Build your English vocabulary through games
Free vocabulary games built for non-native English speakers. No app download, no subscription. Play without signing up and track progress when you're ready.
Who this is for
The gap looks different depending on where you are using English. Pick the one that sounds like you.
Professionals
You already do the job in English. What still costs you is the pause before the right word in a meeting, or the email you rewrite four times.
English is a tool of trade.
Vocabulary is how sharp it is.
Once grammar stops being the problem, what still costs you is reaching for a word and finding an approximate one.
- Precision is read as competence
- Hesitation gets mistaken for doubt
- The wrong register quietly changes how you land
- You can only describe what you have words for
Three games. Three ways your vocabulary grows.
Spelling, meaning, and context, each game trains a different skill, so every session strengthens your vocabulary from a new angle.
Word of the day, and any other word you want.
Why games outperform studying for vocabulary.
Four findings, in the order they build on each other.
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Spacing beats cramming
Memory for new material decays within days unless it is revisited. A short daily round is spacing, whether or not it feels like study.
Ebbinghaus, 1885 -
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Being tested beats re-reading
Retrieving an answer builds memory faster than reviewing it. Every round asks you to produce the word, not just recognise it.
Roediger & Karpicke, 2006 -
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Recognising a word is not knowing it
Understanding a word you meet is not the same as reaching for it yourself. That gap is where most learners stall.
Nation, 2001 -
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Effortful recall is what sticks
Recall that takes a little effort lasts longer. Hence the timer, and a hint you have to ask for.
Bjork & Bjork, 2011
Create an account. Own your progress.
Optional, but it lets the site remember which words keep catching you out and aim the next session at those.
Daily Streaks
Log in and play every day to keep your streak alive. Miss a day and it resets. Simple, and harder to ignore than you'd expect.
Points and Milestones
Correct answers add up, and milestones unlock as your vocabulary grows. Enough structure to keep you coming back on the days you would rather not.
Weak Word Tracking
WordSensei tracks the words you keep missing so you can focus where it matters, not drill words you already know cold.
Multilingual Interface
The games are in English. The interface is coming in more languages so you can navigate in your own language while you learn.
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Common questions.
If something's still unclear, reach out. We're building this for real learners and the feedback helps shape what gets built next.
The word you could not find last week
is learnable this week.
Start with one round. It takes about as long as reading this page did.
Tell us what you are stuck on
If a word set is missing something you need for your work or your studies, we would rather hear it than guess. Questions about the site are welcome too.
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