Text Twist

Text Twist is a Java-based puzzle video game by Astraware. It is available for free here and on other websites to play on a Windows PC or on a Macintosh computer. The player receives six letters with which to form as many words as possible within a time limit.

Text Twist is also available on various smart phones including all the Blackberry cell phones, the Windows Mobile Pocket PC, the Palm OS, and the Windows Mobile Smartphone.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT_zVBf4v3Q This video game was developed as a "CD for sale" game for the Macintosh computer, but since the online version came out, the CD version has been discontinued.http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000VYJVU/mahalo-20/ The game is such an online craze that Twist merchandise is selling on Amazon.com.http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001AZ7RFK/mahalo-20/

The object of the game is to use all the letters so that you can advance up all the levels quickly. For this reason it is a good strategy to focus on finding words that use all the letters. Use the "twist" feature of the game to help you. It can point out letter combinations that are not obvious right away, and this might be all you need to see a six letter word instead of a five or four letter word.http://videogames.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Text_Twist_Tips_and_Strategies

You will be a faster Text Twist player if you use the keyboard to type the words, rather than using the mouse to select the letters.http://videogames.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Text_Twist_Tips_and_Strategies

Text Twist is similar in play to the old-fashioned family board game Scrabble, from Hasbro. In both games the player tries to form words out of random letters. In both games the player gets more points for forming longer words. Unlike Scrabble, Text Twist does not involve hooking words together as in a crossword puzzle. Text Twist also does not have double letter squares or triple letter squares. http://www.hasbro.com/scrabble/en_US/