- Description
- Features
- Platform
- Board layout
- Tile Distribution and Values
- English Lexicons Used
- Turn Time Limit
- Ending the Game
- Special Rules
- Website
Description:
Wordsmith is a 2 to 4 player turn-based crossword style game. The concept is simple and fun. You have a 15 by 15 tile board with bonus squares for Double Letter, Double Word, Triple Letter, and Triple Word scores. You play words with tiles in left-to-right or top-to-bottom directions and earn points. The player with the highest number of points at the end wins the game.
Wordsmith features a score preview indicator that helps you determine what scores you might get before submitting a move. A must have for any serious players.
For those with busy schedules you can play slowly or for those that want to play fast you can do that too thanks to push notifications. I must warn you, this game is addicting!
Features:
-Supports 2 to 4 players
-Play friends or random opponents
-Play against iPhone and iPad users
-Push Notifications
-Chat with your opponents
-Allows 60 games going simultaneously*
-Advertisement-free experience
-Score preview indicator
-Expanded Turn Time Limits
-Player profiles and pictures
-Game statistics
-Extended player statistics
*-Paid version only. (Lesser games for Free Version. So better get the Paid Version in Google Play or iTunes.)
Flatform:
-Android
-iOs
Board Layout:
(Wordsmith Screenshot from Android device)
TW-Triple Word Score
DW-Double Word Score (Note: Center Square with star is DW)
TL-Triple Letter Score
DL-Double Letter Score
Tiles Distribution and Values:
Counts
|
Scores
|
|
A
|
10
|
1
|
B
|
1
|
4
|
C
|
1
|
4
|
D
|
5
|
2
|
E
|
13
|
1
|
F
|
1
|
5
|
G
|
2
|
3
|
H
|
4
|
3
|
I
|
8
|
1
|
J
|
1
|
7
|
K
|
1
|
6
|
L
|
5
|
2
|
M
|
3
|
2
|
N
|
5
|
2
|
O
|
7
|
1
|
P
|
2
|
4
|
Q
|
1
|
10
|
R
|
7
|
1
|
S
|
5
|
1
|
T
|
7
|
1
|
U
|
4
|
1
|
V
|
1
|
5
|
W
|
3
|
4
|
X
|
1
|
7
|
Y
|
3
|
3
|
Z
|
1
|
10
|
?
|
2
|
0
|
104
|
English Lexicons Used: Modified YAWL (Yet Another Word List)
Turn Time Limit:
-In the paid version, there are plenty of choices: No Limit, 1 hour, 4 hours, 1 day, 3 days, 1 week and 3 weeks. You have to make your move in the specific Turn Time Limit that was set before the game, otherwise, you could lose a turn.
-In the free version, there is no time limit. However, if your opponent who has the paid version invited you to play with the choice of time limit, e.g. 3 days, you would be able to use it
Ending the Game:
-A player runs out of tiles and there are no more tiles in the pot. All other players will get their scores subtracted by the total value of their respective remaining tiles. The player who placed the final word will get the total value of the other players remaining tiles added to the score for the last word.
-At any part of the game whether opening phase, middlegame, or pre-endgame, when one player passes three consecutive turns, that player loses the game regardless of current scores.
-When there are no tiles to draw, and one of the players passed three consecutive times, the game ends. At that time, the player with a better total cumulative score, e.g. 400-350, wins. No addition or deduction of points will be given. (Blogger's Note: This would be fair for a leading player stuck with unplayable Q in the endgame.)
-If a player resigns, and the player is one of two remaining players, the other player will be designated the winner.
-When there are no tiles to draw, and one of the players passed three consecutive times, the game ends. At that time, the player with a better total cumulative score, e.g. 400-350, wins. No addition or deduction of points will be given. (Blogger's Note: This would be fair for a leading player stuck with unplayable Q in the endgame.)
-If a player resigns, and the player is one of two remaining players, the other player will be designated the winner.
Special Rules:
-Exchanging is permitted even if there are fewer than seven tiles left in the bag.
-In each turn, a player has given allowance of two tries for phoney words to be played. (It is an automatic void as in isc online game, so no need to challenge.) On the third attempt, a player could lose a turn if one or more words played are still invalid.
-Additional 40 points is added to score of playing seven tiles other called as bingo or bonus play. (Note: In regular Scrabble, it is additional 50 points.)
-Very important to note: Opponent has no idea on how many tiles has been swapped by the other player. So, if your opponent swapped when there is only one tile left to draw, expect that it could be a Q or V or any unplayable tile in the endgame. If you are behind in score, you could be in trouble. Another example, in the opening move, your opponent swapped tiles, you should be thinking that he/she is aiming for a bingo next turn or maybe just balancing the rack. (Blogger's Note: That is the drawback in Wordsmith game. I already wrote them about this issue to reveal how many tiles has been swapped, but Wordsmith did not take action on it.)
-Very important to note: Opponent has no idea on how many tiles has been swapped by the other player. So, if your opponent swapped when there is only one tile left to draw, expect that it could be a Q or V or any unplayable tile in the endgame. If you are behind in score, you could be in trouble. Another example, in the opening move, your opponent swapped tiles, you should be thinking that he/she is aiming for a bingo next turn or maybe just balancing the rack. (Blogger's Note: That is the drawback in Wordsmith game. I already wrote them about this issue to reveal how many tiles has been swapped, but Wordsmith did not take action on it.)
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