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Meet useful words
Build familiarity with vocabulary children meet in reading and 11+ preparation.
MADE BY A PARENT, FOR FAMILIES
Make 11+ vocabulary practice easier to keep up with.
Help your child practise word meanings, revisit tricky words and see their progress in short sessions. Built by a parent during our own children’s preparation for UK grammar school entrance exams, often called the 11+.
Try free practiceTHE PROBLEM WE RECOGNISED
Looking a word up once wasn’t enough.
MineWords began at our kitchen table. The books and practice papers were full of unfamiliar vocabulary. We tried writing new words on scraps of paper and drawing them from a box for revision. It worked, but it took time to look each word up, write it down and keep track of what the children had already practised. It was also easy for a useful word to slip by.
A quick dictionary or voice-assistant lookup was easier, but the meaning often faded by the next practice paper. We wanted a simple way to collect words, test them regularly and bring back the ones that still felt difficult.
THE WORD-BOX IDEA, MADE EASIER
Learn it. Recall it. Meet it again.
Spend less time organising revision. MineWords keeps the word collection, practice questions and review together, ready for your next short session. New here? Start with how to use this.
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Think, then recall
Answer mixed questions instead of simply reading a definition and hoping it sticks.
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Return to tricky words
Words that need more practice come back, while progress helps children see how far they have come.
WHY WE BUILT IT
A family tool we wanted to share.
I’m a software developer, so I started building the tool I wished we had: an organised collection, quick practice and a reliable way to revisit words. Both of our children received offers from UK grammar schools. That success came from their hard work across the whole preparation journey; MineWords was one helpful part of it, not a shortcut or a guarantee.
We’re sharing it so other families can spend less time making vocabulary lists and more time helping children build lasting confidence with words.
We used MineWords in our own family for at least two years before sharing it publicly. That everyday experience shaped a simple aim: make vocabulary practice easier to fit around school, reading and family life.
A SKILL THAT KEEPS GIVING
Useful well beyond exam day.
A stronger vocabulary helps children understand what they read, express ideas clearly and feel more at home with the language they meet in secondary school and further study. Books and practice papers still matter; MineWords is here to make learning the words inside them easier to keep up with.
BOOKS & LEARNING RESOURCES
Our family recommendations are on the way.
We’re putting together a short list of vocabulary books and practice resources we found helpful. We’ll add the links here soon.
REVISION THAT FITS YOUR FAMILY
Take your word list beyond the screen.
Prefer paper revision or making your own word cards? Use the word list to find vocabulary that needs more practice, then print a revision sheet or export it for your own family activities. Exports include meanings, examples, synonyms and antonyms, so you have useful material ready to discuss together.
Printing and exports are included during full-access trials and with membership.
View and export the word listFOR FAMILIES WHO NEED A HAND
Education should be within reach.
If the membership cost would make it difficult for your family, please write to me at support@11pluswords.com. You do not need to send any proof. If you happen to have something showing your child qualifies for free school meals or other government low-income support and it is already to hand, that will speed things up — but I will not ask you for it, and I will not ask you to explain your finances.
Hosting has ongoing costs, and building and maintaining MineWords takes a lot of time. I’m grateful to families who are able to support it with a membership, and I’ll try to help those who cannot.
Try a few short sessions together before deciding to buy access. Choose a pace that feels positive for your child, and take a break when they need one. Their wellbeing comes first.
Try it together. See how it fits.
Start with free practice and explore the way your child learns.
When you’re ready, membership brings the full vocabulary collection, focused revision and printable word lists together.
What it costs
Full access is bought for a fixed length — 1 month, 3 months or 1 year —It is a one-off payment. It does not renew, there is nothing to cancel, and we will not charge you again. When the time runs out you can buy more, and it adds to the end date rather than replacing it. New accounts get 7 days of full access first, with no card needed.
What we keep
An email address and a password hash for the account. For your child: one row per question answered (the word, what was chosen, whether it was right, how long it took) and how far through each story they had read. That is the whole record. No name, no date of birth, no photo, no location, no advertising, and nothing is shared with anyone for marketing.
The free collection is 224 words. To see everything, go to your account.
Getting rid of it
Your account page has Delete this account at the bottom. It removes the account and every practice record in it, and there is no copy kept. You do not need to email anyone. And if the account is simply left alone, we delete it two years after the last time it was signed into or practised on. The full privacy notice has the detail, including how payments are handled.