Type the words below. The clock starts when you do.
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Press space after each word. Only correct words count.
Words appear one after another. Type each one and press space to move on. The clock starts on your first keystroke and runs for one minute, so there is no rush to begin — get comfortable first.
Your score is net words per minute: one word counts as five characters, and only words you typed correctly count. Half of the people who take it here reach 48 on a keyboard. If you are chasing a higher number, the reliable route is accuracy rather than speed — every mistyped word costs you far more than the second you saved rushing it.
From 1,371 tests played on this site since August 2026. Higher is better.
| Players | Computer | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Top 10% | 78 WPM or more | 55 WPM or more |
| Top 25% | 63 WPM or more | 46 WPM or more |
| Median | 48 WPM | 37 WPM |
| Bottom 25% | 34 WPM or below | 28 WPM or below |
Anything over 60 WPM. On this test the middle score is 48 WPM on a computer keyboard and 37 on a phone. 63 WPM puts you in the top quarter, and 78 in the top 10%. Office jobs that test typing often ask for around 40 WPM.
48 words per minute on a computer and 37 on a phone: the middle of more than 1,300 one-minute tests played here.
We never ask anyone’s age, so we cannot give a table by age. Practice matters far more than age: daily typists are fast at any age.
One word counts as five characters, and only words you typed correctly count towards the total. That is the standard net WPM figure, and it means you cannot inflate your score by mashing keys.
On your first keystroke, not when the page loads. Take as long as you like to get comfortable before you begin.
Yes. It works with a phone keyboard, though almost everyone scores higher on a physical keyboard, so compare phone scores with phone scores.
More to play: Reaction Time Test, Word Scramble, or all solo games.
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