The Pizzazz-o-Meter, Revealed
Before you have done a single thing, we hand over
16 Pizzazz. No audition, no references, no proof of
merit — a pulse appears to be the whole of it.
Squander them as you like; hit zero and the game ends
where it stands. How that number moves is below — Phrazz-nerds, enjoy.
Everyone else: guess words, avoid zero, you'll be fine.
THE METER GOES UP — ONLY TWO WAYS
+6
You crack the Matazz
The hidden phrase nobody told you about. Naturally it pays the most.
+3
You finish a whole phrase
The board coughs up a little something. It can afford it.
THE METER GOES DOWN
−2
You guess a word that is nowhere on the board
The house charges rent on wishful thinking.
−2
You guess a letter that isn't there at all
Same offense, fewer letters. Slightly cheaper to feel silly.
−1
You buy a letter that is on the board
Information costs. This isn't a hint, it's a purchase.
−1
You land a fragment but not a word
Those letters do run together somewhere. They just don't spell
anything here. Half marks.
THE METER SHRUGS
0
You land an actual word
Costs nothing, ever. Knowing things is the one thing we don't tax.
0
Anything you already knew
Repeats, a letter you'd already seen inside a word, a word you'd
already found. You are never charged twice for the same fact.
THE METER GETS NERVOUS
♥
A red heart starts beating at 4 or below
It is not decoration and it is not a life. It is the meter telling you
that two more wrong swings end this, so the next guess had better be
one you believe in.
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