Word Wow: Big City

The Basics

Objective

The objective in Word Wow Big City is to clear a path for the worm to reach the bottom of the screen. As you make words, the letter blocks disappear, creating an open path for Worm.

How to make words

Just start tapping letters! You can choose any letter on the screen — they do not need to be next to each other. If you can see the letter, you can use it. The Word Wow dictionary is based on the Scrabble dictionary: words that are hyphenated, capitalized (proper nouns including names and places), or apostrophized are not allowed.

Your letters appear on the submit bar on the bottom dashboard. Incomplete and invalid words appear red — tap the bar to clear them. Valid words appear green — tap the bar to submit.

The wick

The wick is your timer. You'll find it on the right side of the play screen; it ignites when you start the level. If the wick reaches the ground before the worm, it's game over. Beat the wick to the bottom and you win!

Gems & Stars

Gems

Each level in Word Wow Big City has hidden gems! There is at least one gem FRAGMENT in each level, and you need to collect all the fragments on a level to earn the full GEM. Find and use the gem fragment tiles in a word to collect them. If you fail the level, the fragment will be available again next time you play.

Collect all gems, on all levels, in any given world to unlock 3 secret bonus levels!

Stars

You can earn up to 3 stars on each level. Stars are optional and not required to advance.

Earn stars by making longer words with rare letters (Q, X, Z, etc.) or by making words in rapid succession. Keep making words quickly and you can push the multiplier up to 10X — a really fast way of earning star points! See the Scoring section for details.

Boosters & Special Tiles

Bombs

Booster bombs blast away letters to help clear a path for the worm. They appear on the bottom right of the dashboard — drag a bomb onto the screen and release it on top of the letters you'd like to destroy. You start with a few bombs, and using a bomb tile in a word (small black bomb in the tile corner) adds one to your inventory. You can also purchase more from the pause menu.

Shuffle booster

Big City has a special Shuffle Booster. When used, it changes all the letters (except letters under cages) into new letters. Drag one from the dashboard onto the play area the same way you would a bomb — this prevents you from accidentally using them.

Gift tile

Use this special tile in a word and you can earn 3 letter words, more time and bonus points.

3 letter words

You can only make a limited number of 3 letter words on each level, shown as dots on your bottom dashboard. Each dot allows one 3 letter word. Run out, and the game will only accept longer words for the rest of that level.

Cage obstacle

Some tiles have a cage on top. You must use these tiles twice to remove them from the board.

Scoring

Scoring is based on the letters used and the length of the word. Words longer than 9 letters earn a bonus 5,000 points for each letter over 9 — a 15 letter word is worth 30,000 bonus points, awarded at the end of the level.

Words longer than 3 letters earn a multiplier:

Bonus levels

There are 3 bonus levels at the end of each world. After collecting all gems in a world, a button unlocks the 3 bonus levels where you can earn even more points, bombs and shuffles!

Difficulty settings

There are 3 difficulty settings; the default is "normal". Change it from the options button on the main screen.

• Easy — more 3 letter words allowed, fewer points required for 3 stars
• Hard — 15% scoring bonus, fewer 3 letter words, more points required for 3 stars

Challenges & Rankings

Rankings

Word Wow Big City creates a group of peers for you to compete against. As you complete each level you can see how you stack up against other Big City players from all over the world.

Change your nickname and avatar by tapping the tabs along the top of the leaderboard — the one with the image takes you to the profile page.

Rush Hour

Every day a new Rush Hour challenge begins (roughly 3pm EST) with 4 levels to complete within 24 hours. Each level contains 3 target words to find before getting the worm to the bottom. You compete against all the other challenge players on the leaderboard — complete all 4 levels for a reward, and finish in the top 3 to earn more!

Word Missions

Each building has a set of words that can be found to earn a reward — these are the Word Missions. Access them from this button on the Level Selection screen, the Level Complete dialog, the top right of the main game screen, or the Leaderboard when its tab is present.

Account & Support

Playing with friends

On the opening screen you'll find a "Save your progress" button with a Facebook login. Link up with your friends and compete for the best score. We do not collect or use any of your Facebook information, nor do we have access to post on your wall.

Purchases

Remove Ads: this in-app purchase removes all ads from the game.

Bombs and Shuffles: you may purchase additional bombs or shuffles at any time, with discounts on volume bundles. Purchased items never disappear until you use them — closing the game won't lose anything you've bought.

Playing on multiple devices

To play Big City on more than one device (or a new device), use the "Save your Progress" button on the title screen to log in with Google, Facebook or Amazon (Amazon on Android only). Your progress becomes available on any device where you log in the same way.

We do not store your login or passwords — this is a completely secure way of preserving your game data.

Feedback

We love hearing from you! The best way is through the app: main screen → options (gear icon) → "Contact Us". That tells us which version you're playing so we can help faster. You can also use our contact page or email [email protected].

Enjoying the game?

Please rate our app! Great ratings mean more players, which lets us create more levels and new games. Find the rate link under options on the main screen, or rate directly in the App Store, Google Play or Amazon.