Goal

A five-letter word appears. Tap Real if it's an English word, Fake if it isn't — before the bar runs out. As many as you can in 60 seconds.

Levels

• 8 right at a level moves you up; 3 misses in a row move you down.
• Real words get less common. Fakes start as jumbles, then change one letter ("PLONT"), then swap two neighbouring letters ("HOSUE") — read every letter.
• The time per word drops from 1.9 to 0.95 seconds.

Scoring

A right answer earns 1 + the level, plus 1 for every 5 in a row (up to +3). A wrong or late answer costs 2 + the level.

Word Recognition

The lexical decision task, a classic in reading research: how fast and accurately you recognise words is at the heart of fluent reading.