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Drag a card across to the one it matches.
Terms on one side, meanings on the other — up to six pairs on the board at once.
Boardee Arcade · Quiz & recall
Matching
Match each pair together.
Terms on one side, meanings on the other — the drag-and-drop pairing that turns vocabulary review into a table game students actually ask for.
Also known as: matching pairs · match up
👥 1–4 Players✨ AI fills the content
- Free for teachers · students never need accounts
How to play
Match every card with its correct partner.
That's the goal — no rules to teach. Here's how a round of Matching runs.
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Or tap a card to drop it into the next slot.
Tap works everywhere the drag does, so a finger on the touchboard is as good as a mouse.
Submit to check all your pairs at once.
Nothing locks until you check, so pairs can be argued over and swapped — then the round is scored on accuracy and time.
Ways to play
One set of pairs, three ways to run it
The same Matching round works as a front-of-class game, a live device round, or take-home practice. Pick at press-play — nothing to rebuild.
On the big screen
Project one board and the whole class plays it together — students call the matches while you (or the kid whose turn it is) drags. No devices, no setup, no codes.
Zero devices · zero prepLive on their devices
Students go to boardee.app/join and type the six-digit code — phones, tablets, chromebooks, any browser. Everyone gets the same pairs, and the round is scored on accuracy and time.
Join code or QR · no student accountsIn their own time
Share one play link and the same round becomes homework, revision or early-finisher work. Results roll in as each student finishes — score and time, no chasing.
One link · results tracked for youWhat can you match?
Anything with two halves
If your subject has terms and meanings, halves and wholes, causes and effects — it's already a Matching round. Type the topic; AI writes the pairs.
Term & definition
SciencePhotosynthesisMakes food from light
Word & translation
LanguagesBonjourHello
Event & date
HistoryMoon landing1969
Fraction & decimal
Maths3⁄40.75
Country & capital
GeographyKenyaNairobi
Technique & example
EnglishSimileBrave as a lion
The library
Matching is one shape of twenty-five
The Arcade is a library of classroom games that all drink from the same topic box. When the pairs go stale, the identical content becomes a quiz, a crossword or a sorting round — same topic, new game, zero re-typing.
- 25 game types, from quiz shows to word puzzles
- One topic box fills any of them in under a minute
- Save your rounds and relaunch them any lesson
Three ways in
Three ways to get a Matching
Ready-made from the Discover shelves, AI-built from your topic, or typed by hand — every door ends at the same play button.
Grab one ready-made
Search the Discover shelves — curated games plus rounds shared by other teachers. Find one that fits and press play.
Ask AI to build it
Type what you're teaching and the Arcade writes your Matching in under a minute. Check it, tweak anything, play.
Type it yourself
Every Matching has a plain editor underneath — your exact list, row by row, no AI in the loop.
Built for the classroom
AI fills it. You press play.
Every Arcade game starts from the same box: type what you're teaching and the content writes itself — questions, words, clues — ready for the board at the front of the room.
- Real content on your topic and grade — skim, edit or reroll before the class sees it
- Big type and chunky buttons, readable from the back row
- Students join with a code and a name — no accounts, ever
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Game types in the Arcade — one topic box fills them all
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From typing a topic to pressing play
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Student accounts — a code and a first name is the whole login
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Steps every time: type it, check it, play it
I typed 'the water cycle' and had a class quiz in ten seconds flat. It's the first tool my whole department adopted.
FAQ
Good to know
How many students can play?
One to four players per round — pairs at one device is the sweet spot. Or project it and let the class direct your dragging.
Do students need devices?
No. It runs whole-class on the projector, or students can join from any browser with a code or a shared play link.
Can AI make the pairs for my topic?
Yes. Give it a topic and grade level and it builds the pairs in under a minute — terms and definitions, words and translations, causes and effects.
Is it free?
Yes. Matching is included on the free tier along with every game type.
Do students need accounts?
Never. Students join with a code and a name — no emails, no passwords. Teachers don't need an account to try it either.
Same box, different shape
More quiz & recall
Same three steps, different game. Type a topic and pick your shape.
What are you teaching tomorrow?
Type it in, check the content, press play. The Arcade does the rest.