How to play a word scramble: rules, formats and smart tips
Learn how word scrambles work, which versions are common and how to turn mixed letters into valid words faster.
8 minute read🇬🇧 4 dictionaries · 13 tools
Make words from your letters
Enter your letters and discover every valid word you can build.
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Toolkit
View all →More than an unscrambler
Exact anagram solver
Find words that use every entered letter exactly once.
Open →Words with these letters
Find words containing a chosen letter sequence.
Open →Words that start with
Search words with fixed starting letters and narrow the results by word length.
Open →Words that end with
Find words with a specific ending and combine it with language and length filters.
Open →Word pattern finder
Use question marks for unknown letters in an exact pattern.
Open →Crossword helper
Enter known letter positions and find fitting crossword answers.
Open →Hangman helper
Combine a word pattern with letters known not to occur.
Open →Pangram and letter-set finder
Find words using only an allowed letter set and a required letter.
Open →Anagram checker
Check whether two words or phrases are anagrams.
Open →Word and character counter
Count words, characters, sentences, paragraphs and estimated reading time in your text.
Open →Palindrome checker
Check text that reads the same forwards and backwards.
Open →Letter frequency
Analyse which letters occur most often in a text.
Open →Search method
How does the word maker work?
The search engine uses a prebuilt word index and compares exact letter counts. A letter is never used more often than entered.
- Letters are normalised for the selected language.
- Precomputed letter counts are compared.
- Filters and patterns refine the list.
Knowledge base
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5 minute readWhat is an anagram?
An anagram rearranges the letters of a word or phrase into a new combination.
4 minute readFrequently asked questions
Can a letter be used more than once?
Only when that letter appears more than once in your input.
Are search results indexed?
Personal result pages are noindex; useful tool and guide pages remain indexable.
Which languages are available?
Dutch, English, French and German each use a separate word list.