Words blow in from the top of the desert. Type each one before it reaches your oasis.
Each word drifts down the screen towards the oasis at the bottom. Type it in the box under the desert and it disappears as soon as the last letter is right: there is no need to press space or Enter. When several words start the same way, the lowest one goes first. A word that reaches the oasis costs one of your three jugs of water, and when the jugs are gone, so is the game.
Every word you clear scores its length, multiplied by the strength of the wind. The wind picks up every ten words: words fall faster and arrive closer together. The first rounds use short, common words; longer ones join as the wind rises. Your best score is kept in your browser, and a good score unlocks a new camel for the camel race.
Sandstorm rewards reading ahead. Good players look at the next word while they finish the current one, which is exactly the habit that makes everyday typing faster. Keep your fingers on the home row and your eyes on the desert, not on the keys. If you keep losing water on the same letters, try the typing test to find your slowest keys, and a short practice drill to fix them.
The words come from the typing test's list for your language, and the box accepts any keyboard or input method, so Sandstorm works for Bangla, Hindi, Korean and Vietnamese typed with your own keyboard too.
Press Start, then type the words you see in the box below the desert.
It clears only when it is typed exactly, accents and capitals included. A red box means what you typed does not start any word on screen.