Wordsmith Tournament

Contents:

• Description
• Addictive Features
• Platform
• Board Layout, Tile Distribution & Values, Lexicon Used
• Special Rules, Turn Time Limit and Ending the Game
• Wordsmith Tournament Rewards
• Website for more Information

Description:
Wordsmith Tournament takes your favorite word game to the next level. Play tournament games with up to 32 players and tap into your inner Wordsmith to become the best of the best!
New users get 50 free Wordsmith coins!

(Wordsmith Tournament at Start-up)

Wordsmith Tournament Addictive Features:
• Basic crossword game play you know and love
• Keep track of your tournament position with the tournament bracket display
• Play with your friends or we'll find players for you
• Turn-based design lets you play up to 30 tournaments simultaneously
• Peek in on other players' games in the tournament
• In-game chat messages help you stay in touch with your opponents
• The score preview indicator does all the math for you before you make your move
• Notifications tell you when it's your turn
• Keep track of your skill level with tournament stats

Platform:
Only available in Android devices

Board Layout, Tile Distribution & Values, Lexicon Used:
Same as in Regular Wordsmith


(Screenshot of Wordsmith Tournament Board from an Android Device)
Note: Wordsmith Tournament has blue trim while the regular Wordsmith has brown trim

Special Rules, Turn Time Limit and Ending the Game:
Same as in Regular Wordsmith except for the following:
• Only two players for every match
• Turn Time Limit: choices of 1 hour, 12 hours, 1 day or 3 days
• In the case of a tie, the player to advance will be determined chosen by the first differentiator in the following:

• the player with the most cumulative points in the tournament so far
• the player with the highest scoring word in the match
• in the unlikely case it is still a tie, a random player will be chosen

Wordsmith Tournament Rewards:
Coin rewards are given out during the tournament. When you win a round you may receive a reward for winning that round. Additionally, if you make it to the final tournament round, you will receive a coin reward regardless if you win or lose. See the tables below for the rewards. You must have application version 1.3.4.4 or higher in order to accurately reflect round rewards in the application. Please upgrade if you are using an older version. Round rewards are also shown on the tournament bracket screen.

4 Players
Round 1	-
Final Round	20

8 Players
Round 1	5
Round 2	5
Final Round	20  / 10

16 Players
Round 1	5
Round 2	10
Round 3	10
Final Round	40  / 20

32 Players
Round 1	10
Round 2	15
Round 3	15
Round 4	15
Final Round	50  / 25

Website for more Information: http://www.wordsmithgame.com/help/tournament.jsp

Your Move Words

Contents:

• Description
• Features
• Platform
• Board layout
• Tile Distribution and Values
• English Lexicons Used
• Turn Time Limit
• Ending the Game
• Special Rules
• Website

Description:
Your Move Words (previously named Friendle Words) is a favorite word building game with friends, family, random opponents, or against the computer. It is the most stylish and easy-to-use word building game available for iPhone/iPod touch and iPad

Features:
-Play in real time or receive push notifications when it's your turn to move.
-Turn-based gameplay so you can have multiple games going at the same time.
-Easily find your friends or let us find you a random opponent to play 7 unique computer opponents with different playing styles for each game.
-Optional push notifications let you know when it's your turn.
-In-game chat helps you stay in touch with friends and family.
-Dozens of achievements to complete, each with different rewards.
-Challenge your Facebook friends or Twitter followers to your favorite game.
-Elo rating system tracks your play Pass and Play mode for offline fun.
-Access your games from all of your devices.

Platform:
-Stunning HD graphics on iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.

Board Layout:

(Your Move Words -Screenshot from an iPad)

TW-Triple Word Score

DW-Double Word Score
TL-Triple Letter Score
DL-Double Letter Score
(Note: Center Square with Your Move logo is worth Single Letter Score)

Tile Distribution and Values:
(Note: Same as in Standard Scrabble)

	Counts	Scores
A	9	1
B	2	3
C	2	3
D	4	2
E	12	1
F	2	4
G	3	2
H	2	4
I	9	1
J	1	8
K	1	5
L	4	1
M	2	3
N	6	1
O	8	1
P	2	3
Q	1	10
R	6	1
S	4	1
T	6	1
U	4	1
V	2	4
W	2	4
X	1	8
Y	2	4
Z	1	10
?	2	0
	100

English Lexicons Used: (As of blogging time)
-Modified ENABLE

Turn Time Limit:
-Players who don't move after 7 days (or after 4 days in a game against a Random Opponent) will forfeit the game. Open invitation will also expire after 7 days. Now, you can bide your time and plan out your moves like a board mastermind.
-If your opponent hasn't made a move in 24 hours, you may "nudge' them to move. Your Move will send a message to your opponent to let them know that you're eagerly awaiting their move! But please, be reasonable - you must give your opponent another 24 hours before nudging them again!

Ending the Game:
-The game ends when one player plays every tile in their rack and there are no tiles remaining in the bag.
-When there have been three "pass" moves in a row.
-When one player resigned.

Special Rules:
-Exchanging is permitted even if there are fewer than seven tiles left in the bag.
-Unlimited tries for a move in case there are phoney words being played.
-Additional 50 points is added to score of playing seven tiles other called as bingo or bonus play.

