ZINE - If you survived the '90s, you probably read, or indeed wrote and/or illustrated and/or published, one of these hand-printed indie icons. Note that QUAS is not legal, but AQUA, AQUAS, AQUAE and the various forms of EQUAL all are. QUA - This Latin holdover still requires the relatively rare QU combo (read up on our solutions to the “Q but no U” conundrum), but all it takes is an A in the right place to fulfill your bonus dreams. ![]() Good thing too, because that’s an 8 point J attached to the three most common letters in the game. JEAN - We suppose if you put on a pair of jeans, by definition, there has to be a single “jean” in there somewhere. E, I and T are all common letters just waiting to frame an X on a lovely colored square. Better yet, that terminal S can turn almost any opponent's play into a plural word for you.ĮXIT - Like its sibling "axis" above, "exit" is all about getting the most from its central X. Between what’s in your hand and on your board, there’s a good chance you can spell "axis" or AXES any time you draw an X. A and I are tied for the 2nd most common letter in the game, and S is 5th. These five shorties will reward a well-placed bonus square.ĪXIS - Believe it or not, the magic letter in this four-letter fundamental isn’t X. There's no use building up an uber-move if your opponent renders it useless with a single ill-placed play. At the risk of further crushing your dreams of polysyllabic preeminence, your best bet is to pick off bonuses with short words containing one or two high-scoring letters. “Bonus fodder” is our phrase for words made to grab a bonus square before your opponent does.
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