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The other day I was randomly flipping through the Apps Store on my iPod Touch to see if there were any new games available (I’m addicted to strategy games) and Voila! There before my Tartalicious eyes appeared the original Hasbro Scrabble game for iPod. You’ve never seen anyone download an app so fast. If you’re like me, you grew up playing Hasbro games like Monopoly, Yahtzee, and Scrabble and this was a real score, no pun intended

[If you don’t yet know how to find and load applications to your iPod, click here to read our step-by-step instructions.]

Electronic Arts (EA) produces the downloadable game and they’ve done a great job of laying out the board and allowing a pass-and-play option as well as an option to play against the computer. The app cost me $4.99 and was worth every penny.

TO GET STARTED:

1. Once the game loads, tap “Options,” then at the bottom of the next screen, tap “Quick Play Setup”.

2. In Game Mode, choose the option you want (play against the computer, pass and play or solo).

3. Hit the Back button twice at the top left of the screen when you’ve chosen all your options.

4. Tap the “Quick Play” button to begin your game.

In my best game I scored 342 points and I have about a 50-50 ratio of beating the computer. Not bad… you can also load your results to your Facebook account to compare with friends (the game walks you through how to do this), and you even play against other users over a wireless connection using the “WiFi” option. Both players need to have the game loaded to use this feature.

S-C-R-A-B-B-L-E = H-A-P-P-I-N-E-S-S in this TechTart’s world.

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