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A word with holes in it.
Who can fill them first?

Hide a few letters in a word. Everyone drags the missing ones into the gaps on their phone, and the fastest correct answers score the most.

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Missing Letters in AhaSlides: the presenter screen shows the clue The largest animal that lives on land, a timer and the word Elephant with three letters missing, and the participant phone shows the letters dragged into the gaps above a tray of letter tiles

A spelling game nobody has to type

Skip the quiz that needs a keyboard. Players move letter tiles on their phones, so a word puzzle works for a whole room at once.

  • You pick the hidden letters

    Select a letter to hide it or show it again. At least one stays hidden, and spaces, numbers and punctuation always stay on show.

  • Drag or tap

    Players drag a tile into a gap, or tap it. Tap a filled gap to take the letter out again, then submit.

  • Faster answers score more

    By default a correct answer earns between 100 and 50 points, and the sooner it comes in, the more it earns.

  • 0 to 8 extra wrong letters

    Extra letters that are not in the answer join the tiles. Set 0 for an easy round, or add more to make it harder.

  • A word or a short phrase

    Use up to 60 characters. Capital letters and accents do not affect marking, and other alphabets work too.

  • A picture or sound as the clue

    Type a clue, such as "A place where books are kept", and add a picture or a sound if it helps.

Run your first Missing Letters round

  1. Step 1: Write the clue and the word

    Add a Missing Letters slide, type your clue, then enter the word. Choose which letters to hide and how many extra wrong letters to add.

    Missing Letters on the presenter screen: the clue The largest animal that lives on land above the word Elephant with three letters missing

  2. Step 2: Players fill the gaps

    Participants join with the access code, then drag the letter tiles into the gaps on their phones and tap Submit. Each player submits once.

    The participant phone: the clue, a points bar from 100 down to 50, the line Drag the letters into the gaps, the word Elephant with the missing letters filled in, and a tray of extra letter tiles

  3. Step 3: Race the clock

    The big screen counts down and shows how many people have solved it. Faster correct answers score more, and a single wrong letter scores 0.

    The presenter screen during the question: a countdown timer above the word Elephant with three gaps, and a line counting how many people have solved it
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Ways to play with words

Anything with a right spelling can become a round. Write the clue, hide the letters and let the room race.

  • Spelling check

    Hide the tricky letters in words such as "necessary" or "rhythm".

  • Vocabulary

    Give a definition as the clue, such as "A place where books are kept" for "Library".

  • Picture clue

    Add a photo of an apple, a bicycle or a clock and hide half the letters.

  • Language class

    Give the clue in one language and the answer in the language being learnt.

  • Jargon drill

    Hide letters in the terms new starters need to know, then see who gets them right.

  • Warm-up

    Start a meeting or lesson with one quick word to get everyone on their phones.

Questions before you start

A scored quiz slide that shows a word with some letters taken out. Players drag the missing letters into the gaps on their phones, and the fastest correct answers score the most.

No. Players only move letter tiles into the gaps, so nobody has to type on their phone.

The answer scores 0 for that question. Every gap must be right to earn points.

Yes. The extra wrong letters come from the same alphabet as your word, so a word in another script gets tiles in that script.

Missing Letters hides letters inside one word. To hide whole words in a sentence, use Fill in the Blanks or Drag and Drop. To have players type the full answer with no hints, use Short Answer.

In the editor, click New slide, then search for Missing Letters or find it in the Quiz group.
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