Play for fun, play to brag.

By now, I've been playing The Word Chase since the summer of 2009. It was released to the App Store on October 20, 2009 and had one update since then.  The update fixed a couple bugs that most people never saw and changed the scoring to enable your scores to go much, much higher.

My best scoreTHE HIGH SCORE GAME.
Here's my best score so far. No I didn't photoshop it in. I play the game quite a bit ("Honest honey, it's R&D for work.) and I've developed a strategy for getting a high score. As you can see, 91.37% of my score is from the Bonus. So, let's talk about building up your bonus points…

• Playing a 3 letter word adds 50 bonus points, a four letter word adds 250 points and a 5 letter word adds a whopping 1000 points. Play your 5 letter words often!
• Clicking the "Draw" button will cut your bonus in half. Use the "Hint" or "Wild" before losing that bonus.
• I have found that having one 3, one 4 and one 5 letter word on the game board helps me use all the letters without "Drawing". Since the bonus is only added when I clear the queue of all seven letters, it's important I do that.  As my brain cells get stronger, I'll probably start playing a 3-5-5 or a 4-5-5 game. Perhaps even a 5-5-5 game someday.
• This is not a timed game. Take a minute each time you get new letters and plan out how to get rid of your tougher letters first. Then play your hand.

THE CASUAL, FUN GAME.

Don't care about the high score? Just playing for fun and leisure until the bus comes? Here's a couple hints to keep the game going for all seven levels.

• Use the "Draw" and "Hint" button as often as you wish. It deducts from the bonus points, but adds to your playing time. Start every on Easy setting. (See the FAQ for an explanation of how the Easy, Med, and Hard settings are determined.)
• Play with somebody you love sitting next to you.  Two heads are better than one, and funner too!