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Have you been caught up in the word game craze? If you like Wordle, then try out AARP’s newest daily game, Today’s Hurdle! Each day you get not one, but five different word puzzles. Guess the five-letter word in six tries or less to get to the next puzzle. If you get to the fifth and final puzzle, the first four rows pre-fill with the other answers, giving you clues to the final word.   Preview this fun, challenging twist on Wordle before 2/15/23. A new game is available each day at 12 midnight EST – the countdown clock on your statistics screen shows when the next game will be ready.    Good luck and enjoy!

Theater Mode is coming to AARP Games, starting with Members-Only games. The new feature provides a full-width game play area on desktop and laptop, while conveniently keeping the browser bar open to navigate back.   To activate, log-in, set your browser Zoom level to 100%, and click on the icon in the lower right corner of your favorite game. AARP will roll out Theater Mode to all games over the next several weeks, so stay tuned! Try the new Theater Mode today!   Learn more from our most recent Games Tip: Play Members-Only Games in Theater Mode

How do you submit your daily true game score on the AARP site? 

Who can participate in the AARP Games Throwback Sweepstakes? Anyone who has a registered account on AARP.org and a legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry. See Official Rules.   How do you enter the AARP Games Throwback Sweepstakes? All you need is a registered account on AARP.org and to share your memory as instructed in the official rules to enter for your chance to win. Visit the AARP Games Throwback Sweepstakes page Log in to AARP.org by either registering for free for an AARP online account or loggining in to your AARP online account. Don’t have a registered AARP account? Get started today There will be five (5) questions posted on the Sweepstakes Page, one (1) question for each of the five (5) Weekly Entry Periods. To earn an entry, navigate to the “Conversation” section at the bottom of the Sweepstakes Page and post an answer to the applicable Weekly Question about your memor

I am struggling to complete the Daily Solitaire puzzle for Thursday, March 2, 2023!  Can anyone give me a clue.

How do you get reward points for video feature in Mahjong Solitaire? What is the video feature and how do you do it?

It is frustrating when you have a high score going into the last of the 5 games when the 9 ball drops to the sunk tray before you can make the break.  Is there anything I can do to save the game?

The top scorers have got to have a secret method because there have been people asking for almost 2 years to get information and no answers.  I know that sometimes I get full credit for the cards I am able to place in the dump pile and sometimes I don't get full credit.

Throwback Thursday Crossword from AARP is part puzzle, part blast from the past! Have fun with this weekly crossword chock full of retro clues from the 70's, 80's, 90's and early 2000's by crossword legend Stanley Newman, exclusively for AARP Members. A new puzzle is available every Thursday at midnight EST, and you can also access all previous puzzles. Let the good times roll!   Play Throwback Thursday Crossword from AARP!

In Mahjongg Solitaire, different suits have different point values. The “special” characters – wind, dragon, flower, and season – are harder to find, and are therefore worth more points.   Wan (Tiles with Chinese characters) – 2 points Circle (Tiles with circles) – 4 points Bamboo (Tiles with vertical bamboo pieces, as well as the bird tile) – 6 points Wind (North, South, East, and West) – 8 points Dragon (A tile with a single red, green, or black marking) – 10 points Flower (A tile with a picture of flower and a blue number) – 12 points Season (A tile with a picture of a tree and a red number) – 14 points

Outspell uses a broad word bank composed of several different word game dictionaries including Scrabble. This ensures players have access to a wide range of available words, even if some may be less well known. Your computer opponent only has access to a portion of the word bank to make play more fair. Outspell has a handy “dictionary” tool (orange tab) where you can look up available words based on the letter on your rail.

If you’re a competitive trivia buff, you want to maximize your score. Now that there are more opportunities than ever to get game points in Right Again! Trivia, there are a few strategies to get the highest score possible. Here are a few:   Save Your 3x PowerUp If you’re logged in, you’ll have access to a PowerUp that gives you 3x points for getting a question right. Save that PowerUp! All Round 4 questions give you 400 game points, so utilizing that PowerUp in the final round can get you 1,200 game points in one shot! (Compare that to using the PowerUp in Round 1, where each correct answer gets you 100 points, or just 300 with the PowerUp.) View the Video Watch Bonuses We’ve doubled the game points you can get from watching the Video Watch Bonuses, optional videos that appear at the end of Round 1 and 4. They’re worth 300 game points each — don’t miss an opportunity to get 600 total game points! Use Your AARP Rewards Points to Buy PowerUps During the Brain Q and Final Q, you can

It's definitely possible to get high scores on Trizzle! When you make a set of the three largest nesting dolls, try to make it near the center of the board--and it's worth an extra move or two for positioning. There will be more dolls around the one that forms from that set, which means when that doll spins and makes the surrounding dolls larger, there will be more dolls getting larger--thus you’ll score more points!

