BOOKWORM

[lbabus]

My high score on the internet pc version is 873,580. But I haven\'t gotten anywhere near that in the pocket pc.

What kind of scores are other people getting?

Lauren

[Cheryl]

I have 216,350 for my current high score. I can\'t get much past level 8.

[choiberg]

That hurt Cheryl,

89,900 for me, I will try and work on this....

[Cheryl]

Nah, it all evens out. You beat me on What Word and I got you on BookWorm ;).

[Imzadi]

What is the secret to your success? I can only get to 120,500...

What strategies can you recommend?

Thanks!
Lynn

[Cheryl]

Here\'s a few suggestions:

Always try to use the bonus tiles (gold and green).

Don\'t just scramble the tiles when you don\'t readily see a word. It just gives you more red tiles which are bad ;). Try different letter combinations. Trust me, you will learn some words you never knew existed (like qua).

Even if you have to sacrifice bonus tiles, you have to get rid of those red tiles as quickly as you can-especially in the later rounds. Otherwise they will overwhelm you.

Choiberg... :D my current high score is 274300 :P ;)

[Cheryl]

Oops, I forgot to add that you should try to get the bonus words in the upper right hand corner, too. The first one gets you 500 points and value increases by 500 point for each word you find :).

[ArchiveGuest]

(This post was originally by Axolotl)
Oops..I posted this in the high score thread by mistake.

\"Right now i\'m in a game with a score of 500,000. I\'ve been playing it on and off for a few days (i\'m glad it saves the current game when you close it)

The best strategy is to get rid of the burning tiles as fast as you can (imo). If you can\'t , then plan ahead so you can get rid of them later on as they move towards the bottom.

Otherwise, just try to make words for as many points as you can. And try to get rid of vowels that get bunched up together so you don\'t have to use scramble that often. It\'s killer later on in the game.\"

Anyways...i\'ve been playing on with the same game and am now at 1,000,000 and will continue with that game the next time I am at this computer (next week).

Some ranks
Level 25 - Lexographer 1st class
Level 26 - Dictionarian (at 800,000)
Level 27 - Super Dictionarian (at 900,000)
Level 28 - Bookworm (at a million and a picture of the bookworm)

Next rating is at 1,100,000. Hopefully I can make it that far when I try it next. The hard part now, is that they are dropping more of the v\'s, qu\'s, y\'s, z\'s, w\'s, etc.

[Cheryl]

500,000? Wow! I am impressed :D. Congrats on an excellent score!

[ArchiveGuest]

(This post was originally by Axolotl)
Alright...

The best strategy for bookworm at the higher levels is to make words that don\'t take just 1 letter out of a specific column. If you can always take 2 or more letters out of a column, a burning tile won\'t appear there. So if you can make a 4 letter word that takes 2 letters out of 1 column, and 2 out of another, no burning tiles will show up there. Burning tiles only get made if you are making small words, and you take only 1 letter out of a column (or a burning letter can burn down 1 block, causing another burning letter to appear above). If you just follow that, you can pretty much play the game forever.

The rest of the scores and ranks are as follows:

Level 30: Mega Bookworm (1,100,000)
Level 31: Ultra Bookworm (1,200,000)
Level 32: Bookworm Supreme (1,300,000)

Then every 200,000 points after that is the next level, but it is still a \'Bookworm Supreme\'.

[Cheryl]

So how is your score, now? ;)

[Imzadi]

1999280!

Getting better all the time - excpet my PC keeps crashing when I play the web version - guess I need to stick with the Palm version...

[DBZ-GOKU-]

Geez, I suck at this game, my top score is like, 70000 or something around there...

[BigGoodBig]

1999280!

Getting better all the time - excpet my PC keeps crashing when I play the web version - guess I need to stick with the Palm version...WOW! Are you still in middle of the game or you got out?

[Cheryl]

1999280!

Getting better all the time - excpet my PC keeps crashing when I play the web version - guess I need to stick with the Palm version...
Holy cow! That is awesome. I am only up to around 274,000 on my Clie and even lower than than on my Axim. You are the master! ;)

[Imzadi]

PC keeps crashing, so I never get to post my PC score, which i actually higher than my Palm game. Grrrr....

[Cheryl]

So what\'s your Palm score currently at?

[Imzadi]

You know, I \"fat-fingered\" my entry. I meant to say 199,800.

I\'m embarrassed....

[BigGoodBig]

You know, I \"fat-fingered\" my entry. I meant to say 199,800.

I\'m embarrassed....http://board.astraware.com/images/uploaded/JozipF_HAR HAR HAR.gifLOLhttp://board.astraware.com/images/uploaded/JozipF_HAR HAR HAR.gif

[Imzadi]

New score: 215960!!

Yippee!!

