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Here are the guidelines to play Wordblock. The link to the game can be found here: http://aeonus.com/wordblock/

Basic Instructions:

• Select adjacent blocks. Adjacent meaning you can select a block from the 8 blocks surrounding it. You can see in the below image how I selected 5 blocks to make "FAIRY".
  
  

• To submit, click the last block once again. In this case, I would click "Y" again to submit.
• After the word is submitted, the word is checked in the dictionary. If it exists, the blocks get eliminated and the blocks above it slide down. If it doesn't, the blocks you selected get deselected.
• To deselect all your blocks, click on any non-adjacent block, or on one of the selected blocks except the last block (which will submit the word instead).

Objective

• To clear a level, you must bring down the "Blocks Left" counter to zero until time runs out. It is displayed on the top right corner.
  
• When the "Blocks Left" counter comes down to zero, an "Extra Blocks" counter starts. You can choose to play the same level, and you will get extra score for the extra blocks. Next level will start automatically when the timer runs out. (You get 3 minutes for each level.)
  
• Or instead, you can choose to advance to the next level by clicking the "Next Level >" button. You get extra score for advancing, which depends upon time remaining. However it will be lesser than the score you get for playing the same level till time runs out.
  

Bonus Blocks

• Bonus blocks add more fun to the game. You get two bonus blocks per level.

Using the Bonus Blocks

• Include the bonus block when you make a word. A bonus block counts as an empty block. For example in the following image, I selected "BEN" and a bonus block (Replacer). Click the last block selected (in this case, the bonus block) to submit. If the word is valid, the Bonus Block section will show your block and will be put to use immediately.
  
• Even though you made a three-letter word, it counts as four-letter due to the bonus block.

Types of Bonus Blocks

• 01. Stopwatch: Pauses the clock for 30 seconds.
• 02. Time Bonus: If you make a word, you get extra time 5 times the usual time. For making a 5 letter word, you'd get 5 extra seconds otherwise, but with this block you get 25 seconds. (Lasts for 30 seconds.)
• 03. Bombs: Once activated, click and destroy 5 blocks of your choice.
• 04. Replacer: Once activated, click on 5 blocks to replace them with vowels.
• 05. Score Bonus: If you make a word, you get 5 times the score you'd get otherwise. (Lasts for 30 seconds.)
• 06. Link Breaker: For 30 seconds, the blocks you select need not be adjacent. The words still have to be meaningful though.
• 07. TNT: The most useful bonus block. Once activated, simply click a block, and it will destroy the block and all blocks adjacent to it.
• 08. Void: Once activated, this bonus drops 10 empty blocks.

Using the Empty Blocks

• In the below example, creating the word "THOU" wouldn't have been possible without the empty blocks. Empty blocks are like bonus blocks, they dont have a letter of their own.
  

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