Game of the Day – Triwordz

The interesting multiplayer game called Triwordz is our Game of the Day. It is consisted from one board that is made up from 180 triangles and 88 tiles/letters. This brain and puzzle game has simple rules. In order the game to begin, each player is given 2 random letters. Then he has to place them anywhere on the board. After each turn, the next player place one of the two letters/tiles anywhere on the board. The goal is to create a word and scoring the most points.

All tiles need to be played. The player with highest score winds. The game can be played by two or multiple players. It is a great social game that will be really entertaining to try out with your friends and family. It is available on the App Store for devices with iOS 4.0 or later.

App Store Download Link: Triwordz

App Store Description

Components

Board – The board is made up of 180 triangles (90 right side up and 90 upside down).

Tiles – There are 88 tiles/letters.

Playing the Game

To begin the game, each player is given 2 random letters. The first player places one of the two letters/tiles anywhere on the board. After each turn, the next player places one of the two letters/tiles anywhere on the board, preferably creating a word to score points. At the end of each turn, a randomly selected letter/tile will be given for the next turn so each player always has 2 tiles.

Play continues until all the tiles are played. After all the letters/tiles are played, the player with the highest score wins!

Spelling Words and Scoring

The game is played by placing one tile at a time, alternating player-by-player, in a horizontal direction only, to spell words acceptable in the English language. Words that cannot be used are prefixes, suffixes, words that start with a capital letter, personal pronouns, abbreviations, acronyms, or words that are hyphenated.

Each tile is to be placed on an empty triangle facing the same direction. Letters that are ‘bi-directional’ (that can be played ‘right-side-up” or ‘upside down’) are: ‘H’, ‘I’, ‘N’, ‘O’, ‘S’, ‘X’, and ‘Z’.

To score, letters must form a complete word and be continuous in a horizontal direction without any spaces between the letters. Each tile has a value of one point once a complete word is formed.

There are two ways of scoring points during a turn when a player has formed a complete word. First, one point is awarded for each tile/letter in the newly formed word. Second, each word contained within the newly formed word is also scored using 1 point per letter. For example, the word ‘to’ would equal a score of 2 points. The word ‘ton’ would equal a score of 7 points (as it contains the words ‘ton’, ‘to’, and ‘on’, or 3+2+2=7). The word “tone” would equal a score of 14 points (as it contains the words ‘tone’, ‘ton’, ‘one’, ‘to’, and ‘on’, or 4+ 3+3+2+2=14).

If a player is unable to spell a complete word during the turn, the player places one of the two tiles anywhere on the board, even if it does not spell a complete word, and no points will be awarded for that turn.

HAVE FUN!