Patch Notes: Better Bots & Smarter Words
This update focuses on making the AI more reliable, fixing dictionary bugs, and making special card searches much more accurate.

AI Improvements
Fixed AI Freezing: Bots will no longer get stuck "thinking" indefinitely. If they can't find a word, they will now correctly discard and move on.

Difficulty Balance: We’ve synced the AI’s brain with their difficulty level. Easy bots stay in the easy dictionary, while Hard bots now properly use the full range of complex words.

Word & Dictionary Fixes
Dictionary Cleanup: We’ve organized our word lists so that harder dictionaries now include all the words from the easier ones.

Better Multi-Word Logic: Fixed a bug where the AI would get confused and switch dictionaries in the middle of looking for multiple words.

Card Mechanic Updates
Smarter Wildcards: Wildcard cards are now much more efficient. Instead of guessing randomly, they now specifically look for letters that actually complete words in the dictionary.

Flexible Bigrams: Bigram cards (like TH) are now more versatile. The AI will now check both the standard order and the reversed "dyslexic" order (HT) to find the best possible play.

Technical Tweaks
Performance Boost: Added a "search cap" to prevent the game from slowing down during high-level calculations.

Stability: Fixed a rare crash that could happen when the game was first loading its word data.

Hello Wordsmiths!

This update introduces a highly requested quality-of-life feature: Planned Turns. You no longer have to wait for your opponents to finish to start cooking up your next big word. We’ve also gone through the library with a fine-toothed comb to fix several card-specific bugs.

New Feature: Planning Mode
Draw Early: You can now enter a "Planning Mode" from the Waiting for Player screen. This allows you to see your next hand and stage a word while your opponent finishes their turn.

Seamless Transitions: Your staged word will now correctly save and carry over when it officially becomes your turn.

Lobby Flow: Improved the UI to make returning to the lobby and checking game status smoother while in planning mode.

Card & Power Fixes
The "J" Card: Fixed a bug where the J (Double Word Score) would disappear from staging but fail to trash itself, staying in your deck indefinitely.

The "T" Card: Patched the 3x adjacent bonus card to ensure the "trash after use" effect triggers properly.

Look/Discard Powers: Fixed a logic flip where selecting cards to discard was accidentally keeping them instead.

Auto-Reshuffle: The "Look" power now automatically triggers a reshuffle if your deck is empty, ensuring you always see the correct number of cards.

Visual Polish: Fixed an issue where cards in hand would occasionally highlight incorrectly.

Trash & Economy Fixes
Fixed a major bug where the Trash stack wasn't clearing between different games. You will no longer see "stale" cards from previous sessions in your current trash pile!

Trash for Cash: Fixed several instances where trashing cards (specifically the "Trash 2" power) failed to award the $1 or $3 bonus.

Stacking Effects: Resolved logic conflicts that occurred when trying to trigger multiple different trash effects in a single turn.

UI Clarity: Corrected a labeling error where the Discard pile was incorrectly showing a "TRASH" header during certain card-gain effects.

Multiplayer & Co-op
Co-op Fame: Fixed a bug in online Co-op mode where Fame cards were failing to appear.

Card Adjustments

More Card Bug Fixes

Wild Creation Fixes
Trash Fixes

-Fixed some Letters
-Added new expansion cards

-Fixed some Letters
-Added common claimed alert

Fixed Game Creation

Updates to minor bugs

Minor Bug Fixes

Card graphic updates

Fixed issue where AI would stall after all common cards were claimed
Remove some words from the valid word database
Fixed an issue where an AI could trash the same card
Fixed a issue where Dyslexia card would count as a card left in your hand

-Patched issue with three consonant effects
-Patched issue when buying cards would sometimes make cards disappear
-Fixed issue where AI would buy a fame card with a card effect that did not allow a fame card purchase
-Dyslexic card now works on the new TH

Fixed an issue where online games would fail to start

Fixed issue where you could trash commons before claiming them
Fixed issue with cards that add to draw when they are the last letter

Added ? symbols to game modes
Added new "3 Pile End" option
Added new "Original Deck" option
Added option to use Typos or not

Fixed bug with cards that turn other cards not working when scoring a word
Fixed issue where trashing a zero cost card would cause a crash
Fixed issue where AI would get stuck buying

Numerous bugs dealing with cards fixed.
Numerous UI bugs patched.
Score preview is now more accurate.
Volume sliders added instead of the toggle buttons in the menus
Number of optimizations made to help with CPU performance.

Fixed an issue where the AI would take a really long time to find a word when it has a lot of wilds in its hand
Fixed an issue where players could join games with older versions of the game which then caused a crash

Card Fixes:
Fixed an issue where you could trash fame cards from the store
Fixed an issue where on card abilities dealing with "three consonants in a row" not working properly with wilds