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If you're having problems with Zynga's Scramble With Friends...

If anyone out there, like me, loves word games (Boggle in particular) and has had issues with Zynga's Scramble With Friends, I'd give Ruzzle a gander. It's very similar to Scramble With Friends, in that it's just like the game Boggle. Unlike Scramble With Friends, however, which allows players to use power-ups and gives the option of paying money for an extra minute of time in a round, Ruzzle doesn't offer such things. This is a good thing in my mind, because it seemed kind of unfair for some players to use a different number of power-ups than their opponents - especially if they doled out money for an extra minute's time in a round. In Ruzzle, it's comprised of three two-minute rounds, where two opponents, void of power-ups, attempt to find the most words on the grid.

Anyway, as long time readers of mine will know - I love word games - so, given the issues I've reported playing Scramble With Friends, I thought I'd pass this word around. If you have also had problems with the before-mentioned Zynga game, I'd download Ruzzle (free of charge) and give it a try.
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