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All lessons 500 progressive lessons, beginner to mastery. Lesson 1: home row Start here. Eight keys, no surprises. Lesson 5: top row qwerty uiop -- the upward reaches. Lesson 10: bottom row zxcv bnm -- the trickiest row. Lesson 250: midway Picks up halfway through the curriculum. Lesson 500: final The end of the curriculum. Custom text Practice on text you actually want to read.
Row + finger drills
All drills 74 finger-row, key-cluster, and code drills. Home row asdf jkl; -- the fundamentals. Top row qwerty uiop -- reach upward. Bottom row zxcv bnm -- the trickiest row. Left hand Everything to the left of the index split. Right hand Everything to the right of the index split. Vowels a e i o u -- the carriers of every word. Punctuation Brackets, quotes, slashes, em-dashes.
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Numbers Top-row digits, plain and mixed. Numpad rows 789 / 456 / 123 -- right-hand keypad. Numpad decimals Currency and measurement style. Numpad phone Phone-number digit + dash patterns. Code: JS keywords function, const, return -- core syntax. Code: Python def, lambda, decorators, dunders. Code: HTML tags Common element tags and attributes. Code: Tailwind Common utility-class strings.
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Books Public-domain books from Project Gutenberg. Quotes Browse every quote, build a collection. Idioms Common English idioms with their meanings. Poetry Frost, Dickinson, Whitman, Shakespeare, Blake. Fables & parables Aesop and short moral stories, public domain. Daily quote Today's curated line. Custom text Drop a file, paste a chapter, type through it.
English word lists
All word lists Browse every available list and its size. English 1k Most common 1,000 English words. English 5k Wider vocabulary spread. English 10k Long-tail vocabulary. Advanced vocab SAT/GRE-level words. Multi-syllable challenge. My missed words Words you've struggled with this week. Scrabble trainer 2-7 letter Scrabble-handy words.
Specialty word lists
Code: JavaScript Keywords, common identifiers, syntax. Code: Python Pythonic patterns and keywords. Code: TypeScript Interfaces, generics, utility types. Code: Rust fn, mut, impl, trait, Vec<T>. Code: SQL SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY -- mostly uppercase. Code: Bash Shell commands, pipes, redirects. Countries All 195 sovereign nations. Capitals Capital cities of the world. Latin phrases ad hoc, bona fide, ipso facto.
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Sprint 60 seconds. Hit 60 wpm at 95% accuracy. Marathon 5 minutes at 50 wpm. Endurance test. 100 Words 100 common words at 70 wpm. 500 Words Long-form endurance. 60 wpm to clear. Quote Chase Race through three quotes at 65 wpm. Zen Master Untimed marathon. Stop on your own terms.
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Pangram run A sentence with every letter. Don't slip. Mountain climb Words get harder as you climb. Code mode Function, const, return. Symbols included. Punctuation gauntlet Brackets, quotes, em-dashes, colons. Numbers gauntlet Digits, decimals, mixed alphanumerics. All challenges 38 challenges total. Bests tracked locally.
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Personal bests Your top WPM by mode + duration. Achievements 197 badges across 18 categories. WPM trend Last 30 sessions plotted as a line chart. Streak Daily-typing streak. Don't break the chain. Daily activity GitHub-style contribution grid for your typing. Lesson trends WPM line per lesson across attempts.
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Stats dashboard Heatmap, trend, contribution grid, lifetime totals. Achievements 197 badges across 18 categories. Keyboard heatmap Speed + accuracy painted onto your layout. WPM trend Last 30 sessions, plotted. Daily activity GitHub-style contribution grid for your typing. Mode bests Personal bests broken out by mode and duration.
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Per-finger errors Error rate vs avg key time, all 10 fingers. Character report Sortable per-character breakdown. Lesson trends WPM across attempts, one line per lesson. Missed words Top 20 words you struggle with most. Slowest keys Per-key average time -- find the bottleneck. Recent sessions Last 30 sessions with mode, WPM, accuracy.
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Settings Profiles, theme, layout, JSON export. User guide Everything you need to know to use the site. FAQ Common questions and answers. About Why this site exists. Made by one person. Features Full list of what the site can do. Custom texts Manage your saved practice texts.
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Today's quote One curated quote per day, shared by all visitors.
15-second sprint Fastest warm-up. One short burst.
30-second test The classic warm-up -- type as much as you can.
60-second test A common benchmark length.
2-minute test Tests sustained pace.
5-minute test Endurance. Holds attention longer than a sprint.
Zen mode Untimed. Stop when you stop.
Words: 10 Short fixed count -- sentence-length burst.
Words: 25 Default words mode.
Words: 50 Mid-length fixed count.
Words: 100 Long-form fixed count.
Quote Curated literary quotes, four length buckets.
Custom text Drop a file, paste a chapter, type through it.
Adaptive mode Words biased toward your weakest keys and bigrams.
My missed words Practice the words you actually mistype most.
Daily challenge A new goal every visit -- speed, accuracy, endurance.
From a book Type your way through a public-domain classic.
Daily idiom Today's curated idiom + meaning.
A poem Frost, Dickinson, Whitman, Shakespeare, Blake.
A parable Aesop's Fables and short moral stories.

