Typing game · Lychee Games
Play Turbo Type, a typing race with friends
Turbo Type is a typing race. Everyone types the same passage, and every correct letter moves your car closer to the finish flag. A wrong letter stops the car until you fix it, so accuracy matters as much as speed. I built it for typing practice that feels like a race, against friends, a computer car or the ghost of your own best run.
- Players: 1 to 6
- Modes: Solo, Online room
- Price: free, no sign-up
Play Turbo Type nowOpens in your browser. Nothing to install.
How to play Turbo Type
Goal: Type the passage faster than everyone else. Every correct letter moves your car toward the finish flag.
- Wait for the countdown, then type the passage exactly as shown, spaces and punctuation included.
- A wrong letter turns red and your car stops. Delete back to the mistake and type the right letter to move again.
- Your speed (words per minute, 5 letters to a word) and accuracy update as you type.
- The race ends when everyone has finished, 30 seconds after the first finisher, or after 4 minutes.
Scoring and winning
- Places go by finishing time on the host’s clock. Anyone who has not finished is ranked by how far they got.
- Accuracy is the share of letters that were right when you typed them.
Controls
- Keyboard
- Just type; Backspace fixes a mistake
- Pasting is switched off
- Touch
- Tap the passage to bring up the keyboard; it stays on while you race
- Curly quotes from phone keyboards count as straight ones
Modes
- Solo
- Race a computer car at 30, 45, 60 or 80 WPM, and the ghost of your own best run on that passage.
- Race my best
- Picks the passage of your fastest race so you can try to beat your ghost.
- Online
- Two to six players type the same passage from one shared countdown. Create a room and send the code or invite link, or join with a friend’s code. One code from the hub’s Play together panel works for every game.
Tips
- Fix mistakes straight away. Your car will not move until the wrong letter is gone, so typing on past a mistake only adds letters to delete.
- Read a word or two ahead of where you are typing; it keeps your rhythm steady through punctuation.
- Use “Race my best” to repeat the passage of your fastest race and chase your own ghost.
- On a phone, curly quotes from your keyboard count as straight ones, so you do not need to hunt for the right quote mark.
Turbo Type is free in your browser, with no sign-ups and no ads. Online rooms need an internet connection; one room code from the Lychee Games hub works for every game, so you can switch games without sending a new invite.
Questions
Is Turbo Type free to play?
Yes. Turbo Type is free in your browser, with no sign-up, no download and no ads.
How is typing speed measured in Turbo Type?
In words per minute, counting five letters as one word. Accuracy is the share of letters that were right when you typed them.
When does a Turbo Type race end?
When everyone has finished, 30 seconds after the first finisher, or after 4 minutes. Anyone still typing is ranked by how far they got.
How many people can play Turbo Type?
Up to 6 players can play Turbo Type online in one room.
Can I play Turbo Type on my own or on one phone?
Yes. Solo mode: Race a computer car at 30, 45, 60 or 80 WPM, and the ghost of your own best run on that passage. There is no same-phone mode, so other players join an online room from their own devices.