Puku: Learn New Words – Merriam-Webster, Inc.

Puku is a fun and rewarding way for you to learn vocabulary. Play ongoing leveled lists, words related to a category of interest like Food or Mythology, or create your own list from classwork assignments—quickly and easily with pre-populated definitions from Merriam-Webster! The app features Puku, a virtual pet that grows as you master new words, and evolves each time you cross a milestone in an engaging display that celebrates your progress.

Every player has a personalized experience guided by adaptive learning technology. The app responds directly to kids’ performance ensuring that learning is efficient and motivating: players spend their time on new and challenging vocabulary and get immediate corrective feedback when necessary to help them get back on track.

From Merriam-Webster, America’s most-trusted dictionary, Puku is the best vocabulary-building app for kids ages 8 and up. Learn thousands of words, such as curious, fatigue, boisterous, and indelible—and feel good about your screen time!

With Puku you can:
•Develop your personal vocabulary path, and have fun doing it!
•Improve every day with ongoing, leveled lists
•Play custom collections—from Food and Holidays to Books and Mythology—and learn words associated with areas of interest or study
•Create your own lists, quickly populated with Merriam-Webster definitions, either to help with words you are learning in class or to master words that will awe and stump your friends
•Share custom word lists with friends and classmates
•Access trusted, age-appropriate definitions from Merriam-Webster

Puku for teachers:
Quickly create and share word lists with your students, automatically populated with trusted, authoritative Merriam-Webster definitions. Your students can play any list you create, for free.