[ArchiveGuest]

(This post was originally by JAYSON_TAMPA)
MY CURRENT SCORE IS 2,301,290 POINTS. IM STILL PLAYING RIGHT KNOW. ITS BEEN ABOUT 16 HOURS OF GAMEPLAY. MY CURRENT LEVEL IS 37 AND MY RANKING IS LEVEL 5 SUPREME BOOKWORM.
WHEN YOU BREAK 1 MIL YOU BECOME A BOOKWORM..IT ONLY GOES UP TO SUPREME BOOKWORM AND THEN YOU JUST KEEP LEVELING UP FROM THERE. AS FAR AS I KNOW...KEEP AT IT.. IF YOU WANT TO SCORE BIG STAY AWAY FROM 3 LETTER WORDS AND TRY TO MAKE 4 LETTER OR MORE WORDS...LATER

[ArchiveGuest]

(This post was originally by JAYSON_TAMPA)
MY CURRENT SCORE IS 2,301,290 POINTS. IM STILL PLAYING RIGHT KNOW. ITS BEEN ABOUT 16 HOURS OF GAMEPLAY. MY CURRENT LEVEL IS 37 AND MY RANKING IS LEVEL 5 SUPREME BOOKWORM.
WHEN YOU BREAK 1 MIL YOU BECOME A BOOKWORM..IT ONLY GOES UP TO SUPREME BOOKWORM AND THEN YOU JUST KEEP LEVELING UP FROM THERE. AS FAR AS I KNOW...KEEP AT IT.. IF YOU WANT TO SCORE BIG STAY AWAY FROM 3 LETTER WORDS AND TRY TO MAKE 4 LETTER OR MORE WORDS...LATER

[Jobm]

whoa! the most i had was 204,750

[ArchiveGuest]

(This post was originally by JAYSON_TAMPA)
Well I went down for the count at 4,686,250 points!!
I was a level 15 Bookworm Supreme!! I have a screen shot but dont know how to post it. If someone knows how to post a screen shot. Tell me and Ill post it. Thanks.. Later all!!

[Cheryl]

Wow Jayson! Is that score for Palm, PPC or Windows version?

My current high score on Palm is 305,280.
On PPC I have 216,910 as my current high.

[Imzadi]

I have discovered that you can reach millions IF you play online. Handheld doesn\'t get you anywhere near the million mark.

If I\'m incorrect, please let me know!

--Lynn

[Cheryl]

I have discovered that you can reach millions IF you play online. Handheld doesn\'t get you anywhere near the million mark.

If I\'m incorrect, please let me know!

--Lynn

I would have to agree with you. I downloaded the PC version and finally just stopped playing because the game wasn\'t ending. It is easier than the handheld versions.

[BigGoodBig]

Wow Jayson! Is that score for Palm, PPC or Windows version?Cheryl, In this board we call it the Web version. You should read what Howard writes about the difference between a Web game and PC game.

[Cheryl]

New PPC high :)
274,190

[smokerfield]

My highscore for this game is 480,*** in pocketpc. it\'s take me about 5 hours. i think the more level u get, the more score u have. my technic is
1. in level 1-6, make only 4 or more (if u can) and try to avoid using yellow block.
2. in the level 9, u\'ll get sick of red army block. however, u can control the situation by having yellow or green block at top screen. it protected your entire column.
3. i really make score with yellow block in level 7-8. try as much as u can.

using my style u will have a lot of yellow block lying down on the bottom. but u know that make u get score much more.
pls share me your technics i want to be a million scorer. i thinks i am the best in my groups(Thailand). share your experience thanks

[smokerfield]

and in the level 9 up, it\'s all about strategy (i call it \"Red army project\") u have to plan before u move about 4-5 ahead. this is the important and critical point in the game. i feels that even 3 words combination in level 9 is make a lot of score. so if u have a great strategy, u are the master. i admit that i have a little scare when i enter this game. because? because i know that it\'ll take me 4-5 hrs to play without break for sure. in the present, i wont play it until i find out what is the best strategy for this game. i have the target a million. so pls provides me your technics. this is also astraware co. pls explain how to calculate your score and how to play like a master. in next version i hope u can add more word and a little translatation of the word that i made. because i aways get confuse how this word exist. thanks i love this game the most after i plays ppc games for 3 yrs at least. you are my favourite. BOOKWORM IS THE BEST!!!!

[Cheryl]

Wow smokerfield! Looks like you are already a master :). Great score! I will have to try some of your tips.

[Cheryl]

I just got a new high score on the PPC version :)
327,310!

[Imzadi]

I tried using the strategy suggested by the gentleman from Thailand, and I did much better.

Thanks for the advice!

298,341

--Lynn

[Cheryl]

Nice score, Lynn. :)

[freakytiki4u]

Hi Everyone, My wife and I play BookWorm and my highscore is 999,840. It was the highscore until my wife made me eat my shorts with a high score of 1,280,280 ! I will be playing this game for ever to beat her score. It will be mine. Oh yes, it will be mine. (grins evilly)

[Imzadi]

Hi Everyone, My wife and I play BookWorm and my highscore is 999,840. It was the highscore until my wife made me eat my shorts with a high score of 1,280,280 ! I will be playing this game for ever to beat her score. It will be mine. Oh yes, it will be mine. (grins evilly)

You must be playing on a PC, not a handheld. Great job! My husband and I are constantly challenging each other, too. right now, he is ahead of me (but not for long!)

