What is totonoeyo?
totonoeyo is a daily word-placement puzzle. Players receive twenty letters and must arrange them into rows that each form a valid English word. Longer words earn higher scores, and the goal is to use as many letters as possible while maximising the total.
How to play totonoeyo
- Choose one of the three daily difficulties: easy (松), medium (竹) or hard (梅). Each offers a different number of row swaps and letter previews.
- The large letter appears first. Place it by dragging, clicking or tapping. A track then reveals the next letters in sequence.
- Arrange letters into rows so that every completed row spells a genuine word. Letters may be shifted inside a row or moved to a different row, but each move consumes limited resources.
- Continue until all twenty letters have been placed or no further valid moves remain. Only fully formed words score.
- Review the score, then submit it if signed in. Completed games are stored locally; signing in also syncs history and allows sharing.
Scoring and daily structure
Valid words score ( n \times (n - 1) ), where ( n ) is the number of letters. Words of twelve letters or longer are capped at 132 points. A table of values runs from 2 points for a two-letter word up to the 132-point maximum. An additional 15-point bonus is awarded when every one of the twenty letters appears in a valid row.
Each day brings three new puzzles that increase in restriction. Easy mode supplies three row swaps and four previews. Medium reduces these to two swaps and two previews. Hard allows only one swap and no previews. Vision of upcoming letters and freedom to rearrange both shrink as difficulty rises.
Tips for higher scores
Focus first on forming the longest possible words rather than filling every row with short ones. Because scoring grows quadratically, a single twelve-letter word outweighs several shorter ones. Keep unused letters visible and test whether they can extend an existing row before committing them elsewhere.
Row swaps are limited, so plan rearrangements carefully. Moving a letter that breaks an already valid word costs both the points of that word and a scarce swap. Preview letters, when available, help avoid dead-end sequences.
British and US English dictionaries are both supported; select the preferred variant before starting. Games remain playable offline once loaded, and local progress is retained even without an account. Signing in is required only for the public leaderboard and cross-device history.