how do I get more than 1 star on level 142 on alpha betty

Norma_Craik

I have been trying this for a long time & I can't get past 1 star. I have done it in the minimum amount of moves, left blasters on the board. Nothing seems to work.

abe_coffee

hi @Norma_Craik @Crazy Cat Lad

here is some info about level 142 ... 28214 will get 2 stars ... 29040 for 3 stars
level 142 may be in the top 10 for levels that are difficult to get 3 stars
why is that?
... 1) on Nov 29 2017 6 words were required ... 7 words are required as of Jun 19 2019
... 2) the first time through the levels vampire barney is not available to help get a big score

one approach ... if you are at level 142 continue playing until level 365 is completed
... after completing level 365 select barney to place 3 gold tiles on the starting board for level 142
... when you get 3 stars on every level from 321-365 then the starting board will have 5 gold tiles

each gold tile will multiply the word score by 2 ... for example 3 gold tiles will multiply the word score by 8(2x2x2)

there is an example of 142 ... open in a new tab or a new window ...
http://www.screenshotabe.com/index.php
from the example it appears that at least one word must have a score greater than 10,000 to get 3 stars

Crazy Cat Lad

Hi @Norma_Craik!

Have you also made all the required words on the level?

Could you post a screen shot of the issue so I can see how the level looks like for you?

abe_coffee

hi @Norma_Craik @Crazy Cat Lad

here is some info about level 142 ... 28214 will get 2 stars ... 29040 for 3 stars
level 142 may be in the top 10 for levels that are difficult to get 3 stars
why is that?
... 1) on Nov 29 2017 6 words were required ... 7 words are required as of Jun 19 2019
... 2) the first time through the levels vampire barney is not available to help get a big score

one approach ... if you are at level 142 continue playing until level 365 is completed
... after completing level 365 select barney to place 3 gold tiles on the starting board for level 142
... when you get 3 stars on every level from 321-365 then the starting board will have 5 gold tiles

each gold tile will multiply the word score by 2 ... for example 3 gold tiles will multiply the word score by 8(2x2x2)

there is an example of 142 ... open in a new tab or a new window ...
http://www.screenshotabe.com/index.php
from the example it appears that at least one word must have a score greater than 10,000 to get 3 stars

Bewegungskopf

I've seen talk of higher levels. Mine topped at 410. Once was a neat game. Stars for 115, 142, 378 became a big bag of Downers! I'm out.

abe_coffee

hi @Bewegungskopf

you have certainly come across some tough levels

before you leave us ... have you tried using Barney?

deercroft

what is Barney?

abe_coffee

hi @deercroft

Vampire Barney is a helper that becomes active at level 321

... it adds 3 gold tiles to the starting board

... each gold tile in a word doubles the score for that word

... for example the score for a word with 3 gold tiles is multiplied by 8(2x2x2)

... when you get 3 stars on every level from 321-365 then 5 gold tiles show upon the starting board when barney is selected

Crazy Cat Lad

Don't forget that AlphaBetty is the game of the month in June which means a lot a wordalicious fun is coming up. Stay tuned here:

https://community.king.com/en/alphabetty-saga/discussion/300675/alphabetty-is-the-game-of-the-month-in-the-community