Playing Rules
You are given a random assortment of 16 letters in a 4x4 grid and are set a time limit of 3 minutes. In that time you must spell as many words as possible. The words, of course must be real words, spelt correctly as checked against the word list of 52,000 words and must contain between 3 and 7 letters. A letter cannot be used twice in the same word.
When forming your word, you can select letters from any position as long as you follow the spelling order.
Scoring
Points are awarded depending on the number of letters in the word (the "Qu" cube counts as two letters).
| 3 letters = 1 point | 4 letters = 2 points | 5 letters = 3 points |
| 6 letters = 4 points | 7 letters = 7 points |
Hallo and I do thank you for your resources, which I regularly use with my students.
Trying Wordshake this morning, my students and I would like to suggest to highlight the words which have already been used.
Thank you very much.
Giovanna Turrini and junior class secondary school, Turini
Hello gioturrini5,
Thank you for letting us know and for your suggestion!
I will make a note of this and I imagine we'll implement it if possible, though I'm afraid it will take some time if so.
By the way, I just wanted to mention that you might find our sister website LearnEnglish Teens useful as well.
Best wishes,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hi msdebrahayes,
Thanks for your message. Sorry, but the game only works by clicking on the letters on the screen. It doesn't allow keyboard input, but we'll keep this in mind for future versions.
Best wishes,
Jonathan
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello Elli,
I'm afraid I don't know, but I'll look into this. Though I'm afraid I won't be able to do that until sometime in January. Sorry!
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello giulicosta03,
The game is working for me on my computer. I'd suggest you try updating your browser, or perhaps even a different browser or different device if possible.
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team