To download a custom album that someone has shared with you in the Osmo Words app, tap the gear-shaped settings button in the top left corner, go to the Library and tap 'Download More At myOsmo' under 'Installed' (the top section of the Library).

You'll be redirected to the myWords page of the myOsmo website.

The albums shared with you should show up under the myAlbums tab:

https://my.playosmo.com/words/browse/myalbums

Select any of the albums and tap 'Add to Words game'. You'll be prompted to open the album in the Words game.

Tap 'Open', and you'll be redirected to the Library section of Words.

Please make sure that only the albums you want to play are selected, then tap the arrow in the top left corner to go back to the home screen, tap 'Play', and choose Zen, Zen Junior or Versus mode to play the album(s) that you have selected.

Note that custom albums only work in Zen, Zen Junior and Versus modes, not in the Adventure mode.

Find more information about custom albums in our PDF guide to the Words app here:

https://www.playosmo.com/static/downloads/GettingStartedWithOsmoWords.pdf

The tiles for the Osmo Words game are only available in English. We do not have any additional letters or accents used in other languages, such as 'é', 'ç', 'ñ', or 'æ,' etc. That said, we do hope to make these available to customers in the future.

However, you can use accented letters when you create your custom album (corresponding non-accented letter tiles will be recognized by the game as equivalents of the accented letters).

Please use the "All Languages" dropdown menu on the album search page to see some examples:

https://my.playosmo.com/words/browse

Tap the screen at any point during the game, and use the provided slider on the pause screen to turn off the timer.

To create a multiple choice Words album, you will need to create an image file for each question, with letter answers (A, B, C, etc.). E.g., a question might look like this: "1+2= A. 3, B. 4, C. 5, D. 2."

There's a number of ways to create an image out of that text. Please do a Google search for "text to image". Here's one helpful article:

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2046324/convert-text-to-image-and-image-to-text.html

To add an answer key to an image, hover your cursor over the image you would like to edit and click 'Edit'. Once you are on the Edit Image page, add the answer letter in the 'Add word' text field, e.g. 'A', 'B' or 'C'.

You can find examples of multiple choice albums here (please search for "multiplechoice") and make similar images for your own albums:

https://my.playosmo.com/words/browse

Please see our PDF guide for more information about custom albums:

https://www.playosmo.com/static/downloads/GettingStartedWithOsmoWords.pdf

We don't have Braille tiles for the Osmo Words game, but some of our users have shared albums for learning Braille (for visually impaired students).

To see them, please search the public albums for 'Braille':

https://my.playosmo.com/words/browse

And if you're interested in creating your own albums, here are written instructions for this purpose:

https://www.playosmo.com/static/downloads/GettingStartedWithOsmoWords.pdf

Here is the App Store link to the Osmo Words Explorers app:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/osmo-words/id1433980039

Here's the Amazon link to the Osmo Words Explorers app for Fire devices:

https://www.amazon.com/Osmo-Words-Explorers/dp/B07PX85SBZ/

The game is available in all geographic locations on both the App Store and Amazon and works on all devices that Osmo supports.

Note that it requires the Osmo Words game pieces and the Osmo iPad or Fire base to play.

To uninstall a custom Words album, first tap on it in the Library section of your Words app. A small trashcan icon will appear in the top right corner of the image. Tap on the trashcan icon to delete the album from your device.

You can upload image files that include only words (no pictures). Please do a Google search for "text to image". Here's one helpful article:

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2046324/convert-text-to-image-and-image-to-text.html

Here's one example of an album that uses only word images:

https://my.playosmo.com/words/album/1jrbnqq3xts

You can find other similar albums at this link:

https://my.playosmo.com/words/browse

Please see our PDF guide for more help with custom albums:

https://www.playosmo.com/static/downloads/GettingStartedWithOsmoWords.pdf

To play one of your own albums in the Words app, tap the gear-shaped settings button in the top left corner, go to the Library and look under "Mine" (the second section from the top). All of your albums should be there.

Tap any album to include it in the game.

Please don't forget to deselect the albums that you don't want to be included. You may need to scroll down and open all of the subsections in your Library to make sure only the right albums are selected.

Then tap the arrow in the top left corner to go back to the home screen, tap "Play", and choose Zen, Zen Junior or Versus mode to play the album(s) that you have selected.

