Mystery word: find the letters of the word
Empty boxes, an alphabet underneath. The children suggest a letter: if it is in the word, it takes its place. The picture helps with guessing, or stays hidden until the last letter. Hangman without the gallows.
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In 3 steps
- Add your words: with or without a picture, the first names of the class work too.
- Set up the game: the picture visible from the start, or only at the end, in order or at random.
- Launch full screen: the children touch the letters of the alphabet, the word fills in.
What you can set
- The picture visible, or revealed at the end
- List order or random
- Words in capitals, print or cursive
- “One letter” for a clue, “Show all” for the answer
- Voice: the word found is said aloud
Ways to use it
- In the last year of preschool, linking the letters and the word
- Finding a classmate's first name letter by letter
- In the first year of primary school or for language learners, going over the spelling of words
Frequently asked questions
Do you need to be able to read?
No: the child names letters they know, and sees straight away whether they are in the word. With the picture visible, they guess the word and look for its letters.
A wrong letter, what happens?
It is marked on the alphabet, nothing more. No hangman and no countdown: you carry on until the last letter.
With the same words
Letter keyboardWrite the word by touching its letters in order: copying the model, from memory or from dictation.
CrosswordWrite the word of each numbered picture.
On-screen activitiesNine full-screen activities, plus bingo, the memory game, clip cards and the Goose game, which can also be played on the classroom board.
Your turn
Open Lexikit, write your words, choose a resource: all that is left is to print. Free, no account, and your words stay on your device.
Launch the mystery word