Overseas Registration Examination (ORE) Part 1 Vocabulary Game
Exam terms with clues and explanations by OpenExamPrep.
About the Overseas Registration Examination (ORE) Part 1 Vocabulary Games
4 free word games built on 20 Overseas Registration Examination (ORE) Part 1 terms across 16 topics. Every game deals terms at random and shows what each term means, so you can keep playing as long as you like.
How to Play
- 1.Read the clue and type the term (3 to 6 letters).
- 2.Green: right spot. Yellow: wrong spot. Gray: not in the term.
- 3.Solve it in 6 tries, then read the explanation.
- 1.Swap two neighboring tiles to line up 3 of the same term.
- 2.Longer lines, two lines at once and chains score more.
- 3.Play until no swap can make a line.
- 1.Flip two cards. A matching pair stays face up.
- 2.Each pair you find shows what the term means.
- 3.Clear the board in as few moves as you can.
- 1.Find each listed term in the letter grid.
- 2.Drag across its letters: across, down or diagonally.
- 3.Find all five as fast as you can.
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Topics in the Overseas Registration Examination (ORE) Part 1 Vocabulary Game
Head and neck anatomy
Oral biology
Oral disease
Genetics and embryology
Human disease
Research methods
Oral microbiology
Gum screening
Tooth alignment
X-ray rules
Instrument decontamination
Workplace safety
Safety reporting
Clinical guidance
Professional regulation
Consent law
Sources for these terms (23)
- Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) — Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Source checked 2026-11-06
- Tooth decay — NHS · Source checked 2026-11-06
- Gum disease — NHS · Source checked 2026-11-06
- Oral self care — NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board · Source checked 2026-11-06
- Delivering better oral health: Chapter 4 — dental caries (updated 10 September 2025) · Source checked 2026-11-06
- Root canal treatment — NHS · Source checked 2026-11-06
- Asthma — NHS · Source checked 2026-11-06
- Sepsis — NHS · Source checked 2026-11-06
- Stroke — NHS · Source checked 2026-11-06
- Causes of a stroke — NHS · Source checked 2026-11-06
- NICE glossary: Clinical trial · Source checked 2026-11-06
- Periodontal probing — SDCEP Prevention and Treatment of Periodontal Diseases in Primary Care · Source checked 2026-11-06
- Basic Periodontal Examination (BPE) — British Society of Periodontology, January 2019 · Source checked 2026-11-06
- Is my Patient Eligible for NHS Treatment? — British Orthodontic Society · Source checked 2026-11-06
- The Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017, regulation 11 (latest available version) · Source checked 2026-11-06
- Health Technical Memorandum 01-05: Decontamination in primary care dental practices (2013 edition) · Source checked 2026-11-06
- COSHH basics: overview — Health and Safety Executive · Source checked 2026-11-06
- Welcome to the Yellow Card reporting site — Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency · Source checked 2026-11-06
- Prophylaxis against infective endocarditis (CG64): Recommendations — NICE · Source checked 2026-11-06
- What we do — General Dental Council · Source checked 2026-11-06
- Mental Capacity Act 2005, section 2 — legislation.gov.uk · Source checked 2026-11-06
- Cleft lip and palate — NHS · Source checked 2026-11-06
- Oral thrush (mouth thrush) — NHS · Source checked 2026-11-06
About the ORE Part 1 Exam
ORE Part 1 is the written stage of the GDC's Overseas Registration Examination, which overseas-qualified dentists must pass to register and practise in the UK. It tests the application of dental science, human disease, clinical dentistry, and UK law, ethics, and safety to clinical practice across two three-hour computer-based papers.
Exam sponsor: General Dental Council (GDC), UK. The requirements and fees below concern the certification or admission exam, separate from our free practice resources.
Assessment
Two computer-based papers taken on consecutive days within a single sitting: Paper A (dental science and human disease) and Paper B (aspects of clinical dentistry including law and ethics and health and safety). Both must be passed in the same sitting to progress to Part 2.
Time Limit
Three hours per paper, two papers taken on consecutive days (six hours in total).
Passing Score
No fixed pass mark is published in advance; each paper is standard set. Candidates receive a percentage mark out of 100 per paper plus an overall pass or fail, and must pass both papers in one sitting.
Exam / Certification Fees
GBP 485 per attempt, plus a one-off GBP 115 ORE application processing fee. Up to four attempts at Part 1 are permitted, and ORE Part 2 must be passed within five years of the first Part 1 attempt.
Exam sponsor websiteFees, eligibility, and exam policies can change. Confirm them with the exam sponsor before applying or paying.
Official sources
- GDC — ORE Part 1 (official page)
- GDC — About the Overseas Registration Examination (fees, attempts, time limits)
- GDC — ORE Examination Specification for Candidates (blueprint)
- GDC — Preparing for Practice (dental team learning outcomes, revised 2015)
- ORE Part 1 exam provider — UCL Consultants consortium
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the ORE Part 1 vocabulary game free?
Yes. The game is free to play with no sign-up. Signing in adds AI explanations for any term.
How do the ORE Part 1 vocabulary games work?
There are 4 games built on 20 ORE Part 1 terms. In Guess the Term, a clue describes one term and you have six tries to spell it, with green, yellow and gray letters showing how close you are. In Term Match, six terms appear as colored tiles; swap neighbors to line up three or more of the same term, and each match shows what the term means. In Term Pairs, twelve face-down cards hide six pairs of terms; flip two at a time to find each pair, and every pair you find shows what the term means. In Term Search, five terms hide in a grid of letters, reading across, down or diagonally; drag across a term to circle it, and each term you find shows what it means.
Where do the ORE Part 1 terms come from?
OpenExamPrep researched each term from the General Dental Council (GDC), UK content outline and primary sources, listed under Sources on this page. The game is independent study material, not an official exam resource.
What does ORE Part 1 consist of?
Two computer-based written papers taken on consecutive days within one sitting. Paper A covers dental science and human disease; Paper B covers aspects of clinical dentistry, law and ethics, and health and safety. Each paper contains 200 questions worth 200 marks, lasts three hours, and uses Single Best Answer and Extended Matching Question formats.
What is the pass mark for ORE Part 1?
There is no fixed pass mark published in advance. Each paper is standard set after the sitting, so the threshold can vary between diets. Candidates receive a percentage mark out of 100 per paper and an overall pass or fail, and must pass both papers in the same sitting to progress to Part 2.