Words with friends ok is not a word

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Yes, indict is in the scrabble dictionary.

How many words can you make out of indicted?

70 words can be made from the letters in the word indicted.

Is QUIB a scrabble words?

No, quib is not in the scrabble dictionary.

Is OK a legal word in scrabble?

«OK» is now OK to play in a game of Scrabble. The two-letter word is one of 300 new additions to the latest version of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, which Merriam-Webster released on Monday. … The rules of Scrabble prohibit acronyms that are always spelled with capital letters, such as IQ or TV.

Is Mauler a scrabble word?

Yes, mauler is in the scrabble dictionary.

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Your Ultimate Guide to Winning at Words With Friends

Thanks for taking the time to check out my Words With Friends Tips and Strategy page. As you can see, I’m a geek in many ways, not just photography. I started playing Words With Friends on my iPhone about a year ago, and I’ve been addicted ever since. In the time I’ve been playing Words With Friends, I’ve developed a few strategies of my own to share with you here today.

What is Words With Friends?

Words With Friends is a crossword game made for mobile devices (iPhone, iPad, Android), and is based on the popular board game Scrabble. The basic directions can be found HERE. There are a few key differences between Words With Friends and Scrabble that I’d like to point out. It’s important to recognize these differences because you might be able to use them to your advantage. 

1. You are not playing face to face with your opponents. You could plausibly be playing against someone on the other side of the world!
2. A game is not completed in one sitting. It can last hours, days, weeks, or even months.

1.  There are no challenges. When you are playing a word, you can use trial and error as many times as you need, until you find a word that works.
2.  The tile distribution and count is slightly different. See the chart below:

1.  While both boards are 15×15 squares, the layout is a bit different, as shown in the images below:

Wording With Friends – Ground Rules

Keeping a 2-Letter Word List

Because of some of the new dynamics mentioned above, the friends that I play with regularly and I have agreed to a few rule clarifications for ease of play. First, we are allowed to keep a list of all 2 letter words. Since we are able to use trial and error to find words, it saves a ton of time to know what all the two-letter words are. If you use a list long enough, you will probably end up memorizing it anyway.

Sometimes the makers of Words with Friends add and delete words from its dictionary. Click over to my article 2 Letter Words For Scrabble and Words With Friends to view an updated (2020) list of two-letter words.

Keeping Track of Missing Tiles

Second, we have deemed it acceptable to keep track of the missing tiles if we like – much like counting cards in Blackjack. We figure that since there can be a relatively large amount of time between turns, why not use the time to keep track of what tiles have and have not been played yet. None of us ever really do this early in a game, or even in the middle. But as the game is nearing the end and it looks like it could be particularly close, we will definitely do it. I’m not sure if there is a rule that addresses this in regular Scrabble, but we’ve made it clear that it’s ok here. I put together a spreadsheet that takes care of this for me. Click the link below and you can use it too! You will need at least Microsoft Excel 97 to use the spreadsheet.

Handy Dandy Words With Friends Letter Counter (clicking this link will download a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet)

It’s a good thing to agree on a few ground rules with the friends you play with regularly. In my group of friends, we have deemed it acceptable to keep the two-letter word list and keep track of tiles if we want, but NOT acceptable to use Words With Friends cheats, word generators or any other word lists, which are readily available online. If you and your friends agree that it’s ok to use word generators, my favorite one is wineverygame.com. I’m sure there are plenty of other good ones.

As I said before, in the time that I’ve been playing, I’ve developed some of my own Words With Friends tips and strategy that I will share with you here. Hopefully it will give you an edge against your opponents as well.

Lay *Along* Beats Lay Across

Let’s say your opponent plays AROSE. You have letters in your tray that spell “POWER”. You could use the “O” in AROSE and lay the P, W, E and R downward across it, for a cool 11 points…OR…you could you could lay POWER along the top of AROSE to create multiple new words (POWER, PA, OR, WO, ES, and RE) for a total of 26 points!

Start Small

It never fails, you play a 5 letter word to start the game, and your experienced opponent puts a nice lay-along next to it, effectively scoring double for his word and single for YOUR word too. When I start a game, I like to start with a 2 letter word, and use that turn to dump my two least desirable letters. Let your opponent be the first to open the board up.

