The smartest way to build your child's vocabulary.
ephemeral
adjective · one of 500 words your child will master
Wordforge helps children aged 9–11 master the vocabulary that matters most for UK 11+ exams — through daily streaks, Embers, and Vex the baby dragon. Proper learning, disguised as a game.
500 words, five difficulty levels
A taste of the 500 words
Three minutes a day. Five hundred words.
One very motivated dragon.
learn
Learn a word
Each session, Vex introduces new words with a clear definition and a memorable example sentence.
practise
Answer questions
Multiple-choice questions on meanings and synonyms, with tricky distractors drawn from the same difficulty band — just like the real 11+.
collect
Collect rewards
Earn Embers with every correct answer. Hit your daily goal to unlock Vex collectibles in The Forge — hand-crafted illustrations that grow with your vocabulary.
Built for how 9–11 year olds actually learn
500 curated 11+ words
Every word is drawn from published 11+ vocabulary lists for both grammar and independent school entry, cross-referenced and reviewed.
Spaced repetition
Words that need more practice come back sooner. Words your child knows well gradually fade into the background. No wasted sessions.
Streaks and Embers
Daily streaks, Embers, and five tiers from Iron to Celestial give children a reason to open the app tomorrow.
The Forge
Master words and hit daily goals to earn Vex collectibles — a growing collection of 20 hand-crafted illustrations that your child will want to show people.
Parent-first accounts
You sign up; your child has a profile. No email address required for children. Designed with UK GDPR and the Age Appropriate Design Code in mind.
Works on any device
Designed for iPad, iPhone and desktop Chrome — wherever your child happens to have ten minutes before dinner.
Years 5 and 6 · preparing for 11+
Wordforge is for children preparing for 11+ entrance exams — whether that's a local grammar school or a highly selective independent school.
Vocabulary is the part of 11+ prep that existing apps handle worst. We built something specifically for it — focused, fun, and genuinely effective.
Join the waitlist
We're opening access to a small pilot group first. Sign up and we'll email you when a spot opens.