📖 Controls & Official Game Rules
Complete guide to controls, 9-tile rack, dynamic & fixed wildcards, progressive multipliers, and scoring.
⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts & Interactions
🔠 9-Tile Rack & Word Formation
• 9 Unique Tiles Capacity: Every game provides an active 9-tile rack. Played tiles are automatically replenished back to 9 tiles upon submitting a valid word.
• Word Length Limit: Valid words must be between 3 and 9 letters long and exist in the official language dictionary.
• Duplicate Words Rule: Re-submitting a word already played in the current match is rejected with 0 points.
💎 Letter Scores & Word Value
• Every letter has a value from 1 to 50 points based on its rarity in the dictionary.
• A word's base score is the sum of its letter values; the final score then applies the length multiplier.
• Letters covered by a wildcard are worth 0 points for that word.
🖤 Dynamic (White) & Fixed (Black) Wildcards (*)
• Dynamic Wildcard (White Tile): Always white on rack and board. Contains dynamic recharge power (⚡) to replace missing letters.
• Fixed Wildcard (Black Tile): Always onyx black on rack and board (*). Permanently locks assigned letter.
📈 Progressive Length Multipliers
- 3 Letters: 1.0x
- 4 Letters: 1.25x Multiplier
- 5 Letters: 1.5x Multiplier
- 6 Letters: 2.0x Multiplier
- 7 Letters: 2.5x Multiplier
- 8 Letters (Full Rack): 3.5x Maximum Multiplier!
🕵️ Secret Bonus Jackpot (2x)
The server preselects a secret highest-scoring bonus word for your rack. Playing words reveals secret letters in GREEN. Discovering it grants 2x Double Points!
After you discover a bonus word, a new secret target is chosen and the hunt continues.
⏱️ 90-Second Timer & Leaderboard Registration
• 90-Second Inactivity Timer: Submitting a valid word resets your 1:30 countdown timer.
• Leaderboard & Roles: Save your score anytime via 🏁 Finish Game or Game Over modal to rank on the Global Leaderboard!
• When the timer reaches zero the match ends automatically and your score is submitted.
🏆 Tournaments
• Compete in hourly, daily or keyword tournaments against other players.
• Tournament racks are curated for fair play: not too poor, not too rich.