Word Games Vol. 1

Ah, here's a game I can justify downloading because it will stave off alzheimers and it even comes in a handsome volume the promise of more volumes to come: Word Games Vol. 1. The graphics are pretty utilitarian, however, and volume one consists of four games: word search, hangman, and the horribly named word mix and word match.
I never actually play word search for the same reason I don't try to get Ronald McDonald to Playland with a crayon anymore: I'm not recovering from head trauma. Hangman is pretty good for the brain but I use up almost all the guesses on vowels and then 'S' 'T' 'R'. The makers of Hangman know this and put in words that don't follow such easy patterns but they only deposited so many words in the word bank and I'm waiting hours for trains so NOW who's the dummy? Word mix is 'unscramble the word'. Can you unscramble 'NEWKTROK' with ease? Then you just might be ready for this purchase. That staves off the alzheimers but like hangman, repetition becomes a problem after a while. Not so with the horribly named 'Word Match'. You have 10 chances to guess a four letter word with no repeating letters. After each guess, the computer in your phone tells you how many but not which letters you got right and if any of those are in the right position. This is harder than it sounds, and finding the word in less than five guesses is truly satisfying. I don't think there is a Vol. 2 to this because how many more word games are there? Also, I don't believe this is available anymore. People don't seem to download word games like they used to.

FUN - 3.5

REPLAYABILITY - 4

GRAPHICS - 2.5

STATUS - part of my library's permanent selection