
The board is packed with letter tiles, and you've got as much time as you like to spell words and clear the screen. Tower mode might be the best place for calm, completionist spellers to reside. Three game modes are available from the start, with one unlockable mode waiting in the wings. There are some special tiles that twist up the basic strategies you'll employ, including blue tiles that clear whole rows, numbered tiles that must be used in matches containing at least that number of letters, and black tiles that get in your way until you make a match in an adjacent square. Create longer words to get rid of bigger swaths of letters, including tiles on the periphery. Make a word and those tiles vanish, allowing everything above to slide down to fill the gaps. The general idea is that your screen is filled with letter tiles you can tap and drag to connect, spelling words in the process. SpellTower works like a game of Boggle with gravity. No matter your playing style, there's plenty of challenge in this sleek little release, and it's worth picking up if you have even the slightest interest in word games! SpellTower is a linguaphile's dream come true, featuring four unique modes of play that let you take your time and think or force you to build words in a rush. From the creator of Unify, Bit Pilot, and Halcyon, Zach Gage, comes an iPad release that blends a Boggle-like word game with a traditional falling blocks puzzle.
