The game board even spins for easy access, no matter where you play. But the twist is that you can also stack tiles on top of each other to create new words and increase your score. Players compete to build words across or down the board to earn points. Like Scrabble with a few interesting twists, some folks love to play it without even keeping score.

It makes a great Friday night game for the family, a fun indoor activity for a rainy or snowy afternoon, or an occasional break from worksheets and online instruction for school spelling and vocab lessons. This modernized version of the classic old-school 80’s variety of Upwords is fun and challenging for all ages to play. Some had issues with the quality of their board The Spruce Home Improvement Review Board.