![]() All you need to make this trick work is a few good two-letter words in your back pocket. When your word touches theirs at two, three or four different places, that’s two, three or four extra words you get points for and they don’t. Match consonants with vowels and vice versa to make new words. Here’s the one weird trick guaranteed to make you better at Words With Friends: go parallel. This is especially important later in the game as scores get closer. Hang onto high-value letters like X and J, but also S, Y and “ER” type combinations. Two and three-letter words with a single high-value letter, such as ax, jam, or qi, are perfect ways of turning your opponent’s innocuous vowel into a major point bump for you. Stick an S or an -ED on the end of an opponent’s word, string your word across a double or triple word score, and you’re suddenly scoring bonus points on two big words at once. Watch for chances and be ready when they come. There are only so many points to be had, and one big play usually means an uncatchable lead. This is the flip side of the offense/defense rule: one good word wins the game. Assume that every opportunity you see, your opponent sees too. ![]() Take that triple word score or add that easy S now, even if waiting a turn could net double points. It should also deny them to your opponent. There’s a reason this article is called “How to Win Every Game of Words With Friends,” not “Retain Friendships While Playing Words With Friends.” In Words With Friends, or any competitive board game, a move shouldn’t just score you points. Even if it turns out the first move was the best, and sometimes it will be, running through possibilities is the best way to learn the board and find all the best moves. Then, spell three different ones in three different places. When you see a good move, spell it out on the board. Never play the fifth word that jumps out at you. Never just play the first word that jumps out at you. Words With Friends has, or more accurately is, a cheerful robot that does it automatically. In Scrabble, players have to add up all their best chances in their heads. One cannot be good at both words and math. Have a lovely day!Īs always, I’d love it if you’d follow me here on this blog and subscribe to my YouTube channel and my Substack so you can stay up-to-date on all my TV, movie and video game reviews and coverage.The best part of Words With Friends is that it skips the worst part of Scrabble: math. I’d love it if you gave me a follow on Twitter or Facebook dearest Wordlers. You can either keep a running tally of your score if that’s your jam or just play day-to-day if you prefer. Here are the rules:1 point for getting the Wordle in 3 guesses. ![]() You can also play against the Bot if you have a New York Times subscription. Now you should play against me! I can be your nemesis! (And your helpful Wordle guide, of course). I’ve been playing a cutthroat game of PvP Wordle against my nemesis Wordle But. The word "angry" comes from the Old Norse word "angr," which means "grief" or "sorrow." It later evolved to mean "troubled in mind" or "full of anxiety," and eventually took on its current meaning of "having a strong feeling of displeasure or hostility." The word entered the English language in the 14th century. I’ll take that as a win! (See below for rules). My score today: Alas, Wordle Bot also got today’s in three guesses, so that’s zero points for tying and 1 point for guessing in three. Truth be told, I only came up with anger before I guessed, and lucky for me it was right! Huzzah! Tamer turned out to be an extraordinarily lucky guess, leaving me with just three options to choose from according to Wordle Bot: Adder, anger and auger. I didn’t know that at the time, of course, but I knew that five grey boxes sure isn’t ideal.įor my second guess, all I wanted to do was knock out as many common letters and vowels as possible. Hey, not too shabby today! It’s funny, if you look at the Wordle Bot analysis above, you’ll see that I started off rather badly, with a whopping 606 words remaining to choose from. ![]()
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