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Use them at any time, they don’t go away unless a flaming tile burns through them. You’ll be awarded a green, gold, or diamond tile based on the score of the previous word. Scoring a particularly good word will result in the addition of bonus tiles, letters that can be used to increase the point value of any given word. Rank up, show your friends you could have finished first in that 2nd grade spelling bee. Unfortunately, using the scramble button can produce more flaming tiles. This can add a bit of a panic when they drop into a section with no vowels but there is a scramble button you can use to help out a bit. Flaming tiles burn down through other letter tiles when they aren’t used and if they reach the bottom of the board, your game is over. With each new level comes the increased chance of a flaming word tile dropping onto the game board. You can also shoot for the bonus words as you go to crank up your score.Īs you score points, you are awarded levels and titles. The surprisingly comprehensive in game dictionary tracks whether you’ve entered a valid word and then awards points based on the length of the word and any bonus tiles you might use. As you use letter tiles, they are removed from the game board and new tiles fall in at the top of the screen. If you’ve played any rendition of the Bookworm franchise, the controls are easy to pick up when the game starts… Touch the letter where you want to begin and then add on to it until you’re satisfied with your choice.

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That’s why I was so pleased to see the Bookworm title make it onto my lastest favorite portable gaming device, my Nintendo DSi.Ĭurious about how many three letter words you've used? There's a stat for that. That’s not an invitation… So take a puzzle game and let me flaunt my somewhat impressive vocabulary or at least my encyclopedic knowledge of word structures and I’ll bite every time. I’ve said it many times before and I’ll keep saying it till someone tells me to shut up. Ease of play, quick loads, and stat tracking earns Bookworm a bilio-tastic Busy Gamer 5. Exiting to the menu, as with most PopCap games of late, saves your progress and lets you pick up where you left off. The DSi version of Bookworm is as good as it gets for short or long sessions. My DSi is with me on every Reckon Crew outing that involves travel and hotels… Which is most of them.

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I used to spend hours expanding my vocabulary on the free web version but now I can blow that time on the DSi and the latest rendition of one of PopCap’s flagship games. PopCap has a tendency to make games that I can waste countless hours on. Grab the dictionary and the thesaurus… The pocket versions. Bookworm for the DSi scores a Busy Gamer 5

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