Click letter tiles in the first row of the board to form words. Words must at least three letters long and present in the built-in 178,691-word Tournament Word List.
You can use only the tiles in the first row of the board. Each time you use a tile, the tiles underneath it move up and the new top tile becomes available.
Click Apply to accept the currently formed word and add the word score to your total score. This button is only clickable when the formed word is valid.
Click Undo to remove the last tile added to the current word area and move it back to where it came from.
Click Clear to remove all tiles in current word area and move them each back to where they came from.
Click New Game or Quit when the dialog appears at the end of the game. The game ends automatically when the program detects that there are no words remaining on the board. You may also end the game yourself if you are stumped by clicking New Game or Quit in the Game menu. If you end the game and there are ten or less tiles remaining, a dialog will appear that shows you some of the possible words that were available on the board.
The score for a word is calculated as the total point values of the letters multiplied by the length of the word. The score for a game is simply the sum of the scores for each word formed.
When the game ends, if your score is in the top ten, then you will be prompted to enter your name for the top score list.
Click View | Top Scores to see the top scores. From the top scores window, you can view the game details for any of the top-scoring games. The game details include a list of all words played for that game. There is even a Replay Game button that lets you start a new game using the same board as the game in question.