Pathwords – Zynga’s Answer to Word Scramble
From the makers of Challenge Sudoku, Zynga, comes Pathwords, the latest in the word scramble puzzle genre. But don’t write this game off just yet – the developers have created some interesting new twists on the paradigm to make a different experience.
Instead of giving you a list of letters that you must rearrange to make words, you are presented with a grid of letters that you can circle (like those old word hunts you did as a kid) to create words. Each word you find, however, clears those letters from the grid and new letters drop down. This makes the game more challenging and means you can’t reuse those same letter icons for later words. So there’s an added strategy/Tetris feel to it as well. Do I go for the quick three letter word now or do I wait to clear some others and hope that you get the letter you need to get the really high-score word?
You can start a game with your friends and have them try to beat your score, try to beat your friends’ scores in Ladder Mode, host a game, or see your game profile. Yes, Pathwords has everything that most social games need to compete at this level, the only exception being “live” battles between you and your friend ala two player Dr. Mario or two-player Tetris. Still, it’s a solid attempt that will likely attract the vocab-loving crowd. While lacking some of the flashy polish that other apps enjoy, Pathwords is an understated word game that is not as straightforward as it seems.
Game play: 7
Development: 7
Of the previous word scramble games, how does it stack up: 6
You’ve got good games and I want them without having a facebook … they disabled me for some reason and now I’m disgusted with them … I was playing like 3 different word games of yours on there and would like them for myself .. how can I get them???
you can get them at facebook games without account .com
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Cannot get into game today. Usually have
no problems????
I want to play pathwords just for practice… How do I get it on computer without a lot of fuss..????
How do I play pathwords online just for fun???
I had no problem getting on earlier this week and now I can’t find the way to get into play Pathwords. I just found it and I don’t want to lose it. If you get in some other way besides Facebook does it cost to play?
Want to recnnect to pathwords to play
Unable to access pathwords on facebook
PLEASE tell me how to play pathwords without getting on facebook!! I will love you forever if you let me know!
I am having trouble with pathwords. I play it on facebook and it loads quickly but hangs up constantly. the letters start to fall in after I make a word and just hang up in the air for 5 or 10 seconds. I have the latest flash player downloaded to my pc. and have a new top of the line Hp laptop. thanks for any input you may have.
please tell me how i can get to play pathwords other than through facebook.i love that game.or put it back on facebook i don’t understand why it was taken off.
please tell me how I can play pathwords on line other than through facebook, which now demands that you register friends with whom to play it ??
I want to play PathWords.
How can I download this game? or Where can I find it online?
It is no longer on facebook.
I really miss Pathwords! There is no other game like it! Any chance to bring it back?
thought it was just me…but apparently lots of people can’t figure out what to do to access pathwordsl It says I am playing on FB but it doesn’t allow me to access it. So what gives?
BRING BACK PATHWORDS TO FACEBOOK PLEASE! there is no other game like it out there! and in my opinion NONE of your other games are as good as pathwords! it keeps your mind strong! It actually helped a few of my friends to learn how to spell
how can I access pathwords It’s not on FB anymore and can’t figure out how to get it.
i want to known why zynga took path words out of circulation and off of facebook i really liked playing that game and playfishes gangster city so sad when well liked games get shut down
I NEED to play PATHWORDS! How do I find it now that facebook has taken it off? Is there somewhere I can download PATHWORDS for FREE?