iPhone games tend to be a lot like games for any other portable device, and rarely leverage some of the traditionally non-gaming capabilities of the handset. Part of this is because, until recently, the developer SDK was sort of limited. Most of it, I think, is because developers just haven’t been thinking hard enough. That thought has been put to rest with this one, a clever variant on Scrabble using the Map/GPS function of the iPhone.

A map of wherever you are is overlaid with letters, which you and you teammates can collect by physically running (yes, this one requires exercise) to their icons. Your goal is to come up with words for points, Scrabble-style. It’s a very, very cool idea, and decidedly sweatier than your typical iPhone game. It’s available for a $1.00 in the App Store right now.

And make sure you have your running shoes before picking this game up.