Scoring and ranks
Points depend on one thing only: the length of the word. Which letters you use makes no difference. A word built from common letters scores the same as a word of the same length full of rare ones.
The scoring table
| Word length | Points | Compared with a 3-letter word |
|---|---|---|
| 3 letters | 100 | 1 times |
| 4 letters | 400 | 4 times |
| 5 letters | 800 | 8 times |
| 6 letters | 1,400 | 14 times |
| 7 letters | 1,800 | 18 times |
| 8 letters | 2,200 | 22 times |
| 9 letters | 2,600 | 26 times |
| 10 letters | 3,000 | 30 times |
Past eight letters, each extra letter adds 400 points.
What the table means in a real round
- One six-letter word equals 14 three-letter words. You cannot swipe 14 short words in the time it takes to find one long one.
- The biggest jump is from three letters to four. A four-letter word is worth 4 three-letter words. Adding an S to a three-letter word you already found is the cheapest 400 points on the board.
- Five letters is where rounds are won. A five-letter word doubles a four-letter one, and most boards hold several.
- Short words still matter. They are fast, they keep your eyes moving, and they are often the first half of a longer word.
Three example rounds
| What the player found | Score |
|---|---|
| 20 three-letter words | 2,000 |
| 8 three-letter, 6 four-letter and 2 five-letter words | 4,800 |
| 6 three-letter, 8 four-letter, 4 five-letter and 2 six-letter words | 9,800 |
All three players found about twenty words. The third player scored 4.9 times as much as the first.
The Hunter Rating
Your Hunter Rating is the average score of your most recent 15 classic games. It appears after your 5 placement games. Because it is an average of real scores, it means something concrete: a rating of 6,000 says that you usually score about 6,000 points in 80 seconds.
- Only classic games on fresh boards count. Replays of a board you have already seen never touch your rating.
- The score used is the one the server calculates from your words, not a number sent by your device.
- One great game moves the rating a little. Fifteen good games move it a lot.
The seven tiers
| Tier | Hunter Rating | What a round at this level usually looks like |
|---|---|---|
| Bronze | 0 to 2,499 | Learning to see three-letter and four-letter words quickly. |
| Silver | 2,500 to 4,999 | A steady flow of four-letter words and the habit of adding S. |
| Gold | 5,000 to 8,499 | Several five-letter words every round. |
| Platinum | 8,500 to 12,999 | Six-letter words on most boards, found fast. |
| Diamond | 13,000 to 18,999 | Reading the long words first and sweeping the short ones after. |
| Master | 19,000 to 27,999 | Seven and eight letters, round after round. |
| Legend | 28,000 and up | The top of the ladder. |
Every tier below Legend is split into three divisions, III, II and I, each one third of the tier's range. Division III is the entry and division I is the top. Legend has no divisions.
Why scores can be trusted
When a round ends, your device sends the list of words you found and when you found them. The server replays each word against the actual board, checks it against the dictionary, and adds the score up from zero. A device cannot report a score, only words, so a made-up score has no way into the leaderboard.
Last updated October 4, 2026. Every number and word on this page is generated from the same rules and the same 260,345-word dictionary the game server uses.