Facebook Application Review of Scrabulous

Fantabulous Scrabulous on Facebook

If you have ever played the popular board game "Scrabble" then there is a pretty good chance you are familiar with todays Facebook application entitled "Scrabulous". With more than 500 000 daily users as of this review, Scrabulous application has the most active users of any game that can be played over Facebook and even has its own Wikipedia page. Can 500 000 daily players be wrong?

Scrabulous is well, essentially scrabble - but with a couple of nice perks. Once you install this Facebook application, you can challenge 1-3 other friends to games of Scrabulous. Users have the option of playing regular games or challenge games where opponents can challenge the word their opponent has made. Numerous games can be played at once, which has the potential to make this nifty little Facebook application quite addictive and fun.

The actual board game loads nice and has several nice options. It tells you how many of each letter tile there are in total, how many tiles are left in the game, and even comes with a 2 letter word list! When you place your tiles on the board you even are allowed to see how
many points each play is worth allowing you to pick the play that ensures maximum points.

When a game comes to an end, the application will keep track of stats including your rating and your win loss record which has allowed me to show off my perfect 8-0 winning record to any of my friends who have doubted my linguistic skills. In addition, Scrabulous even keeps track
of the best plays you make using all 7 of your letters (called bingos). How about imposing for 89 points? Not bad eh?


If all this weren't enough, the introduction page of this Facebook Application welcomes you in a different language every time you log in. Thanks to Scrabulous I have learned to say hello in at least a dozen new languages. Svayks (Latvian)! Thanks to random trivia tidbits, I have
also learned interesting facts such the highest opening play in Scrabulous is MUZJIKS for 128 points.

Overall this Facebook application is an all out knockout and a must for any Scrabble enthusiast. Even if your not a die hard Scrabble player, this application has turned users onto the game and prompted them to buy the Scrabble home edition. For all these reasons, this
Facebook application has earned the all time best qualification as a 5 out of 5!!!
As a big fan of the application, I can only hope that the makers of Scrabulous come to terms with the creators of Scrabble so that everyone can be winner.

Reviewed by Dan Feldman
(Thank you very much my friend!!)