Learn the roots.
Decode the words.
Study meanings, origins, and real example words using cards, quizzes, matching, typing, a searchable root explorer, and optional extra modes. Your progress and edits are saved automatically when your browser allows local storage.
Flashcards
Flip between a root and its meaning, origin, and example words. Mark tough cards for extra reps.
Meaning Quiz
Multiple-choice practice in both directions: root → meaning and meaning → root.
Match Game
Pair roots with their meanings. Short rounds make it fast enough to use between classes.
Type It
See a meaning and type the root from memory. Less guessing, more actual recall.
Root Explorer
Search every root, origin, meaning, and example word across your enabled study sets.
Study Sets
Create separate root-word sets, enable only the ones you want, and drag them into any order.
More
Extra games plus optional Advanced modes that use online vocabulary without changing your study set.
Flashcards
Tap to flip
Meaning Quiz
Question 1Match Game
Match each root to its meaning.Type It
Type the root that matches the meaning · 10-question round.Root Explorer
Search roots, meanings, origins, or example words.Study Sets
Individual sets export as simple editable text files; older JSON set files can still be imported.
Study Set
Edit Study Set
Example words should be separated with commas. Origin may be left blank. Drag roots by their ⋮⋮ handle to reorder them. Codes such as 2-1 update automatically.
Extra Games
These stay offline and use only your currently enabled study sets.
Speed Round
45 seconds of rapid root ↔ meaning questions. Duplicate meanings are handled just like the normal Quiz.
Origin Challenge
Given a root, identify whether its origin is Latin, Greek, Germanic, or another origin in your enabled sets.
True or False
Decide whether a root is paired with the correct meaning. Fast, simple, and fully offline.
Reverse Recall
See the root and type its meaning from memory — the reverse of Type It.
Memory Flip
Flip hidden tiles and pair roots with their meanings. Duplicate meanings are treated as interchangeable matches.
Odd One Out
Four root/meaning pairings appear, but one is wrong. Spot the mismatch before it fools you.
Advanced
Works offlineAdvanced games use example words from your enabled study sets, so they work offline. Online expansion is optional and temporary.
Word Detective
See a real word and identify which root from your study set appears in it.
Missing Root
The root disappears from a word. Choose the root that correctly fills the blank.
Word Sort
Sort example words into the correct root groups by tapping a root bucket.
Root Hunt
Given a root and its meaning, choose the real word that actually belongs with that root.
Word Meaning
See a real word and its detected root, then identify what that root means.
Word Pairs
Choose the pair of real words that share the same root from your enabled study sets.
Advanced games use example words already stored in your enabled study sets and do not require internet. “Find More Words Online” temporarily adds extra suggestions without changing your sets or exports. Online suggestions use spelling + meaning constraints and are powered by the Datamuse word-finding service.