Free SAT and ACT Games
Free SAT and ACT games that run in your browser. Each one takes a few minutes, works on a phone, and saves your progress with no account. Word Groups and Fit Check draw on one bank of 352 words taken from the vocabulary the digital SAT actually uses and share one word map, so what you learn in one shows up in the other. Dissect takes the words apart, prefix, root, and suffix, so that the ones you have never seen give up their meaning too. Boundary Blitz turns to grammar: the punctuation between and within clauses, one of the most frequently tested skills on both the SAT and the ACT.
Word Groups
Sixteen SAT words, four hidden groups of four that belong together. Find them with fewer than four mistakes, then see the definitions and roots. A new board every time.
Play Word Groups → SAT words in context gameFit Check
A sentence, a blank, and a word that may or may not belong. Thirty cards, three hearts, and a one-line reason every time you miss.
Play Fit Check → SAT word roots gameDissect
Cut SAT words into their prefixes, roots, and suffixes. Tap the part, build the word, decode the long ones, and catch the impostors that only look like they share a root.
Play Dissect → SAT and ACT punctuation gameBoundary Blitz
A sentence, a gap, and four ways to fill it. Join the clauses, judge the boundary, and clear the boss sentence, with the rule in one line every time you miss.
Play Boundary Blitz →Why games for the SAT and the ACT?
The digital SAT does not ask for definitions. Its Words in Context questions give you a passage and four real words, and the wrong answers are usually close in meaning to the right one. Learning a word for the SAT therefore means learning its edges: what it means, what it does not mean, and what tone it carries. Word Groups trains the first part by making you sort words against their near neighbors. Fit Check trains the second by putting each word in a sentence where it either belongs or does not. Dissect trains the third skill, the one you need for the words you never studied: cutting a word into its prefix, root, and suffix and reading the meaning off them. Boundary Blitz moves from words to sentences. Its one question, what may stand between two parts of a sentence, is one of the grammar questions the SAT and the ACT ask most often, and it is a decision you can make in a second once the rules are automatic. Flashcards tell you what a word means. These games make you decide, over and over, with a reason attached to every miss.
What is in the games
One bank of 352 SAT vocabulary words in 88 meaning groups, built from the vocabulary in College Board’s released digital SAT and PSAT practice tests and question bank, with every definition, root, and sentence reviewed for accuracy. Word Groups builds a fresh 16-word board from that bank each time you play. Fit Check deals 30 sentence cards per run from the same words. Dissect adds 254 word parts, each with its origin and example words, and cuts 292 words into them, most from the bank and a few added where a part needed an example; its decode and boss words reach beyond the list on purpose. Boundary Blitz teaches 16 punctuation rules through 123 Join sentences, 60 Judge sentences, 30 Clause check word groups, and 12 boss sentences, every one written for the game. None of the games reproduces SAT or ACT question text; the words are the test’s, the sentences, boards, and cards are ours.
How the games fit with the rest of the site
The games are the fast, repeatable layer. When you want the real question format, the Hard Words in Context drills give you SAT-style passages with four choices and full explanations, and the SAT vocabulary flashcards cover 100 high-value words in depth with their root families. All of it, with the rest of the SAT Reading and Writing practice, is free.
The games are also the fast layer for grammar: when you want the real question format, the Standard English Conventions drills mix punctuation with the other conventions the way the test does. More games for the SAT, ACT, and AP exams are on the way. Each one will be built on the same rule: playing it has to be practice for the skill the test actually measures.
Frequently Asked Questions: SAT and ACT Games
Are the SAT and ACT games really free?
Yes. Everything on FreeTestPrep.com is free. The games need no account, no app, and no payment; they run in your browser.
Do the games work on a phone?
They were built for phones first. Each game fits a portrait screen, works with a thumb, and has a full-screen mode. They also work on tablets and computers with a mouse or keyboard.
Is my progress saved?
Each game keeps your progress in the browser you play in: the word map or rule map, your best runs, and your recent boards. Nothing is stored on our servers, and clearing your browser data resets it.
Which game should I start with?
For vocabulary, start with Word Groups to learn the words by meaning, then move to Fit Check to prove you can use them in sentences; the two share one word map, so progress in one shows up in the other. Play Dissect whenever unfamiliar words keep turning up in the answer choices. For grammar, play Boundary Blitz: punctuation between clauses is one of the most frequently tested skills on both the SAT and the ACT.
Are the words and sentences from the real tests?
The bank of 352 words was built from the vocabulary in College Board's released digital SAT and PSAT practice tests and question bank, so they are the kinds of words the test uses. The sentences in every game are ours, written for it. No SAT or ACT question text appears in any of the games.
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