Website: https://www.facebook.com/yourmoveapp

Words by Post

Contents:

• Description
• Features
• Platform
• Board layout
• Tile Distribution and Values
• English Lexicons Used
• Turn Time Limit
• Ending the Game
• Special Rules
• Website

Description:
Words By Post is the only cross-platform word game that keeps track of your skill level and always matches you against players of similar ability to your own.  If you like competitive word games like Scrabble, you will love Words By Post. It is perfect for players of all skill levels because your matched opponent's skill level will be adapted based on your own skill level.

Features:
-Play this classic multiplayer word game with real people online!
-Challenge your friends to friendly games or play ranked matches against random opponents of similar skill levels.
-Compete for the highest rating. Play as many simultaneous games as you want!
-Automatic push notifications will let you know when you have moves waiting!
-Chat with your opponents using the in-game message board.
-Improve your ranking by playing ranked games against comparable opponents.
-Skill ranking updates using the classic Elo rating system to adjust your rank when you win or lose. -A leaderboard view shows you how you compare to the top players.
-Create a local hand-off game and play your friend by passing the phone back and forth. When you make your move, your opponents tiles will not be visible until they reveal them.
-Tap played words to see their definitions
-View move history in your games

Platform:
-Android
-iOS
-Windows Phone 7 & 8

Board Layout:

(Words by Post Screenshot from Android device)

TW-Triple Word Score

DW-Double Word Score
TL-Triple Letter Score
DL-Double Letter Score
(Note: Center Square with star is worth Double Word (DW) Score)

Tile Distribution and Values:
(Note: The only difference with Standard Scrabble is that P is worth 2 points, and there are only 3-U's as highlighted in red below.)

	Counts	Scores
A	9	1
B	2	3
C	2	3
D	4	2
E	12	1
F	2	4
G	3	2
H	2	4
I	9	1
J	1	8
K	1	5
L	4	1
M	2	3
N	6	1
O	8	1
P	2	2
Q	1	10
R	6	1
S	4	1
T	6	1
U	3	1
V	2	4
W	2	4
X	1	8
Y	2	4
Z	1	10
?	2	0
	99

English Lexicons Used: (As of blogging time)
-TWL06

Turn Time Limit:
If a player fails to make a move within 5 days for a ranked game or within 30 days for an unranked game, then they will be automatically resigned and their opponent will be credited with a win.

Ending the Game:
-The game ends when one player plays every tile in their rack and there are no tiles remaining in the bag.
-If both players skip a turn when there are no tiles left in the bag.
-When one player resigned.

Special Rules:
-VERY IMPORTANT: If a player has used all of his or her letters, the sum of the player's unplayed letters is added to the other player's score. Blank tiles are worth 15 points when left on rack at the end of the game.
-Exchanging is permitted even if there are fewer than seven tiles left in the bag.
-Unlimited tries for a move in case there are phoney words being played.
-Additional 40 points is added to score of playing seven tiles other called as bingo or bonus play.

Website: http://www.jeffcole.org/wordsbypost/

Aworded

Contents:

• Description
• Features
• Platform
• Board layout
• Tile Distribution and Values
• English Lexicons Used
• Turn Time Limit
• Ending the Game
• Special Rules
• Website

Description:
Aworded or Apalabrados (previously named as Angry Words) is an asynchronous, cross-platform, multi-player game. You can play against your friends or against random opponents. And there are unlimited simultaneous games!

Features:
-Unlimited games
-Play against your friends or against random users
-Available in 12 languages
-Profile and user statistics
-Bring back your best moves with awesome animations

Platform:
-Android
-iOS
-Windows Phone 7 & 8
-Windows Web Browser on Facebook
-Also available in Kindle and Blackberry devices

Board Layout:

(Aworded Screenshot from Android device)

TW-Triple Word Score

DW-Double Word Score
TL-Triple Letter Score
DL-Double Letter Score
(Note: Center Square with star is worth Single Letter Score)

Tile Distribution and Values:
(Note: Same in as Standard Scrabble)

	Counts	Scores
A	9	1
B	2	3
C	2	3
D	4	2
E	12	1
F	2	4
G	3	2
H	2	4
I	9	1
J	1	8
K	1	5
L	4	1
M	2	3
N	6	1
O	8	1
P	2	3
Q	1	10
R	6	1
S	4	1
T	6	1
U	4	1
V	2	4
W	2	4
X	1	8
Y	2	4
Z	1	10
?	2	0
	100

English Lexicons Used: (As of blogging time)
-CSW07

Turn Time Limit:
-The game expires after seven days of inactivity. The winner is the player who made the last move.
-In the Dec. 18, 2013 update, you now have option to play fast games. You have only 5 minutes to form a word, otherwise, you would pass a turn to your opponent. Try your mental speed!

Ending the Game:
-The game ends if the players pass their turn three times in a row, except if any of them has scored yet.
-One player resigns.
-Adding points: When the game ends, an amount of points equal to the sum of the remaining tiles of the opponent is awarded to the player that placed the last tile, e.g. if opponent has left with OT tiles which is worth 2 points, that would be added to the winner's score, BUT not subtracted to opponent's score.

Special Rules:
-Exchanging is permitted even if there are fewer than seven tiles left in the bag.
-Unlimited tries for a move in case there are phoney words being played.
-Additional 40 points is added to score of playing seven tiles other called as bingo or bonus play.

Website: http://www.angrywords.com/