The timer also really doesn't mesh well with the slow "letters falling down" animation between rounds. The UI is sending very mixed signals with "how quickly can you do this?" and "hold on, gotta wait here for a bit" at the same time.
Yeah, if you want the dropping animation and you can't start typing before then, then don't start the timer before the animation finishes.
There is also the age-old argument about British-English vs American English e.g. Armor is not spelled that way in British English so it takes a lot more effort to work these out.
I like the time pressure aspect, but I agree the animations should be snappier. Different TOKES for different FOLKS, I GUESS.
Iād also enjoy some form of global leaderboard of some sort (maybe a scatterplot comparing time and accuracy?), so I can assess how inferior/superior I am to others.