Instructions: Find words of 4 or more letters. Click on the first letter with your mouse, drag the mouse to select the rest of the word, and then release the mouse button. The message under the board tells you if you found a word and how much it was worth. You can unselect letters in the word by moving the mouse back over the letters.

  Once a word is found, it appears on the list at the right. This list tells you the length and points for every word. Below the list is the total number of words and total points, and your current word and point totals.

  Every time you score a word, it will attempt to save the word to the server. If it fails to communicate back to the server, it will continue to retry every 15 seconds. Do not leave the page if it is still trying to send the words to the server. You will lose the words you have found.

  There is a new puzzle every day starting at 10PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) If you're not sure when that is, the current time and time remaining are shown above the puzzle.

  Scoring: Each letter is worth a different number of points which is displayed under the letter. The points for a word is caculated by totaling the value of each letter and then multipling by the length of the word. The "Qu" tile counts as 2 letters.

  For example: PACK is worth 40 points, displayed as 4/40. The P is worth 2 points, the A is worth 1, the C is worth 2, and the K is worth 5 for a total of 10 points. 10 multiplied by 4 (the length of the word) gives you 40 points.

  Strategy: The word list is alphabetical so you should have an idea what letters the missing words start with. Remember to add common a prefix/suffix to words that you have already found for even more words. Ex: Turn becomes Turns, Return, Returns...

  A short word with very high points is a good indication that it contains the letter K or W or some other high point letter. You should be able to limit the number of possible choices for a word just by determining how many points it is worth.

  If all else fails, you can always use the chat to ask for help. Please don't give away words when asking for or providing help. You can say "Can someone help me with 7/77 LI" -> This is a 7 letter 77 point word starting with LI. When providing help give the person a clue. Don't give them the answer outright. If you don't know the definition of a word, you can just click the word and the definition will be displyed at the bottom of the game. You can also tell them where the word appears on the board as a hint.

  Registration: You must be a registered user to save your scores, compete with others, and to use the chat. Registration is shared with http://www.lalena.com/ . Registration is free, and no personal information is required. You can even make up the e-mail address if you want to share. Just don't complain if you forget your password. Note: We do not use your e-mail address for anything except password recovery.

  Chat: Type in the chat dialog and hit the enter key on your keyboard to send a chat message. You must be registered and logged in to chat. Click the mute button in a user's chat message and you will not see any more chat messages from them. To un-mute a user, go to the Personalize page.

  Definitions: You can get the definition of words simply by clicking on them. This works both in the game and in the archive word lists.

  Flags: You can show what country you are from by picking a flag from the Personalize page. This flag will appear next to your name in the chat and other windows.

  Avatar Icons: Use the Personalize page to add an icon next to your name in the high score and chat windows. You can either use one of our avatars by clicking on "Custom Avatars" from the Personalize page, or you can download your own. To download your own icon, you must first find an icon to upload to this site. You can google avatars for some sites that provide free images. Find an icon you like and right click on it and select save. From the Personalize page, click the upload button and browse to the avatar you just saved.

  The icon must be a .jpg, .gif, or .png file. The maximum dimensions are 100 pixels high and 150 pixels wide. You can upload larger avatar images, but they will be automatically scaled down and saved as a jpeg. This means that animated gifs will not be animated and transparent backgrounds are lost. If the image is less than 150x100, then the image file is not modified and animation and transparency are not lost.

  Awards: Medals are awarded for number of puzzles played and number of puzzles solved. Award totals are not updated until the next puzzle begins.
                     
                     

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Problems Getting the Game to Play

If all else fails you can post a question here, but try these ideas below first.

Need to Download and Install Java

Java is required to play this game. You can get the latest version of Java from Sun at http://www.java.com/getjava/

Game will not play or fails to load properly

If you haven't had problems with the game before, it may be a caching issue and you may want to try to clear your browser cache.

In Internet Explorer:

• Select Tools from the menu at the top.
• If you don't see the menu, hit the Alt key on your keyboard.
• From the Tools menu, select Internet Options.
• Then click the "Delete" button under browsing history section.
• Close all browser windows, and thne restart your browser..

In Firefox:

• Select Tools from the menu at the top.
• Select "Clear Private Data".
• Make sure "Cache" is checked.
• Select "Clear Private Data Now".
• Close all browser windows, and thne restart your browser..

Security Problems:

If you are getting an error running ActiveX controls or java, it could be a problem downloading Java itself.

Internet Explorer
To enable signed ActiveX controls, follow the instructions below. From the Internet Explorer menu, select Tools -> Internet Options. Select the Security Tab. Make sure "Internet" is selected and click Custom Level. Check the checkbox for either Prompt or Enable for "Download Signed ActiveX Controls. Then click OK.


If Java is disabled go to the Advanced Tab, check the Use JRE checkbox and click OK.

Firefox
If Java is disabled in Firefox, select Tools -> Options. Go to the Content tab. Check Enable Java and select OK.