How to play
Guess letters. Beat the clock.
The theme is your only prompt. Tap letters to guess them: every correct letter fills in everywhere it appears in the grid, and a wrong letter costs a life. Clear the whole grid before your lives run out.
Choose your level
Levels & lives
Rookie
6 lives
5 pts per 10s block
Room to breathe. Learn the rhythm.
Pro
5 lives
8 pts per 10s block
Fewer lives, sharper maths.
Legend
3 lives
10 pts per 10s block
Three mistakes. That's the whole budget.
Every level plays against the same 2:00 par time. Harder levels give you fewer lives but move points faster in both directions.
Scoring
How points are worked out
- Start from par: 100 points. Finishing exactly at the 2:00 par time with no lives lost scores 100.
- Time: every COMPLETE 10-second block away from 2:00 moves your score. Finish early and blocks are added; finish late and they are taken away. Part-finished blocks count for nothing — 129 seconds scores the same as 120.
- Lives: minus 10 points for each life lost, at every level.
Legend, 50s, no lives lost: 7 blocks early x 10 = +70 → 170 points.
Pro, 2:30, one life lost: 3 blocks late x 8 = −24, minus 10 → 66 points.
Rookie, 1:35, no lives lost: 2 complete blocks early x 5 = +10 → 110 points.
What counts
Attempts & boards
- Your first attempt at the daily game is the one that counts, and it stands.
- Archive grids allow one counted attempt each, ever.
- Practice replays are always free to play but never affect scores, streaks or boards.
- Leaderboards rank counted daily runs; play one day at a time to keep a streak.