Vocabulary that sticks
Wordsmith
/ˈwəːdsmɪθ/ proper noun
a quiet tool for people who love words — a calm place to keep any word, phrase, or idea worth remembering.
Capture what catches your ear. A gentle spaced-repetition schedule brings it back at just the right moment — so it moves from “I read that once” to genuinely yours. No streaks to defend, no guilt, no noise.
Free to start · browse the web with no account
Curated collections
A store of sets worth having
Hand-picked collections of words that reward knowing them — from the rare and beautiful to the sharp and useful. Browse any of them on the web, then save the ones you love to learn in the app.
- Rare & Beautiful Words 50 words mellifluouspetrichorsusurrusephemeral Explore →
- Literary Style & Mood 75 words elegiacwrysonorousliminal Explore →
- Social & Emotional Nuance 164 words sondersaudadecompersionwistful Explore →
- Modern Science & Tech 77 words emergentheuristiclatencyentropy Explore →
- Ideas & Arguments 64 words salienttacitcorollarynuance Explore →
- Elegant Everyday Vocabulary 88 words candiddeftpoiseastute Explore →
How it works
Three simple steps
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Capture it
Add any word, phrase, or idea the moment it catches your eye — from a book, a conversation, or one of our collections.
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Let it come back
Wordsmith schedules a quiet review using a spaced-repetition algorithm — timed to the moment you’re about to forget.
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It sticks
A few unhurried reviews and the word is simply yours — ready when you reach for it, no cramming required.
Spaced repetition, made visible
It comes back — right on time
One word, plotted across its first few weeks. Memory fades between reviews; each review lands just as it begins to slip — a little later every time, until the word is simply yours.
The quiet philosophy
Why it sticks
“Memory isn’t made by cramming. It’s made by meeting a word again, just as you’re about to forget it.”
Wordsmith is deliberately unlike the apps that badger you. No streaks held hostage, no guilt, no confetti demanding your attention. It simply keeps the words you chose and returns them on a schedule shaped by how memory actually works. Quiet, patient, and genuinely yours.
Start building a vocabulary that lasts
Wordsmith is on Android today — free to start, no account needed to browse.
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