3.2
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5
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5
Rated By
5 Users
5 Users
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Program Information
License:
Shareware (Free to try)
Size:
1.2 MB
Updated:
Downloads:
1468
Platform:
Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Publisher:
Haversack Software(more)
Website:
Unknown
FindMySoft Editor's Review
Whack-A-Word – See a Word, Whack It!
Right now, at the super secret headquarters of FindMySoft, it is a pretty gloomy and bleak day. It’s been raining all day long, it’s cold, and it is a real downer of a day. Which got me thinking that when I get off work, I will most likely not want to go for walk, or go out to meet some friends. What I will probably do is play a nice computer game.
Like the Haversack Software-developed game Whack-A-Word. I particularly like this exciting, fast-paced game because I work with words all day long (that’s what editors do – they write, and proofread, and write some more). In the game you will be presented with words – some are genuine words, some are made-up. The goal is to identify the real words and whack them.
If you can identify the real words, whack them. Keep whacking JUST the real words and you will be able to play for a long, long time. The standard game can go on forever. If you don’t want to do that, you can play with a time limit, play until you reach a target number of words, or play a Round Robin Tour of several games and try to get the highest cumulative score.
If you whack a made-up word, that word will remain stuck on the screen. Make another mistake, and that word will also remain stuck on the screen. Make enough mistakes and there will eventually be no more room on the screen for new words to show up. When this happens, the game ends and you lose.
Whack-A-Word presents you with words at a gradually increasing pace. The words are pulled from a 200,000-word dictionary, just to put things in perspective.
Pros
Cons
About Haversack Software
Additional details about Haversack Software and its products are available here.
You can download Whack-A-Word free here.
Like the Haversack Software-developed game Whack-A-Word. I particularly like this exciting, fast-paced game because I work with words all day long (that’s what editors do – they write, and proofread, and write some more). In the game you will be presented with words – some are genuine words, some are made-up. The goal is to identify the real words and whack them.
If you can identify the real words, whack them. Keep whacking JUST the real words and you will be able to play for a long, long time. The standard game can go on forever. If you don’t want to do that, you can play with a time limit, play until you reach a target number of words, or play a Round Robin Tour of several games and try to get the highest cumulative score.
If you whack a made-up word, that word will remain stuck on the screen. Make another mistake, and that word will also remain stuck on the screen. Make enough mistakes and there will eventually be no more room on the screen for new words to show up. When this happens, the game ends and you lose.
Whack-A-Word presents you with words at a gradually increasing pace. The words are pulled from a 200,000-word dictionary, just to put things in perspective.
Pros
- 3 different methods of generating fake words
- 9 different built-in variations of the game
- Customize the rules
- Configurable font and color schemes
Cons
- Limited gameplay
About Haversack Software
Additional details about Haversack Software and its products are available here.
You can download Whack-A-Word free here.
Whack-A-Word Awards
Whack-A-Word Editor's Review Rating
Whack-A-Word has been reviewed by George Norman on
31 Aug 2010. Based on the user interface, features and complexity, Findmysoft has rated
Whack-A-Word
3
out of 5 stars, naming it Very Good
