Vocabulary games for kids, 2nd to 8th grade
Peabody has 9 free games that ask vocabulary, including Potion Shop, Dino Dash and Astro Rescue. The bank has 280 words, 40 in each of 7 bands, each with a kid-sized meaning. Every answer is three boxes to tap. Free through the end of 2026, no sign-up.
| Game | Asks | From | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potion Shop | vocabulary | 2nd | Read the orders and brew the right potion. |
| Dino Dash | vocabulary | Pre-K | Hatch dinos, ride them through nine lands, chomp wrong eggs. |
| Astro Rescue | vocabulary | K | Jump through space and free the lost bots. |
| Temple Escape | vocabulary | Pre-K | Run eight temples on a companion you hatched, and take the arch with the right answer. |
| Cell Break | vocabulary | Pre-K | Dig out of jail: find letters, finish words, win your lunch. |
| Last Word | vocabulary | Pre-K | Give the zombies their words back. Survive the night. |
| Choose Your Own Adventure | vocabulary | K | Pick a story. Every choice changes how it ends. |
| Onslaught | vocabulary | K | Build a maze of towers. Hold back the Clankers! |
| Number Trails | vocabulary | K | Sail a map of numbers. Pick +10, ×2 or −1 to reach the treasure in the fewest moves! |
The arcade also has two action games with cartoon violence, Sniper and Doomcrawl. We leave them off these lists on purpose; every game is on the games page. A game's "From" grade is where it is made to start; its questions follow the grade a child says they are in.
Two word games sit outside the learning list: Word Rescue (catch falling letters to spell words from your story) and Word Blocks (hop on the word you hear).
Which grades work on vocabulary
The practice brain works on vocabulary for 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th grade, 7th grade and 8th grade. It starts a child on the rung their grade puts them on, then moves up when answers are solid, so a child ahead of their grade is not held back.
The word bank
| Band | Words | Two examples |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 40 | enormous (very, very big) and tiny (very, very small) |
| 3 | 40 | gigantic (as big as a giant) and nibble (eat with tiny bites) |
| 4 | 40 | immense (extremely large) and scamper (run with light, quick steps) |
| 5 | 40 | colossal (huge, like a giant statue) and minuscule (extremely tiny) |
| 6 | 40 | gargantuan (enormous, like a giant's size) and iridescent (shining with rainbow colors that shift) |
| 7 | 40 | audacious (daring and boldly brave) and luminescent (glowing without heat) |
| 8 | 40 | infinitesimal (so tiny it can barely be measured) and ethereal (light and delicate, almost magical) |
These are words a child meets in books more than in talk, picked for each band. The wrong meanings are real meanings of other words in the same band, so the right label never stands out by its length.
Other skills
- Counting games for kids
- Addition and subtraction games for kids
- Multiplication games for kids
- Number line and skip-counting games for kids
- Fraction and decimal games for kids
- Negative numbers and algebra games for kids
- Phonics games for kids
- Rhyming and first-sound games for kids
- Sight word games for kids
- Spelling games for kids
Questions parents ask
Do these games need typing?
No. Every answer is one of three big boxes, so a child who cannot type or read well yet can play, and a wrong answer costs a little time, never a life.
Do they ask the same questions every time?
No. Questions come from the same practice brain behind the lessons, which brings vocabulary back on a schedule and does not ask again what was answered right.
Is it free?
Yes, free through the end of 2026, with no sign-up. The games teach and review; Peabody is not a full curriculum and gives no test or score against other children.
Checked against how Peabody works on 18 October 2026. Written with help from AI, from Peabody's own code and library. Peabody is a learning app, not an assessment: if you're worried about your child's learning, talk to their teacher.