word rain.
Wrong letters in a row: 0 / 3
0 / 6 perfect words toward 2×
Catch the highlighted letter.
Drag the basket with your mouse, press ← → or A / D, or hold the on-screen arrows.
Catch letters in order. Keep your hearts above zero.
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Scoring & shield rules
Normal: Correct +10 · Wrong +1 while scoring is active · Word +50. Hard: Correct +15 · Wrong +2 while scoring is active · Word +75. Correct letters and word completions earn 1.5× Normal points, including 2× bonus points (+30 / +150). Wrong-letter points never receive the 2× bonus.
Three wrong letters in a row pause scoring; the third earns nothing. The next correct catch clears the pause without points.
A perfect word has no unprotected wrong catches or × catches. Uncaught drops are harmless; shield exceptions apply.
Ordinary letters in Normal: 20% target the current blank; 5% pre-generate the following letter. Hard: 8% current, 5% following. The following-letter rule is skipped on the final letter. If consecutive letters are identical, both chances produce that letter. Letters stay fixed, and catching a future letter too early still counts as wrong.
🛡️ Blue shield drops: 3%, available from the start. Pickup equips a full shield. Already full: lose 2 hearts; Normal removes all shield, Hard retains half. Half shield: lose 1 heart and all shield. Shield pickups preserve perfection.
Full shield + ×: shield shatters, no heart lost, perfection lost.
Half shield + ×: shield shatters, lose a heart, perfection preserved.
Each shielded wrong letter consumes half a shield and preserves perfection, including the catch that breaks the shield.
Scoring and speed penalties still apply.
2× Perfect bonus · All modes
Complete six perfect words in a row to turn the next target word yellow. Subsequent correct catches earn +20 and word completions +100 in Normal; +30 and +150 in Hard. Works in Normal and Hard. The sixth perfect word also restores one heart, up to three. The bonus lasts until perfection breaks: an unshielded wrong letter, an unshielded ×, or a full-shield × ends it. Shielded wrong letters and a half-shield × preserve it. Wildcards count as correct letters. Every further six perfect words can restore another heart; bonus points stay at 2×.
✦ Wildcards
Normal mode only: perfect one word to unlock purple blocks: 1.5% per non-× drop. Each fills one blank and counts as a normal correct catch. An unshielded wrong letter removes this mode. Shielded wrong letters keep it, including the catch that breaks the shield. Purple hearts mean it is active.
Mode inactive
↗ Speed
Every two consecutive perfect words: +20 percentage points. Normal starts at 100%, capped at 220%. Hard starts at 140%, capped at 260%. Wrong letter: −5 points. Catch ×: −20 points. Speed cannot fall below the starting speed for the selected difficulty.
Perfect words: 0 / 2
♥ Regeneration
Every six consecutive perfect words restores one heart, up to three. Rewards at full health are skipped.
0 / 6 perfect words · Streak 0
Pocket Forecast · Word Rain / octopuskid & ChatGPT
Original BGM: Pocket Forecast · Word Rain / octopuskid & ChatGPT · MIT. Sound effects are original synthesized tones.
Your audio stays on this device and is used for this session. Choose it again after reopening the game. It is never uploaded.
Music credits & licenses
Carefree and Monkeys Spinning Monkeys by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.
Sources: Carefree · Monkeys Spinning Monkeys. Re-encoded to 80 kbps mono MP3 for download size; full tracks retained, looped in-game at reduced playback volume. No endorsement implied.
Pocket Forecast and the synthesized effects remain available under MIT. The Kevin MacLeod recordings have their own CC BY 4.0 license.