62 cards in all: 60 letters and 2 wilds.

• 6 E’s
• 5 each of A and T
• 4 each of I, O, R and S
• 3 each of L and N
• 2 each of C, D, M, P and U
• 1 each of B, F, G, H, J, K, Qu, V, W, X, Y and Z

There’s no plain Q, only Qu.

Sorry about that! Each category checks your word against a list of words that fit it, built from online word databases and other resources. Associations can be subjective, and our lists keep growing. If you think a word should count, send us feedback and we’ll take a look.

Each word scores its letter points × its length. Your Blitz score is your total points divided by your time in minutes. For example, 1,550 points in 11:00 is a Blitz score of 141. The highest Blitz score wins the day.

Pro tip: add an S or ES to the end of a word for an extra letter, which means more points.

That’s how the original board game plays: you build words by laying letter cards on the grid. Each card you place covers a letter for the rest of the round, so every move changes what you can spell next.

Players told us 7 cards was a lot to take in at once, so the hand is 6 cards now, closer to the board game. Most words don’t need more than 6 letters from your hand. We also took a few extra letters out of the deck, so you see fewer vowels and consonants you can’t use.

Badges celebrate what you do in Alphablitz Online, like your first daily, a long daily streak, a big word or a top 3 finish. Games you played before badges arrived count too. See yours on the Rankings screen, and tap any badge to see how to earn it. The daily always counts toward badges; quick play counts when the timer is on, hints are off and every word uses a card from your hand.

Sometimes your hand just doesn’t fit the category or the grid. Discarding swaps cards for new ones from the deck. The deck isn’t endless, though. If your hand and the deck both run out, the round ends early.

The stars on each category card show how hard it is, from one to three. Think beyond the obvious, and try what the thing does, where you’d find it, its parts, who uses it, or words that describe it. For GLASSES, that could be SEE, READ, LENS or FRAME. Short words count too.

It’s based on one! Alphablitz! is our cooperative board game for 3 to 5 players, coming in mid-2027. See the board game.

A wild card stands in for any letter. It’s worth 0 points on its own, but it still counts toward your word’s length, so it still boosts your length multiplier.

If your hand and the deck both run out before you clear every category, the round ends. Rounds that end early rank below every finished round.

Every daily Blitz score you post from Sunday to Saturday is added up, so playing more days moves you up. The weekly board resets every Sunday.

If you’re not signed in, you get a random player name, and your daily score still counts. Sign in with Google or Discord to pick your own name and keep your scores on any device.

Yes. Add Alphablitz to your Discord server, then type /alphablitz-setup in the channel where you want each new daily posted. It posts every morning at 10 a.m. Eastern. Anyone in the server can type /alphablitz to get today’s daily and the top 3.

iPhone: open alphablitz.online in your browser, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen.

Android: in Chrome, tap the ⋮ menu, then Add to Home screen.

Computer: in Chrome, click the install icon in the address bar, or open the ⋮ menu and choose to install it as an app. It opens in its own window like a desktop app.