Hidden Word

Basic: - It is a two player game to test and improve the vocabulary of the players.

How to start: - The game begins when a player selects a character from the grid and it continues with the alternate turn of the players. Each player is only allowed to select one of the 8 neighboring characters of the last chosen one. One round continues till a complete VALID WORD if formed or the word which is formed is NOT a prefix of any valid word.

Scoring: - If a complete valid word is formed (of minimum length 3) then the length of the word (x10) is added to the score of the player who completed that word. But if an invalid prefix is formed then the length of that prefix (x5) is deducted from the score of the player who formed that prefix.

Challenge Button:- In the middle of the game at any point in time if you feel that word cannot be completed then you can use challenge button. If no surrounding character forms a valid prefix then you get plus point ( + length of the current word x 10 ) else a valid character is displayed and your score reduces ( - the length of current word x 5).

Next Button:- If a player completes a word his score increases, if another word can be formed in its continuation then "NEXT" button gets highlighted and other player gets to choose whether to continue with that word or switch to a new word.

End:- Game ends when one of the players reaches winning score ( default = 300 ) (to win) or negative winning score (to lose), and if 100 characters for each player are over the player with high score wins the game.

Tip:- It is not important to complete the word just find the correct alphabet which will lead you to victory.