Word Tiles Calling – Classroom Word Board Game | ESL Spelling Game for Kids | Team Whiteboard Game + vs Computer | Printables

Make words, score points and learn English! Word Tiles Calling is a bright, crossword-style letter tile game for children and ESL / EFL learners (ages 5–12, A1–B1). Drag letter tiles onto the board, join your words on to the words already there, and collect points with bonus squares. Ollie the Owl, our friendly mascot, checks every word, reads it aloud and shows a picture and meaning for common words.

It opens in any web browser and works offline on computers, tablets, phones and interactive whiteboards. No app store, no sign-in and no internet needed. You can also play online at https://word-tiles-calling.pages.dev.

What's inside

• 3 ways to play: Classroom Teams (2–4 teams on one big screen), Pass & Play (2–4 players on one device) and Play vs Ollie (a computer player with Easy, Medium and Hard levels that always plays real words)
• 3 board sizes: Mini 9×9 for young learners, Classic 13×13 and Big 15×15 – each with its own colorful bonus squares (×2 letter, ×3 letter, ×2 word, ×3 word)
• A tile bag with extra vowels for young learners, a "qu" tile that keeps q and u together, and optional ★ star tiles that can be any letter
• A built-in, child-friendly word list of about 68,000 common English words (British and American spellings) – checked instantly, offline
• Kids Mode: words of 2+ letters, no penalty for a wrong word (just try again) and a "Teacher: accept word" button. Challenge Mode for stronger classes
• Word cards after every word: picture, simple English meaning, Thai meaning and audio for 307 common picture words; other words are read by the device's voice
• Helpers: drag-and-drop or tap-to-place, green squares that show where tiles can go, live word and points preview, Undo, Recall, Shuffle, Swap, Hint (it can even place the word for you) and Pass
• 12 topic bonuses (Animals, Food & drink, School, My body, My home, Clothes, Colors & shapes, Nature & weather, Family & people, Actions, Toys & play, Transport): topic words score +5
• Teacher tools: big team scoreboard, optional turn timer, adjust scores, extra class words (names, places), letter points on/off, CAPITAL or lower-case letters, vowel colors, skip turn and end game
• The game saves itself – close it and continue later
• End-of-game podium, confetti and a printable certificate
• Printable 16-page A4 teacher companion (PDF): how to play, classroom rules and teacher tips, letter points, team and player score sheets, letter tiles to print and cut, a Mini board to print, 12 topic word lists, handy short words and two certificates

Perfect for

• ESL / EFL classrooms and language schools
• Primary classes and whole-class whiteboard games
• Spelling and vocabulary review, topic lessons and team competitions
• Homeschool, tutoring and family game time

How you get it

This is a digital download. Nothing is shipped. After purchase, download the zip file and unzip it. Open the folder and double-click index.html. It opens in any modern web browser (Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox). No installation and no internet needed once downloaded.

On a phone or tablet: open https://word-tiles-calling.pages.dev, or unzip the download and open index.html in your browser. Print the 16-page companion from the yellow button at the top right of the game. Full instructions are in README.txt.

Please note

Works in Chrome, Edge, Safari and Firefox on Windows, Mac, Chromebook, iPad and Android.

Saved games and teacher settings are kept in the browser on your device.

The pictures are colorful emoji-style icons, credited in the included ATTRIBUTION file.

For personal and single-classroom use. Please do not share or resell the files.

You can also open the web version at https://word-tiles-calling.pages.dev.

Richard Sim ©