Once you have twenty words we can trace, your vocabulary is measured on the eight axes below and compared with the median player. The axis you are furthest above the median on is your archetype. It is a comparison, not a score, so it can change as you play.
- The Deep Diver2,29426%
- The Long-Hauler2,00323%
- The Anglo-Saxon1,53817%
- The Hellenist1,08512%
- The Francophile1,03212%
- The Latinist6848%
- The Suffix Hunter1081%
- The Compounder471%
8,791 players with an archetype.
The Latinist
Your words come down through Rome.
Measures: The share of your traced words whose deepest known ancestor is Latin. The median player sits at 23.9%.
684 players carry it, 8% of everyone with an archetype.
The Hellenist
Greek roots, and the sciences built on them.
Measures: The share of your traced words that go back to Greek. The median player sits at 9.4%.
1,085 players carry it, 12% of everyone with an archetype.
The Anglo-Saxon
Old, short, Germanic. English before the Normans.
Measures: The share of your traced words from the Germanic family: Old English, Old Norse, Proto-Germanic, Dutch, German and their kin. The median player sits at 12.2%.
1,538 players carry it, 17% of everyone with an archetype.
The Francophile
The Norman half of the language.
Measures: The share of your traced words from the Romance languages: French, Old French, Anglo-Norman, Italian, Spanish. The median player sits at 7.2%.
1,032 players carry it, 12% of everyone with an archetype.
The Suffix Hunter
You build words out of their endings.
Measures: The share of your traced words whose history names a prefix or suffix, like -ness, un- or -ology. The median player sits at 45.4%.
108 players carry it, 1% of everyone with an archetype.
The Compounder
Two roots welded together, over and over.
Measures: The share of your traced words built from two words joined together, like sun + flower. The median player sits at 55.6%.
47 players carry it, 1% of everyone with an archetype.
The Long-Hauler
You go for length where others go for speed.
Measures: The share of all your words that are ten letters or longer. The median player sits at 10.2%.
2,003 players carry it, 23% of everyone with an archetype.
The Deep Diver
Words almost nobody else has ever found.
Measures: The share of your words that four or fewer players have ever found. The median player sits at 3.4%.
2,294 players carry it, 26% of everyone with an archetype.