Areas of your brain
Language
Language thinking is how you find words, hear the shape of them, and move from one to the next.
What these areas do
Language leans on a small network, mostly on the left side of the brain. Toward the front, in the frontal lobe, sits Broca’s area, long associated with putting words together and shaping them into speech. Further back, where the temporal lobe meets the parietal, sits Wernicke’s area, associated with understanding the words you hear and read. The two are joined by a bundle of fibres, and together they let you move smoothly between finding a word and making sense of one.
What your mind is doing in Wordity
When you turn one word into another a single letter at a time, you are holding a word in mind, testing small changes, and checking each one against everything you know about real words. It is a pleasant kind of mental tinkering. None of this is a test, and there is no score for your brain. It is simply a calm way to keep word-finding playful and active.
Keep this kind of thinking active
This daily game gives language a gentle, enjoyable workout. Today’s puzzle is always free.
- Wordity Turn one word into another, one letter at a time. Play Wordity How to play
Looking after your brain
Puzzles are one enjoyable way to stay curious and mentally active. The habits with the best evidence behind them are simple ones: good sleep, regular exercise, learning new things, staying socially connected, and looking after your heart. These games are for fun and mental exercise. They are not a treatment, a test, or a measure of your health.