A dusk ravine, copper timber beams, and a letter tray. A picture names the word. Some beams already hold a letter. Tap a tile, then tap an empty beam to seat it. Fill every gap. The right spelling locks the trestle and the cart rolls across. A wrong spelling costs a peg. Built for kindergarten and first-grade blends.
Read the Picture
The emoji tells you the word. Example: a flag. Some beams already show a letter.
Fill the Gaps
Tap a letter in the tray. Tap an empty beam. Keep going until every beam has a letter.
Watch the Check
The moment the last gap fills, the trestle checks. The right word locks and the cart rolls across. A wrong word flashes and your placed tiles bounce back.
Close Eight Spans
Eight locked trestles win. Three spent pegs end the run. Easy uses three-letter words. Medium uses beginning blends. Hard uses ending blends.
Span the Ravine
Each word is a trestle. Locked letters stay put. Empty beams wait for tiles from the tray.
Tap, Then Seat
Tap a letter, then tap a gap. Tap a seated letter to pick it back up. No drag required, so it works on touch.
Picture Names It
An emoji sits above the beams. That is the word to spell. English letters stay English.
Three Pegs
A full wrong word costs a peg and dumps the tiles you placed. Eight spans win the run. Best scores save per difficulty.
Trestle Blend is a kindergarten and first-grade phonics game. A dusk ravine holds a timber trestle made of letter beams. The player seats letter tiles into empty beams to spell a pictured word, often a consonant blend such as flag, stop, or lamp. A correct spelling lets a cart roll across. A wrong spelling costs a peg.
Blends in Place
Beginning blends sit in the first two beams. Ending blends sit in the last two. Students see st-op and la-mp as chunks, not a word search.
Instant Check
The trestle scores as soon as the last beam fills. There is no extra Done button covering the letters.
Touch First
Tiles and beams are large. Play sits under the ravine, not on the slots.
English Stays English
The words and letters do not localize. Buttons and hints do.
Tap a tile in the tray, then tap an empty beam. Tap a letter you placed if you want it back.
Two consonants said close together, such as st in stop or mp in lamp. You still hear both sounds.
Order of tapping does not matter. Only the finished word is checked.
Easy is three-letter CVC words with one gap. Medium is beginning blends with two gaps. Hard is ending blends with more gaps.
Kindergarten and first grade (about ages 5–7), when students blend CVC words and consonant clusters. Stay on Easy for short vowel words.
Tap a letter to fill the next gap
Three-letter words. One gap.