Bookworm

by PopCap Games

Product Features

• Two exciting game modes with a huge number of levels
• Great power-ups and other special tiles
• Enhanced graphics, music and special effects
• Save your high scores in the Hall of Fame
• Gain new titles asyou advance through the levels - go from Encyclopedia Salesman to Bookworm Supreme!

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000UQYA2S
• Item Weight: 4.5 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: August 7, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,367 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #29 in Video Games > PC Games > Puzzle
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PC

Words! Words! Words! This classic vocabulary challenge knows how to spell F-U-N. Link letters and build words to feed Lex, the hungry bookworm — but watch out for burning tiles that can send your library up in flames! Go for fast-paced spelling sprints in Action mode. Save your high scores in the Bookworm Hall of Fame. Part crossword, part word jumble, part arcade puzzler and all fun, Bookworm has something for every word fan.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WORD-RECOGNITION FUN!!, November 27, 2007

By 

NeuroSplicer (Freeside, in geosynchronous orbit) - See all my reviews
(TOP 500 REVIEWER)   

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Bookworm (CD-ROM)

This is a excellent educational tool for preschoolers and adults wishing to hone their vocabulary - and a great TV-alternative.

Words have to be recognized and formed from a wall of letters that get refreshed as you progress. Target-words offer extra points whereas, repeatedly forming easy small words is "punished" with the appearance of burning letter-tiles that, if let to reach the bottom, end the game.

This is a perfect example of what has come to be known as Casual Gaming. It would be a good idea to download the 60-min trial version from a site, such as REFLEXIVE (you can Google it), and decide for yourself whether this is indeed your cup of tea.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great word game but needs some improvement, April 8, 2009

By 

Carolyn Smith "Carolyn in Black and White" (Terrell, TX United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Bookworm (CD-ROM)

I'm not really a game player but, being older, I like to have ways to keep my brain working. This game could take up your whole day if you let it but you can close and come back to a game in progress. The instructions are minimal - I wish, for instance, they had a list of the levels.
Howevery I have two real complaints - Bookworm needs a way to upgrade its vocabulary - sadly lacking in many newer words such as Blog and many others which don't come to mind as I write this.
My last complaint is that Bookworm sometimes jumps the gun - while I'm still keying in letters, it assumes a lesser word and credits me for it. For instance I worked hard to get letters in line for the bonus word of Poise, but as soon as I keyed in the S, it gave me credit for Pois and moved on - no bonus points for me. This happens several times a game.
All of these problems aside, Bookworms still is a consuming game.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bookworm (deluxe), April 4, 2009

By 

Louwanne Taliani (Lake In The Hills, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Bookworm (CD-ROM)

I tried this game online for free. After the free trial was up I had become hooked. I had to purchase a hard copy of the game to continue playing.

This occupies a lot of my time when my husbnd hogs the TV playing Madden Football.

If you like Scrabble, you wouuld probably enjoy this word game.

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