Typing games · Calm
Word garden
The words you find hard grow into flowers as you learn them. Type each one cleanly, about as quickly as your usual words, and it grows; over two days or more, it blooms.
Your garden
Words you bloom will grow here, one flower each: a record of the typing problems you have fixed.
How the word garden works
Each bed holds a handful of words you find hard: the ones your typing habits show you missing or slowing down on. Until your typing shows which those are, it starts with common words that make your fingers work awkwardly, like two letters in a row on one finger.
Type a word with no slip, about as quickly as you type your usual words, and its plant grows a stage. A slip, or a slow typing, doesn’t grow it; it comes round again. A plant grows two stages a day at most and blooms at four, so every word takes two days or more. That’s on purpose: practice spread over days sticks better than the same practice in one go.
Bloomed words stay in your garden, a record of the typing problems you have fixed. A bed takes about a minute, and it counts toward your daily goal and your habits like any round. For a faster game, try Outpace, or see all the typing games.
Questions about Word garden
What is Word garden?
Word garden is a calm, free typing game for the words you find hard. Each word is a plant: type it with no slip, about as quickly as your usual words, and it grows; over two days or more it blooms, and bloomed words stay in your garden.
Where do the words in Word garden come from?
From your own typing: your typing habits note the words you miss or slow down on, and each bed holds a handful of them. Until your typing shows which words those are, the garden starts with common words that make your fingers work awkwardly, such as two letters in a row on one finger.
Why does a word take at least two days to bloom?
A plant grows two stages a day at most and blooms at four, on purpose: spreading practice over days helps it stick, so the garden asks you back tomorrow instead of asking for more today.
How quickly do I have to type a word for it to grow?
About as quickly as your usual words: within 10% of your usual time a key, the median across the words your typing profile knows. Your pace shows above the bed, and after a slow typing the game tells you the time to aim for. Until it knows your pace, typing a word with no slip is enough.
What happens when I make a mistake in Word garden?
Nothing is lost: a slip or a slow typing just doesn’t grow the plant, and the word comes round again later in the bed, up to three times.
Is my word garden saved?
Yes, in the browser you play in. Each bed also counts toward your daily goal and your typing habits, which follow you to other devices when you sign in.