Zynga finds Words With Friends's perfect mate in the Nook Tablet

![][1] Hey, like [Alec Baldwin said][2]: "Words With Friends is for smart people." (Or was that "Captain Steve Rogers?") [Zynga][3] announced that its hit, cross-platform word puzzle social game, Words With Friends, has been released to Barnes & Nobles's Nook Tablet. What kind of person buys the Nook Tablet? Someone who likes to read. And what is someone who likes to read? Smart. _Boom_ ... soul mates.

The game is available now in the app store on Barnes & Nobles's brand new tablet-meets-eReader device. This is another attempt by Zynga to expand its stable of games to new platforms. The San Francisco-based developer released some eight mobile games this year alone. And what better match than a word game on a device specifically for folks that enjoy words?

And this launch couldn't come at a better time, thanks to Mr. Baldwin. The 30 Rock star inadvertently (_or did he_?) endorsed the Scrabble knock-off by ... getting [thrown off of a plane][4] while playing it. Zynga quickly capitalized on the ordeal, tweeting at Zynga, "[LET ALEC PLAY][5]" within an image of the game that spelled out the words.

And this is far from the end for the Nook Tablet when it comes to games. The eReader-tablet hybrid also has numerous games coming to its store, like [Plants vs Zombies][6], [Angry Birds][7], [Scrabble][8], Rock'Em Sock'Em Robots, Doodle Jump Christmas and much more. But we all know what the smart people are going to play on the smart people's device. Smarty pants.

[Via [VentureBeat][9]]

[Image Credit: [SlashGear][10]]

**Do you own a Nook tablet? Is it a good move for Zynga to release its games on emergent devices like the Nook tablet and Kindle Fire? Sound off in the comments. [Add Comment.][11]**

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