Beat the clock, clear the stack
Alphablitz Online is a word association word search. Every category card names a category, and you hunt the grid for words that go with it. A word only has to fit the idea: for MONEY, CASH, BANK, RICH and PENCE all count.
The short version
- Each day everyone gets the same 4x4 grid of letters, the same hand of 6 letter cards and the same 5 category cards.
- For each category card, place at least one card from your hand on the grid, then swipe through touching letters to spell a word of 3 or more letters that fits the category.
- A word scores its letter points times its length. Your Blitz score is points per minute, and the highest Blitz score wins the day.
- It’s free, plays in any web browser, and you don’t need an account.
A round, step by step
Your hand is face up from the start. The grid stays hidden until you tap it, then the clock starts after a 3, 2, 1.
Read the category card. Every word you spell has to fit it.
For BIRDS, NEST, WING and CRANE all count. Drag at least one card from your hand onto the grid, covering a letter. Every card you place has to be in your word.
Drag N onto the grid to cover the T. Swipe through touching letters (sideways, up, down or diagonal) to spell a word of 3 or more letters, then lift your finger to submit it. Each card can be used once per word.
C, R, A, N, E, each letter touching the last.
Don’t like your hand? Tap cards to select them, then Discard to swap them for new ones from the deck.
Tap K and W, then Discard to draw 2 new cards. If the word fits, you score and draw back up to 6. If it doesn’t, the grid shakes and you can try again. Wild cards stand in for any letter.
CRANE: (20 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10) × 5 letters = 300 points. Stuck? After 10 seconds on a category you can Pass. A skipped category always costs a full minute: Pass adds whatever is left of that minute.
Clear all 5 categories to finish. If your hand and the deck both run dry, the round ends early.
Scoring
Blue tiles are consonants and orange tiles are vowels. The darker the tile, the more it’s worth, and the number in its corner tells you exactly. Your word scores the total, multiplied by how many letters it has (CAT = 40 × 3 = 120).
Y is worth 20. Wilds are worth 0.
Your Blitz score
Your daily score is your points per minute: total points divided by your time in minutes, so 1,550 points in 11:00 is a Blitz score of 141. Highest Blitz score wins the day. Ties go to the faster time, then more points, then whoever finished first. Rounds that run out of letters rank below every finished round.
Quick play
Quick play is a random practice game. Turn its timer off before you start to play just for points. Pause any time and pick up where you left off, or end the game early to see your score.
In quick play, tap the light bulb to turn hints on. You’ll see up to three words you can spell right now. If you’re stuck for 20 seconds, the first letter of the easiest one wiggles and a line points to its next letter. The daily is always played without hints.
Want to see real answers? Past dailies show every finished day’s cards and the words players found.