Dingbats is a word/puzzle game for the iPhone/iPod Touch. The goal of the game is to solve the word or phrase presented to you on the card. The feature that makes it challenging is the phrases are given in clues. In other words, players will get a card that says Hot Handle twice. Players have to take that clue and figure out that the phrase is Too Hot to Handle.

Players have to use their brains and decode the clues. Once they think they know the correct answer, they click on the answer button and type the answer in using the iPhone/iPod Touch keyboard. If the typed in answer is correct, players will hear a dinging sound and the answer will be accepted. If the answer is incorrect, nothing will happen and the player will have to try again.

The quicker you can solve the phrase the more points you will receive. The points are divided into gold, silver and bronze. The gold will reward 100 points and as the time ticks away the points get less and less. There is a bar that displays the time left for solving the phrase. The bar will change in color as the time gets less and less giving an easy visual for the current point range.

The control mechanisms are easy to use. The player simply touches the card, which causes the card to flip over. The flipped over card has the clue to the phrase and an answer and cancel button.  The answer button is touched to enter the answer. The answer button displays the keyboard and shrinks the clue so it is still visible on the screen.

Over all,  Dingbats is a fan, but challenging game. Some of the clues are not too difficult to figure out, while other clues  can be quite difficult. Every part of the clue can be used to get the phrase. All clues must be solved before players can move on to the next level. The game is entertaining and definitely passes the time. If you are into word games, you can not go wrong with Dingbats. The game offers plenty of fun and challenge.