Even so, it’s become increasingly obvious that I’m playing almost exclusively against bots. From the excessive nonsensical and out of context use of the emojis to the always similar names, to the clearly fake pictures of those with “premium accounts” to just the gameplay in general something just isn’t right. And then I started thinking about it and thought this is a really relatively unknown game in the grand scheme of it all, and it sometimes takes me hours for a words with friends play response. Why would this one have such sudden, literally 2.5 second responses? There can’t be that many people playing. Theres only one explanation that satisfies all of the above issues. They’re bots. Mindless, soulless bots and they use those stupid emojis to entice real people into buying the emoji packs so the more reactionary players can “fight back” or respond. This also makes me wonder how many of these reviews were created by questionable means. But also, yes, without the ad blocker I would have given up this game a long time ago.

From what I see, you cannot buy ad-free permanently, it’s just for a limited time. (A week at a time, a month, or a year, however long you’re paying.) Why can’t I just pay $3/4 for no ads forever? They are not consistent with the spin and/or watching videos to earn diamonds to earn different tiles. One time you watch a video and it spins to see how many you get. (Limit of 3 spins if you’re lucky.) Other times, you watch the video for a measly 10 diamonds only. (Limits vary.) Now, with the August tiles, I’ve noticed I USED to have like 3 of the tiles in my collection. I don’t have the other 3/4 yet, they are left to earn. But it’s interesting that the 3 tiles I had are no longer in my collection, and I have to save diamonds to earn them back again. That’s how long I’ve been playing this game, a few years. Those were some of the very first tiles I ever got. I wish i could remove the last star I had to give to even make a review. Minor update: looking at the new tiles for October. At least 1/2 I’ve seen and had in the past. Like the mummy wrap with the eyes showing. Had that like 2 years ago. But they stole that back and are making me spend my coins to get them again. The earning of tiles is a jip.

Tl;Dr the game itself is fun. The ads are insufferable and too frequent. The paid version is not worth it and expensive in the long run for this type of game. I really wanted to continue playing. I considered the paid version. The price is not a fixed price and can be expensive in the long run and this game is not worth it. The alternative is seeing unskippable ads after every turn. The ads are terrible too, some say 30 seconds but after the timer goes down it doesn’t give you an X, there’s an arrow which makes the App Store pop up with the game from the ad. You have to close that and sometimes it makes it pop up again or there’s a second timer before the X pops up. I ran into a few games with a fake X that just launches the App Store. I just realized that many of the other players are indeed bots but that hasn’t been a problem as I have 20 win streak. I have used this app for two weeks and can honestly say that the developers are very greedy with ads and the paid version. I also saw that even with the paid version you have to watch an ad to get extra coins.