Comments on: Scrabble Score Calculator

By: Kate

Kate — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 19:48:46 +0000

Thanks Allen! You could calculate a quadruple word score by applying two double word scores. Just check the double word score box, and enter 2 into the text box. That should give the correct result, unless I don’t understand your suggestion. I hope that helps! Thanks again for the feedback.

By: Allen

Allen — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:05:25 +0000

Say, since you’re supporting WWF on your calculator, you might want to add a Quadruple word score. There are four opportunities on that board to achieve that in less than 8 letters.

Cheers!

By: Kate

Kate — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:05:46 +0000

Hi Marcia!

Thanks for your feedback. This is something that I noticed a while ago, but hadn’t fixed yet. The calculator was originally written with Scrabblegrams in mind, in which you would never have both a double and a triple word score at the same time. Therefore, I made the calculator so that you could only have one or the other. However, I later realized that the actual Scrabble game DOES allow for double and triple word scores at the same time.

I have now fixed this. Please let me know if you have any problems with it. And thanks again for your feedback! Enjoy.

By: Marcia Elliott

Marcia Elliott — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:04:26 +0000

How do you score when a word covers a pink premium square (the star) and also a red premium square? For example at the beginning of the game the word healings covers the double and red premium word squares and is also a 50 point work

By: Fergimite

Fergimite — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:11:25 +0000

A brilliant piece of internet beautifullness.

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:35:37 +0000

Hi! Thanks for your feedback. If you have Words with Friends selected as your “language,” it should give you a 35 point bonus. I did notice a bug that when the page first loads with WWF as the language, then it says it’s a 50 point bonus, but as soon as you start to enter your word it should say 35 point bonus and add the appropriate 35 points. I’ve fixed that display error, but the functionality should be the same.

Please let me know if you’re still having issues!

By: amy

amy — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:57:35 +0000

On Words with Friends, using all 7 tiles only nets you a 35-point bonus, not a 50-pointer. There should be a way to have a WWF bonus.

By: Kate

Kate — Fri, 14 May 2010 19:11:36 +0000

A Words With Friends fan website has linked to my Scrabble Calculator as one of its resources, along with 2-letter and 3-letter word lists. The site also hosts tournaments for the popular iPhone/iPad application based on Scrabble. Remember, if you are playing Words With Friends, make sure to select 'Words With Friends' as your language for the appropriate letter scoring distributions.

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:55:47 +0000

@JMitchell024@hotmail.com You’ll be happy to know that I’ve added a dictionary check to the calculator! If you click the ‘Validate [word]‘ button right underneath the ‘Reset’ button, your word will be checked against Dictionary.com and Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary. Check it out and let me know what you think. Thanks for the suggestion!

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:46:02 +0000

@JMitchell024@hotmail.com At one time there was a dictionary function but I removed it because it wasn’t very stable. I agree that it would definitely be a helpful feature. I’ll take a look at it again and see if I can make it work better than it did before. Thanks for the feedback; stay tuned!