Work the Colored Squares

The best way to maximize the value of your tiles is to play them on the colored squares. On the board, you can find Double Letter (DL), Double Word (DW), Triple Letter (TL), and Triple Word (TW). I like to call the TL and TW the “High-Dollar” Squares. Always look for the accessibility of these squares on the board – even before you examine your tray. Look for plays using these squares and try to work your letters to fit those plays. Even better, try and find plays that combine multiple letter scores with multiple word scores. Let’s say you play the word PARK on 4 Blank squares. You will score 11 points. Now let’s say you play where the “P” is on a TL and the “K” is on a TW. The score for this play will jump all the way up to 57 points!

Look for Vowels Next to Colored Squares.

Let’s say your opponent plays PLANE, and there is a TL directly above the “A”. You notice this, then upon examining your tray you notice that you have a “Z”. Remembering from the 2 letter word list that ZA is a valid word, you know you can play the “Z” on the TL, to create ZA for a total score of 31 points. Now you take it one step further and notice that you also have an “E” and an “N” in your tray. Now you can play ZEN in a lay-along above PLANE, creating ZA, ZEN, EN and NE, for a total of 70 points!

Bingo Was His Name-O

When you play all 7 tiles in your tray in one turn, it’s called a “Bingo.” Not only do you get the points for the word(s) you made, but you also get a 35 point bonus! If you can mix that with a few colored squares in the right places, then it’s not out of the question to score in the 100’s on one single play! One of the keys to winning games consistently is learning how to make Bingos. It takes a bit of practice, but the more you play, the more you will develop strategies that will help you create more and more Bingos. When I first started playing, I was lucky to average one Bingo for every 10 games played. Now I’d say I average about 9 Bingos for every 10 games, and I’m continuing to improve. Read on for some of my strategies for creating Bingos.

Defense Wins Games

Just as you will be looking for plays around the High-Dollar squares, your experienced opponent will be doing the same. Don’t give him the opening, even if it means you have to play a lesser word elsewhere. Unless I know I’m going to score big with my play, I generally try to avoid opening the TW TL areas for play. Even a 40 point play might not be worth opening up one of those areas, knowing that he could potentially score 50 or even more points by taking full advantage of the opening.

S’s are Precious. And so are BLANKs

The “S” and the BLANK are important tiles in the game. The “S” is important because it can be played at the end of so many words. If you have a word in your tray that contains an “S”, then you can place it at the end of a word that is already on the board, and play the remaining tiles for your word around it. Let’s say your opponent played COFFEE. In your tray you notice the word VEST. You could play VEST across one of the E’s in COFFEE, for a total of 8 points. I consider this to be wasting your S. If you look closer, you could put the S at the end of COFFEE and play the V, E and T around it, and score 24 points, with COFFEES and VEST! Mix in a few colored squares and you can easily clear 30 points.

Many people like to employ this strategy with the “Y” as well. I personally find that there aren’t nearly as many opportunities to use the “Y” in this way as there are for the “S”, so I generally treat the “Y” as just another letter. The BLANKS can work in the same way. Not only can you use them as an “S” to connect two words, but you can also use them as the missing link for a word you are working on in your tray. I’d say the BLANK is responsible for about 50% of all the Bingos I make. As a general rule of thumb, I try not to use an S or a BLANK unless they are directly responsible for scoring at least 30 points for me.

Swapping Tiles: All or Nothing

Swapping tiles is an art. Generally speaking, I swap tiles when there are no plays that I can make that will get me more than 15 or so points, and the letters in my tray don’t figure to offer any more help in the near future. Never try to swap tiles in order to create a word that you are trying to formulate in your tray. That will only lead to heartache, trust me. When I need to swap, I like to swap ALL 7 tiles, with a few exceptions: I never swap out the following letters:

S: See above
BLANK: See above
J, Q, X, and Z: these tiles are crucial in determining the winner. Never give them up if you have them. Giving them up gives your opponent a chance to use them with the colored squares for maximum value. I’d rather play one of those tiles on a blank square just to get rid of it before I see my opponent take advantage of it on the High-Dollar squares.
“ER” or “ED”: I’m a big fan of ER and ED. These combinations are very versatile in that they can be attached to the beginning or end of many 5 letter words, to make a Bingo. I would say that those two combinations are responsible for helping me with the other 50% of my Bingos.