[freakytiki4u]

Yes, we play on our PC\'s. She played for hours straight to beat my score. She got this blank look in her eye, zoned out and played until she beat me. She was drooling at the mouth and making a weird sort of growling noise. It kind of turned me on. hee hee :P

[Imzadi]

Yes, we play on our PC\'s. She played for hours straight to beat my score. She got this blank look in her eye, zoned out and played until she beat me. She was drooling at the mouth and making a weird sort of growling noise. It kind of turned me on. hee hee :P

It kinda gives the term cyber *** a whole new meaning! (naughty grin)

--Lynn

[freakytiki4u]

Well, as I predicted (it will be mine, oh yes, it will be mine).....it was! I beat my wifes score of 1,280,280 with a score of 1,383,780 !!! WOO HOO !!!!! I have found that playing Book Work for 5 hours straight will make your face hurt. Ouchy. I LOVE YOU HONEY BUT NOW YA BETTA BRING IT !!

[ArchiveGuest]

(This post was originally by nanathehottie_1987)
I try and try but for sum reason I can\'t get to the score I want to get at!!!

[ArchiveGuest]

(This post was originally by nanathehottie_1987)
Hey this is nanathehottie_1987 have you reached your score yet Imzadi?

Oh ****,!! I thought my computer was going down!!! I almost reset the whole thing!!

My score is now 987,501 now I see that playing this game for 8 and a half hours stright can give you some secriuus finger cramps!

[Cheryl]

My score is now 987,501 now I see that playing this game for 8 and a half hours stright can give you some secriuus finger cramps!
Don\'t forget to take a break and get something to eat ;).

[ArchiveGuest]

(This post was originally by Dizzallica)
1,536,400 on something like level 15 on the Web version.. Ranked as a Lexographer.. whatever that is. ;)

Screenshots available to all you doubters out there. ;)

[freakytiki4u]

Can anyone tell me how to take a screen shot? My wife has been playing for days now to no avail. She will get me soon I am sure. She may even beat my score! (hee hee)

[freakytiki4u]

Ok, she did it. She scored 3,493,960 ,level 40, BookWorm Supreme! Pray for me and be afraid...be very afraid. (sighs)

[Cheryl]

New PPC high score:
351,330
:D

[freakytiki4u]

As of yet...... I am unable to ascertain my wifes BookWorm score, (much to her delight). How ever, I will remain dilligent and continue to attempt a new high score until I achieve this feat or die from trying. I will not be defeated! Tonight I will once again sit down at the almighty Soyo Dragon Ultra Platinum, Athlon XP 1800, with 1 Gig of PC2700 and 100 Gigs of Hard Drive, GeForce Ti 4600, WinFast TV Tuner Card, 32 X Burner,Quad LED Fans, Quad LED Blow Hole, Cold Cathode light, monster of a number crunching machine and attempt to beat her like a red headed step child! (Im Drooling). I will keep you all posted.Instructions on where to send donations for Lumbar Reconstruction, glasses, and high blood pressure medication will be posted upon the arrival of the need (Which will be at around 1:30 in the morning tonight). hee hee. What really bothers me is that my wife is still playing. Thats just cruel.

[Cheryl]

Good luck, freaky :)

[freakytiki4u]

Good luck, freaky :)


Thank You. I will need it. I got to almost 2 million and lost. (Sighs) LOL

[Cheryl]

I would have to say that 2 million is not too bad a score ;).

[ArchiveGuest]

(This post was originally by Andreas_Always_Smiling)
I just ended my highest scoring game ever in Bookworm. I am so totally addicted to this game I couldn\'t stop playing!

The score was 4,289,750. I was on level 42 Bookworm Supreme #11.

[Imzadi]

I just ended my highest scoring game ever in Bookworm. I am so totally addicted to this game I couldn\'t stop playing!

The score was 4,289,750. I was on level 42 Bookworm Supreme #11.



Nice job! Does your family recognize you anymore? (grin)

[ArchiveGuest]

(This post was originally by jpgrsgirl)
on my third time playing I got 3,910,770. I have been playing the same game for three weeks. I finally lost tonight and I feel like a lost a friend. All of a sudden on the last screen about 20 red tiles came down at once. I wonder if it is set to do that at screen 42. What is the all time high score?

[ArchiveGuest]

(This post was originally by Gardenwife)
And here I was so excited to get a tad over 232,000 the other night, LOL! You guys are simply awesome. I saw a page which showed one person\'s high score to be over 3 million. Sheesh!

Bookworm is better than a sleeping pill for me. I play it in bed at night and just play until words make no sense; then I just put the PDA on the night stand and drift off to la-la land. This isn\'t to say Bookworm bores me -- no! When I\'m wide awake, I can play for hours. It\'s just a nice no-brainer before I sleep, too.

