it's a bit foolish that you can just hit the PAUSE button and get to look around indefinitely for your next words to make. most puzzle games like this usually obscure the board when you pause so ya CAN'T do things like that!
OTHERWISE yeah! I generally like the way it plays, looks and sounds! clicking stuff feels good because of those nice CLICKY sound effects, and the snappy animations are simple and satisfying. THOUGH the music can get feeling a tad intrusive and annoying after a while in a thinking game kind of word search thing like this. that music also just STOPPED playing at one point during my play, so that felt unintentional...
it might have also been better off whipping up a kind of single player mode without the versus element because the computer opponent is pretty hit and miss! I got to a point where it just couldn't make new words anymore and it just sat there waiting for me to drop things onto it. potentially unengaging half the time! I naturally didn't try fighting a real opponent over tha internet so whoknows if that works; props if it does! but what are the odds, right?
overall solid! a little rough here and there - could use some polish like a proper title screen and some quick how to play blurbs maybe, but it feels good for what it is! well done :)