Keep The Letters Moving

A high tile turnover rate is good for your tray. It increases the chance of getting J, Q, X and Z, and decreases your opponent’s chance of getting them and using them against you. If all other variables are equal (points, leave, etc.), play the bigger word over the smaller word if you have a choice.

Saving Letters Is Dangerous

It’s generally not a good idea to save letters while you wait on other letters to show up for a word. I’m not going to lie and say that I’ve never done it, but I do try and keep it at a minimum. Sometimes it is just too tempting. Obviously you have the best chances of a good score when you have all seven letters to choose from on each turn. For each letter that you hold back, you are potentially limiting your score for that play. If you do choose to save letters, try and keep it at a minimum, and if the letters you need don’t show up within 2 or 3 turns, cut your losses and stop waiting.

Further Reading on 2-Letter Words

It’s important to know the two-letter words because they can be used in a pinch, or as a connector to a much larger word. For reference, I’ve written an article that I like to call The Ultimate 2 Letter Words List 🙂 (updated in 2020).

Conclusion

Hopefully you found these Words With Friends tips useful. I’ll continue to make additions/changes to this document as my strategy and skill level evolves. Let me know if you disagree with anything I said, or if you find any errors.

Good Luck, and Happy Wording!

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Words with Friends
Developer(s)	Zynga
Platform(s)	Android, iOS, Facebook, Kindle Fire, Nook Tablet, Windows Phone, Windows
Release	2009
Genre(s)	Word game
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Words with Friends is a multiplayer word game developed by Newtoy. Players take turns building words crossword-puzzle style in a manner similar to the classic board game Scrabble. The rules of the two games are similar, but Words with Friends is not associated with the Scrabble brand. Up to 40 games can be played simultaneously using push notifications to alert players when it is their turn. Players may look up friends either by username or through Facebook, or be randomly assigned an opponent through «Smart Match». Players can also find potential opponents using Community Match.

Released in July 2009, Words with Friends is available for cross-platform play on devices running the operating systems Android, Windows Phone, and iOS (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch).^[1] The game is also available on Facebook,^[2] Kindle Fire,^[3] and Nook Tablet.^[4] In addition, there is a chat feature built into the game that allows opponents to exchange messages. Between 2010 and 2011, Words with Friends was one of the top ranking games in the iOS app store, available as both a free ad-supported version and a paid version with no «third party ads between turns».^[5][6] As of May 2017, Words with Friends was the most popular mobile game in the United States.^[7] A sequel to the game, Words with Friends 2, came out in September 2017.

Gameplay[edit]

The rules of the game are mostly the same as those of two-player Scrabble, with a few differences such as the arrangement of premium squares and the distribution and point values of some of the letters (see Scrabble letter distributions and point values). Players are given seven randomly chosen letter tiles, which are replenished until all 104 tiles have been used. Players take turns forming words on the board or, instead of playing a word, may also choose to swap tiles with the pool of currently unused tiles or pass their turn. Players can form words either vertically or horizontally on the board. The player’s aim is to score as many points as possible.

A letter placed on a DL or TL square doubles or triples the value of that letter on all words formed using that square. Similarly, the DW and TW squares double and triple the value of the new word(s) using that square. If a player uses all seven tiles on a single play (known as a bingo in Scrabble), 35 bonus points are added — this contrasts with the 50 bonus points in Scrabble.

The different arrangement of premium squares can lead to scoring situations that would be rare or impossible in a typical Scrabble game. For example, it is possible to place a new word that simultaneously covers a triple letter score (TL) and a triple word score (TW), or a new word that covers a double word score (DW) and a triple word score (TW), which would be impossible or nearly impossible in a Scrabble game.

The game ends when a player plays every tile in his or her rack, and there are no remaining tiles to draw. The game also ends if three scoreless moves (i.e., passes or tile exchanges) are played in succession, unless the score is zero-zero.^[8] After playing the last tile, the opposing player will lose all the points equal to the amount of the remaining tiles. This number of points will be awarded to the player who played the last tile. At the end of the game, the player with the highest score wins.

