- The best-known word game, Scrabble, gets a 3D makeover with "Scrabble Cubes." As the title suggests, this title replaces the traditional flat game board and domino-style pieces with six-sided cubes made up of letter blocks. Making words thus becomes a challenge not just of vocabulary, but of three-dimensional stacking skill. "Scrabble Cubes" can be played by registering free at the site in Resources: as of January 2011, only the Internet Explorer browser is supported by the site.
- The shareware game "3D Word Slider" brings the crossword format to a top-down 3D game format, creating a title reminiscent of the action game "Bomberman" or the sliding-block puzzles of titles like "Boxxle" or "The Legend of Zelda." Slide letters along channels and columns to sort them into words and clear the game board. "3D Word Slider" can be downloaded in a trial format that lets you play on several of the game's levels, or purchased in a full version with over 180 unique game boards.
- Owners of Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch can enjoy Surgeworks' "Letter Blocks World," a 3D game that uses kindergarten-style lettered blocks in a variety of word challenges, from relaxed word building to high-scoring Casino mode. A Story Mode lets you play through increasingly difficult word construction challenges over 15 levels. A trial version, "Letter Blocks 3D World," offers a free taste of two of the game's modes of play.
- The board game "Cuberty" isn't a computer game: it's a traditional board game that can be played around the table with friends or family. The challenge in "Cuberty" is assembling words from tiles, just like Scrabble, but the twist here is that letters can be piled high on top of each other, instead of simply laid side-by-side. Players must find words and build opportunities for future moves, all while watching out for other players' plays. The UK-manufactured "Cuberty" can be ordered from the site in Resources.
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