The rules, step by step
- Nine letters, forty-five seconds — four rounds, both of you hunting at once.
- Tap tiles to spell any real word of three letters or more. It stands when the dictionary takes it.
- You can replace your standing word right up to the buzzer.
- At the whistle both standing words score their length; all nine letters at once scores 18.
- The SAME word on both phones scores once — call out what you’re chasing.
- Both happy early? Either of you can call it and bank the round.
Scoring and the fiddly bits
The deal
Nine letters a round, four rounds in a run. The vowel count is fixed by round — three, four, three, four — so every week has the same shape.
Standing words
A word stands the instant the dictionary accepts it and can be replaced any number of times before the buzzer. Nothing else is ever submitted.
Scoring
Each standing word scores its length at the whistle, and all nine letters at once scores 18. A word standing on both phones scores once.
Ending a round early
Either of you can call it, but only once both words stand — nobody can whistle away the other’s round while they have nothing down.
One run a week
The racks are generated from the ISO week and stay hidden until the clock starts. Each player gets one pair run and one solo run.
Questions about Nine Letters
Is Nine Letters free?
Yes. Every game on Table Party is free, with no accounts, no adverts and nothing to buy.
How many people do you need for Nine Letters?
Exactly 2 — Nine Letters is built for that number and no other.
Do we need to download anything?
No. One person opens the site and starts a room; everybody else joins by typing the room code on their own phone. Nothing to install, nothing to sign up for.
Can we play Nine Letters over a video call?
Yes. Share the room code in the chat and play with the call running — everything private stays on each player’s own phone.
Play Nine Letters online
Free, in the browser, with everyone on their own phone.