A match has one rank and one score
Every prompt has six ranked answers. First place earns 100 points, second earns 64, third earns 32, fourth earns 16, fifth earns 8, and sixth earns 4. The first recognized answer you submit ends that round. There are no bonus points for using fewer characters, answering faster, or submitting a particular alias instead of the board's displayed wording.
If your guess does not match any accepted answer, it has not scored yet. You may try again until the timer expires. A timeout with no matched answer earns zero. Once an answer matches, its rank determines the points immediately; later guesses cannot replace it. This is why choosing a familiar first response matters more than typing a long list of possibilities.
Your total is the sum of seven rounds
A complete game contains seven rounds, so the maximum is seven first-place answers: 700 points. Consider a run with ranks one, two, three, one, four, five, and six. Its score is 100 + 64 + 32 + 100 + 16 + 8 + 4, or 324 points. A timeout contributes zero to the same straightforward sum.
The climb is a visual expression of that total. Each point represents 10 metres, so 324 points means 3,240 metres and a perfect game reaches 7,000 metres. Height does not multiply the score or introduce another hidden rule. If you are comparing results with a friend, comparing either total points or total height leads to the same ordering.
The ranking is an editorial game rule
Our boards are written for this edition. We choose six plausible answers and order them as familiar responses, but we do not claim that a particular percentage of people chose each one. A first-place answer worth 100 points does not mean 100 people selected it. Likewise, a 64-point answer is a scoring tier, not a measured 64 percent share.
This distinction helps explain disagreements. Your first thought can differ because of where you live, what you enjoy, or how you read a word. A small board also leaves out many sensible possibilities. The game rewards predicting this board; it cannot establish a universal ranking of human associations. Review it with that limitation in mind, especially when a prompt has several natural interpretations.
Compare scores under matching conditions
A daily result is most comparable with another result from the same UTC date on the same site version. A challenge link is useful when you want a repeatable ordered set. Two random practice runs can differ in difficulty because their prompts differ. A personal best from an especially familiar category is still enjoyable, but it is not a controlled comparison with every other run.
For useful self-review, look beyond the final total. Count how often your first choice found the board, notice repeated timeouts, and read the top answers after finishing. A run with a few strong associations and a few misses suggests a different improvement than seven consistent second-place answers. The score is a clear summary; the individual rounds show you what happened.