Letter ring is played in levels now, easiest first, and the board grows as you climb. Real words with no space on the board still count: you'll see them at the end. Hints fill the crossing words before the main one. Hear it, spell it: as you hold a word better, practice plays it and you type what you hear. A word that sounds like another gets a second chance with its meaning. Can't listen now? Pause listening questions for an hour. Today's grid checks each guess against the word list. A guess that isn't a word keeps its letters, costs no try, and the grid tells you why. With Differentiate Without Color on, a letter in the right place is also underlined. Deleting your account now also deletes its record with our payment provider and revokes Headword's Sign in with Apple access.

Practice climbs with the word. A new word asks you to finish a sentence and choose its tone; as you hold it better, you recall it from its meaning alone and find its opposite. Sentences now ask for the exact form they need. Two earlier words join each practice, so the words you met last week come back before they fade. Rate your own sentence: write with the word, compare it with how the entry uses it, and say whether you nailed it. The summary shows what you practised and what comes next. Every word now shows its American pronunciation in IPA. Headword now tells you when an update is out, with a note on Words and in Profile.

More than 4,000 words: the word bank has grown from about 1,500, and every new word teaches the meaning you will meet at work. The words you have saved and practised stay as they are. Practice starts with using the word: you type it, choose the right tone and find its opposite where it has one, before anything else, and the sentence you write comes with the definition and a prompt to start from. Play, friendlier: today's clue is on the grid card before you open it, and each game has its own card. Letter ring fits on one screen, with nothing to scroll.

Letter ring, a new game in Play: swipe the letters of a word to fill a small crossword, then find the word itself. Word strength: every word you have practised now shows how well you hold it, on Your words and on the word page. Practice, clearer: every answer now shows why it was right or wrong on the same screen, and a practice ends by showing how well you hold the word and when it comes back.