Word scramble
Tap the letters in order, or type them.
How do you play word scramble?
Press Start, then tap the mixed letters in order, or type them, to spell a word. Any English word with all the letters counts. You have 60 seconds to solve as many words as you can. A hint puts the next letter in place for 5 seconds of the clock, and Skip shows the word and deals the next one.
How to play word scramble
- Pick a level: words of 4, 5, 6 or 7 letters. Press Start.
- Tap the mixed letters in the right order, or type them. A tap on a letter in the boxes takes it back.
- A full word checks itself. Any English word with all the letters counts: STOP, SPOT and POTS all solve the letters T P S O.
- Stuck? Shuffle shows the letters in a new order. A hint puts the next letter in place and costs 5 seconds. Skip shows the word and deals the next one.
- When the 60 seconds are up, you see the words you solved and the answers you missed.
Tips to unscramble words faster
- Look for endings first: -ING, -ED, -ER, -LY, -S often end a word.
- Join letters that go together: TH, CH, SH, QU, ST start many words.
- Put a vowel between two consonants and say the word out loud. Your ear finds words before your eyes do.
- Press the space bar on a keyboard, or Shuffle on a phone. A new order often shows the word at once.
- Skip a hard word early. A skip costs no time, and the next word may be easy.
The words of each level
Every word is a common English word that we chose by hand, safe for a class. The level of 4 letters has 258 words, 5 letters 346, 6 letters 376 and 7 letters 328. A game deals them in a new order each time, and no word comes twice before the whole level has come up.
Got letters from another game, like a crossword or a board game? The word unscrambler lists every word they make, and the anagram solver finds the words and phrases that use all of them.
Questions
Is word scramble unblocked at school? Does it work on a Chromebook?
It is a normal web page on lifesim.com with nothing to download, so it runs in Chrome on a Chromebook. Some school filters block every game site, so we can't promise that yours allows it. Once the page is open, the game needs no network.
What are the levels of word scramble?
Pick the length of the words: 4 letters is the easiest level and 7 letters the hardest. Each level has its own best score, which stays in this browser.
What counts as a right answer?
Any English word that uses every letter once, not only the word that we picked. Many sets of letters make two or more words, and each one is right.
How do hints work?
A hint puts the next letter of the word in its box, from the left, and takes 5 seconds off the clock. The last letter is always yours to place.
Where do the words come from?
We chose them by hand from the word lists of our other word games: common English words that are safe for a class. The other answers that count come from a public-domain list of about 170,000 English words.
Can I challenge a friend?
Yes. After a game, press Share or Copy link. The link holds your level, your score and the words of your game, so your friend gets the same words in the same order.
