14 Kelime

About 14 Kelime

14 Kelime (fourteen words) is a browser word game in Turkish. Each day the site serves one fixed list of fourteen clues, written like crossword definitions, and you have four minutes in total to answer all of them. The set is built by rule: two answers of each length from four to ten letters, and no answer that appeared in the previous seven days.

A question is worth 100 points per letter of its answer, so a full day comes to 9,800 points. If you are stuck you can press the space bar to reveal a letter for 100 points, but only before you start typing; once you begin, hints lock. A wrong guess does not end the question, you can keep trying until its short timer runs out.

At the end you see your total, your answers for each clue, and a ranking among the people who played that day, plus a countdown to the next set and a share card. It suits Turkish speakers who like crossword clues but want something that takes a few minutes rather than half an hour.

How to play 14 Kelime

1. Open the site and press OYUNU BAŞLAT to start the day's set and the four-minute timer.
2. Read the clue and type the answer on the keyboard; the number of boxes shows its length.
3. If you need help, press space before typing to reveal a letter, at a cost of 100 points.
4. Keep guessing until you get it or the question's timer runs out, then move to the next clue.
5. After the fourteenth clue, check your score and ranking and share your result.

Tips

• Take letters only on long answers where one letter opens up the word; on four-letter words the cost is a large share of the points.
• Do not waste the clock on one clue: the total time is shared across all fourteen.
• Clues are written like dictionary definitions, so think of the formal word rather than slang.
• The answers get longer as you go, so leave more time for the last few.

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