Word Grid
Word Grid is a free single player word game where you have to try and score as many points as you can by making words horizontally or vertically on the play area.
To start a new game, click the 'New Game' button.
You will be given a letter in the top left corner, use the keyboard to move the letter to where you want it to go and then drop it onto the game area.
The controls are:-
Up Arrow = Up
Down Arrow = Down
Left Arrow = Left
Right Arrow = Right
Space = Drop letter
Letters can't move diagonally or through other letters already placed.
The minimum word length to begin with is 4 letters, this goes up after you have made 25, 50 and 75 words in your game.
The letters have different values with the harder letters to use being worth more. Look on the left to see how much a letter is worth.
You can get bonus points for making longer words, see the top right corner of the game window for the bonuses. For example, if you make an 8 letter word that has letter values totalling 10 points then the value of that word is multiplied by 9 to score 90 points.
If you make a long word like STRAINED, then you also score points for smaller words inside that word like STRAIN, TRAINED, TRAIN, RAINED, RAIN.
There are some statistics on the right of the game window that tell you how many words you have found, how many of each length of word you have found, your highest scoring word, your highest scoring drop and your overall score.
Your game is over when you have no more room for new letters to appear in the top left corner of the game area so try not to block off the top left corner of the grid.
Links
Anagram Solver
Enter up to 12 letters and this anagram solver will find all the words that can be
made from them.
Scrabble Solver
This Scrabble solver finds all 2 to 7 letter words from a given selection and
supports the use of blank tiles.
Useful Word Lists
I have a page with lots of useful word lists for use in Scrabble, Literati, Upwords or
other word games. This contains lists of all 2 and 3 letter words, all Q words,
high scoring words, words with all consonants in and many others.
Word List Maker
On this page you will find a program that can be used to generate word lists. It can be
used for Scrabble, Literati, Upwords or any other similar game. You enter
letters into a box and then the program will find all 2 to 7 letter words which
contain the sequence of letters entered, so if you want a list of all words
beginning IN, UN or OUT, words ending ING, IER or IEST, or all words with CAT or
a Q in then this program can give you that list.
Crossword Solver
Enter a mixture of up to 12 known or unknown letters and the crossword solver
will find all the possible words that can be made from those letters.
Word Grid
This is a free online single player word game. Letters appear in the top left corner of
the grid and you have to place them onto the grid to try and make horizontal and
vertical words. The minimum word length begins at 4 letters but this goes up
after you reach 25, 50 and 75 words. There are bonuses for using harder letters
and making longer words. The aim of the game is to score as many points you can
and to make as many words as you can.
Word Pyramids
This is a free online single player word game. You begin with 2 letters at the top of
the pyramid. On each word you have to add another letter and rearrange them to
form a new word to try and fill up the word pyramid. There are 5 pyramids in
each game and the aim is to score as many points as you can. There are 2 skill
levels, the easy version goes up to 7 letter words and the harder version goes
up to 10 letter words.
Recommended Online Word Games
This page says where you can play Scrabble online and has links to other online word
games that I recommend.
Yahoo! Games Backdoor
This page gives you links for getting into full rooms on all Yahoo! Games such as Pool, Chess and Literati.