Language games
10 free daily games about languages: guess a mystery language, hear a phrase, rebuild a sentence, spot a script. Each has an Easy, Medium and Hard puzzle every day, an unlimited mode, and a Challenge a friend link. No sign-up.
Mystery Phrase
Guess the language from one phrase, with clues for family, script and distance.
Easy, Medium, Hard + unlimitedListen and Guess
Hear a phrase read aloud and name the language.
Easy, Medium, Hard + unlimitedWord Order
Rebuild a scrambled phrase from word tiles.
Easy, Medium, Hard + unlimitedScript Spotter
Name the writing system from a short sample.
Easy, Medium, Hard + unlimitedNumber Race
Tap the digit for a number word before the clock runs out.
Easy, Medium, Hard + unlimitedFalse Friends
Pick the real meaning of words that look like English.
Easy, Medium, Hard + unlimitedOdd Language Out
Spot the language from a different family.
Easy, Medium, Hard + unlimitedHello, Where?
Match a phrase to a country where its language is official.
Easy, Medium, Hard + unlimitedMemory Match
Flip cards to pair the same phrase in two languages.
Easy, Medium, Hard + unlimitedLanguage Sorter
Sort phrase cards into language bins against the clock.
Easy, Medium, Hard + unlimitedChallenge a friend
Finish any language game and use Challenge a friend. Your friend plays the identical puzzle and sees a head-to-head with your score. Everything travels inside the link, so there are no accounts and nothing is stored on a server.
Phrases in 36 languages
The games use fourteen everyday phrases that we wrote and cross-checked ourselves. Browse them in every language, with native script and romanisation:
A phrasebook for each language
One page per language with the phrases, numbers, writing system, family, pronunciation and where it is an official language.
My name is ... in other languages
Formal and casual ways to introduce yourself, a short dialogue and a quiz, for 15 languages. Or make a name card with your own name.
Where the data comes from
See the language sources and licences page. For geography, try the geography games.
Questions
Are the language games free?
Yes. All ten are free, need no sign-up and work on phones and computers.
How do the daily puzzles work?
Each game has an Easy, Medium and Hard puzzle every day, the same for everyone and renewed at midnight UTC, plus an unlimited mode for more. Your streak and personal bests are saved in your browser only.
Can I challenge a friend in the language games?
Yes. After any game, use Challenge a friend to send a link to the exact same puzzle with your score. It works exactly as it does in the geography games.
How accurate are the phrases?
We wrote each phrase ourselves and only use it when at least two independent sources agree. Anything we could not confirm twice is held back. Native-speaker review is still to come, so treat phrases as a guide.