Words Tower
Six steps
How spelling practice works
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Paste the spelling words
In 🎯 Test prep: a plain list, a table or “word - translation” lines. If all you have is a photo of the sheet, a ready request for ChatGPT turns it into words and draws a picture for each.
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Set the test date
The game spreads the new words over the towers left, about one tower a day, so every word is met before the test.
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From new word to spelling doors
A new word appears with its picture and is said aloud, and your child finds its door. Once the word is familiar, its doors show three spellings — the right one and two look-alike mistakes — and only the right one opens.
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Hard words come back sooner
A wrong door stays shut and the word returns later. The parents' page lists the hard ones and shows every word as new, learning, familiar or mastered.
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Print the practice sheets
“Practice sheets + home test” turns the list into paper: look at the word, trace it along the dotted line, then write it four times. Only need the paper? The worksheets page prints the same sheets from a typed list, without the game.
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Give the home test
The last printed pages: numbered empty lines for your child, and a page for you with the same words in a shuffled order to read aloud and tick.
Your child goes to the spelling test prepared. The same list works for a vocabulary test or a weekly quiz.
Teachers and class parents can do step 1 for everyone: one link for your class brings each week’s words into every child’s game, with no typing at home.
No list from school this week?
Spelling words by grade
Six weekly lists of ten words for each grade, one sound pattern a week. Every word can be heard, the lists print on one sheet, and each week opens in the worksheet generator or the game with one click.
- 1st grade spelling wordsAge 6–7 · 6 weeks of 10
Short a; short e; short i and more.
- 2nd grade spelling wordsAge 7–8 · 6 weeks of 10
Long a with a silent e; long i and long o with a silent e; ai and ay and more.
- 3rd grade spelling wordsAge 8–9 · 6 weeks of 10
er, ir and ur; oi, oy, ou and ow; soft c and soft g and more.
- 4th grade spelling wordsAge 9–10 · 6 weeks of 10
Prefixes un-, re- and dis-; endings -ful, -less and -ly; silent letters and more.
- 5th grade spelling wordsAge 10–11 · 6 weeks of 10
Endings -able, -ible and -ous; endings -ance and -ence; words ending in -ment and more.
Good to know
Spelling games without the stress
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No timers
No jumps to time and no lives to lose: gaps are hopped by themselves, so the only challenge is the word.
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A list per child
Brothers and sisters each keep their own spelling list, test date and progress on the same device.
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Learning to read?
Younger children start with the sight word games: the Dolch and Fry lists, built in.
Before you start
Questions about spelling practice
What does the game do with our spelling words?
Each new word is shown with its picture and said aloud, and your child finds its door. Once the word is familiar, its doors show three spellings, the right one and two look-alike mistakes, and only the right one opens.
What kind of mistakes are on the doors?
The ones children make: two letters swapped, a letter dropped, a letter doubled, a vowel changed.
What if the list has translations?
Lines like “word - translation” work too: the translation becomes the hint shown with the word, which helps children who learn English as a new language.
What does the home test look like?
The last printed pages: numbered empty lines for your child, and a page for you with the same words in a shuffled order to read aloud and tick.
Does my child need an account?
No. The game works without signing up, and progress stays in the browser on your device. A parent can optionally sign in with an e-mail code to keep the family’s progress on other devices too.