Word Scramble

About Word Scramble

Word Scramble gives you a short run of jumbled words each day, from four letters up to eight. Every jumble is an everyday word with its letters mixed up, and each one has exactly one answer, so when the letters click into place you know you have it. Spell the word with the tiles or the keyboard; the next jumble appears as soon as you are right. The clock runs for the whole set, and a wrong word or a hint adds a mistake, which only breaks ties on the leaderboard. A quick warm-up for anyone who likes anagrams.

How to play Word Scramble

1. Each jumble is the letters of one everyday word in a mixed-up order. Tap the tiles (or type) to spell the word, then press Check word.
2. Tap a placed letter, or press Delete or Backspace, to take it back. Shuffle mixes the letters left in the tray, which often makes the word jump out.
3. A wrong word counts as a mistake, and so does a hint, which shows the next letter of the word. Every jumble has exactly one answer.
4. Easy days have four words of 4 to 6 letters, medium days five words of 4 to 7 and hard days six words of 5 to 8. Fastest time wins; fewer mistakes break ties.

Tips & strategy

• Look for common endings first: -ING, -ED, -ER, -LY and -TION use up several letters at once and leave a short start to find.
• Try likely pairs at the front, such as TH, SH, CH, ST and BR.
• Shuffle the tray when you are stuck: a new order often shows the word at once.
• A hint costs one mistake but gives the first letter. Mistakes only break ties, so on a long word it often pays.

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