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Boost Your Brainpower: The Strategic Game That Prods Your IQ
This free, easy-to-play online game is not just fun, but a mental workout like no other.
My online game named FourSkor has done quite well, with a following of about 1400 players as of last check, even without any significant promotion on social media. As a learning exercise, I created an even more challenging game named FiveSkor. But is it too challenging?
Introducing FiveSkor
At first, I thought the play would be daunting, but after my sister and I discovered some subtle strategies, I changed my mind. Let me show you the game, explain it’s easy-to-play rules, and provide some clues how to play well.
Do note that once you start to get the hang of it, this game can draw you in. It’s definitely one of those “just one more time” challenges. The good news is that it exercises logical thinking, short term memory, spelling, and spatial/visual analysis to flex your brain plasticity. It’s also fun!
Here’s a typical daily start:
The goal is to rearrange the letters until you find the five words with all green letters, one word in each horizontal row. You simply click or tap (it plays well on both desktop or phone) to swap any two letters at a time.
