A little café.A world of words.

WordBar is a free browser-based vocabulary game for children. Players answer word challenges while having fun and growing a virtual café. It brings everyday English and 11 plus practice into one journey.

WordBar is free to play. No account, email address or payment card is required.

Yes. WordBar has a dedicated 11 plus (11+) word menu covering meanings, synonyms, antonyms, spelling and word relationships for verbal-reasoning practice, alongside everyday English for reading, school and conversation.

Everyday English offers friendly vocabulary practice for general learning. The 11 plus menu focuses on more challenging words commonly useful in 11 plus preparation.

WordBar practises meanings, synonyms, antonyms, spelling and word relationships. Children meet words through different activities instead of only reading a list.

Children choose a word menu and complete short vocabulary challenges while running a café. Correct answers help them serve customers, earn rewards and unlock dishes, decorations, outfits, characters, trophies and pets.

No account or email address is needed. The name you choose for your shopkeeper is stored in this browser, not sent to WordBar. It collects non-identifying usage statistics, such as how often the games are opened and played, and for how long, to help improve them. We never collect names, email addresses, children's answers or the words they practise. Nothing is used to identify anyone or for advertising. The game, WordBar Dictation and Fun24 keep a few counters on the device (for example, when it was first used) so returning players can be counted without any ID. The website itself stores nothing on your device, and sends nothing if your browser uses Global Privacy Control. Statistics are processed by Cloudflare and deleted after three months. You can turn them off in Settings in the game and in WordBar Dictation, and under Sound in Fun24. Spelling lists stay in the browser on the device. On some Android phones and computers, the browser may use an online voice to read words aloud; the browser, not WordBar, then sends the word to its speech service.

WordBar saves progress in the browser on the device being used. Separate player profiles can be used on the same device, but progress does not automatically move between devices.

WordBar can be added to the Home Screen on supported iPhone, iPad and Android devices. Once the required game files have loaded, much of the game can continue without an internet connection. WordBar Dictation can be added to the Home Screen too, but it needs an internet connection.

Yes. Pet Pop Spelling in the café gives children three short rounds: finding letters, tapping them in order and spelling the word from memory. Overtime allows every word to be completed without a failure screen. For a school spelling list, WordBar Dictation offers Pet Pop and SushiBar with your own words.

WordBar Dictation is a free spelling game for practising your child’s own school spelling list, at dictation.wordbar.net. Choose Pet Pop (pop the pets holding the right letters) or SushiBar (serve the right sushi from a moving belt); both have the same four rounds and end with typing the word. It is separate from the café: there are no coins or shop, and it does not change café progress. Words typed right first time earn stars, and every 5 stars win a sticker for the Sticker Chest.

Both use the same pets and letter popping. Pet Pop in the café uses WordBar’s own word menus. WordBar Dictation uses the list you type in, its four rounds end with typing each word, like a real spelling test, and it has a second game, SushiBar, with the same words and rounds.

Type or paste up to 20 words, one per line. Up to 5 lists can be saved on the device, and each is kept for 30 days after it was last used. On iPhone and iPad, tap the box and choose AutoFill, then Scan Text, to copy the words from paper with the camera.

Children choose a UK or US accent, female or male, from the voices already on the device. On iPhone and iPad, Apple does not let websites use its natural British female voices, so Samantha (US) reads by default for British female; “Try another voice” switches to Shelley (British).

Yes. WordBar Dictation is an online site, which saves space on the phone. The first visit downloads about 8 MB for the spelling helper that makes the coloured chunks, so Wi-Fi is best. With chunking hints turned off in Settings, this download is not needed.