So you’re sitting on the subway, making the long daily commute to work, thinking to yourself that you really should be putting this time to good use. A newspaper next to you displays the day’s crosswords and sudoku puzzles, but you don’t even have a pen. Then you remember your iPhone tucked neatly into your pocket. You bust it out and low-and-behold your savior: TextTwist.

Yes, the addictive word game is now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch. For those of you unfamiliar with the word puzzler, TextTwist presents you with 6 letters in random order which can be rearranged to form words (only those with three letters and up count). In this version of the game, when the letters are presented, there is also a list of blanks at the top of the screen (the game itself runs in landscape mode). Each blank represents a possible word, so you can track how close you are to finding all the combinations within the 2 minute time limit. The last blank in all the lists represents the ‘big one’; a word formed out of all six letters.

How does it play? Well, the developers have made good use of the iPhone’s accelerometer, such that when you shake the device side-to-side the letters rearrange themselves, making new combinations easier to spot. The touch-screen controls are straightforward; tap a letter to insert it in the next available slot in the word you are forming. It would have been nice if you could tap any letter and insert it in any of the six slots but the chosen method certainly adds a greater degree of urgency. Once you have your word of choice, simply tap the empty space to submit. If the word is acceptable, you are given a score based on the length. If not, you’re rejected.

All in all an addictive puzzler that will no doubt help build your word power.

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I used to love this game! It's pretty cool that they've gotten it on the iPhone now, too.
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I thought I'd point you to my word game, Word Up!, which has been on the App Store for some time and has gotten pretty good reviews (average of 4.5 stars out of 5 over 31 reviews). http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=290594543&mt=8 I'm working on a new version that will hopefully have more social features like challenging other players and Internet high scores - there's still time for you to try the game and offer suggestions, which would be much appreciated. And of course, if you added the game to your site, that would be alright with me too. :-)
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This is great news, I love to play word games, I don't have a iPhone though, maybe I should look into that.
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You're right, this game is addictive and I love the fact that they have it on iPhone now.
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Everywhere you look there are more and more aplications for the iPhone. It is amazing the scale of gadgetry. Nobody will ever make a call on the things, they will all be too busy playing!
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I'm another huge text twist fan! Glad to see it's finally available on iphone. Without these apps, I'd go insane!
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