DishGAMES – Interactive TV, Online and Mobile Games

OBJECT
Form words by connecting letters across the sides of the ever-changing pile of cubes. Create long words and use bonus cubes to score as many points as possible.

GAME RULES
Each selected letter must touch the edge or the corner of the previous letter.
Words can wrap around the side of the pile.
No individual cube face can be used more than once in a given word.
Words must contain between three letters to seven letters.
Any particular word may be submitted only once per game.
Any invalid words will be rejected, and no points will be awarded. Cubes used to make invalid words count as being used.
Each cube may be used up to three times in the course of the game. After the second time a cube is used, the letters on the cube will turn red. When a red-lettered cube is used for a third time, it is removed from the board, possibly revealing other cubes behind it. Any cubes directly above a removed cube will fall down to fill in the empty space in the cube.
If a letter is only partially revealed, it cannot be used; you must wait until the letter is fully revealed.
If you get stuck, you can manually remove any cube by triggering the Remove Cube option.

GAME MODES
The game can be played in two modes: Solitaire and Head to Head.
In Solitaire mode, you play solo and try to score as many points as possible by using letters with a high score value. The game is played until all cubes are used or manually removed or when all remaining cubes are fully revealed but no word can be created. In the Timed format, the game also ends when time runs out.
In Head to Head mode, you play against a friend. The game is played in turns. Each player must create one word within the turn time limit. The turn passes to the opponent when a word is created (whether valid or not), or when turn time runs out. In this mode, only one cube can be manually removed in each turn. The game ends when all the cubes have been used or manually removed or when all remaining cubes are fully revealed but no word can be created. The player with the highest score wins the game.

HOW TO PLAY
Use the arrow keys to navigate the cursor between all revealed letters. You can navigate the cursor horizontally or vertically, but not diagonally.
Note that the directions on the top face change according to the last side face the cursor was on:

Coming from the left side face:	Coming from the right side face:

When the cursor is located on a letter, special marks indicate the letters you can navigate to. In addition, a small arrow will indicate the Up direction. This will help you understand your navigational choices. Remember - you may also select letters that are adjacent to the corner of the current letter to create a word. Since only up/down/left/right navigation is possible, you may need to make more than one move to select those letters.

Locate the cursor on the letter you wish to play and press SELECT. A tile with that letter will appear on your tiles rack. Select the rest of the letters in the word in the correct order, and when you finish forming the word, press the ‘2’ key to submit.
You may de-select any letter by pressing SELECT a second time. That letter and all subsequent letters will be de-selected and removed from the tiles rack.
To manually remove any cube, locate the cursor on the cube you wish to remove and press the ‘3’ key (Remove Cube option).
You may clear all selected letters by pressing the ‘4’ key (Clear option) or undo the last selected letter by pressing the ‘5’ key (Undo Last Letter option).

SCORING
Each letter in a valid word grants points according to the value appearing on it.
Bonus Cubes give bonus points, according to their color, as follows:

doubles letter value.

triples letter value.

doubles total word value.

triples total word value.

Please note that when both Double Word and Triple Word bonuses appear in a word formed, only the Triple Word bonus is applied.
You also receive a special bonus for long words. The longer the word, the higher the bonus.

SAVING THE GAME
You may save games played in Head to Head mode, and untimed games played in Solitaire mode.
After saving a game, you will be able to resume playing from the same exact point where the game was saved.