Word Wipe Strategy

[dw61438379]

Did you ever get a reply to your word wipe question?

[linDue]

I had it cut off in the middle of a game—it just froze, no way to reactivate it that I could see. It was annoying, because for once I was doing well :-). The thing that truly irritates me about the "new games" (or new format) is the screen jumping constantly. If I click on Word Wipes on the "all" games menu, I get Mathdoku, three or four games above Word Wipes. Sometimes it takes two or three tries to get the right game. Also, the Mahjongg games begin to load, then stop, then start again, then go to a white screen, then have to be reloaded all over again. I do not have problems like this (the jumping screen for example) on any other website, so I have to assume it's something that happened with the changeover on the AARP site.

[bluemailman53]

It is slow to load but don't think I have ever had it cut off in the middle of a game.

[bluemailman53]

I only figured out the bomb after I had been playing for about a month.

[MaryanneP98749]

I find it slow to load, but it never quit mid-game on me.  That's just horrible.

[WalterP808836]

Lousy > Slow to load. Often, will not open after loading. Frequently. quits in mid-game. Poor !!!!

[bluemailman53]

I haven't gotten to 15,000 yet.  Didn't know about 3 of the same letter thing.  Will try that out.

[MaryanneP98749]

I can't get above 32,000 or the 15th level, but for what it's worth- You probably know if you clear the board, your score doubles.  Bigger words are worth more points.  You get a bomb after you clear lines in a certain amount of time (I think).  If you have three of the same letters in a row, you can clear them if you want to.  You get a minimum amount of points, but it comes in handy at times.  I feel like there has to be a lot more little things like this that we don't know.

[BradK250887]

I see every day that the leading scorers are in the 40,000 range.  I am far from illiterate, but I rarely score above 11,000.  Is there a strategy, a technique to get more time or more words?  The enormous but consistent discrepancy is a great curiosity.  Any advice?