outWord Week 7… brrr
Is anybody else cold yet? I feel like hibernating for the winter. In any case, we have been getting some good feedback. Our game is both literally and figuratively in your hands! If you have questions, comments, tirades, don’t hesitate to email us.
Here is the wordle for this week.

The top scores for this week (rock on Alabama):
| adam | 15988 | Selma, AL |
| joel | 10788 | Pine Bluff, AR |
| mnagara | 8208 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Joram | 6836 | Nijmegen, Netherlands |
| 峰仔 | 6656 | London, United Kingdom |
| Byron | 6384 | Singapore, Singapore |
| carmen | 6304 | Birmingham, MI |
| lana | 5168 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| imdubi | 5048 | Denver, CO |
| Eric | 4636 | Ypsilanti, MI |
Turkey day, gourds.. and yes, this week’s scores
Gobble Gobble. We had 5,124 words this week! That’s an all-time high! Sweeeeeeeeeeeet.
outWord 1.2 was released this week with a few minor, but important tweaks. Most importantly, you can see your weekly score now! When designing outWord, we couldn’t decide on whether total scores or weekly scores were more important. In any case, they’re both important! Or so we think. Do you agree, disagree, or none of the above? Either way, you should email us, even if it is to just say hello. We like mail. Gobble gobble.

And here are the top 10 week scores. Rock over Arkansas. Rock over Singapore.
| joel | 15132 | Bryant, AR |
| Byron | 13692 | Singapore, Singapore |
| jujubee | 11560 | Spanish Fork, UT |
| adam | 10048 | Atlanta, GA |
| tony | 6312 | Hot Springs, AR |
| mnagara | 6272 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| carmen | 5952 | Birmingham, MI |
| Lana | 5256 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| PEACE | 4748 | Chula Vista, CA |
| imdubi | 4532 | Wheat Ridge, CO |
Phonagle Presents to Ann Arbor Entrepreneurs
Phonagle got a chance to show off outWord at last night’s A2NewTech Meet-up, a monthly meeting of Ann Arbor Entrepreneurs. Check it out, as well as some of the other really cool projects on Dug Song’s Start-up Blog!
outWord Week 5 Results
Again, we had over 4,000 words this week! Also notice that ‘zoo’ was not the most frequently submitted word.. mind-blowing indeed!
Sorry for the delayed update. outWord 1.2 should be out this week. We found a bug which required us to resubmit to Apple, effectively putting us to the back of the line. We’re also currently working on outWord 1.3 which will hopefully make the map screen easier to use. We’ve gotten requests from our users that letters should be more easily shuffled and that letter order should be maintained across sessions. Do you have a request? If so, you should email us! Thank you all for playing.

And here are the top 10 week scores. We’re delighted to see users from such distant lands!
| Byron | 13416Singapore, Singapore
| jujubee | 12764Spanish Fork, UT
| Joram | 10824Nijmegen, Netherlands
| joel | 6452Bryant, AR
| Jesse | 5716Ann Arbor, MI
| Debra | 5000Ann Arbor, MI
| tony | 4420Hot Springs, AR
| Eric | 4300Ann Arbor, MI
| Lana | 4168Ann Arbor, MI
| Emily | 3884Ann Arbor, MI
outWord Results for Week 4
We had over 4,000 words this week!

And here are the top 10 week scores. We had a really close race!
Oh, and expect an updated release of outWord sometime this week.
| oopstu | 14944 | Virginia Beach, VA |
| Joram | 14152 | Nijmegen, Netherlands |
| Byron | 13172 | Singapore, Singapore |
| jujubee | 8360 | Spanish Fork, UT |
| Rhett | 7280 | Spanish Fork, UT |
| Jesse | 5352 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Emily | 5232 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Eric | 4388 | Ypsilanti, MI |
| Vic | 4220 | Novi, MI |
| arborbri | 4008 | Ann Arbor, MI |
outWord Results for Week 3
3,284 words this week! And this week’s wordle:

And here are some impressive top 10 week scores:
| oopstu | 11832 | Virginia Beach, VA |
| Byron | 9912 | Singapore, Singapore |
| mh | 8164 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| jeremy | 4952 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| arborbri | 4580 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Eric | 3796 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| ninmachine | 3376 | Hannover, Germany |
| Sergios | 3128 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Joram | 3040 | Nijmegen, Netherlands |
| Peace | 2696 | Chula Vista, CA |
outWord: Week 2 Results
3,405 words this week! You fiends. There are also some fine nuggets in this week’s wordle:

And here are the top 10 week scores:
| mh | 10272 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| mrbill187 | 7608 | East New York, NY |
| Eric | 5344 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| madagi | 4964 | Hanover, PA |
| belmo | 4620 | Culver City, CA |
| hi! i’m brett. | 4300 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Vic | 4124 | Novi, MI |
| Peace | 4064 | Chula Vista, CA |
| oopstu | 3944 | Virginia Beach, VA |
| melissa | 2944 | New York City, NY |
outWord Results for Week 1
It’s been an exciting week for Phonagle. We had over 2000 words submitted since our launch on Tuesday!
Here is a wordle of the words since launch. Note the most frequently submitted words appear larger than others. So ‘zoo’ was our most popular word this week.

And here are the top 10 week scores:
| Balloon Boy | 4476 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| proximateo | 4380 | Reisterstown, MD |
| madagi | 3396 | Hanover, PA |
| Lana | 3128 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Vic | 2944 | Novi, MI |
| daddy warbucks | 2160 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| peter | 2156 | Bray, Ireland |
| mh | 1952 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Alvin | 1804 | London, United Kingdom |
| Ocsisor | 1692 | Reisterstown, MD |
| hi! i’m brett. | 1648 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Nowd | 1264 | Novi, MI |
outWordle (for words before October 16)
Here’s something just for fun: We’ve run a dump of the submitted outWord Words (as of 10-15) through Wordle, and here it is. Lots of short ones, but some pretty fun ones too. Glad “abacus” made the list.

outWord, outNow
You heard it right, folks! outWord, our first game is available in Apple’s appstore! Download it here [ links to itunes ] and start working up some words. Let us know what you think, and if you find any bugs let us know!
App of My Eye
It’s been out a little over a day, and we’ve already received some good reviews, both on the store, and by a professional reviewer! AppOfMyEye says: “a fun original game born out of an excellent concept and well executed. Highly recommended.” Definitely check out the full review at App of My Eye here.
Meanwhile, we’ve been keeping ourselves busy dreaming up new bits of functionality for outWord and potential new games. We’ve also taken on a little bit of contract work, to keep us fed. Meanwhile, school is back in session, so Eric, Ben and I have been splitting our time between phonagle and the books, with Sergio holding down the fort… err, basement. Stay tuned for updates on what we’ve got cooking.
Tags: game, iphone, outWord, word games

