the subject has already been mentioned, it is not only the time counter that account: there is also the number of moves to Play which decreases enormously if you make too short words at the beginning of the game, hence the stop of the game before the end
Hello, On QuoVerbis ,problem on the game Free Hexalettres ...often stops before the end of the time limit . I did it in tournaments on MadWin the game stopped with 61 seconds to go.