Wordbase plays more like a game of chess than a conventional word game. With each player having a base at each end of the board, the goal is to get to the other side first with words on the board. Though the most interesting part is that players can cut off the others line of words by intersecting them which results in cutting off the players progress above the intersection.
Wordbase could use a better dictionary as many words that exist the game does not allow to be played and some word it allows to be played are not real words.
By combining minimal design with match tile multiplayer gameplay, Compulsive has successfully concentrated the core mechanics of what makes the genre so fun.