spell·pong /spɛl pɒŋ/ noun
- A pong game where every ball carries a letter and every goal spells a word.
- What you play on the bus instead of scrolling.
- informal The reason you finally remember how to spell “cuchara”.
SEE ALSO flashcards (obsolete)
SPELL PONG · ENGLISH · ESPAÑOL · PORTUGUÊS
You won't forget a word you had to catch.
A calm paper-and-ink pong game. See a clue in a language you know, then send the letters of the new word through the goal. Five minutes on the bus, and the words stick.
CHALLENGE
Free · Android · Works offline · No account needed
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Send the next letter to the top.
HOW IT WORKSThree steps. Then it's a habit.
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i.
Read the clue
A word in a language you already know: “comida”.
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ii.
Send the letters
F-O-O-D, one ball at a time, through the goal. Wrong letters bounce back.
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iii.
Keep the word
Every new word gets a card: what it means, an example sentence and how it sounds.
INDEXEverything in the box.
- 11 topics
- greetings to nature
- 5 levels
- more balls, faster play
- Hard mode
- no colour hints
- Catch & aim
- pull back, slide, shoot
- Daily challenge
- same five words for everyone
- Word cards
- meaning, example, pronunciation
- My words
- every word you've spelled
- Offline
- no signal needed
- Account
- none needed to play
EARLY ACCESS
Play it before everyone else.
Spell Pong is in testing on Google Play.
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Join the testers
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Accept the invite
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Install and play
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FOR TEACHERS
Your word list. Their favourite game.
Type this week's vocabulary, share a six-letter code, and your class practises it as a game. You see who played, each student's best game and the words the class finds hardest.
For language schools, universities and adult courses.
FREE
- Unlimited word lists
- One class with a join code
- Students join without an account
TEACHER PLAN
- Unlimited classes
- Every student's results, live
- The class's hardest words
- Import lists from a spreadsheet
First month free.