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Bookworm Adventures

Status:	Active
Genre:	Anagramming
Developer:	PopCap Games
Publisher:	unknown
LTP badge type:	Generic 2
Game version:	Restricted
Game length:	20 rounds
Playable in non-IE browsers:	No

Contents 1 Difficulty Level Access Codes 2 Scoring 2.1 Letter Categories 2.2 Special Tiles 2.3 Scoring multipliers 2.4 Scoring on Easy difficulty level 2.5 Scoring on Casual difficulty level 2.6 Scoring on Challenge difficulty level 2.7 Scoring on Master difficulty level 2.8 Scoring on Extreme! difficulty level 2.9 Additionally

Difficulty Level Access Codes

• Easy: No code needed
• Casual: No code needed
• Challenge: RIBBITRIBBIT
• Master: SUPAWEAPON
• Extreme: ULTRAEXTREMEFEVER

Scoring

Letter Categories

As with many word games, letters that are less common in English are dealt less frequently, but are worth more points. In Bookworm Adventures, letters are divided into bronze (most common), silver, and gold (most points).

Letter categories

Letter	Category
A	Bronze
B	Silver
C	Silver
D	Bronze
E	Bronze
F	Silver
G	Bronze
H	Silver
I	Bronze
J	Gold
K	Gold
L	Bronze
M	Silver
N	Bronze
O	Bronze
P	Silver
Q	Gold
R	Bronze
S	Bronze
T	Bronze
U	Bronze
V	Silver +
W	Silver +
X	Gold +
Y	Silver +
Z	Gold +

Special Tiles

These are the messages that show when you hover over the special tiles. The actual scoring seems to be different.

• Sapphire Tile (Blue): Freezes enemy for 1 turn. Also gives 25% damage boost.
• Emerald Tile (Green): Heals Lex for 2 hearts. Also gives 20% damage boost.
• Amethyst Tile (Purple): Poisons enemy. Also gives 15% damage boost.

Scoring multipliers

• Silver letters are worth an extra 25%.
• 'V', 'W', and 'Y' are marked silver, but are worth an extra 50%.
• Gold letters are worth an extra 75%.
• 'X' and 'Z' tiles are marked gold, but are worth an extra 100%.
• Amethyst tiles are worth an extra 25%.
• Emerald tiles are worth an extra 50%.
• Sapphire tiles are worth an extra 100%.

Scoring on Easy difficulty level

• Tiles are worth a base score of 50 pts.

Point Values

Easy	Bronze Letter	Silver Letter	V, W, or Y	Gold Letter	X or Z
Regular Tile	50	62.5	75	87.5	100
Amethyst Tile	62.5	78.125	93.75	109.375	125
Emerald Tile	75	93.75	112.5	131.25	150
Sapphire Tile	100	125	150	175	200

Scoring on Casual difficulty level

• Tiles are worth a base score of 100 pts.

Point Values

Casual	Bronze Letter	Silver Letter	V, W, or Y	Gold Letter	X or Z
Regular Tile	100	125	150	175	200
Amethyst Tile	125	156.25	187.5	218.75	250
Emerald Tile	150	187.5	225	262.5	300
Sapphire Tile	200	250	300	350	400

Scoring on Challenge difficulty level

• Tiles are worth a base score of 125 pts.

Point Values

Challenge	Bronze Letter	Silver Letter	V, W, or Y	Gold Letter	X or Z
Regular Tile	125	156.25	187.5	218.75	250
Amethyst Tile	156.25	195.3125	234.375	273.4375	312.5
Emerald Tile	187.5	234.375	281.25	328.125	375
Sapphire Tile	250	312.5	375	437.5	500

Scoring on Master difficulty level

• Tiles are worth a base score of 150 pts.

Point Values

Master	Bronze Letter	Silver Letter	V, W, or Y	Gold Letter	X or Z
Regular Tile	150	187.5	225	262.5	300
Amethyst Tile	187.5	234.375	281.25	328.125	375
Emerald Tile	225	281.25	337.5	393.75	450
Sapphire Tile	300	375	450	525	600

Scoring on Extreme! difficulty level

• Tiles are worth a base score of 200 pts.

Point Values

Extreme!	Bronze Letter	Silver Letter	V, W, or Y	Gold Letter	X or Z
Regular Tile	200	250	300	350	400
Amethyst Tile	250	312.5	375	437.5	500
Emerald Tile	300	375	450	525	600
Sapphire Tile	400	500	600	700	800

Additionally

• At the end, all scores are rounded down to the nearest whole point.
• A 'Qu' tile counts as two tiles, a gold 'Q' and a bronze 'U'. Although you can normally only submit words of two letters or more, you can submit 'QUA', which is two tiles but three letters.
• There are bonuses for defeating an enemy in 1, 2, or 3 words, and for "overkill" (scoring more points with a word than what is necessary to defeat the enemy), but I haven't worked out the math on these yet.