# Discoveries

_Who typed each word first, kept per language._

Source: https://about.wordbomb.io/discoveries

A discovery is the first time anyone plays a word in a language. You are the finder from then on, and nobody can discover that word again in that language.

Every language keeps its own list, so the same spelling can have a different finder in each one.

## Discovery, claim and use

| Event | When | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Discovery | Nobody has played the word in this language | You become the finder, and the prompt you played it on stays with the word |
| Claim | The word exists, you have never played it | The word joins your list and its claim count goes up |
| Use | You have played it before | Your use count goes up |
| Elite | A word you found that nobody else has claimed | The label, until someone else claims it |

## Where discoveries count

Only these four modes count.

| Mode | Catch |
| --- | --- |
| Original |  |
| Chain Word | Not on the Contains setting. |
| Letter Link |  |
| Dungeon | Only dictionary-rune monsters credit words |

## What stops a discovery

| Rule | What happens instead |
| --- | --- |
| Playing alone | You can claim existing words, never make a new one. Bots and guests are not company. |
| Practice rooms and Spelling Bee | Nothing counts. |
| Bots | Words a bot plays never count. |
| Question and answer prompts | Nothing counts. |
| Blocked words | Offensive words never count. |
| Paused languages | Greek, Ukrainian and Hindi are switched off. |

## Looking a word up

- On Discord you can search with /search, and you can invite our bot to your own server to use it there.
- In a game, /solve breaks a word down into the syllables it covers.