Please note that custom albums only work in Zen, Zen Junior and Versus modes, and not in the Adventure Mode.

When you're playing an album, you can tap the gear icon in the top left corner to change the settings (which include the ability to hear the words, turn hints on and off, enable lowercase letter recognition, and set difficulty level so that only easier or harder words from the album are shown in the game).

Find more information about custom albums in our PDF guide to the Words app here:

https://www.playosmo.com/static/downloads/GettingStartedWithOsmoWords.pdf

Also please check out this video from our teacher resource page:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNDzeTbpE9g

Junior Mode - if you're in Junior mode, tap on the gear-shaped settings button in the top left hand corner. Once here, you will see the words 'Home, Restart, and Achievements.' Underneath these words is the option to turn on or off the 'hints' and 'speech.'

You can publish your custom Words album by clicking "Make Public" in the top right corner of the album home page. It is then reviewed by Osmo staff. The approval process currently takes less than one week. If you need it reviewed fast, please let us know the exact name of the album as well as the email address used for your myOsmo account.

Osmo Words is a puzzle game. Players guess and spell out the on-screen hidden words by tossing down letter tiles. A related picture gives the clue.

Words is fun to play alone, but also has modes for playing with friends and family. Work together as a team in Zen mode or compete with Versus mode.

Words comes with over 150 default puzzle images, but if you guess your way through those it's easy to log on to myOsmo and download new albums created by the community. This added content can extend your playtime endlessly!

Here is our PDF guide to the Osmo Words app.

Osmo Words is available for purchase worldwide on our website and through retailers as part of our kits:

https://playosmo.com/order

https://www.playosmo.com/en/retail/

Osmo sells lowercase/uppercase Words tiles exclusively on our website, and they are found in the add-on game section, under the name 'Genius Words':

https://playosmo.com/order

They are $29 USD, and ship in a stackable storage container.

Note that when you use these tiles, letters in the Words app are displayed in both upper and lower case, as appropriate. (When you use our classic tiles, letters are always displayed in upper case).

Educator Version:

Plastic lowercase/uppercase letter tiles are available for sale as a separate item to educators.  Please submit an online request for if interested in purchasing for your classroom. 

The Words Kit (Osmo Base + Words) is only available at BestBuy, and at $49.99 USD, it's one of the cheapest ways to get started with Osmo:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/osmo-words-multi/5459202.p?skuId=5459202

Osmo Words Junior is appropriate for kids aged 3+, while Classic is appropriate for ages 5-11.

The Osmo Words box contains 26 red and 26 blue English alphabet tiles (upper case on one side and lower case on the other) for a total of 52 tiles.

Osmo fosters learning in key areas such as creative problem solving, STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics), and Common Core. We believe in healthy tablet play for kids with a good balance of fun and learning with plenty of physical play away from a screen. Each of games offers unique educational value.

Words teaches spelling, social-emotional skills, and critical thinking. Players can tackle the puzzles on their own or play in Versus mode for increased competitiveness.

Here are some materials to help you get acquainted with Words:

• PDF guide: https://www.playosmo.com/static/downloads/GettingStartedWithOsmoWords.pdf
• Let's Play Osmo Words videos:
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJw4jdRaVX8
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B9--JtWKQg

We switched from Siri to a different voice synthesizer, and we now force an English voice on the synthesizer because that was the most natural one we could find. In a future update we will look into using the region setting of the device (or the language setting of the game) to determine which voice to use.

To share one of your Words albums with other people, log into myOsmo in any browser on your iPad, open the album you want to share, click on the gear icon in the top right corner, and select 'Share'.

You will then be given a link that you can email anyone who needs to access your album.

You can search for custom Words albums at this link:

https://my.playosmo.com/words/browse

Junior Mode in the Words app means that some letters appear on the screen as hints.

To do that in a custom album, you need to put parentheses around the letter or letters that you wish to appear as hints. E.g., '(p)arrot' will be presented on the screen as 'p' followed by five blank circles.

You can use these step-by-step instructions to create your own custom Words albums (which may feature words of varying difficulty in different languages or any other kinds of visual prompts):

https://my.playosmo.com/words/help

Please see the custom albums other people have shared at this link:

https://my.playosmo.com/words/browse

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You can unpublish an album by visiting the album link in myOsmo and clicking 'Unpublish' in the top right corner.

