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WHAT DO YOU PLAY? Continued






              Dan Ketchum’s List
             Name                 Cost                  App or Website         Summary of Game
             Linko                Free with ads         App                    Rotate the lines on the board to make connections to ‘solve’ that level
             Mini-Metro           $3.99 once            App                    Construct an efficient city metro to move citizens from place to place,
                                                                               before the number of riders overwhelms the metro stops, ending the
                                                                               game
             Duolingo             Free with ads         App or website         Learn over 40 languages at your own pace. The learner fills in sentenc-
                                  $6.99 per month                              es in their native language or the language they’re learning using the
                                  for Super Duolingo                           keyboard or the words provided in the lesson. Some languages offer
                                  (no ads, unlimited                           mini-stories to read for comprehension. In the free version, the learner
                                  hearts)                                      begins lessons with five hearts, and each mistake depletes this number
                                                                               by one heart. After hearts are depleted, the learner must replenish using
                                                                               points they’ve earned.
             Hill Climb Racing    Free with ads         App                    Drive a vehicle over dozens of landscapes. Modify the vehicles with
                                                                               the points earned while driving
             Wordle               Free                  Website- New York      Identify the daily five-letter word in six attempts
                                  $1/week for NYT       Times
                                  Games package
             Worldle              Free                  Website-               Identify the daily country from the shape provided within six attempts
                                                        Worldle.teuteuf.fr
                                                        Developer states that
                                                        apps are copycats

             Scrabble Go          Free with ads         App                    Compete against friends (link via email) or the ‘computer’ to lay down
                                  $7.99/month for no                           words, earn points, the player with most points after all letters have
                                  ads                                          been played wins
             WordScapes           Free                  App                    Similar to a crossword puzzle, fill in the blanks from the letters provid-
                                                                               ed
             Wooduko              Free with ads         App                    Fit the shapes within a grid to collect points
             Royal Match          Free                  App                    Match shapes and symbols
             Backgammon           Free                  App                    Just like backgammon in real life

             QuadWord             Free                  App                    Identify the ‘hidden’ four words in nine tries
             Love and Pies        Free                  App                    A matching game of food ingredients to prepare goodies, build a res-
                                                                               taurant, lounge, with a touch of mystery
             4-in-a-Row           Free                  App                    One, Two or Multiplayer, similar to ConnectFour®



























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