Game Instructions

Basic Play

Goal

• Reach game board and level objectives of each level by building and playing wordsGoal:

Game Play

• Create words by highlighting adjacent tiles
  • Any adjacent tile (above, below, side, or diagonal) can be used to create a word
  • Tiles can be used in any direction
  • Tiles can only be used once within a word
• Play words to clear letter tiles, non-letter tiles, and bombs
  • Selected tiles will have a red background when not a word and green when a word is made
  • Click the play button to explode the word tiles and the clear button to unselect all selected tiles

Objective & Objects

Objective

Different tile types may have different properties from other tiles.  The main letter tiles are light blue in color, are used to create words, will explode from a bomb, and will fall to the bottom of the screen when the tiles below explode.  All letter tiles can be used to create words, however, the different color letter tiles may not have these same properties and will only contribute to the goal of that color type.  Additionally, not all tiles have letters.

Objects

Boosters

Overview

• Boosters are items that can be used during game play to strategically support exploding tiles and meeting level objectives.
• Boosters are not available at the start of the game and are unlocked as you progress through the Board 1 and Board 2 levels.

Types of Boosters

Bombs & Explosions

Creating Bombs

Bombs are created by playing words with varying length and/or pattern

• Green Bomb: Played word with 5 or 6 letters that is not in a line
• Horizontal / Vertical Bombs: Played word with 4 or more letters in a line
• Gold Bomb: Played word with 7 or more letters that is not in a line

Explosion Overview

• The size of an explosion is tiered based on the length of a played word and the number of bombs adjacent to a played word
  • Bomb blown up by another bomb takes tier of first bomb
• All tiles will explode with a bomb except: 
  • Steel Blocks
  • Collectables (i.e. Cherries)
  • Special Letter Bombs (Bomb Tiles with a letter on them)

Explosion Tiers

Tier 1

• Any played word < 5 letters adjacent to a bomb

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Tier 2

• Any played word >= 5 and < 7 letters adjacent to bomb
• Any played word < 5 letters adjacent to 2 bombs

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Tier 3

• Any played word >= 7 letters adjacent to bomb
• Any played word >= 5 letters adjacent to 2 bombs

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Tier 4

• Any played word that blows up 3 or more bombs with adjacent letters

Words

Word Builder Blitz Words

• We make every effort to make our word list accurate with a focus on real words.  As silly as it may sound, that is not an easy task given the variations in what is considered a word based on the source.  The following structure was used to create our word list.
  • Include all English language words 3 -15 letters in length with exception to: 
    • Capitalized Nouns
    • Abbreviations
    • Words requiring a hyphen or apostrophe
    • Words that do not stand on their own (prefixes and suffixes)
    • Words generally found to be offensive to a common player
      • The inclusion or exclusion of a word is not us taking a stance on what is offensive or not.  It is based on common knowledge and user feedback.  Your input on the accuracy of our word list is always welcome (see next bullet).
• If you find a word you think should be included in the list or that should be excluded please contact us and we will evaluate updating our word list accordingly.

Playing Words & Move Availability

• Various levels require a strategic approach to meet objectives.  This includes the order and location of what tiles may need to be cleared.  As a result, a player may get “stuck” where they are unable to make a move and are forced to quit a level if they do not think ahead.

Word Length

The game is designed with a minimum and maximum word length as follows: 

• Minimum: 3 letters
• Maximum: 15 letters
  • We would love to see a word this long!  Please share a screenshot if you find one, or anything in double digits for that matter!