W.E.L.D.E.R.

Parents need to know that W.E.L.D.E.R. is a self-contained strategic word game with some links to online and social media. On an eight-by-eight tile board of jumbled letters, players must swap tiles to create words of at least four letters. When a word is formed, those letters are replaced and the player earns points. Players must earn a certain number of points without using all of their allocated tile swaps to progress to the next level. Some tiles have special characteristics, so the game involves an element of strategy; it is not timed. Players can look up the definitions of any formed words, including unfamiliar words identified by the game. Two dictionaries are used: an internal app dictionary, and the online dictionary Wordnik for lesser-known words. The game draws on the same word list as Words with Friends. Some words and definitions may include mature content. In addition, players can share the definitions or their scores on Facebook and Twitter. Users can also share high scores via the Game Center social network, but participation is optional.