How to Play

The idea

You play on a team of 3 or 4, sitting together. Everyone builds words on their own board, and every point goes into one team score. When you need a letter, ask your team out loud: “Does anybody have a T?” — and help them when they ask you!

Playing

1. Tap your letters to spell a word in the tray.
2. Tap a row with the same number of squares to put the word in.
3. Tap Submit. Every finished row scores at once — fill more rows before you submit for a bigger turn. New letters fill your bank.
4. Your points go straight into your team score.

Swapping with your team

One letter each way, with a teammate, whenever you like. You never have to swap.

1. Need a letter? Say it out loud, and tap 🙋 I need to put it on your teammates’ screens.
2. Have it? Tap your teammate’s name, then tap the letter. It’s on its way!
3. Getting one? A gold box says who is sending you what. Tap any one of your letters to send one back — if they need one, it glows.
4. Changed your mind? Tap their name again to take it back, or tap No thanks.

Stuck? Tap Hint

The first tap gives a clue, like “a 3-letter word that starts with S”. The second tap shows the word and lights up its letters. A hinted word scores half. (Your teacher can turn hints off.)

Scoring

Every letter shows its points in the corner. A word scores the points of all its letters. A letter on a ×2, ×3 or ×4 square counts two, three or four times.

The idea

You play on a team, and every point goes into one team score. You get 4 number tiles and two equation lines. Each line ends with a total. Use 3 or 4 numbers and the signs to make one of the totals.

Playing

1. Tap a line to choose it.
2. Tap your numbers and the signs +−×÷() to build an equation.
3. Put two number tiles side by side to make a two-digit number, like 12 for 12.
4. The line turns green when it makes the total. Then tap Submit. If both lines are green, one Submit scores both!
5. Tap anything on a line to take it off again.
6. The numbers you used are replaced with new ones. Only the total you made changes — the other one stays. Make both and you get two new totals.
7. Your points go into your team score.
8. Stuck? Tap Hint for a clue, then again for the answer. A hinted equation scores half.

Swapping

You play on a team of 3 or 4. Here’s the twist: you can’t make your totals with only your own numbers. Every total needs one number that a teammate has. Look at your numbers, work out which number would make the total, and ask your team for it out loud.

Tap a teammate’s name, then one of your numbers, to send it; they tap one of theirs to send one back. One number each way. Help your teammates too — they need your numbers!

Which order?

Your teacher chooses. Left to right: work it out in the order it’s written, like a simple calculator. PEMDAS: brackets (parentheses) first, then × and ÷, then + and −. Anything in brackets is always worked out first.

Scoring

7Each number tile	3 points
+Each plus	1 point
−Each minus	2 points
×Each times	3 points
÷Each divide	4 points
()Brackets	0 points

A two-digit number uses two tiles, so it scores 6.