There are various versions of Words With Friends. All versions allow players to resign their turn with the «resign» feature, pass their turn with the «pass» feature, swap out one or more tiles and forfeit the current turn with the «swap» feature, or look up what tiles remain with the «tile bag» feature. The «word strength» feature can be turned on or off, and enables players to see how strong their placed word is relative to all other word combinations available on the current board. In 2016, Zynga (temporarily) removed a feature called «hindsight» which allowed a player to pay for the opportunity to see what the highest-scoring moves on the board were after the play was made, but has since brought it back. In addition to the «hindsight» power-up, the game also offers other power-ups known as «swap+,» «word radar,» and «word clue.»^[9]

Words with Friends accepts 173,000 words in the game. The word list used by the game is based on the Enhanced North American Benchmark Lexicon (ENABLE), with some additions from the developers.^[8]

Random opponent and chat features[edit]

Since the game’s launch, the random opponent and chat features of the game have led to a number of romantic relationships. In 2009, Megan Lawless, of Chicago, began a game with a random opponent, Jasper Jasperse, who lived in the Netherlands. The two got to know one another via the game’s chat function and married in July 2011.^[10][11]

Other couples who met via the game’s random opponent feature include Trish and David Palmer of Dacula, Georgia, who married in November 2011, and Stephen Monahan and Britney Hilbun of Texas, who became engaged to marry in December 2011.^[12]

In late 2011, it was reported that one of the game’s American players was communicating via the game’s chat function about her Australian opponent’s husband’s medical symptoms. The American relayed these symptoms to her husband, a doctor, who recommended an immediate hospital visit. The opponent’s husband found he had a 99% blockage close to his heart. On a 2012 episode of the American TV show, The Doctors, the couples were introduced to each other for the first time.^[13][14]

The board game[edit]

In 2012, Zynga, in conjunction with Hasbro, released several physical board game versions of Words with Friends under the «Hasbro Gaming» imprint. These include a standard version, a «Luxe» edition with rotating fitted tile gameboard (similar to the deluxe editions of Scrabble), and a «To Go» travel edition.^[15][16][17]

This is one of several games in the Zynga game library to be released as physical board game versions. Others include Draw Something, a CityVille edition of Monopoly, and several kids’ games based on FarmVille.^[18]

Privacy issues[edit]

In October 2019, it was announced that the hack of social game developer Zynga had compromised the details of 218 million Words with Friends accounts. Details accessed include players’ names, email addresses, login IDs, hashed passwords, password reset tokens, phone numbers, Facebook IDs and Zynga account IDs.^[19]

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• Arneson, Erik (26 June 2019). «How To Win at Scrabble and Words With Friends: How to Practice, Play, and Win Strategically». The Spruce Crafts.

External links[edit]

• Official website

36 Responses so far.

1. Paul says:

   Works great. Love it

   • LONGFEI says:

     I would like to know more foreign friends don’t know how to add

2. bareft49 says:

   Need for DROID2 t

3. corey gilbert says:

   Yeah

4. Marlene says:

   Help

5. Tambam says:

   Why is “elocute”not an acceptable word?

   • BossMan says:

     Elocute has no definition, but you can use eloquent. All you need is a Q and a place to play it. Lots of players use QI as a word. In any event, does it make you feel better if you have to cheat to win a game with your friend? I stopped playing for that very reason. Why not use made up words? Some not only play QI and also use VAR as a word. In scrabble the board game, slang words are unacceptable as are foreign words. That game is a test of vocabulary and the other player can challenge you word.

     • rosiespunkin says:

       qi is Chinese for “health”

       I think it is said that there are now cheat sheets. Takes the fun out of the game for the people that are playing honestly. You wouldn’t have a cheat sheet if you were playing with the person in person, so why on the internet?

       • Patti says:

         Same reason you cannot challenge a word like you can in face to face games. It isn’t feasible. (sp?) lol

         • admin says:

           The reason why is because the game has a dictionary that is built and words must be validated by the dictionary to be played. If you play a word that is not a word in the dictionary, you get a notice. You can try this on your next turn, by putting a string of letters to form a non-word and hitting submit. So, that being said, if your opponent has played a word, it is a valid word.

