Word of the day
dissent
dih-SENT
Strong disagreement with an official or majority view.
The same word the app shows everyone today.
Vocabulary for adults · iPhone
Find the precise word.
You know what you mean. Wordkeeper Dojo trains the word that says it: 3,400 everyday English words, five masters to beat, and three-minute classes that bring back every word you miss.
Try a round
One question from each dojo
WrenDojo 1 · Precision
Which word makes this precise?
She kept very careful, detailed records of every expense.
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Round over.
Every day, every hour
A new word every time
you check the time.
Monday, October 12
9:41
wistfulsadly longing for something past or out of reach
Hourly wordThe Hourly WordA Lock Screen widget with a new everyday word each hour. You learn while you check the time. How to add it to your Lock Screen.
The word of the dayOne word for everyone, sent as a reminder at the time you choose. Both are free.
Five dojos
Each master
fights differently.
Not a difficulty slider. Sol sets the flat sentence and waits for the precise word. Kael shows you a word in a headline and builds wrong answers that nearly fit. Kore starts charging for hesitation once less than 45% of the clock is left. Lexis gives you five options and ten seconds.
Dojo 1 · Precision
Wren
The Wordkeeper720 words · 150 HP · 15s
Everyone starts here. Show me you know the ground you stand on.
Dojo 2 · Work
Kore
The Magnate666 words · 260 HP · 11s
In my rooms, hesitation costs more than error. The clock is the negotiation.
Dojo 3 · People
Sol
The Orator693 words · 230 HP · 12s
Meaning lands only when timing does. Say it to me, and say it well.
Dojo 4 · The World
Kael
The Cipher683 words · 190 HP · 13s
Ambiguity is a weapon if you can read it. The headlines are written to be misread.
Dojo 5 · Ideas
Lexis
The Archon638 words · 300 HP · 10s
Ideas are only as clear as the words that carry them. Begin.
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Why it sticks
Right once
isn't learned.
Meet it
Every question is a round. Pick the word that makes a plain sentence precise, read it in a news-style headline, recall it from its meaning. Faster answers hit harder.
Earn it
A word only counts as yours after you've got it right on three different days, the third at least six days after the first.
Keep it
Then it comes back just before you'd forget it, and the gaps widen as you prove you know it, out to a year. Miss one and it comes back sooner.
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You never plan a session. The dojo decides what you owe today.
Inside the app
Three minutes
a class.
Price
Free every day.
Pro for every dojo.
Free
$0
No account needed.
- Three training rounds a day
- Precision, plus the dojos you pick for your goals
- The word of the day and the widgets
- Your whole word vault
Pro
$29.99 a year
or $4.99 a month, after a 7-day free trial
- No daily limit
- All five dojos and all eight packs
- Cancel any time in Settings
- Nothing else to buy
Privacy
What the app
knows about you.
No account
No sign-in and no email address. The app opens straight into use.
Your phone, your iCloud
Progress lives on your phone and backs up to your own iCloud, which we can't read.
No tracking
No analytics, no advertising and no tracking of any kind.
Questions
What people ask
before they start.
Is there a vocabulary app that isn't flashcards?
This one. Every question is a round in a fight: answer correctly and you land a hit, and the faster you answer the harder it lands. Miss, and the master takes a piece of you. A class takes about three minutes and has a shape and an ending, rather than a pile of cards that never runs out.
Flashcard tools like Anki and Quizlet are excellent at raw repetition. The difference here is that the repetition is the consequence of playing rather than the activity itself, and five masters with their own tricks are on the other side of it.
How do I find the precise word instead of a vague one?
Practice the move itself: start from the long, plain way of saying something and reach for the word that says it exactly. “The main holdup that slows every project” is a bottleneck. That is what Wordkeeper Dojo trains, with 3,400 everyday words across five dojos: Precision, Work, People, The World and Ideas.
The questions come at a word from several sides: pick the word that makes a plain sentence precise, say what a word means in a news-style headline, recall a word from its meaning, and the classic meaning and synonym rounds.
How do I stop forgetting words I have already learned?
Review them on a widening schedule instead of all at once. A word only counts as yours here after you've got it right on three different days, the third at least six days after the first.
After that it comes back just before you'd forget it, and the gaps keep widening, out to a year. A fast, certain answer pushes the next review further away; a miss brings it back sooner.
Is there a word-of-the-day widget for the Lock Screen?
Yes. The Hourly Word widget puts a new word on your Lock Screen every hour, so you learn while you check the time. The word of the day arrives as a reminder at a time you choose. Both are free, along with the vault.
Is there an app that teaches Latin and Greek word roots?
Yes, and it teaches them when they are useful rather than as a list. The app watches which words keep tripping you up, and when several share a root it says so: learn cred once and credible, credulous, credit and creed all get easier at the same time.
Where do I start if I don't know my level?
A quick check of eight questions finds your starting belt. Then you get a 30-day plan built from your answers: your pace, your time of day, and the dojos you picked for your goals, open from the first day.
What's free, and what does Pro add?
Free: three training rounds a day in Precision and the dojos you picked for your goals, plus the word of the day, the widgets and the vault.
Pro removes the daily limit and opens every dojo and every pack: $4.99 a month or $29.99 a year, after a 7-day free trial. Cancel any time in Settings.
Does it need an account, and does it work offline?
No account, no sign-in, and no email address. Every word ships inside the app, so training works on a plane or underground; only a subscription needs a connection. Your progress backs up to your own iCloud, so it survives a new phone.
Your first class
takes three minutes.
Five masters. 3,400 everyday words. Three rounds a day, free.