Ionnsaich(YOON-sich) is Gaelic for learn. Say it in English, hear it in Scottish Gaelic.
Games
Quick games on the phrasebook, the dictionary, the guides and the sounds. Play every topic at once, or one you’re working on.
Word games
Gaelic words to find, guess, spell and fit together — most with a new one each day.
Facal
Guess the five-letter Gaelic word in six tries, one real word at a time — a new word each day, and practice words whenever you like.No best yet
Hangman
See the English, spell the Gaelic a letter at a time — six wrong letters and the run is over.No best yet
Word search
Find eight Gaelic words hidden in a grid of letters, from their English — against the clock.No best yet
Crossword
Fill in the Gaelic for English clues, in a crossword built fresh each time.No best yet
Mini crossword
A quick crossword of five or six short Gaelic words, against the clock — the same for everyone each day.No best yet
Word scramble
See the English, put the Gaelic word's jumbled letters back in order — as many as you can in ninety seconds.No best yet
Spelling bee
Make Gaelic words from seven letters, always using the centre one — a new honeycomb each day, and practice ones whenever you like.No best yet
Connections
Sort sixteen Gaelic words into four groups of four — by topic, or by how the words work. A new puzzle each day.No best yet
Strands
Find the Gaelic words of a theme, snaking through a board of letters they fill — and the one that names it. A new board each day.No best yet
Letter Boxed
Chain Gaelic words round a box of twelve letters until you’ve used them all — in as few words as you can. A new box each day.No best yet
Scrabble
Make Gaelic words crossword-style on the board from seven tiles, every word one the app knows. A best-play puzzle each day, and games against the computer.No best yet
Boggle
Three minutes to find Gaelic words in a grid of letters, tracing each through letters that touch. Today's board is the same for everyone; or practise, or race the computer.No best yet
Pictionary
Guess the drawing in Gaelic as it's drawn, five a day — or pass the phone round and draw the Gaelic word you're given while your team calls it out.No best yet
Codenames
Your spymaster gives a clue — a theme and a number — and you find its Gaelic words on the board. Mind the words that belong to nobody, and the trap.No best yet
Quick-fire
Against the clock, on the phrasebook, the guides and the sounds.
Match pairs
Match six Gaelic phrases to their English, against the clock.No best yet for all topics
Speed listening
Hear a phrase, pick its meaning — as many as you can in a minute.No best yet for all topics
Spell it
Hear a phrase and type it in Gaelic — as many as you can in two minutes.No best yet for all topics
Sentence builder
See the English, tap the Gaelic words into order — as many sentences as you can in two minutes, with a bonus for a run.No best yet for all topics
Sound rush
See letters marked in a word — bh, rt, ao, a slender d — and pick the sound they make, for one minute.No best yet
Number rush
See a number, pick the Gaelic — the teens, the twenties, people and ordinals, for one minute.No best yet
Time rush
See a time or a date, pick the Gaelic — the hours, past and to, the days, months and dates, for one minute.No best yet
Month rush
See a month, pick the Gaelic — on its own, or softened as it is in a date — for one minute.No best yet
Picture Bingo
Listen to the Gaelic and find the picture on your card — the word stays hidden unless you ask. Fill today's card, or race the computers to a line.No best yet
Kim's Game
Study a tray of pictures and their Gaelic words; one vanishes — which one, in Gaelic? Ten trays, fuller as you go, or harder with pictures only.No best yet
Logic puzzles
Number and picture puzzles, with the numbers and names in Gaelic.
Sudoku
The number puzzle, with every number named in Gaelic — and said aloud if you like. A new puzzle each day, and practice at three levels.No best yet
KenKen
Fill the grid so every cage adds, takes away, multiplies or divides to its target — each target named in Gaelic. A new board each day.No best yet
Pips
Lay the dominoes so every region adds up — each number named in Gaelic. A new puzzle each day, and practice at three levels.No best yet
Nonogram
Fill squares to match the numbers and a picture appears — then hear its name in Gaelic. A new picture each day.No best yet
Minesweeper
Open every square that isn’t a mine, its numbers named in Gaelic — and every board solvable without a guess. A new board each day.No best yet
Mastermind
Crack a code of four coloured pegs — dearg, gorm, uaine, buidhe, dubh, geal — in ten tries, the marks counted in Gaelic. Or set a code and watch the computer crack it.No best yet
Tiles, cards and dice
Match, clear and roll, with the tiles, cards and dice in Gaelic.
