Flash! Word Jumbles for your Kindle

Flash! Word Jumbles for your Kindle

Puzux is one of the more innovative publishers for the Kindle.  I’ve mentioned them before, in this earlier post on The Games Kindle Play.

They have (at time of writing) 34 interactive puzzle books in the Kindle store

Puzux in the Kindle store

They’ve had crossword puzzles and Sudoku…which has given you a different way to use your Kindle.

Well, they recently wrote to me (and I do appreciate that) to mention a new game: Jumble.

New to the Kindle, but not new to the newspapers.  That’s one of the interesting things with this: they worked out an arrangement with Tribune Media to bring you the same kind of Jumble you see in the newspaper (if, you know, you ever look at newspapers any more). 

You probably know them: there is a cartoon with a joke question, and the answer is sort of a pun.  You then have scrambled words.  When you unscramble them, certain letters are designated as being part of the answer to the cartoon.  You unscramble those to get that answer.

I’m guessing most people do the scrambles first.  I’ve always sort of worked them inside out: I could guess the answer to the cartoon, and I would fill that in first, then do the scrambles.

Puzux has made this interactive on the Kindle.  It has to be done over Whispernet, and that’s worth noting.  You have to have the Whispernet connected to be able to play.  That will, unfortunately, keep some people out of it, and it does drain the battery more quickly.

If you have that, though, I did think it was fun.  It’s a bit slow, like any Whispernet connection, but I enjoyed the sample I did.

Yep, you can download a sample…which will give you a link to a sample game you can play.  The cartoon is sharp, and you get features like getting a hint (a letter in the right place in a scramble) or letting the Kindle solve the puzzle for you.

They also only work on Kindle devices: not on the free Kindle reader apps.

You might want to give it a try…could be a good thing on a holiday weekend. 

Jumble Puzzles for Kindle, Volume 1 (ninety-nine cents at time of writing)

Bumper Jumble Puzzles for Kindle, Volume 1 ($1.99 at time of writing)

I’m afraid I don’t know the difference between a Jumble Puzzle and a Bumper Jumble Puzzle, but maybe they’ll let me know. 

EDIT: The difference between the two?  The regular Jumble is ten puzzles, the Bumper is 25.  So the Bumper is less expensive per puzzle…it’s an economy size, 

This post by Bufo Calvin originally appeared in the I Love My Kindle blog.