New WordWalk Format

 Yesterday we implemented a new version of WordWalk, eliminating the drag-and-drop approach in favor of point-and-click.   We have also placed all the candidate letters in a table row above the graph, so now there are no longer any floating letters that have to be dragged and dropped.

We have also included the maximum possible score (which varies with each puzzle) so that you can compare your score against the best possible.

To help understand how this works, let take a look at the kid's puzzle step by step.

Here's the initial set up. Note that there 395 points possible.

First we try to spell out "BEER" by selecting the B in the table:

Then we select the B in the graph, which gets highlighted in yellow, and the yellow/red coloring for the B in the table reverts to white/black:

Since the B is a correct first letter for either of the subwords, it remains yellow/black until the subword is completed.  Since we are trying for "BEER", the next letter is E:

Placing it in the graph we get:

And the next E:

Now placed (note the new orange arrow):

And now the R:

and, finally, we have the subword "BEER":

Doing the same for "BY" we get:

Note here that none of the subwords have used U yet.  Nor has the arrow from B to U been used.  This is a big fat hint that the rootword is "BUYER", and indeed it is:

(You'll notice that I didn't get the max number of points possible.  That's because I was trying to screen captures at the same time and messed up my score!)

Enjoy!  

Future features coming:  We will soon add a button to reset the game and start over so that you don't have to reload the whole page.