How to Play Linguver
Linguver is a free word game that helps you learn vocabulary by aiming for it, not cramming it. An English word falls from the top of the screen, and your job is to fire its translation 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
An English word drops down the screen. Below it sits a six-chamber revolver drum, each chamber holding a possible translation in the language you're learning. 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. It's free, with no sign-up to start.
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