Pathwords – Zynga’s Answer to Word Scramble
September 18th, 2008
| By Chris Holt | 9 Comments » |

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

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February 3rd, 2009 at 1:44 pm
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???
February 14th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
you can get them at facebook games without account .com
February 14th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
you there a very sexy man on facebook named Ryan Gleeson and he’s my BOYFRIEN
February 27th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
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August 6th, 2009 at 8:59 am
Cannot get into game today. Usually have
no problems????
September 14th, 2009 at 10:58 am
I want to play pathwords just for practice… How do I get it on computer without a lot of fuss..????
September 14th, 2009 at 10:59 am
How do I play pathwords online just for fun???
October 3rd, 2009 at 12:19 pm
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?
January 22nd, 2010 at 6:38 pm
Want to recnnect to pathwords to play