Wordshake

How many points can you get in three minutes? Longer words score more points!

Playing Rules

You are given a random assortment of 16 letters in a 4x4 grid and are set a time limit of 3 minutes. In that time you must spell as many words as possible. The words, of course must be real words, spelt correctly as checked against the word list of 52,000 words and must contain between 3 and 7 letters. A letter cannot be used twice in the same word.

When forming your word, you can select letters from any position as long as you follow the spelling order.

Scoring

Points are awarded depending on the number of letters in the word (the "Qu" cube counts as two letters).

3 letters = 1 point 4 letters = 2 points 5 letters = 3 points
6 letters = 4 points 7 letters = 7 points  
Average: 4 (5077 votes)
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Submitted by thatnic on Sat, 04/08/2018 - 00:48

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With 256 points, have beaten my previous record of 235! Pity about not being to include words with more than 7 letters though.
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Submitted by ariina on Wed, 06/06/2018 - 09:12

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Be honest! it's impossible.

Submitted by mam.33 on Sun, 25/03/2018 - 17:08

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Where’s the rules of the game? I cannt find it

Hello mam.33,

To see the instructions for this game you need to click on 'Read me' on the game's starting screen.

 

Peter

The LearnEnglish Team

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Submitted by Kumako on Tue, 13/03/2018 - 20:22

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Pardon me, but I've a question.. Why I received comments don't arrived for me?