WordHex

Board

There are hexahedron fields in the board, which are set like a honeycomb. The computer places letters on the fields. The game is meant for one person only. Having started the game, the computer draws 71 letters and sets them at random on the board. There is the point value of each letter next to it. In case of English language, the values are:

The player's task is to look for words consisting of 3 to 12 letters on the board by selecting the letters they consist of (the letters change their color) with a mouse and pressing the "Submit� button. Instead of using the "Submit� button, a player can click the last letter of the combined word. The word can contain the letters which are at any angle in any direction but the letters it consists of must adjoin each other.

Correct words

The words created by a player are checked with a dictionary. If the word is found there, the letters the word consists of disappear from the board and vacancies are replaced by new letters.

Word scoring

The scoring is calculated as follows: the point values of letters of a particular word are summed up; the sum is multiplied by the relevant coefficient depending on the number of letters. Every successive value of the coefficient is the sum of its two previous values; it is the so-called Fibonacci sequence.

Time

Playing is limited by the time passing, which is presented at the horizontal bar on the right of the board. The bar is constantly decreasing, and if you combine a correct word, it becomes longer, thus increasing the allowed time limit. As the game proceeds, the time allowed to combine a word becomes shorter and shorter.

Random change of letter position and a pause

Having scored 500 points, the two new options are accessible, i.e. "Pause� and "Scramble�. "Pause� makes it possible to stop the game temporarily and return to it later. "Scramble� swaps the letters on the board randomly, which can be quite useful when a player is not able to find a single word within the letter setting. Having used the �Scramble� or �Pause� button, the buttons are deactivated until another 500 points are scored.

Word list

On the right of the board there is a list of words combined by the player and the number of points they score. The player's word scoring the most can also be found there.

Game finish

The game is over the moment the player is not able to find a correct word on the board within the time limit.