# Do Words With (Random) Friends Normally Take This Long **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 30, 2012, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-words-with-random-friends-normally-take-this-long/611176 "2012-01-30T10:01:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-words-with-random-friends-normally-take-this-long/611176/1 "2012-01-30T10:01:07Z")
Just bothered installing it on my Incredible and, while it is fun, some people regularly take 20 minutes or hours on their turn. WTF? You can’t even quit a game with a non-player until it’s your turn either. I think the current time-out for a random game is measured in days. Lame. I’ve played chess via snailmail faster than that. They really need a separate lighting round game where you get 30 or 60 seconds per turn. I’d enjoy playing this on my lunch break. The only solution on my end that I’ve thought of is tracking down some actual friends to play with – just so I can ride their ass is they take an eon per turn. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-words-with-random-friends-normally-take-this-long/611176/2 "2012-01-30T13:38:41Z")
A lot of people see this game as something to check a couple of times an hour, make a move, put phone back in pocket. May I suggest just having more than one game at once? (Can you do that? I used to play WordFeud and it let you have multiple games at once.) ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-words-with-random-friends-normally-take-this-long/611176/3 "2012-01-30T14:20:35Z")
Yeah, this isn’t really a “let’s play a game for the next hour” sort of game. It’s a game where you check it on Tuesday and “hey, it’s my turn.” Maybe a couple more times that day. Then you’re busy Wednesday so you don’t have a chance to get back to it that day and you make up for it with checking it several times on Thursday. I’ve had games take two weeks or more. ETA: And yes, you can play tons of games at once. I think the limit is somewhere around 20 at a time. I’ve hit the limit twice before. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-words-with-random-friends-normally-take-this-long/611176/4 "2012-01-30T17:28:05Z")
Before having to wait on an exceptionally long line yesterday, my WWF opponents had been waiting anywhere between 10 hours and six days for me to make a move. I have one friend who will occasionally poke me to make a move, but I always go “oldest first”, and I’ll make a move when I’m damn well ready. If I want to play and I’m waiting on all my opponents, then I simply start a new game. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-words-with-random-friends-normally-take-this-long/611176/5 "2012-01-30T17:35:48Z")
Yup, it’s common. I only downloaded it recently and in the download it said something about it being designed for delayed play. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-words-with-random-friends-normally-take-this-long/611176/6 "2012-01-30T19:16:30Z")
It’s: 1. Get a new turn 2. Ignore phone for a few hours 3. See you can play 4. Check internet or load app that helps you cheat an find all possible word combinations 5. Get the most possible points 6. Repeat 1-5 with player 2