If I read a novel, I\'m up for hours, swept into the plot!

[Cheryl]

Bookworm is better than a sleeping pill for me. I play it in bed at night and just play until words make no sense; then I just put the PDA on the night stand and drift off to la-la land. This isn\'t to say Bookworm bores me -- no! When I\'m wide awake, I can play for hours. It\'s just a nice no-brainer before I sleep, too.

If I read a novel, I\'m up for hours, swept into the plot!
Hehe! It\'s the same for me :).

[Imzadi]

I should try that instead of a nightcap!

[Cheryl]

I should try that instead of a nightcap!
WARNING: I normally plan on playing one game and end up playing 3 or 4 because one just isn't enough :)

[Imzadi]

I should try that instead of a nightcap!
WARNING: I normally plan on playing one game and end up playing 3 or 4 because one just isn't enough :)

That's too many for me - I am actually playing right now - talk about addicted! :P

New Topic: How do you get icons into the message?

[ArchiveGuest]

(This post was originally by Gardenwife)
I stretch one game out for several days, usually, so if I played three of four, I'd get NO sleep! :D LOL

[Cheryl]

When you are replying to a message, look on the left hand side of the screen. If you don't know the codes for the emoticons you can click on Smilies and that will show you what to do :D

[Imzadi]

Figured it out after I posted, but there is no recall option... :p

Thanks for helping!

[ArchiveGuest]

(This post was originally by Gardenwife)
I have to ask...You folks scoring in the (*gulp*) millions, how long have you been playing? And how much do you play? I'm pretty comfortable consistently getting in the 200k's, but that's it!

I play on a Dell Axim. I notice that once I get up to level 8 or 9, it starts flaking out on me and I have to close and re-open the paused game. Sometimes tiles will be missing from the middle of the board, or it won't let me select a given letter, or I have little bits of various elements in different parts of the screen...Just weird stuff. Does this happen with you, too?

[Cheryl]

Those who are scoring in the millions are playing the web version, not the handheld version. At least that is the impression I got.

I am playing on an Axim too :). My high score is still the same as before ... can't seem to beat much over 300,000. But not for lack of trying.

[Imzadi]

Those who are scoring in the millions are playing the web version, not the handheld version. At least that is the impression I got.

I am playing on an Axim too :). My high score is still the same as before ... can't seem to beat much over 300,000. But not for lack of trying.

The web version keeps crashing as I get near a million. On my handheld, the best I can get is high 200,000 (ranked 49th). Plus, it doesn't recognize legitimate words on the handheld... :p

[ArchiveGuest]

(This post was originally by jpgrsgirl)
How do you know where you are ranked? Is there a general site for high scores. The third time I played the web version I got 3,900,000(rounded) can't remember the thousands. I played the same game for two weeks. I have not played a hand held version, but I still think alot of skill is needed to get this high. The next time I went down at 200,000. I now have a goal to get to that score again.

[Imzadi]

How do you know where you are ranked? Is there a general site for high scores. The third time I played the web version I got 3,900,000(rounded) can't remember the thousands. I played the same game for two weeks. I have not played a hand held version, but I still think alot of skill is needed to get this high. The next time I went down at 200,000. I now have a goal to get to that score again.

The ranking is for handheld only. You can get to it from this site by looking on the left hand side, or key in http://www.astraware.com/high.

I don't know about web based ranking. Anyone? :)

[Imzadi]

The correct URL for high scores is: http://www.astraware.com/scripts/highscore/table.php?product=58

Sorry about that! :(

[Imzadi]

Now I'm ranked 52nd! Gotta get a better score!! :mad:

[Cheryl]

This is a tough game to improve on. Keep plugging away. I can't submit my score because I am playing on my PPC :(

[rx_shorty]

Hmm good...

Man is can't get past level 7 LOL

[ArchiveGuest]

(This post was originally by tedc)
Just keep plugging away and try searching out odd words. Ome of them work. Save the gold and blue letters if you can to make a longer word
My best score was in the 900,000's

[Cheryl]

Wow! Great score. Is that on a handheld device or PC?

[ArchiveGuest]

(This post was originally by Elizo)
Score: 1,464,089,050 (Yes, that's 1 BILLION)
Level: 8,166 and counting (Bookworm Supreme 8,135)

I've been playing the same game for nearly a month. (Not striaght, mind you.) Oh, yes, this is a burners version.

Anyone out there in this range?

Elizo

[Cheryl]

I only play on my PPCs. Can't get my score much over 300,000.

[ArchiveGuest]

(This post was originally by Martoune)
I've played the same game every morning for the last month for a few moments before going off to work.

Level - 10,360
Score - 2,083,638,866
Best Word - Linings @ 1,191,060 points
Longest Word - Accountants

Game went like wildfire all the way up to level 10,300 then the game started to really pound me with buring tiles, I blew up with that final score I posted above. It stops announcing level up's at 10,300 and just keeps racking up the points, but the burning tiles are created so quickly it becomes insane. I took digi-camera shots, so ill post them when I get the chance.

