Lumosity debuts word games that will help you learn vocabulary

Lumosity made its name with brain games that help improve your mind. It got more than 70 million members and subscribers that way. Now it is expanding with a series of five web games that help you improve your language skills such as vocabulary.

The San Francisco-based company is adding its language category to its existing subscription service, which already has 50 games that are aimed at people who want to improve their health and wellness by exercising their brains.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.