How does someone end a game and win with less points and when their opponent still has tiles

How does a game end when your opponent has more tiles to play and is the high scorer? The game ended with the low score a winner?

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Best Answer

Words With Friends uses the same endgame rules as Scrabble. The game ends when there are no tiles left to draw and one player has used all their letters (or after 3 passes/swaps in a row).

If the game ends because a player has used all their letters, two things happen:

The other player (or players, if Zynga ever release a 3+ player version) lose points equal to the value of their hand.
The player who ended the game gains that many points

This is likely what happened- your opponent ended the game. You lost points and they gained points from your remaining tiles and this was enough to put them in the lead.

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Why do I lose points at the end of words with friends?

After the last tile is played, the opposing player will lose points equal to the sum of the value of his remaining tiles. This amount is then awarded to the player who placed the last tile. In the case of a tie, the player who had the highest score before the game ended is the winner.

How does a Scrabble game end?

The game ends when all letters have been drawn and one player uses his or her last letter; or when all possible plays have been made.

What happens when one player runs out of tiles in Scrabble?

At the end of the game when nobody can make a move or someone goes out of tiles, each player subtracts the amount of points that remain unused on their rack from their total score. If someone goes out of tiles, then the total of points on all other players' racks is added to their score as well.

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