# OMBY

> Word

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id983021179](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id983021179)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id983021179`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Counterwave
- **Category:** Word
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (13 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.2
- **Last updated:** 2017-12-14
- **First published:** 2015-07-16
- **Size:** 22 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/omby/id983021179)

## Description

Discover the weird beauty of the language in Moby-Dick with OMBY, a new kind of word-puzzle game based on Herman Melville’s classic novel.

“OMBY is like a friend who accompanies me to the Louvre and keeps me from striding past a hundred unfamiliar masterworks on my way to see the ones I already know. In the Louvre, though, the art is already on the wall. OMBY lets me co-create Moby-Dick’s unfamiliar ingenuities, searching like Melville for the right words, massaging the letters into something meaningful.” ---Tim Cassedy (Avidly, Los Angeles Review of Books)

Playing OMBY, you’ll unscramble sets of 1x2 domino word tiles containing portions of text that have been blacked-out, as if by a censor's pen.  As you solve each puzzle, the blacked-out text is revealed.  Pause periodically to savor the completed paragraphs.  

Finish all 10,395 puzzles and you will have read the complete text of Moby Dick! Page-by-page, chapter-by-chapter, an epic voyage of puzzle solving and classic literature awaits you!

Reviews:

***** Genius! - A wonderful tribute/brain teaser to the great American novel.

***** Great fun - An idea that might on hearing it sound silly or complicated but is in execution a metric ton of fun.

***** Best - Best game ever. The world needs this.

## Rankings

- #284,987 — Overall

## Review summary

OMBY blends anagram puzzles with reading Moby-Dick, creating a calming, engaging way to experience the novel. Reviewers praise its innovative concept, elegant design, and the way it deepens appreciation of Melville’s prose. It’s seen as challenging yet accessible, with flexible play sessions. The most common requests are practical: add a built-in dictionary/word lookup and a highlight/memory feature to save favorite passages. Some players also wish for cross-device syncing. Overall, it’s a fresh, immersive reimagining of a classic that invites slow, attentive rereading.

### Pros

- Innovative blend of anagram puzzle with reading a classic novel (Moby-Dick).
- Helps users appreciate Melville’s language; rich prose and poetic feel.
- Calming, engaging, and accessible with a simple, elegant design.
- Flexible gameplay: quick sessions or longer play, without pressure.
- Immersive, rereadable experience that makes the book feel fresh.

### Cons

- No built-in interactive dictionary/word lookup; users want dictionary support.
- Lack of a highlight/memory feature to save passages.

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