WordTime

You get exactly the same letters and the same bag as they did, against the same computer. Swaps shuffle things up, just like in any game.

Definitions from Wiktionary.

You and your opponent each have 6 letters from a bag of 56 tiles, including 2 blanks. You take turns, and each turn lasts 10 seconds.

On your turn, do one of these

• Play a word of 3 or more letters from your tiles. Tap tiles (or type) to build it, then Play. It scores the letter values, and you get new letters from the bag.
• ⇄ Swap with your opponent: tap the letters you want rid of, then press Swap. They get those letters and you get the same number of theirs, picked at random (their letters are hidden, so it's a gamble). To swap the lot, pick all six, or press and hold a swap button to pick them all at once.
• 🎒 Fresh letters: the same, but your letters go back in the bag and you draw new ones.

If the clock runs out, your turn is gone. Each word can only be played once per game. Blank tiles can be any letter and score 0.

Spares and Strikes

• Spare: a 5-letter word makes your next word score ×2.
• Strike: use all 6 letters and your next word scores ×3.
• +5 s: once a game you can add five seconds to your turn.

The bonus works on your next word whatever its length, and a word can earn a new bonus while it's being multiplied. There's no bonus in the final round.

Swapping or running out of time uses the bonus up.

The end

When the bag runs out, each player gets one last go and the higher score wins. Six turns in a row without a word also ends the game.

Leaving loses. In live games, turns continue while you reconnect, with 20 seconds to return. Computer games pause when interrupted.

Practice

Relaxed and untimed computer games have separate practice records.

Opponents

Four computer levels, from Easy to Impossible, or a friend live (both of you need to be signed in and playing at the same time).

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Signed-in players only. Games against the computer count.