The Word Building Circuit

Four sets of letters and four different ways to spend them. Highest score takes each one.

Start the run with Babel

4games

60points on offer

0/4played today

The run, in order

0/4

1BabelTile endgameThe bag is emptyNothing left to draw, so their rack is knowable. Play the last tiles for the best spread you can force.Today's board1 2 3 Play 2TuckTile scoringSame letters, highest score winsEveryone plays the same fourteen letters, and the highest scoring board wins the day.Today's board1 2 3 Play 3BarterLetter tradeTrade the letters homeEvery letter the answer needs is already on the board, scrambled. Trade two tiles at a time until all six words read true, on a budget of the proven minimum plus five.Today's board1 2 3 Play 4LodeMake words from seven lettersSeven letters, rare words payBuild words from seven letters around the core letter, and the rarer the word the bigger the pay.Today's board1 2 3 Play

Shortest first, longest last. Each game pays 15 points for a win down to 1 for finishing, and the circuit adds all 4 up. A game played on its own still counts toward it, but you need all 4 in the same day to take a rank on the circuit board.

What finishing it pays

Master BuilderFinish every game in this circuit on the same day.gold

The same 4 games every day, with new puzzles in each of them at midnight Eastern.

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