Word Mojo Gold Review

Okay, so you've tried other word games and want to try to get your Word Mojo going. If you like playing with words and have some time to kill, this may be your game. Play is pretty straightforward: you get some tiles, you make a word, click "Submit," then do it all over again until you hit your target point level. But there are tricks.

As you build words (after the first word, the other words MUST connect, like Scrabble), the colored spaces provide you letters to use for your Mojo round (your chance to get some extra points with a bonus word). So, as you're creating words, you have to be careful to make sure you end up with letters that can make a word in your bonus round. (HINT: It will tell you if your letters cannot make at least one 3-letter word.)

As for bells, whistles, and lights, don't expect the world, but it's not going to bore you. The music is pretty standard fare for this genre. It IS a word game, so your flashing screens and "zingers" are going to be minimal, but they are there and provide more than just a point total to congratulate you. They do get redundant fast, but if you're playing a word game, it's not going to be that important to you.

All told, the game is simple enough for youngsters, but will also provide some amusement for wordsmiths.

The downfall? Well, if you're a real wordsmith, you can hang yourself pretty quick, because your target score increases based on your last round, so you tend to get punished for coming up with long words using hard letters (J, K, Z, etc.). You can get a great score from the start, but then you end up having to duplicate that feat over and over each round with tiles that are out of your control (READ: Smarty pants throws coffee at computer screen).

It's not going to make you smarter, and the rewards are not going to make you feel like you're a hero, but if you want to kill some time and test your Scrabble skills, this is certainly worth that much effort.