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''Words with Friends'' is a multi-player word game developed by Zynga with Friends (formerly Newtoy, Inc.). Players take turns building words crossword puzzle style in a manner similar to the classic board game ''Scrabble''. (The rules of the two games are similar, but ''Words with Friends'' is not officially associated with the ''Scrabble'' brand.) Up to 30 games can be played simultaneously using push notifications to alert players when it is their turn.〔Jason Kincaid, (A Look Behind The ‘Words with Friends’ iPhone Gaming Phenomenon ), TechCrunch, 10 June 2010.〕 Players may look up friends either by username or through Facebook, or be randomly assigned an opponent through "Smart Match". Players can also find potential opponents using Community Match. Released in July 2009, ''Words with Friends'' is available for cross-platform play on devices running the operating systems Android, Windows Phone, and iOS (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Words with Friends - Official Website )〕 The game is also available on Facebook,〔Don Reisinger, (Zynga brings Words with Friends to Facebook ), CNET, 5 August 2011.〕 Kindle Fire, and Nook Tablet. In addition, there is a chat feature built into the game that allows opponents to exchange messages. Between 2010 and 2011, ''Words with Friends'' was one of the top ranking games in the iOS app store, available as both a free ad-supported version and a paid version with no "third party ads between turns".〔Leena Rao, (Zynga Brings Newtoy’s Crossword Game ‘Words with Friends’ to Android Phones ), TechCrunch, 2 February 2011.〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.zyngawithfriends.com/wordswithfriends/support/WWF_Support/Web/Gameplay_Issues/WWF_Ads.html )〕 ==Gameplay== The rules of the game are mostly the same as those of two-player ''Scrabble'', with a few differences such as the arrangement of bonus tiles and some of the letters' point values. Players are given seven randomly chosen letter tiles, which are replenished until all 104 tiles have been used. Players take turns forming words on the board or, instead of playing a word, may also choose to swap tiles with the pool of currently unused tiles or pass their turn. Players can form words either vertically or horizontally on the board. The player's aim is to score as many points as possible. Scores will be doubled if a word is placed on the DW space. The word will have a triple value if it is placed on the TW space. Individual letter's scores can also be doubled or tripled by placing them on the DL or TL space, respectively. 35 Bonus points are awarded to players who use all 7 tiles in a single turn. The game ends when a player plays every tile in his or her rack, and there are no remaining tiles to draw. The game also ends if three scoreless moves (i.e., passes or tile exchanges) are played in succession, unless the score is zero-zero.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Words with Friends Rulebook )〕 After playing the last tile, the opposing player will lose all the points equal to the amount of the remaining tiles. This number of points will be awarded to the player who played the last tile. At the end of the game the player with the highest score wins. Players are able to re-arrange the tiles on their rack and can shuffle them randomly either via a button or (on compatible devices) by shaking the device. Games may be resigned, and there are two extra features, the "tile bag" and "word-o-meter", accessible for free. Words with Friends accepts 173,000 words in the game. The word list used by the game is based on the Enhanced North American Benchmark Lexicon (ENABLE), with some additions from the developers.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Words with Friends」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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