HANDMARK Scrabble for Windows & Palm
- Play Friendly mode, where you can choose to accept or reject words, and let the computer suggest moves
- For quicker gaming try out Tournament mode, to play by classic Scrabble rules
- Built-in Official Scrabble Dictionary makes disputes over words no conundrum
- Drag-and-drop tile residency makes spelling out words a snap
- Use IR ports for multiplayer gaming
Amazon.com Product Description
Now you can play Scrabble, one of the most well loved and beloved word sports meeting, on your Palm OS device! Designed to play like the penetrate game, you brilliant tiles using drag-and-drop functioning. This version also offers an intuitive interface, a built-in Official Scrabble Player’s Dictionary, and automatic scoring for every game. It even saves partially completed sports meeting that can be nonstop at a later time.
Practice your Scrabble skills against the automated computer opponent; choose from beginner, novice, intermediate, or expert levels. Or, play against up to three opponents using just one device. The program even hides your tile rack automatically. You can also play against others using multiple Palm OS devices with infrared (IR) beaming. This lets you examine your tiles while your opponents take their turn, just like playing the penetrate game.
Play in either Friendly or Tournament mode. Friendly mode plays like a casual, low-stakes Scrabble game: no stress, no tension; you can accept or reject entries outside the rules and use the gifted Suggest Go option. Tournament mode, but, is a different beast. It plays by the classic rules, includes challenges, and even checks words against the Official Scrabble Player’s Dictionary.
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This is ONLY for the Palm OS. In some places, it says WIn 95/98/etc. Well, it’s NOT!
USELESS
Rating: 1 / 5
Scrabble for Palm is fun, simple to use, and entertaining. BUT, it uses words, like “doura” and “pe,” not found in the Oxford English Dictionary. And doesn’t recognize common words that are, like “di,” and “ur.” It also misscores sometimes.
Rating: 3 / 5
Handmark has not updated this to the new dictionary and when questioned said it has no plans to do so. Honest club and tournament players will also be annoyed that it uses the official dictionary and not the club/tournament word list. On the other hand, with top-level play chosen, using a Windows PDA, it plays low expert-level Scrabble at excellent alacrity, it gives hints, and it includes the definitions: if you’re carrying a PDA anyway, there’s no need to carry the official dictionary (except of course for new and “dirty” words). I do wish there were a new version.
Rating: 3 / 5
Very enjoyable, so long as you know that the computer opponent plays differently than a typical human opponent. Even when you set the opponent’s level to “Novice”, it will frequently come up with obscure words like “xu”, “jiao”, “tyee” or “aioli”. It’s also better that most casual players at finding places to make multi-word combinations. It knows that a well-positioned 2- or 3-letter word will often score higher than a larger word somewhere else. But it’s still beatable and fun, and it will probably help make you a better player.
Rating: 4 / 5
I downloaded the software, but it would install on my system. Even though I had the right version it wouldn’t install on my system. I’m running Win98. First thing the install wizard looked for was Palm OS drivers. Since they weren’t on my system, no installation….
Rating: 1 / 5