👑 How can you tell whether a Master runs good games? Meet the Master rating

In LexiSmash the Master does much more than open the room: they choose the rules, draw the letters, check the words and keep the game moving. A good Master makes the evening fun even for people who don’t know anyone; a rushed or distracted one can spoil it. Until now, though, there was no way to know in advance who you were about to play with in a public room.

How voting works

When the game ends, on the “🎉 Done! 🎉” screen, below the final leaderboard, you’ll see the “👑 How was the Master?” box with buttons from 1 to 10. Just tap one: your vote is sent straight away and a message confirms the score you gave. There’s time to vote even after taking a calm look at the leaderboard, but not forever: the box is there to rate the game you’ve just played while it’s still fresh.

A few simple rules keep the votes reliable. Only players with an account who stayed in the room until the end of the game can vote; guests don’t see the box. The Master can’t rate themselves, and bots, of course, don’t vote. Each player can give one vote for every game played with that Master. The rating doesn’t change karma: they are two separate things.

Where the rating shows

The average becomes visible to others only after 5 votes, so a single game that went badly isn’t enough to decide anyone’s reputation. From then on it appears:

• on the “🌍 Public Rooms” page, as a small yellow badge with stars and the number of votes next to the room (hover over it to read the exact average, for example 8.4/10);
• on the player’s public profile, the one that opens when you tap their name during a game;
• in your Account panel, under “👑 As Master”. Until you reach 5 votes you only see how far along you are, for example “3/5”.

The Public Rooms page also has a new “👑 Master rating” menu: besides “All Masters” you can choose from one to five stars. With a threshold selected, only the rooms of Masters who reach it stay visible.

A concrete example

Tonight you fancy a quick game with strangers. You open Public Rooms and find three rooms waiting: you pick “★★★★+” in the filter and only one is left, with a Master who already has ★★★★★ from 31 votes. You join, play, and at the end you give your vote. If you’re the Master, every well-run game is one more step towards a badge that brings new players to your room.

A practical tip

If you want a good rating as Master, open the “📋 Game rules” reminder before starting and make sure the rules are clear to everyone: players who know what to expect have more fun and vote better. To understand in detail what each rule changes, you’ll find everything on the Rules and strategies page.