Text Twist is a very addicting game. My sister found it at least 18 months ago on the Net somewhere, and instantly got to playing it. She knows that I have a fairly large vocabulary, and soon was getting me into the game. (we definitely had some very high scores when we worked together…)
Quite fun, really… but it’s so annoying when you have a really high score (or even not), and you get a really hard six-letter combination that seems impossible to solve. Then when the game’s over and you see what the magic six-letter word was, you smack yourself at your own stupidity. (note for non-players: you have to get the six-letter word to continue to the next round… otherwise, it’s just “find all words in the six-letter combination that appears on screen”) For certain combinations of letters, there is more than one six-letter word to be found… you only need to get one of them to continue, but it’s fun and challenging finding the others.
My current high score is 70,000. I’ll probably beat that sometime within the next week or so whilst my parents are away in the Maritimes, and my brother and I get the house to ourselves. (yes, I live by myself… but why not go there and take advantage of the relaxed, free-wheeling vibe? )
So, who else wants to play?
(Warning: There is sound when you click on the link… either turn your volume off, or wait till you get to a place where sound coming from the computer is not an issue)
I’ve played that before. It might load faster on one of the other 23 trillion sites that have it (just google for “Text Twist”). I don’t like most word games but this one’s fun.
I just got 66,980 in my first attempt. As you said, it’s frustrating to miss the six-letter word, especially when it’s a term in your everyday vocabulary. The site’s dictionary isn’t very comprehensive, but once you try a word, you immediately know whether or not you’ll be allowed to use it in future rounds.
I’ll take up your challenge, and hope other Dopers join the fun as well. Maybe we can get a tournament going…
TJDude, it could load faster on the other sites that have it… I don’t know. But that wasn’t my primary concern… besides, it seems to load just fine on my brother’s computer; (which is where I play it, this home computer being way too slow for it)
SternVogel, that’s excellent! (the highest score I ever heard of was somewhere around 488,000… this person was playing the seven-letter version on level 78, though!)
No, the dictionary isn’t comprehensive… but you cna certainly try words and see whether you’re allowed to use them. (the seven-letter version has a better dictionary, I hear)
ENugent, don’t ask ME. Just try not to let the game get in the way of the work, I guess…
I liked that game a lot. In fact when it first came out I had the high score on the shockwave boards for awhile. But eventually (just like bookworm) you get so good at it you find yourself playing forever and ever and ever and wishing you’d just lose already. Once I reach 2 hours I have to quit because something is very sore.
twickster: The game dictionary does recognize some pretty odd words, while ignoring other perfectly normal words. It recognizes “atid” and “tun” (whatever those are) … and doesn’t recognize “shorn” and “shit.” (my sister tried the latter once… apparently, that’s not a word… go figure)
lorene: Well, I did warn you it was addictive. Luckily, I don’t know your boss at all. so he can’t get me.
Damn! I was at 180,000 (the result of playing for more than five hours consecutively, with breaks as needed) … and then the computer decided that a clicking action of mine on the mouse meant that I needed to search on the word “zircon.” :mad:
If we were really feeling particular about the game we’d have the anagram finder site I found a while back also loaded in case we got stumped on the 6-letter word.
A note to dial up users. At home I download the game(s) I want to play from Yahoo Games (or wherever) in separate Internet Explorer windows and then hang up the line. Once the games are downloaded and running there’s no need to be connected.
Everyone in my cube got hooked on this game a couple weeks ago. I hate it when I get interrupted by someone actually wanting some work from me!
Current high - 97,020. And I’m ashamed to admit I got stumped by PRISON. Curses!
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(which is where I play it, this home computer being way too slow for it)