One of my team members has a query about the monthly standings which I am unable to answer, so am requesting some help please. He says that he plays Word Wizard every hour but when checking the monthly standings his average rank either does not change or it moves up just one number. He also says that he sees other average ranks of 200+ and asks if that is normal. He only registered on FunTrivia on 1 May, is on level 35, and currently shows with just over 300 rank points.

As I do not play Word Wizard every hour and do not check monthly standings, I would be grateful if someone could please advise.

Thank you.

For a start, that rank is comparing you to the other players, so you can play a game and go down in rank if you do poorly. There are two criteria - one column ranks you according to your average score per game (with the top player getting 500 points, and on down to the bottom - but I am not sure what happens down there if there are over 500 active players). The column headed Avg Rank shows how you compare to other players when your average scores are compared. While your average may go up after a good game and down after a bad game, your rank may not change much, if at all - it depends on how others near you have performed.

The other ranking is according to the total number of points you have accrued during the month, again with the top player getting 500 points. This is shown in the column headed Point Rank. Every time you play, your accumulated score goes up. However, it may not increase by as much as players near you in the rankings, so your point rank could actually go down!

The overall leader score is determined by dding those two Rank numbers together, and is shown in the Rank Points column. In theory, that could be 1000 - in practice, it is usually a number in the high 900s - right now it is 989, and the bottom score is 37.

Thank you very much indeed for such a detailed explanation. Would you mind if I copied it for my team member? He had asked on our team message board and I said I would ask here as I could not answer it myself.

Many thanks again - Juli