Recently, my daughter had some difficulties with spelling. Unfortunately, school worksheets were not helpful for this task because she fell asleep in 5 minutes, started drawing in margins and wanted to watch Bluey cartoons. However, flashcards, fridge letters, educational applications also failed me. After that, I decided to enter the website wordleunlimited.dev on my laptop and select "Kids = 3 letters" in settings. In 10 minutes, my kid solved CAT, DOG, RUN and BAT puzzles as if this was the coolest thing she had done in her life.
How to Enable Kids Mode?
Quite an unexpected way to do that:
- Click the gear icon situated in the top right corner of the window.
- Choose "Word Length" settings.
- Press the button "Kids = 3 letters".
- Disable the hard mode (in case it is enabled).
- Close settings and the next round will be 3-letter puzzle.
That is all! There is no need to download another "kid friendly" version of the app, no parental control panel and no subscription – just one setting is enough to make Wordle game better for your child.
Why 3-Letter Words Is Exactly What You Need
Three-letter words is a good choice because they include all phonemes that children study at school – CAT, BAT, PEN, SUN, BED. In addition, it is quite easy to understand three letters for a beginner while relating sound to letters. Fast winning cycle, many Dopamine hits, low frustration level – these factors are the most important ones.
Filtering System That Made Me To Try This App
As a parent, I did not want my kid to meet any weird words that required awkward explanations. Therefore, it is important that the list of words in Kids mode is filtered and does not include any "fault words", meaning that there are no rude, slang or inappropriate words. The list of words has been selected specifically for children and during a week of playing, I did not notice any inappropriate word. As a parent, such filtering system is much more pleasant than "safe for kids" badge on an application homepage.
Features My Daughter Loves
I asked my kid about features she loves in the application and here is her list:
- Changing colors of green tiles if she guesses a letter correctly.
- Colored keyboard showing which letters are unnecessary.
- Hint button called by her "magic bulb".
- Possibility to play unlimited games until I tell her to stop.
- The possibility to reload the game to get a completely new word.
Now she is spelling words aloud at the dinner table and it is certainly not what I was expecting two weeks ago.
Conclusion
In case your child needs something to practice his or her spelling and letter recognition skills, Kids mode at wordleunlimited.dev should be tried before purchasing any educational applications. There are no ads, it is absolutely free, the list of words has been filtered to make sure that it is safe for kids and the length of puzzle is perfect for children. At least, my kid started to consider spelling as a game and as a parent, this is surely the only victory I could wish.
