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# Tile Rush
> Fill the slot from the shared rack — claim every word you can find
**Category:** Word · **Players:** free-for-all · **Status:** Beta
Tile Rush is in beta — details may change.
A Scrabble-flavoured speed round. Each round puts a **seven-cell slot** on
stage — one or two cells already filled by board tiles, premium squares marked
on the open cells — and a shared **seven-tile rack**. Chat races to type
seven-letter words that fit the slot and draw from the rack. Every valid word
can be claimed by exactly one chatter — first to type it locks it in — and you
can claim as many different words as you can find. The more (and higher-scoring)
words you claim, the bigger your round.
## Gameplay
Note the fixed board letters, the premium squares, and the seven tiles on
the rack.
No command — type any seven-letter word that keeps the board letters in
place and covers the open cells from the rack. First to type a word claims
it; copies are dropped.
Keep finding more words — every claim adds to your round score until the
slot is cleared or the host reveals.
## How the slot works
The board letters are fixed and the open cells must be covered by rack tiles;
premium squares multiply the letters that land on them, just like Scrabble.
* **The slot is partly filled.** One or two board letters are locked in place;
your word has to keep them where they are.
* **Open cells come from the rack.** The letters you add must be on the shared
seven-tile rack (unless a gift grants wild tiles — see [Gifts](#gifts)).
* **Premiums multiply.** Double/triple letter and word squares score exactly
like Scrabble, so where a word lands matters as much as which word it is.
* **First to type a word claims it.** Each distinct valid word locks to one
chatter; you can claim as many different words as you can find.
## Configuration
| Option | Values | Default |
| ------------------ | ----------------------------------- | ------------- |
| **Rounds** | 1–20 | 5 |
| **Round timer** | off, or 15–120s | Off |
| **Difficulty** | easy / mixed / hard | Mixed |
| **Wild-tile gift** | a gift that grants off-rack letters | Off until set |
**Rounds.** How many slots make up the game. Round scores fold into a running
total.
**Round timer.** Off by default — the slot stays open until every rack word is
claimed or the host reveals. Set a timer to pace the room.
**Difficulty.** Controls how the slots and racks are generated.
**Wild-tile gift.** An optional gift that lets a chatter use letters that aren't
on the rack (see [Gifts](#gifts)).
## Layout
1. **Marquee** — game title and how-to hint.
2. **Round + timer strip** — round number and the countdown when a timer is set.
3. **Slot, rack + claim feed** — the slot and rack up top, with claimed words
scrolling in live below.
4. **Gift strip** — the wild-tile gift when configured.
5. **Leaderboard** — players ranked by total score.
The game moves through **Lobby → Round → Revealed → Finished**.
## Gifts
Tile Rush's gift grants **wild tiles** — off-rack letters. Sending the configured
gift gives that chatter a personal budget of letters they can use *beyond* the
shared rack for the rest of the slot; each fire adds to the budget, and budgets
reset every round. Off-rack letters still score their normal Scrabble value.
It's off unless the host maps gifts to wild-tile counts.
## Scoring
* Each claim scores its **Scrabble letter values × premium squares**; your round
score is the sum of every word you claimed.
* Round scores fold into a running total; the highest total after the last round
wins, and ties are shipped as co-winners.
* The optimal word is held back until the reveal, so "the best word was X for Y"
lands as a moment rather than spoiling the hunt.
* Points feed the per-streamer tally behind
[avatar ring tiers](/games/leaderboards). Wins are tracked per streamer.