Metascore
43

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 16
  2. Negative: 11 out of 16
  1. Official Xbox Magazine
    65
    Against similarly matched opponents, it's a tense, fast-paced contest, and it delivers an experience that's fairly unique to the digital format. For this mode, we'd pay the $10. [Nov 2007, p.94]
  2. Xbox World 360 Magazine UK
    60
    Should be rubbish. Surprisingly isn't, though. [Jan 2008, p.94]
  3. 55
    A game that’s probably better left to pen and paper. The game offers solid variety and decent puzzle design, but at the end of the day you’re still doing with a controller that which is much easier and just as rewarding with a pencil.
  4. 50
    Word Puzzle isn't a terrible game, and at 400 points it might have been OK. At 800 points though, it's basically a rip-off, and word-searches have been done much better before.
  5. AceGamez
    50
    Word Puzzle is a nice title for those looking for a decent word search experience in videogame form and the added modifiers such as bomb timers and stringing words together for extra points is a nice idea to bring in a wider audience, but the constricted playing space that's just completely unwarranted really hinders the gameplay when you get to the later stages of the game with larger board types.
User Score
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User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 1 out of 3
  1. JC
    Mar 12, 2008
    9
    Don't expect groundbreaking, but this is simple fun, more so when competing with a friend.
  2. BobP.
    Nov 27, 2007
    3
    I had high hopes for this game because it was new & different...but I find that after the first few sessions, I don't want to keep playing it.