Zift Advisory

This App Contains...
Chat
Commenting
Live Streaming
Videos can be shared
Location Tracking
Geotracking
Photo Sharing
Photo sending/receiving
Stranger Danger
Interacting with strangers
Mature Content
Adult Content/Themes

Words with Friends Classic is a word-building game app, similar to scrabble, that allows users to connect with friends via chat while competing with each other. Words with Friends Classic is available for iOS and Android devices and is rated for users of all ages. This app features both in-app purchases and advertisements. This app is not safe for kids.

About Words With Friends Classic
In-App Purchases
yes
Rating
Everyone

What is Words With Friends Classic?

Words with Friends Classic is a word-building game app, similar to scrabble, that allows users to connect with friends via chat while competing with each other.

Words with Friends Classic is available for iOS and Android devices and is rated for users of all ages. This app features both in-app purchases and advertisements.

Words with Friends Classic is a very popular crossword puzzle game app that allows users to connect with friends while playing a game that tests their vocabulary skills.

They can catch up with each other via chat during the game. Users can also invite new friends to a round of game play via Facebook or Twitter. The random opponent-matchmaking feature can also be used to select a player for you to chat and play the game with.

This app uses your geo-location to post your score on the leaderboard to be compared with other players in your area. Those other players can challenge you to a game and chat with you.

Once downloaded, users can open the app and login with either their Facebook user ID and password or Words with Friends account login. To start playing, you can search for a friend by name or username, be matched to a random player or select from the players listed.

There are ads that appear above the game board and in-app purchases range from $0.99 to $99.99 for coins used as in-app currency.

This app is similar to Scrabble by Electronic Arts and Yahtzee by Scopely and update on 12/18/18 included product enhancements and bug fixes.

On average, users give this app a rating of 4.3/5.0. There have been complaints from users regarding other “players” inviting them to play the game only to begin conversations about dating.

Is Words With Friends Classic safe for my kids?

Due to the chat feature, this game is not safe for kids.

Words with Friends Classic is a wildly popular app that offers the opportunity for users to enhance their vocabulary while socializing with friends.  There are, however, features of the app that make it unsafe for kids.

As confirmed by user reviews, some users abuse the app by using it to engage others in inappropriate conversations.  If there were controls or settings that allowed for blocking invites from strangers and children only played the game with their actual friends, this would be a safe educational and social experience.

Also, because there are ads present in the app, there is the potential for children to see inappropriate content. 

The following themes are also relevant to the Words with Friends Classic app: cyberbullying, tech addiction and sexting.

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