Wordshake

How many points can you get in three minutes? Longer words score more points!

Playing Rules

You are given a random assortment of 16 letters in a 4x4 grid and are set a time limit of 3 minutes. In that time you must spell as many words as possible. The words, of course must be real words, spelt correctly as checked against the word list of 52,000 words and must contain between 3 and 7 letters. A letter cannot be used twice in the same word.

When forming your word, you can select letters from any position as long as you follow the spelling order.

Scoring

Points are awarded depending on the number of letters in the word (the "Qu" cube counts as two letters).

3 letters = 1 point4 letters = 2 points5 letters = 3 points
6 letters = 4 points7 letters = 7 points 
Average: 4 (9958 votes)

Submitted by Loucomon on Sun, 08/03/2026 - 22:30

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Got to 128, today. Just one 'S' and a combo of 'qu', twice 'y', one 'x'. I get it, it'll help me reach new levels on remembering vocabulary I know, but seriously... I've got the feeling it got harder after I subscribed! I got three 's' once, before subscribing (my record then was, and still is, 206).

Submitted by Loucomon on Sat, 07/03/2026 - 19:35

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71, here. Letters didn't help so much this time; who can make words when you have three 'Y'?

 

I'll try again later.

Submitted by Tiina on Sun, 08/02/2026 - 14:30

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It totally depends on which letters you get! My results ranged from 10 to 60. I noticed that it was allowed to use the same word in both singular and plural forms (toy / toys), as well as irregular verb forms like meet and met.

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