SevenLetters

Find the Best Word Play: Daily Classic Board Puzzle

Classic gives you a word board already in play and a rack of seven tiles. You get one move: find the highest-scoring word you can, then see how it ranks against every legal play.

How to play Classic

1. Look over today’s board, its bonus squares and the seven tiles on your rack.
2. Drag tiles onto the board to make a word in a single row or column. It must join the words already there, and every word it forms must be valid.
3. Tiles show their points. Letter bonus squares double or triple a tile; word bonus squares double or triple the whole word. Using all seven tiles earns a 50-point bonus.
4. When you’re happy, tap Play. You have one attempt, so take your time: there’s no clock.
5. See your rank among every possible play, the top plays you could have made, and your place on today’s leaderboard.

Tips

• Hunt for the bonus squares first, then look for words that reach them. A triple word square often beats a longer word elsewhere.
• Play parallel to an existing word: each tile forms a short cross word too, and every one of them scores.
• Put your heaviest letters (Q, Z, X, J) on letter bonus squares, ideally where they count in two directions at once.
• Check for a seven-letter play before anything else. The 50-point bonus usually wins the day.
• Short words count: QI, ZA, XI and JO are all valid and can squeeze a big letter into a tight spot.

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