Game mechanics in two distinct ways: Examples of tile mechanics include: "Scrabble", in which tiles are letters and players lay them down to form words and score points; and "Tikal", in which players lay tiles representing newly explored areas of jungle, through which archaeologists (represented by tokens) must move to score game points. Worker placement is a game mechanism where players allocate a limited number of tokens ("workers") to multiple stations that provide various defined actions. The worker placement mechanism originates with board games. Stewart Woods identifies "Keydom" (1998; later remade and updated as "Aladdin's Dragons") as the first game to implement
Microsoft Ultimate Word Games four by four matrix of letters from the English alphabet. Players form meaningful English words by dragging a finger across the letters in the required order to score points. Each letter is assigned an individual score depending on its occurrences in the possible words. Each game lasts for two minutes. Wordament takes place round the clock, and internet (WiFi) connection is required to play the game. The game consists of various rounds. In the Speed Round, every word has an associated score of 13 points regardless of its length or components. In the Either/Or Round, a particular tile out of