A little room for words

Play at your own pace

Levels continue without a final level, alongside a shared daily puzzle. You can tap or type, with no countdown and no account to create in Play and Daily. A separate optional timed mode offers 2-, 3- and 5-minute sessions and its own word-count rankings. The game has no ads or purchases. A speaker sound toggle, light and dark themes, and adjustable Play difficulty let you make play more comfortable.

How words are checked

Wordwheel checks answers against a bundled English word list from an-array-of-english-words. Each board accepts entries from that list that match its letters and required-letter rule. The list includes some uncommon words and may omit a word you know; it is not a complete authority on English.

Definition clues are selected suggestions. They are separate from the full set of accepted words. Word checks and difficulty adjustments do not use a live AI service.

Learn vocabulary by subject

Optional topic packs focus on pharmacy, engineering, college writing, chemistry, U.S. history, biology, computing and astronomy. Only terms in the chosen pack count. Each term has an introductory explanation, an example and a reference. Discovered terms can be revisited in recall-style review cards. Personal review marks are reminders, not evidence of mastery or a promised learning outcome.

Your progress

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Editorial responsibility

See our editorial policy for puzzle checks, source use and the limits of these introductory learning notes. Accepted words explains spelling variants and word forms.

Credits

Word data: the English Speller Database (ESDB), with its licence and credits, plus retained vocabulary from an-array-of-english-words, with the word-list licence available here. Typography: Fraunces and DM Sans, bundled with the site. Icons: Phosphor. Word celebrations: canvas-confetti. Bundled meanings: WordNet, with the WordNet licence. Additional bundled meanings: Wiktionary contributors, with source attribution on each entry. Topic learning notes and examples: original Wordwheel explanations with reference links.