How to Play Classic

The fixed round

• A new 4×4 board is yours for 2 minutes.
• Words must be at least 3 letters long and come from the active Wordrush dictionary.
• Each accepted word scores its length squared: 3 letters are 9 points, 4 are 16, and 5 are 25.

Trace valid words

Start on a tile and move to an adjacent tile, including diagonals. You cannot jump across the board or reuse a tile in one word. Release to submit the trace.

A word is rejected if its path is invalid, it is too short, it is not in the dictionary, or you already found it in this round.

When the round ends

The round ends when the 2-minute timer reaches zero. In solo play you can also choose End Round early. In multiplayer, everyone shares the board and clock, while each player keeps their own found-word list and score; the host can end the room round early.