Before you start
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Crossword Interlock Fill a mini crossword where one shared letter has to complete two words at once. 
Word Ladder Climb from one word to another, changing exactly one letter each step. 
Anagram Tray Rearrange a tray of letters to spell the word from its clue. 
Adventure Map A path through all 16 kits — clear each stop, then move on. All activities
Solve a puzzle
Crossword Interlock One shared letter completes two words at once. Word Ladder Change one letter each step to climb from one word to another. Anagram Tray Rearrange a tray of letters to spell the word from its clue. Anna Gram's Dictation Hear a word, then build its spelling from the letter tray. Classic dictation, with decoy letters. Word Roots Break a long word into prefix + root + suffix, match each to its meaning, then work out the whole. Use It in Context Pick the sentence that uses the word correctly.
Learn & practice
Concept kits 16 vocabulary, morphology, and etymology kits — a hint whenever you get stuck. ¿Hablas español? Word study in English + Spanish, with read-aloud. Mixed Practice A short round shuffling questions from the kits you have played — spaced out so it sticks. WordForge Sprint Race your OWN best on what you already know. Timer optional, no penalty for a miss. Trick Questions Brain-teasers with a twist — spot why the obvious answer is a trap. Teach the Cast Teach a word idea to a cast member still learning it — teaching makes it stick. Progress Your levels, streak, and how each skill is coming along — saved on this device. Progress report For grown-ups — a private on-device snapshot mapped to the skill areas. Export a CSV or print.
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Concept Kits — words, roots & origins, kit by kit
Kit 1: Prefixes & Roots I Roots & Word-Building · 25 questions Kit 2: Suffixes & Word Families Roots & Word-Building · 25 questions Kit 3: Crossword Basics Crossword & Clues · 25 questions Kit 4: Anagrams & Letter Sets Anagrams & Letter Sets · 25 questions Kit 5: Word Ladders I Word Ladders · 25 questions Kit 6: Greek & Latin Roots II Roots & Word-Building · 25 questions Kit 7: Synonyms, Antonyms & Nuance Vocabulary & Nuance · 25 questions Kit 8: Etymology I — Word Origins Word Origins · 25 questions Kit 9: Cryptic-lite Clues Crossword & Clues · 25 questions Kit 10: Figurative Language Vocabulary & Nuance · 25 questions Kit 11: Morphology Build III Roots & Word-Building · 25 questions Kit 12: Word Ladders II + Boggle Word Ladders · 25 questions Kit 13: Etymology II — Borrowed Words Word Origins · 25 questions Kit 14: Academic & Domain Vocabulary Vocabulary & Nuance · 25 questions Kit 15: Nuance & Denotation/Connotation Vocabulary & Nuance · 25 questions Kit 16: Capstone — Wordplay Synthesis Vocabulary & Nuance · 25 questions
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Meet the cast — the characters who teach this
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Acrostica Crossword construction — builds grids where every letter satisfies two crossing words at once -
Radicle Morphology / word-building — bolts a prefix and suffix onto a root to grow new words -
Origo Etymology / word origins — traces a word back through its ancestor languages -
Anna Gram Anagram / letter manipulation — rearranges the exact same letters into new words -
Rung Word ladder — climbs word→word changing exactly one letter per step -
Metaphora Figurative language — sets two things side by side and says one IS the other -
Tinge Nuance / connotation — sorts near-synonyms by their exact shade of feeling -
Rebus Double-meaning / cryptic clues — refuses the obvious reading and finds the hidden second one -
Boggs Adjacency word-search — traces a path through touching letters to find hidden words -
Vellum The arcade keeper (mentor) — introduces each format and normalizes not knowing a word
Ensemble stories — the cast together