Verbal Memory Test
Choose Seen for a word you have had, New for a first sighting.
Overview
The Verbal Memory Test measures how many words stay with you while you sort each one into words you have already seen this round and words you are seeing for the first time. The next word arrives before you have time to deliberately commit anything to memory, so what shows up is not your ability to study a list but how much of a word lingers after it has passed by once. Every judgment adds another familiar word, and the load of searching your memory rises quietly as you go.
Rules
- One word appears at a time in the centre of the screen
- Choose Seen if the word has already appeared this round, or New if it has not
- A correct answer adds one to your score; a mistake costs one life
- The round ends when your lives run out, and your correct answers become your score
Score Guide
| Score | Rating | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| 92+ words | Legendary | Top 1% |
| 80-91 words | Exceptional | Top 1-5% |
| 69-79 words | Excellent | Top 5-15% |
| 60-68 words | Great | Top 15-30% |
| 50-59 words | Above Average | Top 30-50% |
| 41-49 words | Average | Top 50-70% |
| 40 words or below | Below Average | Outside top 70% |
FAQ
Are there tips to improve my score?
Trying to memorise each word on its own tends to stall you sooner. Group the words that appear into clusters such as food, living things, or things you find around town, and judge each new word by whether its cluster feels familiar. Long pauses let the most recent words fade, so answering at a steady rhythm works in your favour.
What does this result actually reflect?
It indicates how well words you never deliberately tried to memorise still stay with you. The same faculty keeps the previous page in mind while you read on, and lets you follow a topic through a conversation. Because this is a different side of memory from deliberate rehearsal, your result here may not line up with your sequence memory result.
My score swings a lot from day to day
This kind of memory is sensitive to short sleep, fatigue, and distraction, so the same person will score differently on different days. To track your own change, measure a few times under a similar time of day and setting, and read the trend rather than any single attempt.