Nine letter tiles, thirty seconds, everybody at once — and two people finding the same word both score it. 1 to 8 people in a browser, about 10 minutes, no signup.
Thirty seconds a rack means nobody is ever waiting, and unlike the other word game here duplicates do not cancel — so what you are racing is length rather than everybody else's imagination. It is the friendlier of the two at a table where confidence varies.
It runs from one player to eight without changing shape, which makes it a safe choice when you do not know how many people are actually going to join.
A round
DealThirty secondsOn the tableDeal again
On the sheet
+4 / +5 / +6Four, five, six letters — length is the whole score
+7 / +8Seven or eight — and usually the rack
+18All nine tiles — double, and the story of the evening
the sameSomebody who had the same word — duplicates do not cancel here
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