Section 5: Scoring & Winning
Scoring rewards clearing more lines at once. Under the Guideline, a single clear scores least per line and a four-line clear — a "Tetris" — scores most, with values multiplied by the current level.
- Single, double, triple, Tetris: increasing value per line cleared simultaneously.
- T-spin: rotating a T piece into a gap it could not otherwise reach scores substantially more than the same number of lines cleared normally.
- Back-to-back: consecutive Tetrises or T-spins, with no ordinary clear between, earn a bonus.
- Combo: clearing lines on consecutive pieces.
- Hard drop awards a small bonus per cell dropped.
In sprint modes the metric is time rather than score, and in versus modes it is lines sent.