SCRABBLE (Kindle Tablet Edition)

by Electronic Arts Inc.

Product Details

• ASIN: B0066T8SDU
• Original Release Date: November 12, 2011
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 12, 2011
Rated: All Ages This app may include dynamic content. What's this?

All Ages

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is appropriate for all users and contains no objectionable content or advertisements.




Guidance Suggested

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is appropriate for most users. The app may include account creation, location detection, user generated content, advertisements, infrequent or mild references to violence, profanity, or crude themes, or other content not suitable for all ages.







Mature

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is only appropriate for mature users. The app may include account creation, location detection, user generated content, advertisements, explicit references to or images of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, graphic violence, profanity, or crude humor, mild sexual and suggestive themes, nudity within medical, informational, or artistic contexts, simulated gambling, or other content only suitable for mature audiences.







Adult

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is only appropriate for adults. The app may include account creation, location detection, user generated content, advertisements, explicit references to or images of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, graphic violence, profanity, or crude humor, sexual and suggestive themes, nudity, simulated gambling, or other content only suitable for adult audiences.



This application contains content that is downloading real-time, based on inputs from the user or developer. The maturity rating associated with this application pertains only to the static elements of the application and does not cover any dynamic information (e.g. websites, friend postings, tweets). Dynamic content is defined as any content that may change within the application. Content can include animations, video or audio.
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3,325 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #76 Paid in Appstore for Android (See Top 100 Paid in Appstore for Android)
  • #63 in Appstore for Android > Games

Product Features

• Play with friends all over the world in six languages!
• Challenge friends, family, or a random opponent
• Play solo against the computer - you pick the skill level!
• Play together on the same device with Pass 'n Play mode
• Get up to 50 games going at once

Technical Details

• Size: 35.2MB
• Version: 3.4.1
• Developed By: Electronic Arts Inc. (Privacy Policy )
• Application Permissions: (Help me understand what permissions mean)
  • Read only access to phone state
  • Open network sockets
  • Write to external storage
  • Access information about Wi-Fi networks
  • Access the list of accounts in the Accounts Service
  • Read the user's contacts data
  • Change network connectivity state
  • Access information about networks
  • PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming
• Minimum Operating System: Android 2.2
• Approximate Download Time: Less than 5 minutes

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1,011 of 1,124 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Scrabble Has Been Fixed! December 19, 2011

By Kitalyss

Format:App|Amazon Verified Purchase

Let me start by saying that I love Scrabble! When I got my Kindle Fire, I was excited to download this app. After reading previous reviews, I did not purchase Scrabble because I felt it was useless without single player mode. Luckily, that he recently been fixed! For those who already purchased the app, you can update it to receive single player mode. For those who were on the fence due to the negative reviews, feel free to now download it. The single player mode works flawlessly. You can choose a difficulty setting for your AI player(s) (you can have up to 3). When you're actually playing, it's easy to control. You choose your letter and play it on the board. It automatically zooms in once you've placed the first letter down. You can also zoom by pinching, which is extremely useful. The nice thing about single player mode is that you also don't have to wait for your partner to think. It only takes a few seconds, so the match ends up going very quickly.

Overall, I LOVE this game, and (for right now) it's on sale! Snatch it up while you can. If you're a Scrabble fan, you won't regret it!

EDIT:

Apparently, sometime in early August 2012 the single player mode disappeared but it has returned with the newest update? Strange to remove something like single-player mode. At least it's back now.

778 of 883 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Single Player Mode December 16, 2011

By Claade

Format:App|Amazon Verified Purchase

Finally!!!!
The single player feature was added today. Thank you Electronic Arts for listening. The color graphics are also very nice.

651 of 745 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Scrabble for Kindle Fire now has single play option December 16, 2011

By George

Format:App|Amazon Verified Purchase

I bought this app. yesterday, and no single player option. I just received an update
on my Kindle Fire and installed it. Scrabble now has single player mode, also can play
against up to 3 computer AI's. Game plays GREAT.

55 of 65 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Single-player back (was: What happened to single player???) August 29, 2012

By Christopher Gleason

Format:App|Amazon Verified Purchase

This was my favorite game on my Kindle Fire. Until tonight, when I find that the single-player mode is gone! What a complete and total rip-off. Do they want me to buy something else now? Why couldn't you just leave it alone?

I already paid for the previous version. I want that version back. You are stealing from me!

I will never buy anything with Hasbro's name on it again.

EDITED ON SEPTEMBER 1st:

The single-player mode is back. You need to reinstall the app on your Kindle.

1. Hold your finger on the Scrabble icon to get the context menu and choose Remove from Device
2. Uninstall the app.
3. Choose the icon again and reinstall the app. Single-player mode is back.

I'm happy to be able to play in single-player mode again, but how soon before this happens again? There doesn't appear to be a way to prevent this app from changing (unlike on your computer where you can usually set 'updates = off'. Will Hasbro do it again? And, for that matter, can Amazon do that to the books I have bought?

22 of 25 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Love the game! Hugely disappointed in the app! July 25, 2012

By JC

Format:App

Great to play with friends or random players, that is if you can get it to open. It will force close multiple time and most of the time does not load, just spins and spins. I find about the only way I can get in is to add another game or go to completed games, view a few and then go back via main menu and it MIGHT load current games. Huge pain! And this is NOT a free app. The free app I have on my smartphone has the same problem, but at least I didn't pay for it! I might be wrong, but it seems all the stupid & excessive advertising has something to do with the free app closing and not loading - but there should be NO excuse for the paid app to be so glitchy! How do I ask for my money back? (Don't like to be harsh, but I see why WWF's has so many followers. I have never had a problem with that FREE app! Still hate all the advertising, but hey, it's fun and free!) I do have to add that I do prefer Scrabble, because I love the teacher function and the individual play option. Come on Scrabble developers - fix this app!

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Not for KindleFireHD!!! December 7, 2012

By Gretchen Sleeth

Format:App|Amazon Verified Purchase

This game is not configured for Kindle Fire HD 8.9. Please make a version for the larger KindleFire HD. It has an X below the price which says it is not compatible. Tablet edition?? Not for this kindle. I love Scrabble. Please fix!!

18 of 21 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Scrabble for the Fire NOW has SINGLE-PLAYER MODE!! December 17, 2011

By Q

Format:App

At last! The single-player mode (against the computer) was finally passed down to owners a day or so ago. This was the only complaint I had about it ... now it fully deserves 5 stars!

The graphics on it are beautiful and the ability to zoom into a section of the board is great. Honestly, it looks a lot nicer than the Hasbro Scrabble game on my PC.

There is a full dictionary and the ability to play others online if you wish, though I found it hard due to differing free schedules.

The AI can be played at three levels (easy, normal & hard) and the default dictionary, amazingly can be set to either the US Scrabble standard OSPD (Official Scrabble Players Dictionary published by Merriam-Webster) or the British standard TWL (Official Tournament and Club Word List) which is a lot larger dictionary with words not even allowed in US games! I wish my PC's version let me switch between dictionaries.

Now we'll likely see a lot of US Fire owners complaining about the Scrabble game cheating by using words they never heard of. They probably won't know to check settings and switch the dictionary (in my settings, the British TWL was the default dictionary!)

Just a really beautiful game on the Fire now. Thanks, EA, for getting this working so well for us!