Rules
How to play
Learn it in a minute. Play it every day.
The tree
One word per row. Fill all five rows and the tree is yours!
Place a letter
Tap a space to drop your letter in. If it can't make a word there, it bounces right back.
Finish a row to cash in its letters!
Skip or hold
Stuck with a Q? Skip it! You get 8 skips, and every one you save is worth 3 points at the end.
Got a great letter but nowhere to put it yet? Hold onto it.
Special tiles
They manipulate the points scored in interesting ways.
- Red Letter Worth 3 extra points
- Blue Letter Worth 5 extra points
- Sprig A skip back when its word is done
- Violet Letter Worth triple its points
- Silver Letter The word it finishes scores double
- Prism You choose its letter. Scores 0
- Gold Letter The word it finishes scores triple
- Root ×3 word in the five-letter row
- Ember ×3 word if it's finished in 5 moves
- Pearl pair Both in one word: ×4
Moves
| Move | Cost | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Free | Tap a space. |
| Hold | Free | Save it for later. Hold again to swap it back. |
| Skip | 1 skip | Toss it and grab the next one. |
| Seed | 2 skips | Plant any letter you want! It scores 0. One per puzzle. |
| Take back | 3 skips | Press and hold a tile to pull it back. Finished words stay put. |
Scoring
Every word is worth the total of its letters. DOG gets you 5, PLUM gets you 8.
| Points | Letters |
|---|---|
| 1 | a e i l n o r s t u |
| 2 | d g |
| 3 | b c m p |
| 4 | f h v w y |
| 5 | k |
| 8 | j x |
| 10 | q z |
Win with skips to spare? +3 for each one.
Nail a Daily Puzzle on your first try and your score doubles!
Game over
Out of skips, with nowhere for your letter or your held letter to go? That's the end of the tree. Time for another go!