Game house - text twist

When it comes to computer games, word puzzles are fast-paced learning games that help improve the users dexterity and reaction time. Text Twist freshens up online word games with its unique and addictive gameplay.

Forget Boggle or Scrabble — Text Twist will have you playing for hours on end. The player is given six letters in no particular order to form as many words as they can before the game's timer runs out.

Some of the letter jumbles can form many different words while others can have you wracking your brain to figure out even one.

It's all in the cards — or letters, rather — that you're dealt. The pressure to come up with as many words as you can in a limited time is enough to make anyone nervous. It's what makes the game difficult. As long as you can keep your cool, you'll have a better chance of winning each round. Once you create a word that uses all six letters, you can advance to the next round. The more words you form, the bigger the bonus. Players are given the option to choose either six, seven or eight-letter jumbles to form words out of; this option is an upgrade to the previous game, which had only six-letter puzzles.

Many features of Text Twist 2 are the same as its predecessor, but there are some key differences. Overall, the new gameplay doesn't entirely make up for the game's shortcomings. For example, some pluralized words are recognized by the game's word registry while the singular forms are not.

There's also the matter of the new gameplay modes aside from Untimed are only available in the full version, which requires a purchase.