Christmas Typing Game — Sixty Festive Words Against the Clock
The last computer-lab lesson before Christmas is a hard one to fill with ordinary typing drills. This round swaps the word list for sixty festive words and puts a 45-second clock on it, which is usually enough to get a class competing with each other rather than drifting.
The words climb from three letters to eleven. ELF, HAT, STAR and BELL keep the pace up and give a slower typist an early run; PRESENT, STOCKING and TINSEL sit in the middle; REINDEER, MISTLETOE, GINGERBREAD and NUTCRACKER are the ones that separate a careful typist from a fast but sloppy one. They come up in a fresh random order every round, so two children side by side are not typing the same list.
The letters are large and only the next few words are on screen at once, so it stays readable for younger children and on a projector. Type the word, press space, and the next one slides in. Mistakes are marked as you go, which is what makes a timed round useful practice rather than just a score.
When the clock runs out you get words per minute and accuracy. For younger typists accuracy is the number that matters — a slow round at 95% is building the right habit, and speed follows. Play again and the words reshuffle, so a second attempt is a fair comparison.
There is nothing to install and no login, so it works on shared school computers, and nothing typed is sent anywhere. For more festive games, the Christmas games page has a word search, hangman, a memory game and a math game; for plain practice, the typing games for kids.
How to play Christmas Typing Game
- Press start — the 45-second clock begins with your first keystroke.
- Type the highlighted Christmas word exactly as shown.
- Press space to submit it and move to the next word.
- Keep going until the clock runs out.
- Check your words per minute and accuracy, then play again for a new word order.