Word Pyramid "free" slots?

Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:11 am

Has anyone else noticed that the "free" vowels are not really free? It took me a while to look. When you click on a blank tile, it lets you pick one of the vowels, and they all say "free" underneath. When you pick one, it's current cost is deducted from your score anyway.

Still, I love that game.

Fri Nov 18, 2005 5:43 pm

I noticed that too! I thought maybe I was just going crazy.

Fri Nov 18, 2005 5:54 pm

the price starts at 10, and goes up by 1 each time you use the vowel.

Sun Nov 20, 2005 12:53 am

Yeah, you can buy a vowel any time for 10+1+1+1... BUT... instructions say "Blank tiles are like one-time-use coupons for a free vowel of your choice."

They even say "Free" while you are choosing the vowel. Watch your score when you choose one though, it decreases by that vowel's cost.

When the pyramid starts, I fill all the blank tiles before I do any words because you get them for free then.

Sun Jan 08, 2006 7:45 pm

"The free vowels are the ones in the blank triangles.

Sun Jan 08, 2006 9:36 pm

Chipper wrote:"The free vowels are the ones in the blank triangles.

That's just it, they're not free. They still deduct points when you use them. Silly, really...I hope they fix that if they didn't already (it's been awhile since I played).

Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:46 am

They fixed it! Now you don't get charged for the vowel. It also counts as a letter in the word for the words score. But when you buy a vowel to use in a 5-letter word (for example), that vowel isn't counted as a letter in the word so you are scored for a 4-letter word.