Word Wall

Sixteen words. Four hidden groups. Can your students find the connections?

Word Wall is a classroom version of the popular Connections game. Students look at a grid of 16 words and try to identify four groups of four that share something in common. Select four words, hit submit, and find out if you’ve cracked a category. Get three out of four right and you’ll get an “One away!” nudge. Attempts are tracked but unlimited — the goal is thinking, not punishment.

Teachers upload a simple CSV with three columns: the word, its group name, and a difficulty level (1–4). Difficulty just controls the color reveal when a group is solved — yellow for the easiest, purple for the trickiest. A shuffle button keeps the board fresh when students get stuck.

Works great projected on a screen as a whole-class warm-up, a review game before an assessment, or a quick brain break. Build a round in two minutes, play it in ten.

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