The rules, step by step
- Spell a word by tapping stones that touch, hex by hex — words bend, they don’t have to be straight.
- Empty hexes are filled from your rack. Every move has to put down at least one of your own stones.
- Run through their stones and you take ONE of them — you choose which.
- Spell it in a straight line instead and you take every one you touched. That is the whole game.
- Nothing to play? Drop a single stone anywhere, or pass.
- Win by owning one unbroken chain that reaches all three edges. The corners count for both their sides.
- Connect, and they get one move to break it. If they can’t, it’s yours.
Scoring and the fiddly bits
Every move places a stone
A word may run through letters already on the board, but at least one hex has to be filled from your rack or the move is refused.
Taking
A bent word flips one opponent stone, chosen by you; a straight word flips all of them. Your own stones are never at risk.
The opening swap
Whoever moves second may take the first player’s rack, sight unseen, before anything is played. It is the compensation for the second move.
What counts as connected
One group of yours touching all three edges. Three edges reached by two separate groups is not a connection, and is the position everybody loses their first game to.
The stones
Ninety-one in the bag with a fixed spread — twelve E, and a single J, K, Q, X and Z — dealt seven at a time to both racks.
Questions about Wyps
Is Wyps 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 Wyps?
Exactly 2 — Wyps 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 Wyps 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 Wyps online
Free, in the browser, with everyone on their own phone.