Five words a day, read aloud and getting harder each time. You hear them; you spell them.
One wrong letter and the day is over. Two minute time limit per word.
Every hint is spoken: definition, used in a sentence, language of origin, and part of speech. Your first hint on each word is free.
Accents are never spelled, per bee rules: Cliché is c-l-i-c-h-e.
American or British spelling both count: Color or colour, either is fine.
Your stats
Words cleared
How scoring works
+160–320for every word you spell correctly — harder words are worth more. The opening word is 160; the toughest tier-5 finishers are 320.
+ timefor each correct word you bank the seconds left on its 2:00 clock. Faster answers score more.
−25per hint, counted when you submit the word — so a hint just means a correct answer earns a little less. Hearing or replaying the word itself is free.
Example: clear all five today at about 15 seconds each (≈525 banked) using 2 hints → 1,360 + 525 − 50 = 1,835. A flawless, instant, no-hint run tops out near 1,960.
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🏆Challenge
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🥋The Dojo
An endless run of the tougher words, tiers 3 through 5. No five word limit. Go for as long as you can last. Miss one and the run ends. Every word is saved to your record. Let's see how far you get.