WordSwap

Board

The board is 6x6 squares. The computer places letters on them at random. A player's task is to put at least three-letter words on the board, changing the letter position. The letters are moved with a mouse. Clicking the left mouse button, we mark it as active, and then moving the mouse to another letter we click the left mouse button again, which swaps the letters. In order to deactivate the letter without changing its position, just press the right mouse button. Having started the game, the computer draws 36 letters and places them on the board at random. Next to each letter, there is its point number. In case of English language, the values are:

A word can consists of letters lined down or from the left to the right.

Correct words

If as a result of a player's move, at least one word is combined, the letters it contains do not 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.

If as a result of one player's move, more than one word is combined, the point value of each word is multiplied by the number of the combined words. Four words may be combined as a result of one move.

Time

The time of the game is limited by the time passing, which is presented on the horizontal bar on the right of the board. It decreases continuously but combining a correct word elongates it, thus increasing the time available. As the game proceeds, the time for combining a word becomes shorter and shorter. If a player does not combine a word in a single move, 5 seconds are lost for it.

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.