Fun and easy to use, new version bad

From 2 years ago: Ive been playing Scrabble with friends and guests for over a year. Just loaded the current version today. It works fine so far. Prior versions had a few quirks and occasional crashes, but overall good.
Update 1/27/16: Version 5.1.0.xxx is a huge step backwards. Ive lost contact with most other real players; all appear as guests. The new artwork is bad. Tiles seem smaller, which is terrible on iPhone. Animations are distractions. The poor teacher lost his expressive face. Update 2/25/16: Since the last update to the app Im frequently asked to rate it again, so here: a couple of "improvements" have been made to undo damage from the poor version 5.1.0, but the app is still a shadow of its former self - my living friends are often just indicated as guests, the graphics are still degraded, there is no more ability to play against multiple computers, and on and on. Update 5/24/17: About three weeks ago the app would not reliably load current games. Those on Facebook more often failed than those on Origin. I tried various tricks - starting and immediately leaving a new game, and deleting and reloading the app. The problems went away with the app update of May 18.

Bill550 about SCRABBLE Premium, v5.19.0