[Howard]

Longest Word - Accountants

Wow! That's a pretty long word :)

[Gatewood]

I thought there was a limit to the length of the words? I had "important" once, and it wouldn't let me use it, and it seems that somebody on the boards (don't remember who) told me it was too long. Has that been changed?

Gatewood

[Cheryl]

I had sauntered and it didn't get accepted either.

[ArchiveGuest]

(This post was originally by Martoune)
I'm using the PC Deluxe version. I'm not sure if that is different than yours but you can see my screen shot when I get it posted.

[BigGoodBig]

The PC version and Palm version have different scoring and different limitations.

[Cheryl]

Yeah. The PC version is easier and you can get much higher scores. I still prefer the PPC version, though :)

**Off topic** Hey, BGB - I see you are getting an NX60. It' always fun to get a new device! Congrats!

[BigGoodBig]

**Off topic** Hey, BGB - I see you are getting an NX60. It' always fun to get a new device! Congrats!I just got it today! I didn't go home yet so I didn't see it yet.

[ArchiveGuest]

(This post was originally by Elizo)
Well, dang! After hitting somewhere well in excess of 2,000,000,000 points in my long-standing action game, the score started ******** up and going backwards--yes BACKWARDS! Disheartened, I haven't played since. But the game is still "live" and hasn't burned yet. (Sigh!)

Like Martoune's posting said, at level 10,300 the burners reign down and the level stops going up. But, in my case, the level started ******** up as well and dropped down to 10,035 by the time I noticed it.

Elizo

[ArchiveGuest]

(This post was originally by MisterKuma)
My high score is over 2,000,000,000. Yes,Two Billion.
I stopped playing for now because sometime after getting to 2.something billion the scores started going backwards with each word I made. The average word scores were around 900,000 pts.

[callthedoctor]

Well....

by reading this post I've learned that there are two versions of Bookworm...

I'm playing the Palm version and my high score is 271K...I have posted my score on-line...(my goal is to get into the top ten...)

How in the world are the handhelp people getting beyond that...

Can they cheat and put in bogus verification numbers?

What are some of there stratigies?

Thanks.

[Cheryl]

That is an excellent score! I never look at the high score tables as I have a PPC and you cannot export high scores from PPCs. My high score is around 350,000. I think I made it to level 10 or maybe 11. No strategy that I can think of - just a lot of luck! :D

[Cheryl]

New high score: 389,880.

[ArchiveGuest]

(This post was originally by June)
JUNE SCORES 44,744,050 ( LEVEL 447 )
CAN ANYONE BEAT IT?

[ArchiveGuest]

(This post was originally by June)
JUNE SCORES 44,744,050 ( LEVEL 447 )
CAN ANYONE BEAT IT?

[ArchiveGuest]

(This post was originally by Lubomir)
My top score 444 510, where can I see Bookworm topcorers and post mine?

[ArchiveGuest]

(This post was originally by Pearlstrand)
My highest score is 7,111,320. Usually I can get up over two million. I love this game!

[ArchiveGuest]

(This post was originally by Lubomir)
I reached 1.473.560 on pocket PC. How does it compare to the others? Is there any page where I can see the top scorers? Thanks to anyone for repply.

[ArchiveGuest]

(This post was originally by DavidButler)
I have just crashed out after thinking I was "Mr.Never Will Be Beaten".
Achieved Bookworm Supreme 52 (Level 84) and had just entered my longest word with the best high score (Humanitarian..48,600 pts). Pressed enter and was burned. What a Wally I am. I don't think I'll be able to look at the game again for months.
Extremely addictive though.

[ArchiveGuest]

(This post was originally by tlasken)
My wife plays Bookworm on a PC. She has gotten into the billions several times, and, as reported by other users, it starts counting backwards. She tried to submit one of her high scores but it wasn't accepted.

[ArchiveGuest]

(This post was originally by fickle)
ok, it took about 3 days to get this score.. but beat that ... WOOOOHOOOOO

ok, someone beat this score :)

[ArchiveGuest]

(This post was originally by SillyBilly)
People are cheating. I saw a website advertising the fact that you can change the bonuswords. They erase the current .txt file and change all the bonus words to something easy like "are". That needs to be fixed!

[Cheryl]

Is this for the PC or handheld version of Bookworm?

[ArchiveGuest]

(This post was originally by SillyBilly)
I have only seen it done on the PC but im sure there is a way on pocket.... open up from Program Files/Popcap Games/Bookworm Deluxe/bonus word dictionary.txt also wordlist.txt is viewable but unsure if its possible to add words to it. Sucks, but if a cheat is available you have to assume the top scorers are doing it.

[ArchiveGuest]

(This post was originally by ldma)
Not wanting to boast too much, but I just got 2,400,000
Level 37 - Boomworm Supreme 5*

If you just focus on keeping the reds at bay, scrambling when it goes all vowels, and keeping your word lengths as long as possible, plus keeping a regular look at the bonus words, you can keep going for ages.

