Drag a tile from your rack onto a board tile, leaving a valid word behind, to swap them. The board tile moves to your rack, and both swapped tiles turn purple. If you make multiple swaps in one turn, each pair gets a different shade of purple to show which tiles were swapped together. All purple tiles in your rack must be played that turn. To undo a swap, tap RECALL or drag the swapped letter back to its original placement on the board.
How do I steal a tile?
Tap an exposed first or last letter of a word (three letters or longer) on the board. If removing it still leaves a valid word on the board, the tile moves into your rack and turns purple. You must use it — along with any other swapped or stolen tiles — in your play that turn. The board square it came from is blocked until your play is submitted.
Why is the square blocked after I steal a tile?
If the square stayed open, you could steal a letter and immediately drop a different one from your rack into the same spot — effectively swapping letters for free. Blocking the square forces you to build a word elsewhere on the board.
Why can't I steal from a two-letter word?
Stealing requires that the letters left behind still form a valid word. Stealing from a two-letter word would effectively erase the word from the board entirely (there are no valid 1-letter words in the game), so the steal is blocked.
How many swaps or steals can I do per turn?
You can swap or steal up to 4 tiles in a single turn — in any combination of swaps and steals — but they must all be played that turn.
Do swapped and stolen tiles still score points?
Yes. A swapped or stolen tile counts its full face value in the word you build with it, exactly like a tile drawn from the bag — and if you play it on a bonus square, it earns that bonus too. That's what makes taking a high-value letter worthwhile: pulling a J, Q, X or Z off the board and replaying it somewhere stronger is one of the biggest scoring swings in the game. A stolen Z landing on a double-letter square is worth 20 on its own, before any word multiplier.
Do new words created by swaps and steals score points?
No. Swapping or stealing letters from existing words lets you set up a bigger play, but the words left behind on the board don't earn points. The square a swapped tile lands on gives no letter bonus either, since that square was already used earlier in the game. The tile you take does still score — in the new word you build with it.
How does scoring work at the end of a game?
Each player loses the total value of the tiles left on their rack. If you go out first — playing every tile you're holding — you also gain the value of whatever your opponent is still holding, so it counts twice over. If they're left with a D and an I (4 points), they lose 4 and you gain 4: an 8-point swing. A leftover Q or Z is a 20-point swing on its own. Blanks count as 0, so being caught with one costs nothing. If nobody goes out — the game ends on passes, or someone resigns — each player still loses their leftover tiles, but nobody gains.
How do blank tiles work?
A blank can stand in for any letter. When you place one, a picker appears — choose the letter it represents, and the tile shows that letter on the board for the rest of the game. A blank always scores 0 points, whichever letter you pick. If you drop it on the wrong square, tap Cancel or tap outside the picker to send it back to your rack.
Can I swap for or steal a blank that's already on the board?
Yes — blanks follow the same rules as any other tile. When a blank comes into your rack it goes back to being unlettered, so you choose its letter again when you replay it. It doesn't have to be the letter it was before, which can make a well-placed blank worth taking.
What do the colored tiles on the board mean?
Darker tiles show your opponent's last play.
Teal tiles mark swaps and steals from previous turns, with matching shades showing swapped pairs.
Purple tiles mark swaps and steals for the current turn, and must be played.
Pale tiles are blank tiles, playing as the letter shown. They're always worth 0 points.
How did my opponent make that play?
Tap the replay icon left of the play summary above the board to see your opponent's last move. The board rewinds to how it looked before the last move, then shows any swaps or steals made before spelling out the new word.
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Welcome to Reword
Reword is like Scrabble—but you can swap or steal tiles from the board to build new words.
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