20 WORDS // 20 SECONDS
20 WORDS // 20 SECONDS is a frantic typing game made to be played in only 20 seconds.
HOW TO PLAY
You have 20 seconds.
For each prompt, type an English word that meets the criteria above. Words that you have used for an earlier criteria cannot be used again later.
SCORING
Your score is made up of three components:
- How many words correctly entered.
- The length of each word.
- The time left on the clock if 20 words have been entered.
For each word you enter, you will get points added to your score equal to the number of words you've already entered. On the eighth word, you get eight points. On the fourteenth, fourteen.
Additionally, you will get points equal to the number of letters in the word. For the first letter, you get one point. For the second, two. For every letter after that, an additional three.
For example, if the word "WASTES" was entered as the fifth word, it would score 20 points.
5.W A S T E S
5+1+2+3+3+3+3=20
5 because it was the fifth word entered, and the remaining 15 based on the length of the word.
If you manage to enter 20 words, you will get 5 points for every tenth of a second left on the clock.
SECRET MENU
You can toggle to 20 WORDS // ?? SECONDS mode by pressing 'c' at the main menu. It removes the time limit and lets you try to maximize your score without the time constraints. Press 'c' to toggle back (or just refresh the page).
ABOUT
This game was made by Kevin Hutchins for the 20 Second Game Jam 2023 using the ENABLE word list.
My high score is 264. What's yours?
Let me know how you heard about this game. I have no idea where you all came from!
Development log
- Little Update, Little New Game ModeDec 17, 2023
Comments
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249. I was so close, but I can only get to 14.
uh elements of the periodic table aren't working as well as countries? (i tried france, belgium, thalium, and scandinavium and none worked)
I tried typing the longest word in english
I did that as well on any word but it didn't work.
I can't get past 12 lol
Fun game!
my score is 6 (wow im so fast #REAL)
How are people typing 1 word per second
This game is really addictive! I've played through a few times. I wish 'que' and 'november' count as words tho
“Que”, as in the French word for what?
Or “queue”, as in a line of people?
Oh you're right lol. I must've mixed up "cue" and "queue"
Why does it not keep a running total of your high score? Everytime I play, it starts over with 0 as a high score. How do you keep your high score?
Great game, took me about 2 hours but i finally was able to beat it. Here was my winning result.
Love this. But I think 'text' should count as a word that contains X, no? And other words I played that I think should have been accepted: 'ionize' for word containing 'ion'; 'sexuality' and 'tax' for a words containing x; 'lousy' for word containing 'ous,' and some others too. But this is addicting and fun!
My first attempt had an interesting result 🤣
I learned about this game from the Tom Scott newsletter since the creator asked. It really is quite fun!
I managed to get through all 20 words and scored 431! Really fun game! I heard about it via a friend sending a link to a Discord server.
Is anyone else stuck with weird letters?
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Nice, I love typing games! My best is 151
best score 7.
Ok, I think I've 100% the game:
(This is a real game, but played by a computer. My real best score currently is 208. Just wanted to see how far this game can be pushed. Also it's a very nice game btw)
It's the first 7 letter and 5 letter "words" :p
Addictive and amazing game! I love playing it. My one piece of criticism though is there are some legitimate words which aren’t accepted, for example: epilate, heterochromia (that I’ve discovered so far). If this could be resolved, that’d be incredible. Nonetheless, excellent work and thank you for sharing!
My PB is 348. Very fun game with no major issues beyond there being some delays in between the next question loading that do seem to make it questionably possible to get to question 20. I could be wrong though!
I managed to get 316
Is it just me? This game pulls words out of my head I didn't even think I knew?
Managed 309, pretty proud of myself
This is very good, but I do think "Zen" should count for a word which begins with Z.
Zen is a proper noun, which is probably why.
Lost one game on `Any word` x) This game is so addictive <3
After many attempts, my high score came out to 180. I will try to get further in the future. I am very disappointed in myself. (joking)
This is really fun, I'll make sure to play it again now and then!
Hi! We played your game on stream and really enjoyed it!
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121
Spent a while on this, got 121 so far. Great game.
Really well done! Stressful in a great way! So much harder than it seems like it should be.
Have to join in, this is a really fun and well thought out game! Wordle prepeared me for 5 letters so I was stumped at 6-7. I like the strategy of finding go-to words for prompts, make you always want to go faster and faster!
Record: 115 points
Would love to come back to this later (and also play a PICO-8 remake!!)
totally agree with you on the strategy and managed to get 171 using it
cool idea! definitely motivates the player to play again and try for a higher score.
Nice.
Stressful! But a great entry. :)
Very polished! Good job. This little game is addictive.
I'm not an English speaker so it was a little tougher for me, but I manadged to score 93))
WOW! This game is very challenging and difficult! I'm afraid I was only able to get 72, heh! Nice job!
Very fun game, nice work!