[ArchiveGuest]

(This post was originally by DeKameelvanAli)
I know why bookworm scores won't get higher than about two billion ( to be precisely, 2147483647). The score is a 32-bits integer value. The largest number able to fit in a 32-bits integer with negatives is 2 ^31 - 1 (32 0's or 1's, first one for negative, and a zero value), And that's 2147483647. So the highest possible score is that. This score is unbeatable.

Oh, and it's also possible to get to a score of :-) -2147483647, and then it would go upwards again. So if you want to count a higher score, just count the number of times your score flipped. Use your math and find out!

I think that's all there is to tell about it. Oh, and most other 32-bits games also have this. But there are only a few where it is even possible to get scores or money this high.

[freakytiki4u]

Well...after months of brewing over my wifes score of over 4 million on the PC version, Im going to give it another try. I made it past 2 million but that was as fas as I could get. I've been reading the posts and getting some more strategies...so, I think I'll give it another go. be back soon. peace out!

[ArchiveGuest]

(This post was originally by kabookie)
Didn't know there was a forum for this, but googled "highest bookworm score" and found you. My husband and I play on our PC, and have gotten over one million twice. We just had a power failure and lost a game that was 1,979,??? - aproximately 21,000 away from two million! I have to check my archives in Yahoo IM, I think I told my son what it actually was. One other time we had a score of 1,336,350, level 23, I think, and our rank was "Super Dictionarian". Man, I wanted to see what our rank would have been with the game we lost power on!

I agree with other posters about keeping the reds at bay. I try to not shuffle unless it's impossible to make anything - I'll even make three-letter words and fight reds for a while if I have to. I'll try someone's suggestion about two -tiles-per-column to not get a red to drop. This latest game I was fortunate to get the bonus words more quickly. My husband noticed the score was higher at a lower level than our 1.3 million game. I've always wondered how high it would go, too. Thanks going out to DeKameelvanAli for the "32-bits integer value" explanation. And thanks for all the other tips as well.

Kabookie

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(This post was originally by kabookie)
After reading the rest of the posts, I'll point out that we play the web version, not the downloadable one. I don't think there's any way to cheat on this, is there? Heck, I don't even cheat in solitaire with real cards. Where's the fun in a real win if you cheat? I'm in my 40's so I have kids and understand "cheat codes" for their PS2, and I suppose that makes them more fun to play, but I admit I could never make it through level one of Mario Bros.! I'll stick with Bookworm!

Kabookie

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(This post was originally by kabookie)
My son sent me this, lol!


Matt: kabookie_clown (8/26/2005 9:19:23 PM): 2,198,430
kabookie_clown (8/26/2005 9:19:39 PM): that's our bookworm score, hahahahaha
prewitt83 (8/26/2005 9:19:40 PM): beginner


He called me a beginner - just because I beat him in text twist, too, lol!

sorry to post 3 in a row, too...

Kabookie

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(This post was originally by floridaprincess1969)
I am currently in a game with a score of 11,560,530 as my highest score yet. As long as we don't have any power surges, I think I can manage to keep going. My best advice is to NEVER scramble the words (no matter how tempting). There are always bizarre three letter words I have never heard of in the mix!!! I just get the red tiles as soon as they appear, unless I can see a definite longer word as they fall. After a certain point, I don't even bother with the bonus words, I just try to stay alive with the craziest of tactics. Words like "huh" and "hah" and "jee" and "zee" are lifesavers. "Eau" comes in MAJOR handy, and try to use the letter "V" in as many scenarios as possible!!!

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(This post was originally by guest1)
1,306,090 is the currently high score i 've got
I'm very pleesed with it...


Thanks for the stragety's you 've supplied

[Cheryl]

That's a great score :)

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(This post was originally by khomagic)
My high score for this game right now is 222880.

I'm hoping by reading the advice that I will get better.

[ArchiveGuest]

(This post was originally by lordkindle)
hmm, the only version of bookworm i've ever played was the one on http://games.yahoo.com.. my high score on there is 1,384,190 at which point i just got bored and let it die. does anyone know if that is a good score for the version i was playing?

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(This post was originally by slm)
Advice needed on keeping the u's i's from congregating in the bottom, and red tiles falling down on left and right column. I am beginning to think there is no strategy. Is there something I am missing. library burned up at 2,300,000

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(This post was originally by poloref)
My high Bookworm score to date is 1,459,670. The rank is "WORDHOARDER." Anyone know what the higher ranks are?

[RAgnew]

Still going on Bookworm, PC version. 13,0o0,0o0 and still going. This is my third attempt.

[RAgnew]

Now up to level 70, and 36,500,000. Smallest word gets me 2,200. Still hard to get 20,000 or more. Higest score 25,000. The game doesn't change that much.

