Falling Words
Type each word before it reaches the bottom. Three lives, ten levels and a local top 10.
Type the falling words before they reach the bottom! Words fall faster as you level up. Start typing a word to lock onto it, then finish it to score points.
Falling Words
Words fall from above — type them before they hit the bottom! You have 3 lives. Difficulty increases every 100 points.
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About the Falling Words Game
?What Falling Words is
A typing game. Words fall from the top of the screen and you type each one before it reaches the bottom. You start typing a word to lock onto it, and finishing it removes it and scores points.
You have 3 lives, and every word that reaches the bottom costs one. You go up a level for every 100 points, and the game has 10 levels with faster words, more words on screen and longer words. Your top 10 scores are saved in your browser.
→How to play in 3 steps
Start the game
Press Start. Words begin to fall.
Type a word
Type the letters of a word to lock onto it. Finish the word to remove it and score.
Keep your lives
A word that hits the bottom costs a life. When all three are gone the game ends and your score is saved if it is in your top 10.
✓What is in the game
Ten levels
Short words fall slowly at first. Later levels have longer words that fall faster and appear more often.
Three lives
Each word that reaches the bottom costs one.
Local top 10
Your best scores are saved in your browser.
Counts toward progress
Your WPM and accuracy from a game are added to the Typing Progress page.
★Examples
A warm-up
You want a quick, playful start.
Example:
Play one game before you type for work.
Word recognition
You want to read and type words quickly.
Example:
The falling words train you to take in a whole word at a glance.
A break
You want a short, active pause.
Example:
A game is short, so it fits between tasks.
♥Limits to know about
Needs a keyboard
It is made for typing on a physical keyboard.
Scores stay on this device
There is no shared leaderboard.
A game is not a lesson
It trains speed and reading words, but it does not teach finger placement.