Story Detectives: Word Guess

A Wordle-style game with 5-letter words about stories, reading and mystery-solving. Short clues and fill-in-the-gap sentences help students learn new words through context.

A free WordVibe Vocabulary Game for Teens at CEFR B1 level. Topic: LessonVibe Literacy Word Bank — Ages 10–13.

Clues

1. The life lesson a book teaches, like 'Always be kind to others.'
2. The name of a book, film or song, often on the front cover.
3. One short part of a play or film that happens in one place.
4. Something important that happens, like a party, a race or a school show.
5. To give an answer when you are not sure: 'Hmm, maybe the cat ate it?'
6. To show something is real using facts: 'The muddy shoes ___ he went outside.'
7. To find the answer to a problem or a mystery, like a detective does.
8. Not correct, the opposite of right. 'Cats can fly' is ___.
9. What really happened, with no lies. Detectives always want to find the ___.
10. To say something is real without proof: 'She ___s she ate one cookie, but the jar is empty!'
11. Proof you were somewhere else when something went missing: 'I was at the cinema!'
12. The sound you make when you talk or sing.
13. To say words out loud: 'Please ___ louder, I can't hear you.'
14. The exact words someone said, shown inside these marks: “ ”.
15. A long book with made-up people and adventures, split into chapters.
16. The way things are arranged: first, next, last. 'Put the pictures in the right ___.'
17. The subject a text is about, like 'space', 'dogs' or 'football'.
18. To put words on paper with a pen, or type them on a screen.
19. Not afraid to do something difficult or scary.
20. Feeling happy about something good you or someone close to you did.

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