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Your goal is to find and clear words by selecting tiles in the grid.
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Words must be made up of contiguous tiles. You can use diagonals and cross your own path.
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Select words by dragging on the grid, tapping each letter individually, or typing on the keyboard.
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Submit a word by tapping the last letter again or by hitting return on the keyboard.
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When you've made all the words you can, select I'm done to complete the game.
Keyboard controls
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Type any word to select it on the grid.
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Tab — toggle the selected word.
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Return — submit the selected word.
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Delete — Deselect the last selected cell.
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Esc — Deselect the entire word.
Blank tiles
- Blanks are cleared by making any word next to them.
Bonus clears
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If you make a 5+ letter word, all adjacent tiles will also be cleared.
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Rare tiles: J, Q, X, and Z tiles are colored. Using any of these tiles in a word will also clear the entire row.
Full clear
- If you manage to clear the entire tower, the game will end immediately and you'll get a 1,000 point bonus!
Word scoring
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Word score formula : sum of word tile values + sum of bonus tile values) x word length x (1+# star tiles).
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Sum of word tile values: each tile in SpellTower is worth points based on how uncommon it is.
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Sum of bonus tile values: these are the values of any tiles cleared in addition to the word itself — tiles cleared by a row clear, or tiles cleared by the 5+ length word bonus.
Star tile bonus
- Using one star tile in your word with multiply the value by x2, two will give you x3 and three will give you x4.