App Shopper: Word Tiles (Education)

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Jul 09 '10	Version 1.2
May 27 '09	$1.99 -> $.99
Mar 24 '09	Version 1.1
Feb 24 '09	New App: $1.99, v1.0

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Word Tiles

iOS iPhone

This game is a great combination of a unique variation of the classic Tile Puzzle and a way to introduce kids to the sight words - or adults can use it to see how fast they can order the tiles to find the words. There are many ways to move the tiles around - the ‘classic’ way with one missing tile where you move them with help of the empty space, the ‘swap’ mode where you can swap neighboring tiles and the the ‘wrap’ mode where the tiles you move ‘off the screen’ will reappear on the other side. You can switch between the modes within the same game - sometimes you have to do it since no other good moves are possible to solve - sometimes you should do it to get a better score.
Goal of the game is to order the tiles in a way that there is a word in every row. The words are selected from a big list of mainly sight words. That is a fun way to play with sight words. You can also choose how many words are used (from 3 words in the 3x3 mode up to 5 words in the 5x5 mode). Just double tap the screen to get to the configuration menu where you can select of the many game options and different tile designs.

Once you ordered all the tiles, you will be entered in the hall of fame if you under the best ten in any of the categories (time it took to order the tiles, number of moves it took to solve it and/or average moves per minute you needed) - there are many ways to enter the hall of fame - and it is fun for the kids to climb higher and higher in the hall of fame.