About this app

Shabd (Hindi for word), is a fun way to sharpen and improve your English skills. This app has fun word games and innovative tools to put your vocabulary skills to test and improve your word power in English.

Shabd offers a complete solution to learn,look up and revise words, through tools which are not to be found anywhere else !

People of all ages will enjoy these word games and tools to sharpen their English vocabulary !

App is built for people who aspire to get better at English or appear in competitive examinations such as CAT, GRE, SAT, GMAT and TOEFL. It can be a fun way to prepare for exams like these and to brush up your English skills.

Three forms of word games in this app -

• BLITZ - A fast-paced addictive game that tests your vocabulary, accuracy and speed. Decode as many jumbled words as you can before you run out of time ! Start with easy 4-lettered words which soon turn into longer, more difficult words. Crack the word before time lapses. Make smaller words to get more hints. Can you handle the adrenaline rush ?

• BREW - Word Game to test the breadth of your vocabulary. This is like the Word Scrabble Game with a twist ! With this game, you can ‘brew’ words using any number of letters from a grid,in any direction and in any sequence.The catch- you have to use every original letter from the given grid at least once, before the timer runs out !

• TUTELAGE - With this game, you can learn and retain new words by testing the depth of your vocabulary i.e. how well do you actually know a word. Un-scrabble words based on hints. Book-mark the new words you learn. Hints available are of the following types: context, examples, definitions and correct positioning. Context include words which might be synonyms, antonyms, related or derived words, and words which are frequently used in phrases along with this word.


Other App features for this Word Game :

NEW !! Look-up words from the book you are reading, all in real-time, by simply pointing your device camera at it .

NEW !! Reverse look-up for words by inputting the definitions or some other parameters !

• Flash Cards : Simply swipe flash cards to learn from a list of 3000 essential words for an educated vocabulary and competitive exams. Learning essential words was never so intuitive before ! Look Up meanings,synonyms,examples,audio pronunciations and more !

• Global Leader-board : Compete with friends and strangers around the world for the ultimate bragging rights and show off your word skills.

• Word of the Day : New words delivered to you at the time of your choice via notifications.

• Look-Up : No longer rush to get the dictionary every time you come across a new word. Get all information about a word (definitions, synonyms, antonyms, examples, sentiment and audio pronunciations) right from the app.
Bookmark catchy words to revisit them later. Search for words using voice recognition !
Words you lookup can be translated into a language of your choice. 50+ languages are supported.

• Progress Graphs : Track all your word learning progress effortlessly using rich, detailed graphs and statistics.

• Widgets : Learn new words on the move, without even opening the app ! Search bar widget to look up words also available !

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New features

Shabd v2.9 changelog :

- Now you can directly 'Look Up' word information from apps such web browsers and e-book readers. Simply select the word/phrase, press on 'Share' and find Shabd !

Some other recent changes :

- Added a powerful,new tool to reverse search a dictionary- 'Magic Wand'.Explore it today !
- Added a frustratingly fun game - Hydra
- Added word translation in LookUp : 50+ languages supported
- Directly LookUp words from clipboard
- Directly share word definitions from LookUp

App Permissions

Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.