The success of Ruzzle all over the world (and in Italy) of a few years ago, also due to its social setting that allows you to challenge people across the country with Italian words, has brought many other word games from puzzle week to smartphones, where to guess words hidden in display boards similar to that of the Scarabeo or of different typologies. For those unfamiliar with it, it is the lyricist, the one that was played once with the dice of letters in a cube box.
The aim of the game is, given some letters drawn and placed at random on a 4x4 board, to find as many words as possible using the letters horizontally, diagonally or vertically.
You can play alone against the computer or even in two, and whoever finds the most true words wins.
In this article we are therefore going to discover the best word games for Android and iPhone, Crosswords, Scarabeo and the lyricist in general, ideal especially during the summer holidays under an umbrella at the sea, in Italian .
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1) Ruzzle can be downloaded and played for free from an Android smartphone or tablet, an iPhone or an iPad .
The game is online and can connect to the Facebook account to challenge friends already registered in online games where whoever is able to find the most words wins.
Ruzzle's success is due to both word of mouth and its speed which makes it a never boring and perfect lyricist for quick games in even short periods of time.
In the long run it can become an addiction even if sometimes some words may not be so correct.
2) AlphaBetty Saga, King 's word game, similar to Ruzzle but more dynamic and fun, is the new download sample of 2015, playable on Facebook, Android and iPhone, in Italian.
3) Parole Guru can be played on iPhone and Android is the top game of 2017, with many levels where you can complete words in Italian in a scoreboard that changes every time.
4) Zynga's Words with Friends game is also free for iPhone and Android and can also be played online from Facebook, in Italian.
5) If Ruzzle does not like you enough or if you want better alternatives, you can try other games similar to the lyricist and always free.
Word Crack can be played for Android and iPhone which is instead perfectly identical to Ruzzle, almost like a real clone.
You can prefer Word Crack because you can play to find the words in the scoreboard made up of 4x4 boxes, even on Facebook, from the computer.
It is therefore not necessary to use the application, but you can also challenge friends online to the lyricist, from the computer, by connecting to WordCrack on Facebook.
Even in Word Crack you have two minutes to find the possible words on the board, combining the letters horizontally, vertically and diagonally.
Unlike Ruzzle, there are no limitations and you can also see all the possible combinations without paying a premium account.
6) Another alternative game Angry Words or Aworded Crack was released from the same manufacturer in Italian for Android and for iPhone available for free and in Italian on Android, on iPhone and also for Windows Phone .
This, however, is not that lyricist game with a few letters arranged in a square but a real clone of Scarabeo, with a display board and several letters to be arranged up to complete as many words as possible, even crossed.
Here too the game is online and multiplayer with challenges against other unknown players or with Facebook friends.
7) A different word game, available for iPhone, iPad and for Android smartphones, mobile phones and tablets is Words intertwined which is more of a puzzle week solitaire rather than an online multiplayer game.
This is the game Find the word, where you have to circle the words that are in a large board full of letters arranged at random.
Words intertwined is free and in Italian for Android and iPhone.
8) On the same line, with simple but fun graphics to play on your own is Parole, available for Android on Google Play and for iPhone / iPad on iTunes, free and in Italian.
There are many crossword puzzles of different difficulty levels and timed challenges.
9) Again as a "search for words" crossword puzzle there is Word Puzzle Italian version of Word Search, for iPhone / iPad and for Android, to be downloaded free from iTunes or Google Play sites.
I really want, in this regard, to remember that on the internet there are several websites where you can play "find the word" online and also create new puzzle week grids, with crosswords also to be printed for friends to play.
10) The game for Android Crosswords, also for iPhone, is the crossword puzzle game from Puzzle Week.
11) Classic Words is the most beautiful Scrabble game for Android and iPhone (much better than Scrabble), fun, with clear and clean graphics and online multiplayer games against other players.
12) Word Park, free for Android and iPhone is another simple word and crossword puzzle game, with hundreds of levels that get more difficult as you go along.
There is no time limit, it supports Italian and many other languages, it can also be played offline.
The game is also suitable for children because many of the first puzzles are very easy.
13) The hanged man (Android and iPhone), one of the most classic games finds word ever, can be played on the phone with challenges for two or even against the computer.
Note that to finish, I remember that the original Scarabeo can be played online in Italian on the official site of Editrice Giochi, free for 15 days.
For fans this official version of Scarabeo should be ideal because it is based on the Zanichelli vocabulary.
Another free online Scarabeo in Italian is WordBiz (Windows / Mac / Linux), a clone of Scarabeo with the same rules.
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