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Help Keywords : AardWords.
Help Category : Miscellaneous.
Related Helps : Aardpoker, Aarchaeology, AardWords-clans, AardWords-bonuslist.
Last Updated : 2024-05-04 21:44:25.
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Aardwords is a special ongoing contest. Players can form words using
game pieces they find on mobs, and can hand them in (with assistance
from the imms) to the Wordsmith in Aylor. (runto library)
Playing pieces will be distributed by randomly dropping from mobs,
awarding them as prizes, and other methods.
Checking your score:
- Visit the Wordsmith in Aylor (runto library) and type aardwords
for help.
- Tiles in your inventory and your keyring will be checked. Tiles in
containers will NOT be checked.
Getting your reward:
- Make sure you've got the tiles in your inventory and the wordsmith
scores your word properly.
- Once you're certain you're carrying the right tiles, contact a visible
immortal to process your word. Again, keep your tiles in your
inventory until your word is processed.
- You'll receive a note from the Wordsmith confirming the word handed in.
Letters and multipliers:
Legend: Letter - Value
A - 1 B - 3 C - 3 D - 2 E - 1 F - 4 G - 2 H - 4 I - 1 J - 8
K - 5 L - 1 M - 3 N - 1 O - 1 P - 3 Q - 10 R - 1 S - 1 T - 1
U - 1 V - 4 W - 4 X - 8 Y - 4 Z - 10 BLANK - 0
Multipliers - Restrictions
Double Letter Score - Position 1, 3, 5, or 7 in word
Double Letter Score - Position 2, 4, or 6 in word
Double Letter Score - Position any in word
Triple Letter Score - Position 4 in word
Triple Letter Score - Position 1, 2, 6, or 7
Double Word Score - Position 1, 4, or 7 in word
Double Word Score - Position 2, 4, or 6 in word
Triple Word Score - Position 1, or 7 in word
Triple Word Score - Position 4 in word
Scoring
- Words will be scored according to the point value of the pieces.
- Building a word with length of 7 letters or more will get a 50 point
bonus after the word is scored. (This bonus is added after any bonus
multipliers have been applied)
- No more than 2 multipliers of any kind may be used per word. Only one
multiplier may be used in any given position.
- Letter multipliers will be applied before whole-word multipliers.
- Players will get 1 qp for each point in a word they submit.
- A word will be considered legit if it can be entered on Hasbro's Word
dictionary and the website confirms it. Unsure? Just go the below URL,
type in the word and get your result!
https://shop.hasbro.com/en-us/scrabble/dictionary
- The BLANK tiles can be used to replace any letter in a word, but have a
value of zero.
- Only ONE blank tile may be submitted per word.
Periodically contests will be held with prizes for the best word in a
category. All players are expected as a matter of course to respect the MP
rules of this MUD at all times, including during this contest.
* For clan sponsored AardWord games, see help aardwords-clans.
* For imm sponsored AardWord games, see help aardwords-bonuslist
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