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Wordshake is a multi-user vocabulary game presented by English Online and based on the popular game Boggle.
Play Wordshake now
Wordshake has two game modes:
PRACTICE
You can play a solo version of the game on the LearnEnglish site to practise or familiarise yourself with the game before entering the Challenge mode.
CHALLENGE
You can test your skill against another online player in this synchronous game mode by visiting English Online.
Playing rules
You are given a random assortment of 16 letters in a 4 x 4 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).
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3 letters = 1 point |
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4 letters = 2 points |
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5 letters = 3 points |
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6 letters = 4 points |
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7 letters = 5 points |
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All words are acceptable as long as they can be found in Wordshake's word list. Plural nouns and verbs tenses are all allowed. People's names, abbreviations, contractions, hyphenated words and foreign words are not accepted.
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