To edit an image in one of your Words albums, log into myOsmo in any browser on your iPad, open the album you want to edit, then hover your cursor over the image you would like to edit and click 'Edit'. Once you are on the Edit Image page, click on the gear icon in the top right corner and select one of the options (Crop, Set as Album Cover, Replace or Delete).

To download custom albums in the Words app, tap the gear-shaped settings button in the top left corner, go to the Library and tap "Download More At myOsmo" under "Installed" (the top section of the Library). You'll be redirected to the myWords page of the myOsmo website.

Select any of the albums and tap "Add to Words game". You'll be prompted to open the album in the Words game.

Tap the album to include it in the game. Please don't forget to deselect the albums that you don't want to be included. You may need to scroll down and open all of the subsections in your Library to make sure only the right albums are selected.

Then tap the arrow in the top left corner to go back to the home screen, tap "Play", and choose Zen, Zen Junior or Versus mode to play the album(s) that you have selected.

Please note that custom albums only work in Zen, Zen Junior and Versus modes, and not in the Adventure Mode.

When you're playing an album, you can tap the gear icon in the top left corner to change the settings (which include the ability to hear the words, turn hints on and off, enable lowercase letter recognition, and set difficulty level so that only easier or harder words from the album are shown in the game).

Find more information about custom albums in our PDF guide to the Words app here:

https://www.playosmo.com/static/downloads/GettingStartedWithOsmoWords.pdf

To delete a custom Words album, log into myOsmo in any browser on your iPad, open the album you want to delete, click on the gear icon in the top right corner, and select 'Delete'.

Here are the steps for creating a Proper Noun (case sensitive) album. To do this, your account must be flagged as a 'Teacher' account, so let's check that first.

1. Log into https://my.playosmo.com/ with your myOsmo account.
2. In the left column (you may need to scroll down a bit), click on the 'Account' link.
3. You should see a section labeled 'This Osmo will be used...' with some checkboxes.
4. Either the 'At School' or 'For Homeschooling' checkboxes need to be checked.

Now you are ready to make a proper noun album.

1. Log into your myOsmo account.
2. Click the myWords link at the top of the screen.
3. Click the blue 'Create new album button' on the left. It will be called 'Untitled Album' to begin with, click on the title to rename it to whatever you want.
4. At the very bottom of the webpage, you will see 'Album Type: [A] Regular'; click the 'Regular' link.
5. You should see a pop-up asking if you want to make this a Regular or Proper Noun album. Choose Proper Noun album (you can also do this on albums you've already created).
6. Click 'Add Image' and continue creating your album like you would normally. (See this video for more info on that.)

When you type in the words for each picture, just remember that whatever case you use here will be what the game expects. So you can do 'Frank' or 'frank', 'us' or 'US', etc.

To see albums that are already available for play with lowercase tiles, please go the myWords search page in myOsmo and choose ‘Proper Noun’ from the ‘Show all’ menu.

After you tap an album in the Library section of the Words game to include it in the game, please don't forget to deselect the albums that you don't want to be included.

It may require scrolling to the bottom of the library and checking all of the subsections.

Then tap the arrow in the top left corner of the Library to go back to the home screen and play the album. 

Please note that custom albums can only be played in the Zen, Zen Junior or Versus modes, and not in the Adventure mode.

If that doesn't work, please try reinstalling the Words app, restarting the device and updating the OS.

If the above doesn't help, please write us at support@playosmo.com with a screenshot and the myOsmo URL of the Words album that isn't working for you!

In Osmo Words, you have the option to play against an opponent or play together. When you're playing against each other, the different colored letter tiles correspond to each of the two teams. When you're in the single-player mode, you can use either color to play.

Words Junior has easier words and is meant for younger children. You can also use the Versus and Zen modes to play together or against each other.

• Junior mode

Junior mode will show most of the letters in the word so the player can guess the missing letters. Words Junior is appropriate for kids aged 3+.

• Versus mode

Use both sets of colored tiles to play against an opponent. See who guesses the word and spelling first!

• Zen mode

Play alone at your own pace. Practice deducing what the image is representing and hone your spelling skills.

Nope! Osmo is so smart; you can put the letter tiles in front of Osmo in any order and at any angle.