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HINT key will disappear and you will
need to make some words to get your
score back to the value that displays the
HINTkey.
ENTER KEY
Press ENTERto register the word. If it is
a valid word from the over 47,000-word
vocabulary, it will be scored, the count of
words using its letter length will be
reduced, and finally the letters will be
returned to the Rack. If it is not a valid
word, a ?will be displayed.
Once a word is registered and accepted as
valid, it will appear in the area above the
Spelled Word line.
If you try to use ENTER to register a
word that has already been entered, an
“already registered” sound will be made,
and nothing else will happen. If you don’t
see that word in the entered word area,
press the PAGEkey to see more entered
words.
PAGE KEY
Once you have entered enough words to
fill the entered words area, the next word
that is entered will go in the entered word
area, but that pushes one of the other
words to an alternate screen storage area.
When this occurs, the PAGEkey will be
displayed on the left of the screen.
Pressing this PAGEkey will display the
other words that have been entered but
that could not fit on the main play screen.
Pressing PAGEagain will either go to the
next page of entered words, if there is
one, or it will return you to the play
screen.
MENU KEY
Pressing MENUduring play will cause a
Score Screento be briefly displayed.
SCORES
HIGH 0000
LAST 0000
ROUND 0000
The score for the round will always be
your current round score that is zeroed
when a bonus round is started. The high
score achieved thus far, and the score
from the last time you played will also be
shown. The round score will always be
updated during play, but the timer must
be on in order to update the last and high
score.
Press the key to clear the letters from
the Spelled Word area and return them to
the Rack.
NEW KEY
Press the NEW key to stop playing Make
Word and return to the Home Menu. You
will normally be asked to confirm this
choice by pressing the NEW key once
more. Otherwise press the key.
Game Over Screen
When all the possible words have been
entered or time runs out, if the timer is
used, the Score Screen will be shown
along with a reminder to press the
ENTER key. Press the ENTER key to
return to the Home Menu.
MAKE WORD