Claim it. Use it. Score it.

Choose or receive your words.

Use them naturally in conversation.

Score points when you use a word correctly.

Earn extra points if you get someone else to say your word.

Use it incorrectly? Lose points.

Trying to squeeze it in awkwardly? No penalty for trying.

The goal is not to sound clever.

The goal is to make stronger vocabulary part of the way you naturally speak.

Anywhere people talk.

At work
Stay engaged in meetings and make vocabulary building part of the working day.

At church
Use it during meetings, planning sessions or team gatherings.

With friends
Turn ordinary conversation into a low-effort competitive game.

With teams
Great for staff development, icebreakers and communication-focused activities.

At events
Add a vocabulary challenge to conferences, workshops or group sessions.

SOLO MODE
Practise and get rated on your own speech.

SPEAK MODE

Use your words naturally during an interactive meeting or conversation.

Score for using your word correctly.

Score more if you manage to get someone else to say it.

SPEAKER MODE

Listening rather than talking?

Score the speaker based on the vocabulary they use and how well they communicate.

That way Pontificate still works even when the meeting is not interactive.

Vocabulary grows through use.

You can read a word ten times and still never use it.

Pontificate makes you:

notice the word
remember the word
look for the right moment
say the word
hear it in context
use it again

That repetition turns passive vocabulary into active vocabulary.