Playing the Word Games | Playing the Word Games |
Quit ends the game. Press ENTER to return to the Jumble menu or press 
and then press ENTER to return to the current game.
Shuffle shuffles all unguessed letters into a new order. Points are deducted for shuffling the letters. The amount deducted is determined by the skill level.
✓✓ Changing the Skill LevelYou can change the skill level at the Options menu. You can select a level from 1 to 5. The skill level affects the length of a mystery word, the amount of points awarded for guessing correctly, and the amount of points deducted for shuffling the letters or guessing incorrectly. At levels 1 and 2, mystery words are 3 to 7 letters long, 15 points are awarded for correct answers, 1 point is deducted for shuffling the letters and 2 points are deducted for guessing incorrectly. Level 3 and 4, use 4 to 11 letter words, award
20 points, and deduct 2 or 4 points, respectively. Level 5 uses 5 to 15 letter words, awards 25 points and deducts 3 and 6 points, respectively.
At the Jumble menu, press
to highlight Options and then press
ENTER.
The Level option is highlighted. Press
or
to change the skill level. If you change the skill level, press
until you highlight OK and press ENTER to save your changes. Highlight Cancel and press ENTER to exit the Options menu without saving your changes.
Word Train
In Word Train, you and the train take turns typing letters to form a word. Whoever first completes a word wins. The required length of a winning word is determined by the skill level, but at level 1, words have to be at least
4 letters long. If the letters you enter make a stem that can’t be further built upon to make a word in this dictionary, you lose.
1.From the Word Games/Wortspiele
menu, press
or
until you highlight Word Train and then press ENTER.
The Word Train menu is displayed.
2.New Game is highlighted. Press ENTER to begin a new game.
You can also select other options
from the Word Train menu. Press
or
until you highlight the one you want and then press ENTER.
Options opens the options menu where you can change the skill level or view the high scores.
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