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by tcmb 901 days ago
Looks nice, but the instructions are confusing me. I've read the 'How to Play' and still don't know how to play.

First of all, I need to 'spin', but how do I do that? By clicking, dragging, typing...? Any or all of these? And if so, clicking/dragging what?

And what is it that is being spun? Rows, columns? Apparently it's words, but that is mentioned nowhere.

Second, in the 'How to Play' there are these two examples: > For example, you could spin CAT to obtain TAC. > You can also spin in reverse, so you could spin TAHC to make CHAT

I don't see the difference between these two, both reverse a word by 'spinning', so why are these two seemingly identical examples given here?

2 comments

I get it now. If you have a word like "CAT" you click on the C and the T ; because TAC is also a word it can "spin" and write TAC instead.

By rearranging existing words on the grid you can map new words including the "target" word. It's actually pretty hard I find...

Except I'm trying to spin letters to make words and it's flashing red telling me it's not possible. I have SGET and I'm trying to switch the S and the G. Am I missing something?
You can only spin a whole word. One of "SG" or "GS" would have to be a word.
Agreed. It's not clear to me when I can and can't spin something.