Every exercise card shows you a word and three definitions. One is correct. The other two are there to make you think.
The trouble was that they often failed in one of two ways. Sometimes they were obviously wrong, so you could eliminate them without knowing the word at all. Other times they were a little too good.
Take bridge. If one of the wrong answers says "a structure that carries a path over a gap", that's technically true. A bridge is a structure. Even if you know the word, the exercise ends up making you question yourself for the wrong reason.
The rules have now changed. Every wrong answer has to be the real definition of another word. Not a broader word that also happens to fit, and not a narrower one either. It has to be a genuine neighbour.
For bridge, that neighbour might be tunnel. For wonder, it might be wander. The choices are still tempting, but they're unambiguously wrong.
The goal is simple. If you half know a word, you should have to stop and think. If you really know it, you should still be confident in your answer.
The exercise setup has been cleaned up as well. Once you've chosen your language and level, those controls fold away, and Linguin remembers your last choices the next time you come back.
Small changes, but together they make exercises feel much fairer.
Go and deal yourself a round.