The 1-Upper: Bookworm

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The 1-Upper: Bookworm

POSTED: Tuesday, April 1, 2008, 11:54 PM

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It's like Bee Season, but you're all by yourself

I was thinking today of playing a great big joke and directing you to this game, but I figured I'd be nice (check it out anyway as it's fairly hilarious). I realized, though, that I've yet to talk about Bookworm, my personal favorite online game of all time. I've spent so much time making words, you would think this post wasn't riddled with errors before I posted it. You couldn't be more wrong, though.

Bookworm is what would happen if Scrabble and Connect Four had a virtual baby. Basically, you make words on a vertical board by connecting lettered tiles, except there's no sneaky sis to mess things up. You get more points for longer words or for using tough letter - like J or Qu. You've got to watch, though, as someone is sneaking flaming tiles into the mix, and they threaten to burn down the library. What will dorks do if that happens? On the other side, you'll also get gold and green tiles that up your score, and each level you'll be given a word to make by the eponymous Bookworm. Make it, and you'll get loads of points.

Get your dictionary, and head over here.

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Posted 2008-04-02 11:18:58
I can't shake the notion that the worm's name is Randy.
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