Reading speed test
Read a short passage while a timer runs. Finish when you're done, then see your words per minute and reader profile.
- Choose your difficulty level
- A short quiz keeps the result honest
- Compare your WPM to typical ranges
Choose a path
Measure speed, check understanding, train with drills, or play reading games.
Comprehension test
Read at your own pace, then answer multiple-choice questions one at a time and review every answer at the end.
- Visible timer while you read
- Questions appear one at a time
- Full answer review afterward
Practice drills
Train pace and understanding with seven drills — speed pacing, chunking, pointer guide, delayed recall, summaries, prediction, and main-idea lock-in.
- Speed and comprehension categories
- Instant feedback on meaning drills
- Re-test when you want a real score
Reading games
A comprehensive catalog of playable reading games for comprehension, speed, vocabulary, and memory — short interactive rounds in your browser.
- Filter by skill category
- Every game is playable online
- Instant feedback on many rounds
How it works
Measure honestly, train with drills and games, then re-test. Here's the full path from baseline to improvement.
- STEP 01
Measure with a test
Take the speed or comprehension test for an honest baseline — words per minute, understanding score, and a clear reader profile.
- STEP 02
Train with practice drills
Use seven focused drills for pace, chunking, pointer tracking, delayed recall, summaries, prediction, and main ideas.
- STEP 03
Play reading games
Build the same skills through short playable games — comprehension, speed, vocabulary, and memory — then re-test to see progress.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about tests, practice drills, reading games, and what your results mean.
We start a timer the moment the passage appears and stop it when you click that you've finished. Your words per minute (WPM) is simply the number of words in the passage divided by the minutes it took you to read them.
The average adult reads around 200–300 words per minute with good comprehension. Above 300 WPM is considered above average, and skilled readers can exceed 400 WPM. Speeds much higher than that usually trade comprehension for pace, which is why we also check understanding.
Reading fast is only useful if you understand what you read. The short quiz after the speed test keeps your result honest — a high WPM with a low comprehension score means you were skimming, not reading.
Practice drills are short workouts for a specific skill — paced reading, phrase chunking, pointer guide, delayed recall, paragraph summaries, prediction, and main-idea lock-in. They train technique; the official tests still give you an honest score.
Reading games are playable rounds for comprehension, speed, vocabulary, and memory. Every game runs in your browser with a real passage and scoring — a lighter way to train the same skills you measure on the tests.
Start with a speed or comprehension test for a baseline. Then use practice drills or reading games to train weak spots. Re-take a test every week or two to see whether the skill transferred.
Completely. Tests, practice drills, and games run entirely in your browser. We don't require an account, and your passages, timings, and scores are never sent to a server or stored anywhere but your own device.
Reduce subvocalization (silently pronouncing each word), use a finger or cursor as a pacer to guide your eyes, widen the chunks of text you take in at once, and practice regularly with drills or games. Re-test every week or two to track real progress.