👪 For parents
Add this week's school list and your child plays with their own words. No list yet? Pick a starter list for grades K–6, or take the optional, gentle word check that suggests one.
Word Blaster · a spelling game
Spelling practice your kid will actually ask for.
Built by a dad for his 5th grader. Uses your child's real weekly school list. No ads.
🔒 No ads. No trackers. Kids never need an account.
- Free while in testing
- No sign-up to try it
- Tablets, phones & computers
🏫 For teachers
Project a room code and the whole class spells the same words at the same time. Students join with just a first name, with no accounts.
Teacher accounts are invite-only during the pilot.
How it works
Three steps. The list your child brings home from school drives everything.
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Add this week's list
Paste it, type it, or snap a photo of the paper. The photo is read on your device, and you check the words before they're saved. Between lists? Use a K–6 starter list until the next one comes home.
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Play 15 minutes a day
Five game modes, every word read aloud, and a daily goal with a sticker for reaching it. Streaks keep the habit going.
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Walk in ready for test day
Missed words come back until they stick. Test Day mode is a practice quiz that works just like the real one.
Five ways to play
Same words, different game, so practice doesn't get boring.
🚀 Word Blaster
See the word, type it, and every letter tile blasts apart. Fast letters and long combos score big.
🧩 Unscramble
Tap (or type) the jumbled letters back into the right order.
⚡ Flash
Peek at the word, then spell it from memory. It unlocks once a word is getting easy.
🔍 Hint Fill
Hear the word and fill in blank tiles. A letter or two pops in as they get close.
📝 Test Day
Hear it, type it, no hints, and a score at the end. A dress rehearsal for Friday.
🔊 Every word, read aloud
Tap to hear any word, or hear it slowly. Cheers and letters use natural recorded voices, and your list's words use your device's voice. Bolt can't hear them, so he signs along.
Meet the cats
Every sidekick is one of our family's real cats, drawn as a cartoon. Kids earn cat stickers as they play.
Bolt
Our deaf white cat. He signs every word and wears his red cup for boss words.
Scotti
The cheerleader. A big “YAY!” for every mastered word and new best.
Spot
Bolt's brother. He curls up in the cat bed with Scotti and Bully to cheer kids on after a tough round.
Bully
The only girl in the litter. Kids earn her kitten sticker in Unscramble.
Hobo
Momma cat. She knocks on the menu until someone plays for the day.
Gizmo
The compound-word cat. Her patchwork coat snaps “light” + “bulb” into “light bulb.”
For parents
Kids see a game. Grown-ups get the controls, behind a press-and-hold button little fingers won't trigger by accident.
- ⏱15-minute daily goal & streaks
Time only counts while a round is actually being played, not on menus, paused, or during button mashing.
- 🏅Stickers & badges
A sticker for each day the goal is reached, plus cat stickers, badges and unlockable backgrounds.
- 👥Player profiles
Siblings each get their own lists, stars, stickers and play time. No emails, no real names needed.
- 📅Week planner
Add upcoming weeks ahead of time. Each one switches on by itself on its start date.
- 📷Photo import
Snap a photo of the paper list. The words are read on the device and you check each one before saving.
- 📚Starter lists & a gentle word check
Patterned lists for grades K–6 for weeks without a school list. The optional word check has no score and suggests where to start. A new school list always takes over.
- 🎯Optional school test goals
Off until you turn it on. Enter the graded test, set a goal like “18 out of 20”, and see a week-by-week chart.
Our privacy promise
- No ads. None in the game, none on this site.
- No trackers or analytics. This site doesn't use any.
- Kids don't enter personal info. A nickname is all a profile needs.
- Photos stay on your device. Spelling lists are read on the device and the photo is never uploaded.
- Progress is saved in this browser on this device, with no account. Grown-ups can export it or move it to another device.
- We don't sell data. Parents stay in control.
Guides for grown-ups
Step-by-step help, with screenshots, for setting up Word Blaster at home or running it with a whole class.
👪 For parents
- Add this week's school list: paste it or snap a photo
- Five game modes and a Daily Challenge
- Stars, stickers and the cat crew
- A player for each child, backups and privacy
🏫 For teachers New
- Project a room code and QR code
- Students join with just a first name, with no accounts
- Everyone spells the same words at the same time
- Live leaderboard and podium, and nothing about students is stored
Teacher accounts are invite-only during the pilot. Teacher sign-in
Why we built it
Every week my son brings home a spelling list, and every week we did the same flashcards. So I built him a game instead: his words, our cats, and a reason to keep going. Now we're opening it up to a few more families while we test it.
Jeff, a 5th-grade speller's dad, and the OurMVP team
Ready to blast some words?
Free while in testing. Open it on a tablet, phone or computer, with no sign-up. No ads. No trackers.
▶ Try it with a sample list