Zynga's Words With Friends EDU is refashioned for classrooms.
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Zynga refashions Words With Friends for the classroom

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Zynga has launched a new version of its Words With Friends word game for classrooms. The new Words With Friends EDU is part of an ongoing effort to use games to help children get more engaged with learning.

Zynga’s new title is a free educational game available for students, teachers, and parents on the App Store for iPad, Google Play for Android tablets, and the web.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.