Block Puzzle Scoring
A point total makes sense only alongside the rules that produced it. Use this page to read the score display and understand what your saved best score represents.
Read the score display
Score is the total for the game you are playing. Best shows the high score saved in this browser.
When you want to understand a change in the total, check the point rules for the placement and any lines that cleared. A board illustration without point values is a rules example, not a scoring calculation.
Understand the point rules
Each square in the shape you place scores 1 point, including a square that is cleared on the same turn. After the shape is added, every completed row and every completed column scores 2 times the board size. An 8x8 line scores 16. A 10x10 line scores 20.
Lines that finish on the same placement all score. A square that sits in both a cleared row and a cleared column is removed once, and it still counts inside both line scores. There is no combo bonus, no streak, and no extra multiplier. The 8x8 and 10x10 games use this same formula. Only the line value changes, because it follows the board size.
The best score for a size updates as soon as your current score passes the best saved for that size, including before the game ends. The 8x8 best and the 10x10 best are stored separately. Restarting keeps the best score.
Worked move on an 8x8 board
The top row has six filled squares and two empty squares at the right-hand end. The score before the move is 0. You place a horizontal two-square shape in that gap. The row clears. No column clears.
Before the move: 0. Placement points: 2. Line-clear points: 16. No bonus applies. After the move: 18.
A crossing clear uses the same formula. Placing 1 square that finishes one row and one column on 8x8 scores 1 placement point plus 32 line points, 33 in total. Fifteen squares leave the board, because the shared square is removed once.
Compare results with care
Your high score is stored only in this browser. It is not a worldwide ranking, and a score saved on one device is not automatically a record on another.
The formula is the same on both boards, but a line is worth more on 10x10 than on 8x8. Do not treat those totals as the same kind of result.
Clearing browser storage can remove the saved high score. The privacy page explains the local-storage arrangement.