Learn

All lessons 500 progressive lessons, beginner to mastery.
Lesson 1: home row Start here. Eight keys, no surprises.
Lesson 5: top row qwerty uiop -- the upward reaches.
Lesson 10: bottom row zxcv bnm -- the trickiest row.
Lesson 250: midway Picks up halfway through the curriculum.
Lesson 500: final The end of the curriculum.
Custom text Practice on text you actually want to read.
All drills 74 finger-row, key-cluster, and code drills.
Home row asdf jkl; -- the fundamentals.
Top row qwerty uiop -- reach upward.
Bottom row zxcv bnm -- the trickiest row.
Left hand Everything to the left of the index split.
Right hand Everything to the right of the index split.
Vowels a e i o u -- the carriers of every word.
Punctuation Brackets, quotes, slashes, em-dashes.
Numbers Top-row digits, plain and mixed.
Numpad rows 789 / 456 / 123 -- right-hand keypad.
Numpad decimals Currency and measurement style.
Numpad phone Phone-number digit + dash patterns.
Code: JS keywords function, const, return -- core syntax.
Code: Python def, lambda, decorators, dunders.
Code: HTML tags Common element tags and attributes.
Code: Tailwind Common utility-class strings.

Library

Books Public-domain books from Project Gutenberg.
Quotes Browse every quote, build a collection.
Idioms Common English idioms with their meanings.
Poetry Frost, Dickinson, Whitman, Shakespeare, Blake.
Fables & parables Aesop and short moral stories, public domain.
Daily quote Today's curated line.
Custom text Drop a file, paste a chapter, type through it.
All word lists Browse every available list and its size.
English 1k Most common 1,000 English words.
English 5k Wider vocabulary spread.
English 10k Long-tail vocabulary.
Advanced vocab SAT/GRE-level words. Multi-syllable challenge.
My missed words Words you've struggled with this week.
Scrabble trainer 2-7 letter Scrabble-handy words.
Code: JavaScript Keywords, common identifiers, syntax.
Code: Python Pythonic patterns and keywords.
Code: TypeScript Interfaces, generics, utility types.
Code: Rust fn, mut, impl, trait, Vec<T>.
Code: SQL SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY -- mostly uppercase.
Code: Bash Shell commands, pipes, redirects.
Countries All 195 sovereign nations.
Capitals Capital cities of the world.
Latin phrases ad hoc, bona fide, ipso facto.

Compete

Sprint 60 seconds. Hit 60 wpm at 95% accuracy.
Marathon 5 minutes at 50 wpm. Endurance test.
100 Words 100 common words at 70 wpm.
500 Words Long-form endurance. 60 wpm to clear.
Quote Chase Race through three quotes at 65 wpm.
Zen Master Untimed marathon. Stop on your own terms.
Pangram run A sentence with every letter. Don't slip.
Mountain climb Words get harder as you climb.
Code mode Function, const, return. Symbols included.
Punctuation gauntlet Brackets, quotes, em-dashes, colons.
Numbers gauntlet Digits, decimals, mixed alphanumerics.
All challenges 38 challenges total. Bests tracked locally.
Personal bests Your top WPM by mode + duration.
Achievements 197 badges across 18 categories.
WPM trend Last 30 sessions plotted as a line chart.
Streak Daily-typing streak. Don't break the chain.
Daily activity GitHub-style contribution grid for your typing.
Lesson trends WPM line per lesson across attempts.

Insights

Stats dashboard Heatmap, trend, contribution grid, lifetime totals.
Achievements 197 badges across 18 categories.
Keyboard heatmap Speed + accuracy painted onto your layout.
WPM trend Last 30 sessions, plotted.
Daily activity GitHub-style contribution grid for your typing.
Mode bests Personal bests broken out by mode and duration.
Per-finger errors Error rate vs avg key time, all 10 fingers.
Character report Sortable per-character breakdown.
Lesson trends WPM across attempts, one line per lesson.
Missed words Top 20 words you struggle with most.
Slowest keys Per-key average time -- find the bottleneck.
Recent sessions Last 30 sessions with mode, WPM, accuracy.
Settings Profiles, theme, layout, JSON export.
User guide Everything you need to know to use the site.
FAQ Common questions and answers.
About Why this site exists. Made by one person.
Features Full list of what the site can do.
Custom texts Manage your saved practice texts.

Contribute

Suggest a quote Public-domain line worth typing again and again.
Suggest a book Project Gutenberg classic for the full-text library.
Suggest a parable Aesop, Zen, folk -- short stories with a moral.
Suggest an idiom Phrase, meaning, origin, region.
Suggest a poem Pre-1929 poetry -- sonnets, lyrics, narrative.
Suggest a drill Key cluster, bigram, finger isolation, symbol pack.
All forms Hub for every contribution type.
Leave a testimonial Tell other typists why this is worth their time.
Send a thanks note Quick message of appreciation for the wall.
All reviews Read what other typists are saying.
Thanks wall A small wall of kindness from the community.

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Code: Bash
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