About LexiMap

Our Story

As a lawyer, I learned early that precise vocabulary is everything — one word can change a contract, one term can shift a negotiation.

But I didn't start with that precision. As a student, I struggled with word study. The options were limited and inefficient — rote memorization, disconnected word lists, flashcards that tested recognition without building understanding. Nothing taught me why words meant what they meant.

What eventually clicked was discovering the structure beneath words — Latin and Greek roots that connected seemingly unrelated vocabulary into patterns. Once I saw duct- in "conduct," "reduce," and "deduce," those words stopped being random and started making sense.

Years later, I watched my 10-year-old daughter hit the same wall. She was reading above grade level. She aced her schoolwork. But when we opened an SSAT practice test, the verbal section stopped her cold. How could a strong reader not know these words? Her tutor was great for strategy and test-taking skills, but vocabulary needed something different — daily repetition that no weekly session could provide. We tried flashcard apps, but she'd memorize definitions for a week and forget them by test day. I recognized the frustration — I'd lived it myself.

So I did what I'd spent a decade doing in corporate law — I researched. I found two approaches with strong evidence: root-based learning, where one Latin or Greek root unlocks dozens of words at once, and spaced repetition, where reviews are timed right before you forget. Together, they don't just help you memorize words — they help you understand them.

I partnered with educators and linguists to build a curriculum grounded in morphological research — then put my daughter in the pilot seat. I built short daily quests with interactive game modes and watched what kept her engaged and what made her quit. Every mode in LexiMap exists because she voted with her attention span. What started as a tool for one frustrated 10-year-old now covers 166 roots across all six SSAT and ISEE test levels.

I'm a mother of two, a Yale and NYU-trained lawyer, and the person who still reviews every root mapping in our curriculum. I built LexiMap because no tool I found gave my daughter what she actually needed — not more memorization, but real understanding.

— Basak, Founder

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Our Mission

LexiMap exists to help students build lasting vocabulary skills — not through rote memorization, but through the science of root-based learning and spaced repetition. We believe that vocabulary knowledge should be durable, transferable, and genuinely useful, not something that evaporates after test day.

We built LexiMap for families preparing for the SSAT and ISEE. These tests demand a deep, flexible vocabulary that cannot be crammed in a weekend. Our goal is to give every student — regardless of starting point — a structured, research-backed path to vocabulary mastery that fits into a busy schedule and produces results that last.

Who LexiMap Is For

LexiMap is designed for three audiences:

Students in grades 4 through 12 — Whether preparing for the Elementary Level SSAT or the Upper Level ISEE, students get content calibrated to their exact test level, delivered through interactive game modes that make practice engaging rather than tedious.
Parents managing test prep — The parent dashboard provides clear visibility into each child's progress: roots mastered, quests completed, daily streaks, and mastery trends over time. Family plans are included at no extra cost, so one subscription covers all your children.
Tutors who recommend structured vocabulary tools — Tutors can recommend LexiMap to families as a complement to their existing test prep materials. Each family subscribes independently and gets their own account with full access to the 6-level difficulty system and 17-chapter curriculum.

LexiMap covers all six SSAT and ISEE test levels: Elementary Level (grades 3-4), Middle Level (grades 5-7), Upper Level (grades 8-11), Lower Level ISEE (grades 5-6 entry), Middle Level ISEE (grades 7-8 entry), and Upper Level ISEE (grades 9-12 entry).

Our Approach

LexiMap teaches 166 Latin and Greek roots through 9 interactive game modes, with review timing optimized by the FSRS spaced repetition algorithm. Based on our content mapping analysis, approximately 76% of tested vocabulary traces back to the roots in our curriculum.

Every root is practiced through 5 distinct skill types — Recognition, Construction, Derivation, Context, and Analogy — ensuring that students develop deep, flexible knowledge rather than shallow recognition. The quest-based session structure keeps daily practice short (10-15 minutes) and engaging, with the spaced repetition scheduler automatically prioritizing the roots each student needs most.

To learn more about the research and design principles behind LexiMap, visit our detailed methodology page.

SSAT® is a registered trademark of The Enrollment Management Association. ISEE® is a registered trademark of ERB. LexiMap is not affiliated with or endorsed by these organizations.

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