Missing Letters
The gaps are the hard bits
About Missing Letters
Fill in the letters that have been taken out — never the easy ones. Doubled consonants, silent letters and the vowels nobody can hear are exactly where the blanks land.
Ankhdase tracks 3 distinct skills in Missing Letters, including Spelling, CVC words and Blends & digraphs. Because mastery is estimated per skill rather than per game, the questions shift toward whatever a student is getting wrong — and away from what they have already proved they know.
How to play
- Letters have been taken out of the word. Tap the keypad to fill them back in.
- The gaps are always on the tricky parts: doubled letters, silent letters, and vowels you cannot hear.
- Use "Hear it" to listen to the word, or "Spell it out" to hear it letter by letter.
- Word families mode uses rhyming groups instead of spelling lists — good for younger readers.
Skills Missing Letters practices
- Spelling
- CVC words
- Blends & digraphs
Mastery is estimated separately for each of these, which is what lets the difficulty move independently — a student can be fluent on one and still be fed easier questions on another.
Questions about Missing Letters
- Is Missing Letters free to play?
- Yes. Missing Letters is free, runs in any modern browser, and needs no download or plugin. You can play straight away without an account; signing in is only needed if you want progress, streaks and badges saved.
- What age is Missing Letters for?
- Missing Letters suits ages 5–12 — roughly Kinder to Grade 6. The difficulty adapts as you play, so it stays useful across that whole range rather than being pitched at one year group.
- What does Missing Letters teach?
- It practices Spelling, CVC words and Blends & digraphs. Every question is tagged with the skill it exercises, so progress is tracked skill by skill rather than as one overall score.
- Does Missing Letters work on a tablet or phone?
- Yes. Missing Letters works with touch as well as a mouse, and every drag action has a tap-to-select alternative. Once the page has loaded once it also keeps working offline.
- Can teachers assign Missing Letters?
- Yes. Teachers can create a class, add students in bulk without email addresses, and set Missing Letters as an assignment with a goal — a score, a number of minutes, stars or a typing speed. Progress updates automatically as students play.