Passenger Guide

What is Wordtrak?

Wordtrak is a 1v1 competitive word game.

You start each game with hand comprising seven letters. You'll compete against another player or the computer by spelling words across a series of traks (scored slot rows).

Each player plays each trak once; the traks do not need to be played simultaneously; you do not need to fill all the slots in the trak to play a word.

The higher score win the trak. Win the majority of traks to win the game.

Games are best of three or best of five. If you're tied after playing all traks, a sudden death trak is added as a final showdown.

Your Hand

Each round starts by dealing a fresh hand of random letter tiles from the bag.

Then you move to the swap phase. Tap any letters you want to trade for random new letters and hit Swap. If you like what you got and don't want to swap anything, hit Keep Hand.

Choose wisely! Once the swap is done, your hand is locked in for the round.

Playing a Trak

Tap a trak to select it, then tap the letters in your hand to spell a word. Letters fill the slots left to right.

To remove letters from a trak, tap the offending letter. To delete the whole word, tap the first letter in the trak.

Hit Send when your word is ready. Both players play each trak exactly once; the higher score wins that trak. You can play the traks in any order, but each trak can only be used once per game.

Scoring

Every letter has a point value. Your word score is the sum of its letters, modified by any trak bonuses.

Trak bonuses appear as badges on slots:

2L / 3L multiplies that letter by 2x or 3x.

2W / 3W multiplies entire word by 2x or 3x.

Empty slot penalty: Unfilled slots at the end of a trak cost penalty points (-1, -2, -3)

Fill bonus: Filling every slot earns a bonus equal to 1+2+...+N (where N is the trak length). This bonus is added before word multipliers.

Swaps, Passing

You get one swap in best-of-three games and two swaps in best-of-five games. A swap lets you trade any letters for new ones from the bag without losing your turn. Use it when you're stuck. New letters are assigned randomly.

Swaps don't happen at the same time as your opponent, so if you want different letters, move fast!

You can also pass on a trak, forfeiting your score and giving your opponent the win. Sometimes a strategic pass is better than wasting good letters on a bad trak.

Game Modes

Wordtrak is the standard mode. Fill every slot in a trak to earn a fill bonus. This mode rewards longer words and smart trak selection.

Daily Challenge is a solo puzzle. Everyone gets five traks with the same letters and layout. You get one attempt per day. Compare your score on the leaderboard!

Weekly Themes reward going after general categories of words for a huge 4X bonus.

Thanks for playing! Ideas and feedback are always welcome on our Discord: https://discord.gg/bSBkqfm2MG.