LAST UPDATED: OCTOBER 2026
These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of Elevensies ("the Game"), operated by a solo designer and developer ("we", "us", "our"). By playing Elevensies, you agree to these terms.
1. THE GAME
Elevensies is a daily word game available at playelevensies.com. The Full Game opens at 11:00am and closes at 2:00pm in your local time zone. Your device's clock is used to determine eligibility; we do not adjust for manual clock changes or time zone spoofing. Scores submitted outside the game window will not be accepted.
2. LETTER SCORING
Each letter carries a point value based on its frequency in the English language. Less common letters are worth more. The values are as follows:
1 point — A, E, I, O, U, L, N, R, S, T
2 points — D, G
3 points — B, C, M, P
4 points — F, H, V, W, Y
5 points — K
8 points — J, X
10 points — Q, Z
A letter like J scores more than K because it appears far less frequently in English words, making it harder to use effectively. A word's score is the sum of all its letters' values. There are no multipliers or positional bonuses. In the Full Game you play with 10 tiles and may reveal one 11th bonus tile, once per game; it is scored like any other letter.
3. LEADERBOARD & RANKINGS
The Top 11 leaderboard ranks players by their score for the current game day. The following rules apply:
Primary ranking: Total score for that day's game
Tiebreaker: Where two players share the same score, the player with the longer current streak is ranked higher
Second tiebreaker: Where streak is also equal, players are ranked by time of submission — earliest first
The Today column on the leaderboard becomes visible once the 11am game window opens in your local time. Scores from players in other time zones who played in their own valid 11am window will appear at that point.
Leaderboard positions are calculated at the time of viewing and may shift throughout the day as other players submit scores. A position shown at 11:05am is not guaranteed at 12:00pm.
4. STREAKS & LIFELINES
A streak is the number of consecutive days on which you have completed the Full Game. A streak is maintained only if you play within the 11am–2pm window on each calendar day in your local time zone.
Missing a day breaks your streak. If you hold a Streak Lifeline, you may apply it to restore a broken streak for one missed day. Lifelines cannot be applied to streaks broken more than one day ago, and a freeze day does not itself count toward your streak total.
The Streak badge displayed on your profile is calculated live and always reflects your current streak at the time of viewing.
5. GAME MODES
Full Game — one game per day, played within the 11am–2pm window. You have 11 turns. Scores are saved and count toward the leaderboard, your streak and mini leagues. You only get one go per day, and a game in progress can be resumed on another device but cannot be restarted.
Practice — unlimited plays at any time. Scores are not saved and do not affect your standing.
Anagram — one daily 11-letter puzzle, the same for every player, with a new word at midnight. You start with 11 points; each letter you reveal costs 1 point, and giving up scores 0. An Anagram streak is tracked separately from the Full Game streak.
Survival (Play to 11) — survive all 11 rounds of 60 seconds each by scoring 11 or more points per round. Results are saved to your Survival stats.
Survival (Unlimited) — survive as many rounds as possible with no cap. Ranked by rounds survived, then total points.
Match — head-to-head play over the best of three rounds with the same letters for both players, either in a private game with friends (using a game word) or in public against a random opponent. Results do not affect the main leaderboard.
Draft — pick your letters one at a time from three choices, then play words from the rack you have built. Unlimited plays; results are saved to your personal stats when you are signed in and do not affect the Full Game leaderboard or streak.
Links — play 11 words in a chain, each starting with the last letter of the previous word. Unlimited plays; results are saved to your personal stats when you are signed in and do not affect the Full Game leaderboard or streak.
6. MINI LEAGUES
A mini league is a private table shared with friends using a league name and password. A league holds up to 11 members, and you can belong to up to 11 leagues at once. Anyone with the name and password can join, so share them only with people you want in your league.
Leagues run in 11-day seasons set by the league admin. Only the Full Game counts. On each day you play, you earn 1 point, and the day's top three players earn a bonus of 3, 2 and 1 points, so the top three score 4, 3 and 2 points respectively and everyone else who played scores 1. Players who share a score share a position. The player with the most points when the season ends wins it, and seasons may roll on automatically unless the admin turns that off.
The league admin can remove members and delete the league. League names must follow the same standards as display names. Members who opt in to emails may receive a season recap.
7. BADGES & HONOURS
Badges and honours are awarded automatically based on how you play. We may add, change, re-balance or retire badges at any time, and may remove any that we believe were earned through means not intended by the game.
8. NOTIFICATIONS & EMAILS
Daily reminders and last-chance nudges are sent only if you turn them on, by browser or app push notification or by email, and you can switch them off at any time in Tools. The weekly roundup email is on by default for new accounts and can be switched off in Tools or via the unsubscribe link. Reminders are timed from your device's time zone, which is updated when you open the game, so delivery around clock changes or travel may be an hour out until you next open it. We do not guarantee that a notification will be delivered.
9. WORD VALIDITY
Words are validated against an internal dictionary. We do not publish the dictionary or the criteria by which words are included or excluded. Proper nouns, abbreviations, and words requiring punctuation are not accepted. If a word you believe to be valid is rejected, we are unable to add individual words on request, though we do review suggestions sent through the Contact form.
10. ACCOUNTS & CONDUCT
You may create one account per person. Accounts found to be exploiting the game, manipulating scores, or operating automated play will be removed without notice. Display names and league names must not contain offensive or inappropriate language.
To keep play fair, Full Game scores are checked on our servers: your letters are issued by the server and each submitted game is validated against them. Scores that fail these checks may be rejected or removed.
We reserve the right to remove or adjust any score, streak, ranking or badge that we reasonably believe to have been obtained through means not intended by the game.
You can delete your account at any time from Tools, which permanently removes your data as described in our Privacy Policy.
11. AVAILABILITY
We aim to keep Elevensies available during game hours but do not guarantee uninterrupted access. Maintenance, technical issues, or circumstances beyond our control may occasionally affect availability. We are not liable for missed game windows resulting from service disruption.
12. CHANGES
We may update these terms at any time, for example when game modes or features change. Continued use of the game following any change constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.
13. CONTACT
Questions about these terms can be submitted via the Contact / Feedback form in the More menu.
