Hi: When you start the game the first screen presents several options one of which is play. Once you choose play, you can choose to start a new game or continue one that has already started. If you choose to play one that is already in progress, then you click on the score and the game is brought up. Either way, once a game is presented, you are presented with the following: Note, that you can swipe from left to right or that you can move your finger down to find these. First, is the word "score" and the number, next is "108th badge" (I've yet to figure out what that means), Next is the help button, then the words "word bonus and the actual number of points that you will get if you do not use any help. After that is the word "streak" and the number of words that you have solved without using any help. Immediately after that is the word that is to be solved. After that is the "word possibility and the number of available words that fit the puzzle. Then the word "hints" and the number of available hints that you can get for this word. Below that is a grid with the alphabet. Note, that instead of a standard keyboard, you are given the letters in four rows in alphabetical order. This makes it harder at first, but you get use to it quickly. On the very bottom row is a "word zinga" button (slightly to the left of the home button, and a "clear" button to the right of the home button. Now for playing: The puzzle is a word in which you are given a few (usually 2 or three but in advanced puzzles sometimes as many as five) letters. The given letters cannot be moved. You have to come up with one word that has letters in all of the blanks and uses the letters in the position where they have been placed. When you think of a word that will fit you type it using the keyboard and leaving out the letters that already are in place. Once you put in the word you tap the "word zinga" button. If the word works, you get a chime, if not, you get a crunch sound. To get rid of the bad word and try again, press the clear button. You can get rid of one letter at a time by pressing the letter. So, for example, if you put in a word and accidentally type the wrong letter or want to change only one letter, go to that spot in the puzzle and double tap. The blank will reappear and the letter that you type from the keyboard will go into that spot. A couple of other things: If you can't figure out a word, you can use help. You can ask it to reveal one of the words that are a possibility. However, by doing this you start over with bonus points. The number that is added to your score represents the bonus points. So, for example, currently, in one of my puzzles I have 1350 bonus points. When I solve the next word, that amount will be added to my score if I do not use any hints. The number of points that you get for a word continues to grow until you use the help again. Also, when you first start a game, you have only 5 opportunities to use help. This also grows as you play and don't use it. The maximum times that you can use help in a word appears to be 10. Finally, the game gets harder as you continue. So, at first you are filling in four letter words and eventually you get to ten letter words. Each time the game is increasing in difficulty, you go to a new level. This is also indicated on the screen and by a tone. I thought that there were only ten levels but I'm in level sixteen of my current puzzle so I have no clue how many there are for each puzzle. That should get you started.
Good Luck, Tamara -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lea Langley Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 11:18 PM To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: Help with wordZINGA, please Hi all, and thank you for the help. I cannot figure out how to play this game, or how to enter in the letters. Could someone please help? Please give me step-by-step instructions please and thank you. God bless, Wren Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
