Difficulty levels — Classic, Strategic, and Mastermind. Switch after any round from the result screen.
Classic — vowel-rich deck, easier AI. Great for learning or a more relaxed game.
Mastermind — rare-heavy deck, ruthless AI. THORAX is a fair play. You've been warned.
Build the best word from your hand.
Lock it in safely — or press your luck. Go find RAISIN when everyone else locks in TRAIN.
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The Setup
Build the best word from your hand and the community letters.
Community — revealed in stages
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Your hand — private, always yours
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Letters reveal in 3 stages —
Flop (3 community),
Turn (+1),
River (+1).
Build a word of 5–8 letters using any mix of your hand and community tiles.
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Lock or Press
After each reveal, you make the call.
Lock ✓
Press →
Lock — bank your word, take your bonus, and you're done. Round resolves once PRESSbot plays out. Lock early for a bonus: +2 at Flop, +1 at Turn.
Press — reveal the next letter and hunt for something longer. If you have a word typed, it's saved as your safety net. But if you end up with a shorter word than you started with, you lose 3pts.
💡 Pro tip: Type your safe word first — then decide whether to press. If time runs out, your typed word auto-locks.
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Scoring
Longer words score more. Bonuses reward smart play.
5 letters
5 pts
6 letters
9 pts
7 letters
15 pts
8 letters
22 pts
+2Use all 3 of your private letters
+2Word contains a rare letter (J, K, X, Z, QU)
+2Every letter in the word is unique
+2Lock at Flop (early lock bonus)
+1Lock at Turn (early lock bonus)
Max possible: 28 pts — 8 letters + all 3 bonuses
After every round, the best possible word from all 8 letters is revealed.
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Difficulty
Pick your level after each round. Switch any time.
ClassicVowel-rich deck, easier PRESSbot. Great for learning the game or when you just want to find words.
StrategicThe default experience. Balanced deck, smart PRESSbot. This is PRESS as it was designed to be played.
MastermindRare-heavy deck, ruthless PRESSbot. Boards are harder and PRESSbot won't leave points on the table.
Change your level on the result screen after any round.
FLOP
TURN
RIVER
PRESSbot is ready
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Community
Your hand
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⚠ You pressed — beat your word length or lose 3pts
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