Features

Word Search... and Destroy! Swap letters to build words, then cross out words to remove them from the board. You must plan ahead to build longer words with the fewest swaps. If you're really clever you can clear the board.

For a livelier challenge try the fast-paced Beat the Clock mode! Letter swaps won't cost you any points but you only have 12 seconds to cross out each valid word.

(This originally was a uDevGames 2004 contest entry. Visit the uDevGames website for more information.)

System Requirements

Download

Click here to download WordBeGone 1.1.8 (6.2 MB)

Screenshots (click to enlarge)

Hints and Tips

The game includes details about the rules of the game. Simply run the game and click on "How to Play".

Also, the Readme file included with the game has lots of details about how to play and how the scoring works.

Here's a strategy for Beat the Clock: quickly build a short word to be safe, but before crossing it out spend a few seconds working on a larger word somewhere else on the board. In this way you can gradually build a word that will score lots of points or use up tricky letters like X or Q.

Latest News

May 28, 2004 - Version 1.1.8
Page edges sometimes seemed to disappear on a GeForce 5200 under OS X Tiger. Improved them a little.

December 15, 2004 - Version 1.1.7
Fixed music volume control.

November 17, 2004 - Version 1.1.6
Words above 9 letters now recognized.
New "straight line" option for word selection for players who didn't like free-form scribbling.
Increased maximum board-clearing bonus from 1000 to 2000 points.
Freeform word crossing out (the default) has been tweaked so that rapid mouse movement on slow CPUs doesn't confuse it.

November 14, 2004 - Version 1.1.5
Fixed music in regular mode (broken in 1.1.4.)

November 10, 2004 - Version 1.1.3, 1.1.4
Toggle full screen/windowed works and the playing area is correctly centered.
No more full-screen white flash on startup.
Added numeric timer display.
Updated scoring rules in Readme. Other minor tweaks.


November 7-8, 2004 - Version 1.1.1, 1.1.2
Fixed a couple of unrelated, intermittent crashes, and a menu displacement issue.

November 7, 2004 - Version 1.1
Added "Beat the Clock" mode.
Music stops playing when game is not the front window, or if it is minimized to the dock.
Regular game always gets the slow music, Beat the Clock the fast music, rather than alternating the tracks.
Fixed the "tearing" when pages move.
Icon lightened so that it looks more like paper, less like a waffle. :-)

November 1, 2004 - Version 1.0
Initial release.