How to Play Linguver
Linguver is a word game that helps you learn vocabulary by aiming for it, not cramming it. A word in the language you're learning falls from the top of the screen, and your job is to fire its meaning before it lands. It takes a few seconds to learn and gives you a reason to recall each word under just enough pressure to make it stick. Here's everything you need to start playing.
The basic idea
A word in the language you're learning drops down the screen. Below it sits a six-chamber revolver drum, each chamber holding a possible meaning in your own language. Spin the drum to line up the correct answer, then shoot. Hit the right translation and the word bursts apart with its meaning; miss, and you've spent the shot — and a little time.
Two phases: feed the core, then destroy it
A level has two halves. In Phase 1 the words fall one by one — every word you get right is destroyed, while every word you miss or shoot wrong is swallowed by the planet's core and becomes part of a ring around it. In Phase 2 the falling stops and a countdown begins: the rings you grew become visible, and you peel them away from the outside in, shooting each word's translation until you reach the core. Play Phase 1 cleanly and you'll have fewer rings — and far more time — to finish.
The clock is the challenge
Time is the thing you're racing, not lives. Each level draws from a time budget: a wrong answer or a miss in Phase 1 costs you a few seconds, and Phase 2 ticks down in real time. Reach the core before the clock hits zero and you move on. Run out and the level's over — but you can refill your time and try again.
Topics, levels and listening
Words are grouped into topics — food, the body, travel, work and many more — and each topic is split into levels that introduce six new words at a time, mixing in earlier words for review so they don't fade. Before each level you'll see a quick preview of the new words, and on the vocabulary pages across this site you can tap 🔊 to hear any word spoken aloud. Your progress is saved on your device, and signing in keeps it synced everywhere.
That's it — you're ready. The best way to understand Linguver is to play a level. Your first 90 seconds are free, with no sign-up — and with a free account your time wallet refills every 12 hours.
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