As we announced last week, AARP is rolling roll out Theater Mode to all games over the next several weeks. The new feature provides a full-width game play area on desktop and laptop, while conveniently keeping the browser bar open to navigate back. Theater Mode is currently available on all AARP Members-Only games plus these games:   AARP Right Again! Trivia Asteroids Centipede Classic Solitaire Crucigramas Dificiles Crucigramas Faciles Cultural Clues Word Search by Sisters From AARP Daily Crossword Daily Crossword - Best Anagram  Daily Crossword - Best Daily Cryptic Mahjongg Dark Dimensions Mahjongg Solitaire Missile Command Outspell Scramble Words True? Wander Words Word Wipe  Pro Tip: It’s best to login to access Theater Mode before you start a game to save your game progress.  Set your browser Zoom level to 100%, and click on the icon in the lower right corner of your favorite game. Try the new Theater Mode today!

Hit a Grand Slam to Maximize Your Game Points in Right Again! Trivia - Sports editionWe’re always looking to get more game points when we play Right Again! Trivia - Sports edition. Luckily, this trivia game has an extra way to maximize your score: the Grand Slam system!It’s simple: as you’re working your way through each of the game’s four rounds, try extra hard to get every question in a round correct.When you get one of these bonuses, watch as the stardust travels from the gameboard up to your score indicator, and listen for the crack of the bat and the cheering crowd!• Single: 100 extra points for getting all Round 1 questions correct• Double: 200 extra points for getting all Round 2 questions correct• Triple: 300 extra points for getting all Round 3 questions correct• Home Run: 400 extra points for getting all Round 4 questions correct• Grand Slam: 500 additional points for getting all questions in Rounds 1, 2, 3, and 4 correctCombine these bonuses with your extra points from Video

We're excited to announce a new game, Right Again! Trivia - Sports edition.   See what you know about specific sports, sports history, entertainment and more.    

When you remove a flower, another one will appear on the board. Each new flower will require 5 additional balls in a chain to clear it. There’s a simple but effective trick to improve your score and get to the top of the leaderboard: don’t use your boosts for anything but chaining it with the flower. Create long chains of simple balls, then combine all the resulting boosts in a single devastating chain with the flower.   If you don't use more than 5 turns to set up a chained boost flower clear, you can permanently sustain your number of moves and significantly multiply your score. Give it a try!

Don't understand how to play. 

I am wondering how to play on the table with AARP in English and NOT Spanish.  Thank you.

How do you stop the 9 ball from randomly dropping of of the rack prior to breaking?  It happens any where from every other game to once in 10 games.

AARP Games are optimized for best game play with a browser Zoom setting of 100%. If you are experiencing any issues, we suggest you ensure that your browser Zoom level is set to 100%.   This setting is needed to support our new Theater Mode feature (full-width game play), rolling out in the next several weeks for all games.   We appreciate your patience as we ramp up. We hope you will find Theater Mode a valuable feature that will enhance your game play on AARP Games. 

  Does anyone know how I submit my score on Daily Crossword and Mini Crossword? I’ve filled in the whole puzzle, but I don’t see a “Submit Score” anywhere on the board. I need to submit my score to earn my Rewards points for playing. 

Did you know? Sudoku scoring includes two bonus multipliers that vary by level, one for difficulty and one for time. Final score is calculated with the percentage of puzzle completed without errors (or help) multiplied by difficulty bonus + time bonus. If your time spent is more than the time bonus amount, the time bonus does not apply (i.e., you are not penalized with a negative number as a multiplier).   Difficulty bonus is: Easy = 100; Medium = 200; Hard = 300; Expert = 400   Time bonus is your time spent solving subtracted from: Easy = 180 seconds; Medium = 360 seconds; Hard = 540 seconds; Expert = 720 seconds

Give 8 Ball Pool a try! If your goal is to climb the leaderboard, the first thing you’ll want to do is increase the game’s difficulty. Playing on medium mode gives you 50% more points and playing on hard gives you 100% more.   From there, you’ll need to play precisely. Pocketing your own ball gets you 500 points; pocketing a ball without any fouls, such as scratching the cue ball, gets you 500 more. Of course, you’ll get a huge chunk of points—5,000—for pocketing the 8 ball and winning.   That’s just the start. The players who make it to the top of the leaderboard take advantage of the game’s achievements, which give bonus points unaffected by difficulty. Never missing a shot gives you 3,000 points; winning a game after fouling every shot gives you a huge 10,000 points.   Here’s the full list:   Leman’s shot (pocket 2 balls with opening hit): 5,000 One cue (win the entire game without ever letting the opponent shoot): 20,000 Double strike (pocket 2 balls in one s

Check out @Bevs20's tips for 9 Ball Pool Game!   Hit and/or sink as many balls as possible in each shot. Don't play it as you would regular 9 ball, sinking the 9 early hurts your score. You have to play all 5 games to get a score over 100, and that does mean risk, and deliberately losing some games at the end, in order to play all 5 games in the series.  For example, just pocket the cue ball when only the 9 is left. Hit hard for many shots, unless you are in danger of losing the entire 5-game series *(not just that particular one.)   You get a higher score if 5 balls are hit, even if you only sink one ball.  Also, of course you can also get lucky and sink more that way. If you don't sink at least two balls on the first shot of the first game, start over. I like to aim at the one and 4, be careful not to hit the 2 in your opening shot.  Line up from the side, on the line to do this. Using English on the cue ball is very important in this game for your lea