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RobinWords is a simple, non-Flash game. It starts you off with one four-letter word (in the screenshot, the game picked "mist").
You then need to come up with another valid four-letter word by changing just one of the letters in the word that the computer provided. You can't shuffle the sequence, either. So, in this case, I changed "mist" to "gist."
Then, it's the computer's turn, and it has to do the same thing that you just did. Turning "gist" into "gift" isn't very hard, so the computer got this one right and bounced the game right back to me.
If the computer uses a word that you're unfamiliar with, you can click the word to go directly to its definition at Dictionary.com (not my favorite dictionary website, but it works).
This is a simple, no-frills brain teaser, and it can be quite fun to play if you like words. It's very nice and fast, and they say a multiplayer version is coming soon – I'm looking forward to that.
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Subscribe to commentsbenAug 23rd 2010 4:35PM
There's some new Scrabble card game called Slam, I think, that works exactly like this. I had fun with it Friday night with some friends.
JackAug 23rd 2010 10:48PM
On my first try, I lost in 13 turns or something. I'm on my second now, have been playing for at least half an hour with over a hundred words, and I've got a headache from so much hard thinking! What an addictive game.
ANAMEAug 24th 2010 12:29AM
I got "suns". I changed it to "duns", which the game claimed was not a real word. Fail.
PeteAug 24th 2010 1:47AM
Congratulations, you win!
The computer has no possible words left to use.
254 words were used in your game.
Beat the computer with "gamy."