Bejeweled Deluxe Strategy Guide

If you want to learn how to advance in Bejeweled, you have to know some tactics. This strategy guide will help you progress from just making matches, to making matches with a purpose and will help you maximize your points. If you haven't seen it yet, take a look at our scoring chart for an understand of how to earn points. Are you ready? Let's go!

Tip #1 - The Double

You may notice gems 3 & 4 and want to exchange them first. But wait....
... swap #1 & #2 instead
The diamonds will match and disappear for 10pts
The triangles above gem 3 will drop down and make a match with #4 for an extra 20pts

Tip #2 - Four-In-a-Row

Sometimes it is easy to go fast and miss some potentially great moves.
Blue gems 3 & 4 catch the eye quickly. Resist swapping them.
Instead, swap #1 & 2 for a four gem for twice as many points.

Tip #3 - The Setup

Setting yourself up for the next gem exchange is important at higher levels when matches become harder to make.
To set yourself up for two match possibilities in a row, first swap #1 & #2
#3 & 4 will then drop down & are available to be swapped with each other to create a second match of orange gems on the next turn

Tip #4 - The Setup (Example 2)

Swap 1 & 2
#3 will then drop three positions and land on top of gem #4
#5 will then be available for swapping with whatever gem comes down on #3 for the second consecutive match.

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