Where does Cash come from?
| Source | What we saw |
|---|---|
| Duplicate items from spins | Each duplicate pays Cash. A duplicate Pizza (Common) gave +$1,700. Our 41 free spins left us with $69,200. |
| Playing a match | $0 → $100 after our first match. Our second match did not change the balance we saw afterward. |
| Money on the map | The Coin Magnet item “pulls in the money lying within 30 studs”, so Cash can also be picked up during a match. |
| Index rewards | The Index progress line shows a $7,000 reward on a new account, for discovering words. |
Why duplicates are the best Cash source
The Items screen has 40 items. Half of all normal spins are Common (50%), and there are only 10 Commons, so after a few spins you start getting duplicates. Instead of wasting them, the game converts each one to Cash. That is why the three codes are worth so much more than they look: 30 free spins and 10 Lucky Spins turned into 24 unique items and a big Cash balance.
- Redeem every code first (codes).
- Spin all of your free spins, normal and Lucky.
- Once the free ones are gone, a normal spin costs $10,000 Cash, so keep spinning only while duplicates pay back a good share of that.
How much does a match pay?
Not much directly: our first match moved us from $0 to $100, and we were knocked out early. The lobby has a Money leaderboard with weekly and all-time tabs, so top players do build large balances over time. The Coin Magnet item (Rare, 1.88% per spin) is the only item we found that is about Cash: hold it and it pulls in money within 30 studs.
What to spend Cash on
| Purchase | Cash | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Normal spin | $10,000 | One roll for a new item (or more Cash if it is a duplicate). |
| /double | $250,000 | The next word YOU write happens twice, and you keep… |
| /secret | $250,000 | Your words show as ??? to everyone until the match… |
| /lag | $400,000 | Everyone but you lags for 60s and snaps back into… |
| /undo | $400,000 | Pick one word still on the map and make it vanish |
| /ghost | $500,000 | Up to 4 fallen players (one per death) circle you for 45s… |
| /jackpot | $750,000 | A giant slot machine spins 3 times: 3 prizes for you |
All six Cash Meta Words together cost $2,550,000. Meta Words are typed with the slash on your writing turn; details on Meta Words.
A simple Cash plan
- Redeem the codes and spin everything. In our case this alone gave $69,100.
- Put the Coin Magnet in your loadout if you rolled it, and pick up money during matches.
- Save for /double ($250,000) first: it doubles your next word, so your best word becomes twice as strong.
- Then /undo ($400,000), the emergency button that removes one word still on the map.
- Only buy normal spins when you still have many items missing; with most of the collection complete, almost every spin is a duplicate.