[RAgnew]

June, I am playing Bookworm Deluxe, versions 1.03. At level 70 I am at 36,500,000, so I speculate that 44,700,00 should be somewhere between level 75 and 80. So how did you come up with level 447?
Now for the guys that reached a billion or more, and one said the level was over 8,000. It takes me at least one hour to complete a level, and all the levels seem to take about the same amount of time. If it took 8,000 hours, to reach the 8,000 level, that would amount to me playing the game 8 hours a day,for 1000 days. I have a little trouble computing that you other guys could get there in a month or two. At 8 hours a day, you would have to go through about 30 levels an hour to get there in a month.
Somebody. correct me if I am wrong, or am I just using a different Bookworm game!

[RAgnew]

Presently at level 83, and just passed 64 million. I am on a PC, not a handheld gizmo. Would like to hear from anybody that has reached this point! Highest one word score is 38,000. You really do not need to know fancy long words, just fancy short words, particularly four letter words with three vowels,... and the best three letter word turns out to be "eau". The key seems to be a balanced board of vowels and consonants on each column. I could be wrong, but if you leave too many colored tiles on the board, it could become a serious problem.

[Machtyn]

I just found this topic when trying to find out what the rank titles are. And, I just felt the need to brag a little ;-)

Anyway, for the Palm, my top 5 scores are from 291,740 to 325,060. The strange thing is, I got those scores within a few months time. For the last 6 months I can't get any better than 250,000.

[RAgnew]

Passed the 100 million mark yesterday. Now at level 97. Highest word score was 49,980 for DESTAIN. Only shuffled once, and that scared me so much, that I would only do it again if I would lose on the next play without shuffling. This is only my third time of playing this game. The first time got 200,000, the next time 900,000. The people that designed this game, put extensive work into which letters are dropped in each column. All of our scores would be much lower if the game just randomly dropped any letter it wanted.

[RAgnew]

Was at level 105 when I restarted the computer, due to some computer update, while the game was active, and got the fatal error, not executable sign when it resumed. Stupid on my part. Tried everything to get back in, but nothing worked. Oh well, at least the game didn't beat me. Was fun, and may try it again. Unless a miracle happens, this will be the last time you hear from me.

[JuneR]

My score at the moment and still going strong is 76,155,140, level 761 on the pc.

[RAgnew]

After getting the "Fatal Error" that refused to go away, no matter what I did, I put the Bookworm CD in the PC and uninstalled. I figured I would have to start over, but it gave me the choice of going back to the point where I became disabled. So I got to continue. Now up to 175 million and still going. Not watching where my pointer was sitting, I accidentally reshuffled twice,(fortunatly with no red tiles at the time) losing all the colored tiles and was instantly hit with 7 or 8 red zingers. Both times it took me to the bottom row, before I could manage to get out of the mess. Now at level 116, and the minimum score on a three letter word is 3,630. However,I have gone another hundred million points without getting a higher scoring word than 49,980, which was way back at around 70 million.
I apologize to June, as I now realize that your game levels are completly different from mine.

[tafeltennis]

kan somewhone give me al the rankings and points you need to get them

[tafeltennis]

kan somewhone give me al the rankings and points you need to get them

[tafeltennis]

kan somewhone give me al the rankings and points you need to get them

[Nightflare]

My top score has been 1,369,000.

[RAgnew]

Still going.

[Lalah]

I play the deluxe version 1.0 and usually averaged around 200,000 with occasional bursts up to around 700,000 points.
My most recent game has been the highest one yet! Usually the red tiles rain down on me and burn up my game while I watch hours of game play go up in smoke, but I've had amazing luck this time.

Level: 105
Points: 10,501,760
Rank: Bookworm Supreme

I don't use any game cheats or devices but I know people must be using something, because it has burned rather a lot of brain cells for me to get this far.

How do we know anyone's high scores are authentic??

[jirayu]

Hi,

I got score at 1876620 but my rank was only Super Dictionarian??

Want to know if this score and ranking is correct, or not.

[mball]

Just got 43567380 and topped today's Hall of Fame. Only level 74

For me the trick is to play not more than 1 hour a day....

save the yellow and blue tiles even at the expense of doing some short words resulting in burning tiles.. Get them down to the bottom and get as many of them as I can to put them together to get blue or platnum tiles. Also - they are a good saftey net for when you do get in trouble.

Don't be afraid of burning tiles. They can get rid of bundles of impossible vowels when you end up with too many U's or I's in a given area.

DUI - a word that when I get lots of U's and I's together - I make sure to save any D's and make words under that D so it goes down to the U's and I's and I can get rid of some extraneous vowels.

Mostly - it is planning. I often "save" words at the bottom and just wait for them to turn yellow to get more points.

I used to play this game at my sisters and bought it in December. It took me 1 game before this and about 6 weeks to get to this point.

Now - I have to start all over again...

[Wpoloref]

Once in a great while I can get a 1.2 or 1.3 million score, but it's really hard to get the 50,000 bonus scores coming quickly. The quicker or more frequently you get the bonus words, the better your chances of getting a higher score.

