Back in August I blogged about Whirly Word, a iPhone app word game by Mighty Mighty Good Games. You should read it and download the app coz it’s really good and very addictive.
Well this game has become very popular in my house and amongst my friends. My husband has just finished a game – not because he couldn’t do it but because he’s moved from his iPod touch to a new iPhone 4 – with a score that I’m pretty jealous of…
So… here’s the challenge. Can you beat him? Your target is 31,190 total points, 1,257 total words and 122 puzzles solved. If you’re not sure of your scores go to “Records” on the home screen of the app and it’ll tell you in three tabs. If you can beat him comment below with your scores!!
The only problem is that because the app has a limited number of puzzles they keep being repeated which means the game has a limited life. It would be great to see an update with more puzzles! Are you there app developers?
dave innerebner
Up To 500,000 and beyond in Whirly Word points. My goal is 1,000,000. I have a picture of the iphone desk top but do not know how to post it.
Elizabeth
I’ve got over 3,000,420 as I’m millions of points, 112,124 words and 8,294 puzzles! Still playing….
Steve
My name is steve I got 37318390 points and 75292 puzzles 1363976 words still playing been doing for over 2 years.. Can send a picture of score if I have your email. Y Email Hilbertsp@aol.com
Paul Wilkinson
So far I have 2370 puzzles and I want 10,000
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My record is 771,000
Richard Davis
Whirly Word high score so far as I am still playing the same gammon and off for 18 months!!!
833,100
Not bad ehh!!!
Dave
I’m at 2,196,900 points, 75944 words found, 4481 puzzles solved. Very addicting game!!
Chopper
Score 540790
Words 23396
Puzzles solved 1300
Still playing!
Andy
Words found 99171
Total score. 2828800
Puzzles solved. 6000
And still going strong
Dave
Words found: 152,455
Puzzles Solved: 9080
Total Score: 5,139,150
dani
What does the little badge mean? In the picture above theyre all 1’s and on mine it’s 2..?
Splodz
I have no idea, maybe another reader can help?
WildTB
It the place you are in.
JonMaine
I am on my fourth game 819 games 362820 points 12694 words, this is the longest intact one . I have played several before reaching about half those figures on 3 occasions losing phones, sabotaged by children or embarrassingly myself hitting the wrong button!!
Gary
Anyone know what the highest single game/round score is? So far my highest single game score is 980. I emailed the developers but they had never run the scores on all the words so they didn’t know either.
Evan
#1 means its your best score on record for each metric; #2 is second best, etc.
I’m at 10,000 words, 283,000 points, and 625 puzzles.
Lauren
Words found: 174 945
Points scored: 4,589 670
Puzzles solved: 11 322
🙂
Amy
Total words found: 1420
Total Score: 35000
Puzzles Solved: 82
George
My father-in-law has 12,400,000 and is still playing
Rob
Omg…. I was ecstatic to hit 1,000,010 today…. But…. Lol long way to go!
Gary H
I’m at 16640 games played, 283703 words found, and 9503290 points.
stantonl
Hats off to you, Gary H. Your per-game average score of 571 means that you nearly always get all of the words for each puzzle. The temptation to take only one or two minutes per puzzle and then move on, racking up the points, invalidates the score as far as I am concerned, because there is little or no brain exercise involved.
I just topped the million mark: 1,000,040 points, 1739 games.
Dan Konkle
I was given an iPod Touch in 2008 to help me recover from hip surgery. Four more hip surgeries later I’m at 28.8 million, with 50,240 puzzles solved. The highest individual game score I’ve seen is 1020, several times. Since about 18 million I’ve been playing the more difficult level, which includes letters of the Hebrew alphabet, no end of Scottish words, and every foreign tropical plant or tree ever made.
stantonl
All hail the champion: DAN KONKLE!
The more difficult level gives you the opportunity for more points per puzzle, but damn some of those words are obscure!
Have you noticed the little oddities, such as ‘pules’ and ‘puling’ being accepted words, but ‘pule’ is not?
How many hours would you estate that you have spent at this game, and has it expanded your vocabulary?
