Editor: Francesca Published on : Sep 06,2017

If you've ever found yourself getting tried of flipping birds, cutting ropes, or drawing things, then perhaps it's time to explore the various word game apps for the iPhone. Games under this category may not be as popular as the apps under Arcade or Adventure but they can be just as addicting. Additionally, thanks to social networks like Facebook and Twitter, app developers can integrate their games into social media to allow users to play with their friends.

Below are my top picks for the top 5 best word games in the app store:

1. Words With Friends - If you know how to play Scrabble, then you'll easily get the hang of Words With Friends. Challenge your friends and random opponents into this addicting word game. You'll each be given a set of tiles with letters on them. Each letter has a corresponding score and you use them to form words. The object of the game is to score higher than your opponent.

2. Alexia - Think of this app as the Bejeweled for word games, but with Tetris twist. The game involves orbs of letters constantly falling, and your goal is build words using the falling orbs in order to keep them from piling up. This is a very challenging and dynamic app that's bound to give you hours of fun while building up your vocabulary at the same time.

3. Hanging With Friends - It's hangman with a clever Zynga twist! Hanging With Friends is a two player game, where each player is supposed to guess the word selected by their opponent. Just like the game hangman, players can guess the word by selecting letters that they think are part of the word. You'll get a "strike" whenever you pick the wrong letter, and similar to the original hangman, players only get a limited number of strikes before they lose. Hanging With Friends provides a great environment for gameplay. Each player gets to select their own character and when the game starts, each character is hanging from a bunch of balloons over molten lava. Each time a player fails to guess the word of their opponent, a balloon pops. The player who's still left hanging at the end of the game wins.

4. 2 Across - If you like crossword puzzles then be sure to check this one out. 2 Across lets players download puzzles from the New York Times, The Independent, The Onion, and The Sydney Morning Herald. Navigating the game is simple and user-friendly. You'll be able to view the grid either together or separately, and the app lets you zoom in and out and move around the puzzle. It also lets you customize the interface so that you'll be playing in an environment you're most comfortable in.

5. Scramble With Friends - Boggle, also known as Word Factory gets its own Zynga version with Scramble With Friends. The game provides players with a jumbled word grid and the object is to find as many words as possible. Players can form words through adjacent letters and each letter has corresponding score.

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