[Vern29]

well my score is 435140 and it was a gas we love this game and it will waste most of your free tim lol

[RAgnew]

Actaully my wife, not Bookworm, knocked me out. I mistakenly started this several month game using her name, and she agreed to use another name, but she forgot, and she started a new game which quickly ended mine. After being upset for several hours, I told her we would never discuss the matter again. Not even a Hall of No Fame record, except at some point I started taking digital photos at each new level, which I still have. Highes one word score was 76,000 (CUTTHROAT) Started a new game using my own name, and now up to 18 million.

[NikolHasler]

I have read many people say that they scramble only when they have to. Sometimes I scramble just to mix thinkgs up, and this has kept me in the game longer than usual. I am almost at 4 million right now, which isn't the best, but isn't too shabby, either.
I feel that if I just try to make a bunch of little three letter words, I run a higher risk of a burning tile showing up somewhere that I was having a lot of trouble anyway and making it to the bottom.

[RRhodes]

:P Hi this is my first forum! I have been playing Bookworm Deluxe for two evenings, same game, and I found this forum where there are others as crazy as me! I finally got to the highest level I have ever been to: A Bookwork Supreme, 2! I was very disappointed that the folks at Bookworm stopped their creative level naming! But it was fun that the Super Dictionarian was beautiful, finally!

[Birthmark]

My wife bet me I couldn't beat her score of 1,670,000...I lost that bet, but now have a game going with 3,219,000 so far. Don't know if I'm in some sort of weird spelling zone or have just gotten the hang of it, but this is three times higher than my previous best.

[theboyzmom]

Well, I may be considered nuts here but my husband is playing version 1.01 and is on level 4,934 and has a score of 620,934,560. How do I get the next version?

[theboyzmom]

Well, I may be considered nuts here but my husband is playing version 1.01 and is on level 4,934 and has a score of 620,934,560. How do I get the next version?

[theboyzmom]

Well, I may be considered nuts here but my husband is playing version 1.01 and is on level 4,934 and has a score of 620,934,560. How do I get the next version?

[txrascal]

" High score

Well, I may be considered nuts here but my husband is playing version 1.01 and is on level 4,934 and has a score of 620,934,560. How do I get the next version?
____________
Cindy Gillie"

You would just download it from the page where they sell it. The current Palm version is 1.15. If you click on the version number, where it is underlined on the right side of the screen, it will tell you the changes that have been made. I wouldn't change unless your husband's game is done because I think he would lose it.

Edit: Also you can post your high score through a link on that page if you haven't already. Get the export code from your device. It will only give a code for the highest finished game. I would at least get the code before installing a newer version, just in case I'm right about losing the old games. ;)

[RAgnew]

Add another million or two just about every day. On the timed game, now up to three and half million. I only play the timer game for ten or fifteen minutes at a time, as it is a drain on the brain.

[RAgnew]

Add another million or two just about every day. On the timed game, now up to three and half million. I only play the timer game for ten or fifteen minutes at a time, as it is a drain on the brain.

[Vern29]

new high for me is 150,8090 it was about 8 hours lol.

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[Feargal]

I've been sorely addicted to this game for months. I vowed the next time my libarary burned down I'd stop - forever! And it just did! Highest score 397,299,380. Level 150.

[Unregistered]

I'm new to the game and have been taking screenshots at scores over 500k.

I have screenshots for
522,670
525,570
532,230
553,570
575,930
617,770
730,180
782,170

No scores over a million yet but I'm trying.

[Lalah]

blah...
bookworm...
i get a level up every two words...
its getting really annoying...

http://reindeers.vectorstar.net/bookworm/bookworm.jpg
http://reindeers.vectorstar.net/bookworm/bookworm2.jpg

-ben

You are obviously using a game cheat of some kind.
My score is 425,716,830 milllion, level 3595. I have never, ever seen that many lit up diamond tiles. It just does not happen in the 1.0 version.

I do NOT use any cheat of any kind.
Shame on you, Ben. :madblaze:

[bundi]

Today I reached 64083660, been playing this game for a few minutes before i go to work for months now. Cant seem to print from the screen so I took a picture with my dig. camera (to prove to my roomate), he's very competitive!!!
Can someone tell me how to print the screen?
I am playing the purchased, Deluxe Edition.
Thanks

[RAgnew]

Was last February that I was at 67 million, still at the same game and now up to 695 million, at level 200, on Bookworm Deluxe version 1.03. Interesting, I have three words over 100,000 and the first one was before I hit 100 million. It remains difficult to get a word that scores more than 100 thousand points. Feel I'm about half way to getting to two billion, at which point others claim the game goes into reverse. Suppose that will take another 6 months to a year, if I don't burn out. Best word EAU.

[WORDGEEK]

How do I play the web version? I only have it on my handheld and i tried posting my high score but couldn't do it. I have 737,830 points as my high score on my palm. my top 5 scores gave none less than 500,000. i'm addicted to this game as well as scrabble. i want to know how people can get millions here. thanks!