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Facebook Scrabble vs. Scrabble Go

6 years ago

One of the members of my (former) weekly Scrabble group at the library has been housebound since before the current crisis, and we've been playing Scrabble together via Facebook. It's been announced that Scrabble is being replaced by another company's product, Scrabble Go. I downloaded Scrabble Go and am not certain what to do with it. I haven't tried a game yet, nor explored how to contact a friend to start one. It looks so small on my monitor. the "Go" makes me think it's designed for mobile use, not desktop or laptop computers. I don't play anything on my phone.

Has anyone tried Scrabble Go?

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Alisande
Original Author

6 years ago

Thanks, Murraysmom, but it's too small for me to see comfortably (it's phone sized) and I haven't figured out how to make it bigger. It also seems to have flashing lights, which I don't do well with at all. I'll have to see if I can find a different Scrabble.

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dee_can1
6 years ago
I also play Scrabble on Facebook and have no desire to play Scrabble Go on Android. I really only use my laptop and not tablets or a phone. I love Scrabble on FB, personally. It seems every time you find something you like, it changes. I think fb Scrabble is supposed to end in June? I don't see why they can't keep it on fb. lol
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Alisande
Original Author
6 years ago
I didn't realize it's an Android program. So I suppose an Android emulator is needed to run it on Windows. Surely there are other versions of Scrabble available online; it's such a popular game. I need to go looking. Thanks, Dee!
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Patti-how ironic is this? I also have spent 2 hours today trying to find that game. On one site-people could leave comments and 80% of those left-were complaining that they were disgusted that 'their' board was taken offline. I'll just bet it's the one I used. One person said there was no warning-about a month ago it disappeared-that's about the time I lost it! Thanks for trying..boo hoo! By the way-I played 3 games on Pogo today-won all 3..but I HATE that stupid break time. To begin with? 30 sec. isn't time to go potty or grab a sandwich or whatever...so what's the point and obviously it isn't for the players' benefit! LOL As for the screen size? Today, at least I was able to see the entire bottom line but the whole board is too small for my old eyes. Grrrrr
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dee_can1
6 years ago
I think it can be played on Apple too. But I'm not 100% sure on that.
murraysmom Zone 6a OH
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
I am playing it on my iPhone. It was a little annoying at first. It has a lot of bells and whistles that I don't care about but my friend and I have about a dozen games going right now. It's not bad on the phone. I don't know about android but I'm having no trouble on my iPhone. I can try to find you and start a game if you want. Send me a message with the name you signed up.
Alisande thanked murraysmom Zone 6a OH
murraysmom Zone 6a OH
6 years ago
OK, well I found you and started a game. You can try it if you like and see what you think.
dedtired
5 years ago
👆do not click on that link!
maire_cate
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
Did you flag it? I'll flag it now too, just in case.

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