Released: Feb 28th 2009
Developer/Publisher:Cerebral Gardens
Verdict: Buy it @ iTunes
Pros: Incredibly addictive and fun, Lite Version available
Cons: Perhaps a little expensive for what it is

Wordology is habit forming, plain and simple as that. It may not look pretty, it may not even be a very unique idea, but boy is it addictive.

The premise is simple: there are layers of letter tiles, create words using the top layer to subsequently expose the lower layers and so forth, all within a fairly respectable 30 second time limit. Obviously the longer the letters, the more points you get. As well as this, there are different coloured tiles. Red tiles speed the timer up so you have to create words faster, silver tiles double your points for the word, gold tiles triple them, and green tiles give you an extra life. Lives are quite useful in this game as if you misspell a word or run out of time you lose one life. You can also gain awards to demonstrate just how great you are at the game such as the perfectionist award.

There are only 8 levels to the game but it is compelling enough that you won’t mind playing it several times after ‘completing’ it.

There are four game modes but you will probably want to stick to normal. Lightning is fun to play when you want to be pushed to the limit (the time limit is reduced to 15 seconds) but I found Freestyle a bit boring as it has no time limit so you can take as long as you like coming up with a word.

Wordology is possibly a little expensive at $2.99 but I still found it worthwhile, and definitely ideal for the morning commute. As well as the commute, it is the kind of game I found myself playing every spare second I could find, from waiting to meet someone to laying in bed. It’s an incredibly simple idea but really well implemented.

*Also Try: Wordsworth, Imangi