AutoQ
Power Words, solo — play 8 hands (3-10 cards) against bot opponents.
How the Game is Played
AutoQ is the solo mode of Power Words. You play against two, three, or four bots whose hands are replayed from real recorded games — not made up. Form words from the cards you're dealt, score points, and beat the house.
The Hands
Eight rounds, numbered 3 through 10. The hand number is the most cards you may play. Each hand deals you hand + 3 cards, so you must always leave at least three unplayed.
Hand 3 → 6 cards dealt, play up to 3, discard 3.
Hand 10 → 13 cards dealt, play up to 10, discard 3.
The Cards
Standard letters, plus seven digraphs —QU, TH, CL, IN, ER, CH, CK — each a single card with its own point value. Use any combination that spells a real word; leftover cards stay unplayed for the round.
Scoring a Hand
Type your words into the input. The crier checks each one against Merriam-Webster's Collegiate (and Medical) dictionaries. Invalid words bounce back before scoring; valid plays earn the point sum of their cards.
Stars
A hand with three or more total players and no ties awards two stars: one for the longest word played this hand, one for the most words. Each star is worth +10 points toward your effective score.
Mulligans
Not happy with your deal? Take a mulligan to redeal the hand. Each mulligan costs you one card slot — both on the deal and on the max you may play — down to a floor of two playable cards.
Hand 5, 1 mulligan → 7 cards dealt, play up to 4, discard 3.
Winning
Highest effective total (raw score plus stars × 10) across all eight hands wins. When a game ends you can optionally add your name to the Tavern's Ledger below.
Your Table
Your running tab at the tavern. Survives new hands and new games; reset when you settle up or close the tab. A proper ledger — wins, streaks, a name at the top — arrives when the tavern installs a guestbook (login).
The Tavern's Ledger
Every hand played in the house, anonymous or named. Top scores get a line on the scroll when the player leaves a name.
No names on the scroll yet. Be the first to finish a game.