 7 Letters." Personally, I found trying to make enough words using 6 letters a bit of a challange and 7 letters was easier. But that's because I'm not a word smith. If I were, I'd be going for the big points. See, the game scores based on the letters used, similar to Scrabble; "E" is worth 10, "W" is worth 40. Then there are some wrinkles on top. In order to go the next round, you have meet a minimum score. You're given six trays of letters, one at a time, from which you create words. Once you've laid out some words, dragging & dropping the letters into place, interlocking the words, you click submit and the words are scored.

Still feel the need to crow about your abilities? Astraware allows you to submit your high scores to their web site which allows you to show your superiority to the world.

Basic Facts

• Application name: Word Mojo
• Tested version: 1.0
• Author: Astraware
• Trial Download: Pocket PC All Processors
• Purchase: US$ 14.95

Conclusion I'm no good at word games, but I found this one a lot of fun to play. It's easy enough to learn and play that you won't feel frustrated. It's challenging enough, especially in timed-play, that your attention won't wonder. :: The final rating is 100%

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