Tiles
Match tiles by colour, animal or number to clear the board — each match said in Gaelic. Build the longest combo you can.No best yet
Mahjong
Clear a stack of tiles by matching each picture to its Gaelic word, each word said as its pair goes — every board can be cleared. A new board each day.No best yet
Solitaire
Klondike, drawing one — every deal winnable, and each card named in Gaelic as it goes up, if you like. A new deal each day.No best yet
Memory
Cards face down, each drawing twice — its picture and its Gaelic word. Turn two at a time to find the pairs: today's board, or take turns with the computer.No best yet
Go Fish
Pair each picture with its Gaelic word. Ask the computer for the other half of your cards — and when it asks you in Gaelic, find it, or say Iasg!No best yet
Uno
Match by colour and number — dearg, buidhe, gorm, uaine, and the numbers in Gaelic — and say Aon! on your last card, or be caught. Against one to three computers.No best yet
Crazy Eights
Follow the suit or the number, with the cards in Gaelic from aon to deich and the king a rìgh — and every eight, ochd, is wild. Against one to three computers.No best yet
Hearts
Dodge the hearts and the banrigh of spades — or take them all and shoot the moon. The cards in Gaelic, three computers, today's hand or a whole game.No best yet
Spades
Bid your tricks in Gaelic — neoni to trì deug — then make them with your computer partner, spades trumps. Today's hand, a quick one, or a whole game.No best yet
Euchre
Order up trumps, mind the bowers, and keep the score in Gaelic — neoni to deich — with a computer partner. Today's hand, a quick one, or a whole game.No best yet
Gin Rummy
Sets and runs against the computer, your deadwood counted in Gaelic as you play — knock at deich or less, or go gin. Today's hand, a quick one, or a game to a hundred.No best yet
Cribbage
Fifteen-two, fifteen-four — with the count kept in Gaelic as you peg. A crib puzzle each day (which two cards to throw?), or a game against the computer to 61 or 121.No best yet
Rummy 500
Take from anywhere in the discards — if you can meld it — lay off on any meld, and score what you lay down, the cards in Gaelic. Today's hand, a quick one, or a game to 500.No best yet
Farkle
Six dice, every face in Gaelic: set aside what scores, then bank it or push your luck — a roll with nothing is a Farkle. Ten turns on today's dice, or a race against the computers.No best yet
Liar's Dice
Bid in Gaelic how many of a face are under all the cups — ceithir × còig, four fives — or call the last bid a lie. Aces wild. Against one to three computers.No best yet
Snap
Pictures and Gaelic words turn over one by one: snap when a picture lands on its own word. Today's deck, practice, or against a quick-handed computer.No best yet
Yahtzee
Five dìsnean, three rolls a turn, thirteen boxes to fill, with every face in Gaelic. Today's dice are the same for everyone; or practise, or play the computer.No best yet
Board games
A puzzle each day, and whole games against the computer.
Chess
Every piece named in Gaelic — rìgh, banrigh, ridire and the rest. A mate-in-one puzzle each day, more puzzles, and whole games against the computer.No best yet
Checkers
Draughts in Gaelic: every piece a fear, crowned a rìgh, and the pieces left counted in Gaelic. A biggest-jump puzzle each day, and games against the computer.No best yet
Backgammon
Backgammon in Gaelic: your fifteen fir round the board, the dice said in Gaelic, and the checkers borne off counted. A hit-the-most puzzle each day, and games against the computer.No best yet
Go
Go in Gaelic: every stone a cloch, dubh against geal, and the stones you capture counted in Gaelic. A capture-the-most puzzle each day, and games against the computer on 9×9 or 13×13.No best yet
Reversi
Reversi in Gaelic: dubh against geal, every disc you trap turned over, and the count in Gaelic. A flip-the-most puzzle each day, and games against the computer.No best yet
Mancala
Sow your seeds round the board and fill your store, with every pit counted in Gaelic. A most-in-one-turn puzzle each day, and games against the computer.No best yet
Connect Four
Dearg against buidhe, with the seven columns numbered in Gaelic: four in a line wins. A win-in-two puzzle each day, and games against the computer.No best yet
Dominoes
Match the ends and play out first, with every end and score in Gaelic. A play-every-tile puzzle each day, and games to fifty against the computer.No best yet
Battleship
Sink the computer's fleet of bàtaichean, the rows numbered in Gaelic — or find a hidden fleet from its counts in the daily puzzle.No best yet
Sorry!
Race your four dearg pawns Home against up to three computers, the cards numbered in Gaelic — and say Tha mi duilich! when you send one back. A bump-the-most puzzle each day.No best yet
Snakes and Ladders
Name every roll in Gaelic before you move — aon to sia — then climb the ladders and dodge the snakes. Today's race on the same dice for everyone, on your own, or against the computers.No best yet
Monopoly
Buy your way round a Scotland named in Gaelic, from Druim na Drochaid to Dùn Èideann, against one to three computers — with auctions and trading. A rent quiz each day.No best yet
Clue
A mystery in a Hebridean village: who did it, with what, and where — every suspect, weapon and place a Gaelic word. A mystery to solve from a detective's log each day, and games against the computers.No best yet