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Typing Speed

Race the clock, chase your ghost, stop the falling words

Pick a mode, then press any key and type the passage. The clock starts on your first key. Tab then Enter restarts.

Timed tests of 15 to 120 seconds or a single classic-book quote, honest net and raw WPM, a live speed graph, a ghost of your best run, and a map of the keys you miss. Or play Word Rain and stop the falling words.

About Typing Speed

Typing Speed is a free typing speed test that runs in your browser. Pick a timed test of 15, 30, 60 or 120 seconds with common words or classic-book quotes, or type one quote at your own pace. Daily gives everyone the same passage for the whole UTC day, with a leaderboard. Word Rain drops words from the top, and you type them before they land. Results add a graph and a map of your missed keys. Your best timed run is saved on your device as a ghost to race.

How to play

  1. Choose Words or Quotes and a length in the mode bar, or pick Quote for one passage.
  2. Click the text or press any key, then type. Space ends a word.
  3. A wrong letter turns red but stays inside its own word. Backspace fixes it.
  4. A timed round ends at zero. A Quote round ends on its last word.
  5. Press Tab then Enter to go again.
  6. Race your ghost: a dim marker shows where your best run stood.
  7. Pick Rain: type a falling word to clear it. A landed word costs one of three lives, and every 10 cleared start a faster wave.
  8. Pick Daily for today's shared text, then press Post to put your best on the board.

Controls

Keyboard
Type the passage. Space commits a word. Backspace fixes mistakes.
Ctrl or Alt + Backspace
Clears the current word.
Tab, then Enter
Restarts in the same mode.
Escape
Restarts the round.
Word Rain
Type a falling word; Space or Enter clears what you typed. On a phone it plays above the keyboard.
Phone
Tap Start typing. The text stays above the keyboard; tap the text if the keyboard closes.

Tips and strategy

  • Protect accuracy: a wrong key stays in your accuracy figure even after you fix it.
  • Punctuation and spaces count toward WPM.
  • Drill your most-missed keys from the key map.

Quick facts

Modes
15, 30, 60, 120 s words or quotes, one quote, Word Rain
Passages
100+ from 18 public-domain books
Score
Net WPM, raw WPM, accuracy
Progress
Bests, key stats and a ghost per timed mode, saved on this device
Leaderboard
Daily text, by net WPM (UTC)
Phones
Yes, the text stays above the keyboard

FAQ

How are WPM and accuracy calculated in this typing test?

Net WPM, the headline figure, counts the characters of your correctly typed words and their spaces, divided by 5 and by the minutes taken. Raw WPM counts every character typed, right or wrong, the same way. Accuracy is correct keystrokes over all character and space keystrokes, and a fixed slip still costs you.

What is the ghost?

Your best run in a timed mode, shown as a dim marker with a chip for how many characters you lead or trail. It lives only in your browser, one per mode, and the Ghost button turns it off.

Can I paste text into the typing test?

No. Paste and drop are blocked, so every result comes from real keystrokes. A phone keyboard that inserts whole words through suggestions or autocorrect still plays, but the run never counts as a best.

Does the typing game save my score?

It saves your best net WPM per mode, your Word Rain best and the keys you miss in your browser. Only the Daily text has a leaderboard, and only when you press Post. There is no account.

What is the daily text?

One passage for everyone from 00:00 to 24:00 UTC, then the text and board turn over. Try as often as you like and post your best. Runs ending after midnight, or typed with phone suggestions, cannot be posted.

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