🔤 Word Scramble

How to play

A game is ten words long. For each one you are shown the letters in a jumbled order, a hint describing the word, and thirty seconds on the clock. Click a scrambled letter to pick it up, then click a slot in the answer row to place it. When every slot is filled the answer is checked at once: a correct word scores and moves on, a wrong one returns all the letters and lets you try again with whatever time is left.

• Click a scrambled letter — selects it, shown by a green outline.
• Click an empty answer slot — places the selected letter there.
• Click a filled answer slot — sends that letter back to the scrambled row.
• Start button — begins a ten-word game, and offers Play Again once one has finished.
• Skip button — gives up on the current word, reveals it, and moves to the next after a moment.

Scoring

Each word solved is worth 10 points, so a perfect game is 100 out of 100, which is how the final result is reported. There is no partial credit and no time bonus: solving with one second left pays the same as solving instantly. Running the clock out or pressing Skip shows the answer and scores nothing for that word, and a wrong attempt costs only the time it took, since you can rearrange and try again.

Tips

• Read the hint before touching the letters. It usually identifies the word outright, after which you are only spelling it.
• Place the letters you are sure of first, especially a distinctive ending such as -ION or -URE. The rest follow from the gaps.
• A wrong answer is not punished, so filling the slots with your best guess is better than running the clock down while you think.
• Skip early rather than late. Thirty seconds spent on a word you cannot see is thirty seconds not spent on the nine others.

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