Dan Konkle
Stantonl – Yes, the inconsistencies with plurals are annoying, not to mention the habit of creating a plural by just adding an ‘s’ to an adjective, a usage one would never encounter in the real world. What’s really frustrating to me is the dictionary function. To look up ‘ywis’ and be told it’s a variation of ‘iwis’ is pointless. It’s always fun to find new words, but I prefer to use the common currency in conversation or writing instead of alienating people with words like quean, giglot, and manque. I don’t really want to know the hours spent at WW, although it’s never a primary activity. I usually play while watching a game on the TV. I actually have something resembling a life, containing a wife and a friend or two, and I am slowing restoring an old car.
Beckster
I have 8,157,410 points. I may have reached the end of the game, tho. The “resume” button s shaded out, but the others are highlighted. Do I have to start over again? I was hoping to reach ten million, but will settle for eight million, I guess
stantonl
Commenter Dan Konkle reached 28 million, so if you are running into a limitation, it must be a recently added one. Perhaps you should write to Mighty Mighty Good Games.
David Hoffman
I’m at 10,035,260.
Gary H
Update: I now have 716754 words, 24,018,480 points, and 42040 puzzles.
Dan Konkle
40,000,260. Due to some wonderfully geeky cosmic alignment this occurred at exactly the 70,000th puzzle. The six letter word was TIPCAT. Word count is 1,316,924.
Peter
I’m just over 10 million. You have set the bar Dan! Thanks for giving me a target to shoot for over time!
Gerry
Just crossed 10 million. Pretty much the end as I will upgrade my phone next month
Wordygirl
I’m at 18,100,151 with 31,800 puzzles solved.
Dave Mustaine
39925410, 1269431, 74143
Dan Konkle
50,000,120 – 1,662,226 – 87,285. Happy New Year!
Lisa Fitz
Total Words Found: 314,459
Total Score: 9,390,470
Total Puzzles Solved: 18,289
I think I have a problem!
Dan Konkle
A milestone of sorts – 100,00 puzzles solved. Allele was the six point word. 57,494,320 total score. What I thought was cool is that each of the five categories ended in a zero, which doesn’t happen often.
Dan Konkle
60,000,370. Over two million words. I can’t believe this ten year old iPod still works.
Tunesmith
Scoring bug!!!
If your puzzle has more than one palindrome, the new total score will be incorrect.
Example: Previous score is 500. New puzzle score is 500. New total score *should* be 1000. But if your puzzle has two palindromes, the new total score will be 1020. Twenty extra points get added: 500+500=1020.
Check for yourself.
Dan Konkle
70,000,020. Whew.. 2,343,151 words found, 121,157 puzzles solved. Am I the only one in the known universe who is still playing this game?
Hunter Rigg
My dad has 2,458,660 score, 96,730 words found, 6,342 puzzles solved!! Crazy
Michael Smith
Total words found. 1,006,159
Total score 26,481,300
Puzzles solved 57,163
Stan Dunn
OK, I admit I have a problem. Puzzles solved = 126,808. Words found = 2,405,936. Score = 76,490,140. I’m an addict.
Splodz
You are indeed an addict! Good fun though 🙂
Snowadian
Just hit 200 puzzles solved for a total score of 71,970 – 2746 words found! Thought it was relatively special until I came here !
Darth Rico
This is the best Jumble-type game ever. I have played several hundreds of thousands of games.
But did you know there is a scoring error? No kidding. Try this:
1. Start a new game, and solve the first puzzle. Does it have more than one Palindrome?
2. If not, start a new game. Keep starting new games until you solve a puzzle that has more than one Palindrome.
3. Now – check your Score against your Total Score. They *should* be the same – after all you have played just one puzzle.
4. BUT they are not the same! For every extra Palindrome that you have – more than one – your Total Score gets an extra 20 points. This gets added to your ongoing Total Score.
If you have three Palindromes, and your puzzle Score is 840, your Total Score will be 880. 20 points extra for every extra Palindrome.
This is a bug! Your Total Score should obviously be the same as your puzzle Score on your first puzzle! And as you continue on, you can check your ongoing Total Score – every time there is more than one Palindrome, your Total Score is artificially inflated by 20 points for each extra Palindrome.
Dan Konkle
Whew. 80,000,180. That’s 2,680,509 words and 137,946 puzzles. Gonna give it a rest now.
Stan
Should I laugh or cry?
141,266 puzzles
2,682,214 words
Score 85,412,880
send help.
Benny Powell
Currently:
249,279 words found
7,573,460 total score
14,563 puzzles solved
I’m likely world champ at this point.
Liam
Total words 9111030
Puzzles solved 58,412
Total score 27,032,360
Addictive right enough