There’s nothing more satisfying than playing a good word game against a bunch of contenders. The App Store truly gives us ample opportunities to demonstrate how much…better…good we are than our peers at forming clever words and phrases. Wordament, previously a Windows Phone exclusive, makes strengthening your vocabulary easier—and more frenzied—than ever thanks to an intense format that pits you against hundreds of players at once. You can even earn a few achievements for your Xbox Live profile.

The “Infinite Monkey Theorem” states that a million monkeys working at a million typewriters will, in time, replicate the complete works of William Shakespeare – but probably not before they jam up their keyboards with their own you-know-what. One Million Monkeys for iOS is governed by the aforementioned theorem. You probably won’t be able to produce a coherent sentence, let alone the works of Shakespeare—but you’ll definitely come up with some gut-splitting nonsense stories.

Few people can resist spewing a passionate opinion about the state of post-secondary education. On one hand, university students are suffering enormous debts and years-long workloads in order to procure degrees of negligible value. On the other hand, maybe it’s not the worst idea to keep kids chained to a desk until they learn the difference between “a lot” and “alot.” The Grading Game celebrates the wonderful and terrible (but mostly terrible) aspects of being a teaching assistant (TA) with a game that’s unique, fun, and educational. That’s right—it’s possible to learn and have fun at the same time. Pinky swear.

Spellwood is set in a magical, wooded realm populated by all sorts of wonderful creatures, many of whom are kindly wizards. It's no surprise that it's also the home of the Spellwood Academy of Word Wizards, from which you, at the beginning of the game, are just about to graduate. But before you do, you'll have to defeat three of your fellow students plus the Headmaster himself, a wise old owl who does his best to teach you all you'll need to know before you set out on your journey.

How well do you actually know your Facebook friends? With The Friend Game, that’s a question Zynga wants to help you answer. It pits players against one another in a battle to see who knows who the best, although it’s not as intense as it may sound. It’s pretty lighthearted, in fact, and could even be described as a virtual mixer featuring you and many of the people you’ve added on Facebook. 

Letter by Letter is a free-to-play word game where you play with friends or random opponents to see who can own the most letters on the game board before it’s full. Gamezebo’s quick start strategy guide will provide you with detailed images, tips, information, and hints on how to play your best game.

Words can hurt. Words can kill. Okay, so words can’t actively slit someone’s throat, but a well-placed move in Letter by Letter for iOS proves words are capable of giving your rivals a bad day. Let’s just settle by pointing out that words can sting like a paper-cut between your fingers. In fact, with Letter by Letter, your words may actually come back and haunt you.

Of the many lessons my parents taught me growing up, “words can hurt” is probably the one I heard most. At the time, I assumed they were just telling me to be kind to others. Having recently played Writer Rumble, though, I now realize they meant it in a far more literal sense.

Another week, another word game. But this one comes with a pedigree: From the game designer behind previous letter puzzler Lexitect,and an artist who worked on The Phantom Menace, QatQi promises to be something special. Even the title seems evocative and mysterious.

What do you get when you combine Triple Town with Boggle? If you're indie developer Lucas Gordon, you come up with Cuatro, an easy-to-play word game that promises to hook fans with straight-up simplicity blended with the challenge of live online leaderboards. The game takes place on a bare-bones grid that slowly fills up with letters, from which you'll have to pick out four-letter words - not that kind of four-letter word, just words that are made of four letters - clearing them off the grid to make room for more and racking up points as you go.