Dude on Tinder just wants to play 'Words With Friends 2'

"I'M ONLY HERE TO PLAY WORDS WITH FRIENDS."
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Petrana Radulovic
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Navigating Tinder is tricky. You run into your fair share of weirdos, creeps, and a whole range of unsavory people.

And then sometimes you run into people who just want to play a game of Words With Friends.

Lyra, a student at Florida State University, was surprised when her Tinder match asked her if she wanted to play.

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"Football?" she asked, in reference to his profile picture.

But the match had other ideas.

Turns out this dude is only here to play Words With Friends. Specifically, Words With Friends 2. "NOT 1" as he emphatically points out.

He lets potential matches know that if they win, he'll buy them "Chipotle or wherever you please," but if they lose, they'll get "NOTHING!!!"

Others responded with screencaps of their own games with this Words With Friends aficionado.

Hopefully this dude goes on to find many a worthy Words With Friends (2!) competitor. It's always a nice surprise to find someone on Tinder who's not in it for the hook-up game, but instead for a word game.

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Petrana Radulovic

Petrana Radulovic was a web culture fellow here at Mashable. She enjoys exploring the growing intersection of story-telling and digital spaces, hanging out in book shops and art museums, and the tasteful meme. Follow her on Twitter at @pet_rana for #relatable content.

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