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HANDMARK Scrabble for Windows & Palm Review
User Submitted HANDMARK Scrabble for Windows & Palm Reviews
Date: 2008-01-20
Not bad, but...
Handmark has not updated this to the new dictionary and when asked said it has no plans to do so. Serious 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 good speed, 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.
Date: 2003-05-21
The computer makes an interesting opponent
Very enjoyable, so long as you understand 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 create multi-word combinations. It knows that a well-placed 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.
Date: 2003-05-11
Scrabble Dictionary Needs Improvement
I was very happy with the Palm OS Scrabble game until I discovered that MANY words were not included in the game's dictionary.
Often, words were not cross-checked, so that a word, acceptable for the palm, when made plural, would be counted as wrong for the non-Palm player, even though it was correct in a regular dictionary (e.g. daydream/daydreams.) I also found that a word would be considered right for the Palm, but wrong for the player. This was frustrating and discouraged further play.
I would love to see an expanded and accurate dictionary created soon.
Date: 2003-03-30
NOT for Win 95/95/XP/2000
This is ONLY for the Palm OS. In some places, it says WIn 95/98/etc. Well, it's NOT! USELESS
Date: 2003-02-01
Great, but not OWL
I think this game is great and the implementation on PalmOS PDA is fantastic. Not only is the color usage great, but fitting everything onto a small pixel screen is amazing. I never feel that it is too small, though. My only complaint is the dictionary. It does not use OWL (Official Tournament and Club Word List) but some version of OSW (Official Scrabble Words) or OSPD (Official Scrabble Players Dictionary), the combination of which is usually called SOWPODS. Grrrr. So, on some words that I know are words accepted in professional play, I end up hitting "accept word" after I get the popup saying it is not a word. [edit: Turns out to be OSPD, which is still quite limiting] The latest version has the definitions, but I don't care for that. Many people will, though, and it is a great feature. I either know the definition or don't care, but I do not have the memory space in my PDA with all my other applications. Perhaps when I upgrade my PDA I will add in the defintions. Complaints aside, this is a great implementation of a great game and have it on my PDA. You should, too. Definitely a five-star game.
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