How to play
Bobble is a real-time multiplayer word-rack game for 2–8 players. The host
sets a round duration (1–10 minutes); when the round starts, every player
sees the same eight letters and races to build as many valid words as possible.
The rules
- Words must be 4–8 letters.
- Every letter in your word must come from the rack. Each rack letter can be
reused across different words, but within a single word, every letter you
use consumes one tile — duplicates need duplicate tiles.
- The word must be in the dictionary (British-English).
- You can’t submit the same word twice in a round.
Scoring
Each letter has a Scrabble-style value (A/E/I/L/N/O/R/S/T/U = 1 point, up to Q/Z =
10 points). The word total is multiplied by a length bonus:
| Length | Multiplier |
|---|
| 4 | × 1.5 |
| 5 | × 2.0 |
| 6 | × 3.0 |
| 7 | × 4.0 |
| 8 | × 5.0 |
Hard mode
When the host enables Hard mode, submitting a word that isn’t in the
dictionary deducts that word’s raw letter-value sum from your score (no
multiplier). Be confident before you press Enter — guessing in Hard mode costs.
Normal mode ignores wrong guesses.
Hosting a game
- From the home screen, enter the name other players will see.
- Drag the Round length slider to pick a duration.
- Tick Hard mode if you want the penalty rule on.
- Tap Create game.
- In the lobby, tap Share invite to send your friends a link
(via WhatsApp, Messages, AirDrop, etc.) or tap Copy code
and read out the 5-character code over the phone.
- When everyone’s joined (you need at least 2 players) tap
Start game. A short 3–2–1 countdown plays for
everyone before submissions open.
Joining a game
- If a friend sent you an invite link, just open it. The join code is
pre-filled.
- Otherwise, on the home screen type the 5-character code into the
Join with a code field.
- Enter the name you want shown on the scoreboard.
- Tap Join. You’ll wait in the lobby until the host
starts the round.
During the round
- Tap a tile in the rack to add its letter to your word.
The tile dims so you know you’ve used it.
- Clear empties the word and restores every tile.
- Del removes the last letter (and restores its tile).
- Enter submits the word.
- Shuffle reorders the rack visually — it doesn’t
affect what’s playable.
- Emoji bar: tap an emoji to send a reaction that floats
over your row on everyone’s screen.
- On a real keyboard you can type letters and press Enter
/ Backspace / Escape directly — the
app routes hardware keys through the same handlers as the on-screen
buttons.
After the round
- Everyone sees the winners’ table and every possible word for the
round, marked with how many players found each.
- The host can tap Return to lobby to reset the same game
for another round (keeps the code and the player roster, just zeroes
scores and picks a fresh rack).
- Other players are auto-redirected back to the lobby as soon as the host
hits the button — no need to re-join.
- Anyone can tap Exit to dashboard to leave the game and
go back to the home screen.
Stats
Your wins, win streaks, best single-game score, and best word ever
submitted are stored locally in your browser. They survive across games but
will vanish if you clear site data. There’s no account; the stats are
yours and only yours.
Mute & theme
The speaker icon in the header toggles all in-game sounds; the theme icon
swaps between dark and light. Both choices persist on this device.