     • Nicole North says:

       I have to agree. I find it very frustrating when playing with someone and they cheat nearly the entire game. What’s the point of playing? Is their self esteem so low they need to cheat on a game to feel good about themselves? Frustrated!!!!

       • J SoNo says:

         I find it interesting that someone would take the time to “shame” someone for posting a legitimate question. If you are so “against” it, why, may I ask, are you here? Hypocrisy runs amuck. A person may use sites like this but one still needs the ability to place the words on the board in a manner that will win the game. Bottom line, grow up!

         Bossman- Report the bug to W.W.F. I have come across a word or two in the past that were not in data file.

         • Paula says:

           Is adz valid?

         • admin says:

           Yes it is. Adz is “an axlike tool, for dressing timbers roughly, with a curved, chisellike steel head mounted at a right angle to the wooden handle.”

     • amy bishop says:

       if you play scrabble on pogo qi is an acceptable word!!!

     • Nafera says:

       I play QI all the time but that doesn’t mean i am cheating…after playing the game for a long time you learn new words, see other people play it and a QI on a TW tile is a good word.

     • Donna Davis says:

       How will you learn new words if you aren’t looking for new words that fit. Cheating is a great way to increase your vocabulary. I always tell my opponents that I use WWF Cheat, so they have the option of doing the same. Of course you have to go to the trouble of looking up what the word means to get any benefit (other than the high score).

6. • Stella says:

     Isn’t this what this site is? A cheat?

7. troy says:

   How can a player play “TMTUEGOTHU” AND “YELQNDWU” they are not words but have been played against me?

   • admin says:

     Unfortunately there is a true hack for Android Words With Friends that allows you to change the actual dictionary file in the game, so you can set it to allow any combination of letters and they will be approved as a playable word. Our recommendation is to just resign against a player that is using this hack and not play against them again.

8. Always a good time letting my friends think I am a genius using the word finder on here but it just failed to find the word torment for me saying there was no options just an fyi!

   • Stella says:

     TORMENT is in the dictionary on this site. You can search it on the Dictionary page on the top menu.

9. Not sure if I’m going nuts but it seems like my last opponent was somehow able to put in multiple words. I’m studying the board wondering when the heck that word was played.

   • I, too, have noticed this when playing this game with one particular player. All of a sudden, I will go back to the game and see multiple words that I cannot remember were there, that are worth a lot of points. I thought it was just me. Now that you have said that, Chad, I’m beginning to wonder. So unfair to play this way!

   • barbara says:

     I’ve been playing WWF only about a month and I’ve noticed the same thing happening. At first i thought i was imagining it. How does that happen? Does the game play by itself sometimes? Just wondering.

10. mike balir says:

    don’t understand why would you cheat? when you win , you didn’t win! you can’t rationalize the irrational! go ahead and cheat i’ll still beat your ass!

11. LeeLee says:

    I had someone use “woolcoat” against me. Is that a legal word?

12. Denise I says:

    I know it’s not really ok to cheat but I love learning new words! As someone else commented u have to pick and choose the high point letters and know where to put them so even with the cheat app. I am still losing every game. I will keep playing I noticed no matter what word there is a strategy to it that has to be learned. I notice I have to use it mostly when the board is empty and/or I get all constance and vowels.

13. Glenn says:

    Is there a way an opponant could be “fixing ” the game so that i am getting certain letters? i’m suspicious that this may be happening…

14. Ty says:

    Someone was able to double their points for a word. Is there a cheat for that?

15. michele fennell says:

    Why can’t I play any word that begins with z? It says word not acceptable and other people play the same word I want to such as Zen! Confused :-/

16. herbgb says:

    How can one use your dictionary when there is an ad covering the area for the RACK?

    • admin says:

      What device/browser are you viewing the site on? We’ll get it fixed ASAP.

17. natalie price says:

    How are people able to have a word average(as reported in the WWF global statistics) of 999.9 points per word?

18. Philip says:

    Is it possible to download the app thank you