Vocabulary Lessons

There's no substitute for having a good vocabulary when playing SpellTower.  In particular, knowing as many valid 5-letter and 6-letter words as you can will help you score higher and play longer.  This isn't to discount shorter words, which can often get you out of trouble, but the sweetspots are the the words that get the most letters off the grid.

I've got some chops in this area after years of playing Scrabble, although I still learn new words all the time.  If you have the EA Scrabble app on your smartphone, playing versus the computer at the "hard" level is a great way to learn new words.  My all-time (least) favorite play by the computer was anablept, which elicited a huge curse from me when he/she used it to go out.  It's a fish, and I will always maintain it's a ridiculous word.

Here are some words I've recently played in SpellTower: codens, sirras, availe, diktat, barrie, teened, tedier, patten, coloni, fousty, tirred, tinded, cortin, marris, jobing (yes, one "b"), botties, carnie, and toited.  [I see that Chrome has flagged almost all of these as misspelled - wrong, Mr. Google!].  Since this game forgives experimenting, it's sometimes worth trying a few letter combinations before you play a word.  Of course, one look at my list and you may understand why so many people dislike word games, including Zach Gage himself, i.e., it sometimes looks like any combination of letters will work.