Meaning Match
Pick the word a meaning describes.
“a very large mass of ice that moves slowly down a valley”
Word EverestiPhone and iPad
A word game in seven levels. Bank your stars, or climb on.
Word Everest is a word game made from Acumo’s collection. A climb has seven levels, each a game of its own, from matching a word to its meaning to spotting the slip in a sentence. Clear a level and you choose: bank the stars you carry, or take them higher for more.
Coming to iPhone and iPad
Free to play, with no ads. It collects nothing about you.
- 7The Summitall six
- 6Right Word
- 5Spot the Slip
- 4Clue Ladder
- 3Sound Pairs
- 2Scramble
- 1Meaning Match
- 7
- levels a climb
- 6
- games, one a level
- 3
- difficulties
- 1
- ladder a day, the same for everyone
The climb
Seven levels, from the simplest game to the hardest
Each of the first six levels is a game of its own, made from Acumo’s words. Reach a level’s target score to clear it. Every sample below is a real item from the game.
Scramble
Spell the word from its shuffled letters.
“so dry or poor that almost nothing will grow there”
- N
- R
- A
- B
- E
- R
The answer: BARREN
Sound Pairs
Find the words on a board that sound the same.
Four pairs on one board
- bread
- peek
- seem
- weather
- bred
- peak
- whether
- seam
bread and bred, peak and peek, seam and seem, weather and whether
Clue Ladder
Type each rung of a ladder: one letter changes, and the clue is the word’s meaning.
- FLOOR
- FLOOD
- BLOOD
- The answer: BLOOM
“a flower, especially on a plant grown for its flowers”
Spot the Slip
Tap the word that slipped in for its look-alike or sound-alike, or No slip.
He opened the talk with an the slip: antidote about losing his passport in a taxi.
An anecdote is a short true story; an antidote is a cure for poison. Saying one for the other is a famous slip.
Right Word
Fill the gap with the right one of a pair, then read why.
The price difference between the two models was a gap, so she took the lighter one.
Negligent describes a person who fails to take proper care; negligible describes an amount too small to matter. Negligent is a charge; negligible is a measure.
Level 7 is the Summit: one short round of all six games, on one clock. Everyone who finishes it places.
How it plays
A walk-away choice after every level
Skill decides every level. A puzzle is the same for everyone who plays it, and nothing random decides anything between players.
Bank or climb
After every level you choose: keep the stars you carry, or take them into the next level for more. Fall short of a target and the stars you carried are lost.
Easy, Medium or Hard
Picked before each climb. Easy keeps to everyday words; Hard brings in the formal and literary ones, with faster clocks and more stars. The Slower clocks setting gives every question more time.
Today’s ladder
One word ladder a day, the same for everyone, beside the climb. If you want it, one reminder when tomorrow’s is ready, and nothing else.
Study the words in Acumo
Every word in the game is in Acumo, with its examples and the words it is mixed up with. Miss one, and Study in Acumo opens it there, or Acumo’s App Store page if it is not on your device.
Free to play
No ads, and every price shown before you pay
Word Everest is free to download and free to play: all six games, all three difficulties, the Summit and today’s ladder.
Coins buy more play
More climbs once the free passes are used, a continue after a fall, and hints. The Wallet lists every price before you spend a coin.
Wins pay stars, never coins
You start with free coins, and more come from the daily gift, today’s ladder, coin packs and Plus. Nothing in the game is worth anything outside it, and nothing can be cashed out.
Plus, if you want it
An optional subscription for regular players. It never decides a level: it adds no time, no continues and no hints, so everyone climbs by the same rules.
Nothing collected
No ads, no analytics, no tracking, and no account of its own. Every word and puzzle ships inside the game, so it plays offline.
Questions
Straight answers
Is Word Everest free?
Yes, to download and to play: all six games, the three difficulties, the Summit and today’s ladder. Coins buy more climbs, continues and hints, and Plus is an optional subscription. There are no ads. The App Store shows the prices in your region.
How is it different from Acumo?
Acumo is where you study: each word’s meaning, its examples, the words it is mixed up with, and reviews that bring it back. Word Everest is where you play with the same words. Miss one in a climb and Study in Acumo opens it there.
What happens when I fall short?
The stars you carried into that level are lost, so bank them first if you would rather keep them. Coins buy one continue a level: a new puzzle at the same level, with your stars kept.
Who is it for?
Anyone who likes words, and learners at B2 to C2 who want to play with the ones that trip them up. Easy keeps to everyday words; Hard brings in the formal and literary ones.
Where do the words come from?
From Acumo’s collection: every meaning, example and line about a pair was written for Acumo. Pronunciations and sound-alikes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, credited in the game under Settings, then About, then Acknowledgements.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Every word and every puzzle ships inside the game, and the daily reminder is a notification your device schedules itself.
Which devices does it run on?
iPhone and iPad, with iOS 26 or iPadOS 26 or later.
When can I play it?
Word Everest is coming to iPhone and iPad. This page will link the App Store the day it is live.
Pick a difficulty, and climb
Free to play, with no ads, and it collects nothing about you.
Coming to iPhone and iPad