Words you swear you know
Sample words:alarm, apartment, balance, balcony, basement, basket · 185 words
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The word lists
Spelling word packs
Every Spellmates round pulls from a themed spelling list. Four packs are free forever, the rest come with Plus, and hosts can type their own custom words. Here is what's inside each one.
Free packs
The classic traps
Sample words:because, experience, finally, friend, knife, quiet · 185 words
See the full listMenu words that end friendships
Sample words:bacon, bagel, blueberry, boba, brownie, brunch · 185 words
See the full listStadium words and bad refs
Sample words:archery, backstroke, baseball, basketball, batter, bleachers · 185 words
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Spell it like the group chat
Sample words:ate, based, basic, bet, bruh, bussin · 84 words
See the full listScreen words and credits
Sample words:actor, actress, animation, audition, blockbuster, cameo · 80 words
See the full listFamous names nobody can spell
Sample words:Adele, autograph, Barbie, Batman, Bollywood, Broadway · 79 words
See the full listFor the show-off in the group
Sample words:acquiescence, antidisestablishmentarianism, asphyxiate, autochthonous, bologna, bougainvillea · 61 words
See the full listFriendship, drama, group chats
Sample words:beef, bestie, bickering, bond, buddy, companion · 84 words
See the full listPlaces that break tourists
Sample words:Africa, Barcelona, basin, border, canyon, capital · 80 words
See the full listCampus words at 2am
Sample words:admission, assignment, auditorium, bachelor, cafeteria, campus · 84 words
See the full listWords that should not exist
Sample words:aura, brainrot, buffering, clickbait, clout, copypasta · 82 words
See the full listBeauty aisle vocabulary
Sample words:blowout, blush, bronzer, clutch, cuticle, eyeliner · 80 words
See the full listCircle back and spell it
Sample words:actionable, agenda, alignment, audit, badge, bandwidth · 80 words
See the full list18+. Play with the right crowd
Sample words:ass, asshole, bastard, bitch, blowjob, boner · 79 words
See the full listDrama, roses and reunions
Sample words:aftershow, backstab, betrayal, blindside, booted, cast · 97 words
See the full listAirports, hotels, jet lag
Sample words:airfare, airport, aviation, backpack, beach, boardwalk · 81 words
See the full listExam words with teeth
Sample words:abstract, academia, citation, concept, criteria, dataset · 86 words
See the full listReal words, fake sounding
Sample words:dollop, gibberish, gobsmacked, goofball, hoopla, hubbub · 82 words
See the full listOpe, spell that one
Sample words:blizzard, Bloomington, bonfire, cabin, campfire, Chaska · 80 words
See the full listBars, shots and bad decisions
Sample words:barfly, barhopping, bartender, bender, buzzed, cider · 80 words
See the full listSituationships and red flags
Sample words:affection, attraction, boyfriend, breakup, closure, couple · 95 words
See the full listRespawn and spell it again
Sample words:arcade, armor, avatar, campaign, character, checkpoint · 85 words
See the full listTreble, bass and Tchaikovsky
Sample words:album, anthem, band, beat, Billboard, choir · 81 words
See the full listHouse cats to axolotls
Sample words:cat, chicken, cow, dog, dolphin, duck · 82 words
See the full listLab words and Latin names
Sample words:atom, carbon, cell, chemistry, climate, comet · 87 words
See the full listCustom Pack
Your own words, typed by the host
Other languages
Spellmates isn't English-only. Hosts can switch the whole night into another language and the word lists, definitions and example sentences follow:
- 🇺🇸 English
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- 🇫🇷 French
- 🇩🇪 German
- 🇧🇷 Portuguese (Brazil)
- 🇰🇷 Korean
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 🇵🇰 Urdu
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