Words with Friends choose to swap tiles with the pool of currently unused tiles or pass their turn. Players can form words either vertically or horizontally on the board. The player's aim is to score as many points as possible. A letter placed on a DL or TL square doubles or triples the value of that letter on all words formed using that square. Similarly, the DW and TW squares double and triple the value of the new word(s) using that square. If a player uses all seven tiles on a single play (known as a bingo in "Scrabble"), 35 bonus points are
Words of Gold into the level to attempt to win levels more easily or extend play after a lost level; Hint shows a word, Shuffle reorder all of the Words in the board, Wand turns a letter indo colored letter (blue or green), Hammer clears a single piece from the board, Rainbow explodes all of the colored Words on the board. Extra Moves or Extra Time can be purchased if running out at the end of a game. The game is primarily monetized through in-app purchases (through Facebook credits). Players begin with five "lives", lost whenever a level is failed. This applies to