Squares is a Boggle-like clone in which players must form as many words as possible from the 4×4 grid of letters.
Squares Rules
Create words by connecting letters up, down, left, right, and diagonally. The goal is to find all the words in the letter grid and score the maximum number of points.
- You earn 1 point for each letter in a guessed word. For example, you will receive 5 points for a 5-letter word.
- Words must contain at least 4 letters.
- Each tile cannot be used more than one time in a word.
- Words with hyphens, proper nouns, vulgarities, and especially rare words are not included in the main word list.
- Obscure, archaic, and slang words are bonus words — they do not earn points but are counted in the list of bonus words. You can continue searching for bonus words even after finding all the main words (after winning).
- Also, in each puzzle, there is one “Word of the Day”. It’s an interesting and long word from among the bonus ones, for guessing which you will receive two additional hints.
- A new Squares puzzle is released daily at midnight.
Squares Strategy
- You can rotate the playing field left and right using the buttons located in the bottom right corner. Try looking at the puzzle from different angles; it may bring you closer to victory.
- After you find 40% of the words in the game, you will receive an additional hint – a number in the corner of each letter. This number indicates how many words are left that begin with that letter. If there is no number, it means there are no more words that start with that letter. If a letter changes its color to orange, it means that this letter is no longer used in the main words. However, it can still be used in bonus words.
- In each game, you will have from 3 to 5 hints (a lightbulb button under the playing field). When you press this button, you will see the first letter of a random word, as well as the first direction to move in to guess it. You receive from 3 to 5 hints depending on the puzzle’s difficulty. Also, you can get 1 additional hint if you share the game link with friends (the button to the right of the hints button).
- Squares does seem to include a number of fairly uncommon words even in the main list. This can lead to quite lengthy, head-scratching games!