Help Unscramble Words

Word jumbles are a fun game, but they can be taxing to your brain. Almost all words in the English dictionary (except monosyllables such as ‘a’, ‘I’ and so on) can be unscrambled to create new and different words. Even a simple three letter word like "ate" can be unscrambled to make several other words, like "tea" or "eat". Unscrambling words is about finding different ways in which a word can be rewritten or rearranged to form another sensible word. Unscrambling is all about enriching your vocabulary. What began as a kid’s game has become a fun and efficient way to improve both vocabulary and spelling. However, the game is less fun if you can't successfully complete the scramble. Here are some hints, tips and tricks to help.

The art of unscrambling is required in one of the most beloved board games of all time: Scrabble. In Scrabble, you get a series of seven letters and have to try to make a word. Other popular scrambled word games include Text Twist and word jumbles published in newspapers and magazines.

Help Unscrambling Words

When you are required to unscramble words manually, there is no substitute for hard work, or rather, headwork. The key, and in fact, the only known, proven and foolproof method of unscrambling is to know as many words as possible. The greater the number of words you know, the easier it is to unscramble words successfully.

Other tips include looking at the letters in the word to be unscrambled, and then looking out for common word endings such as ‘ly’ or ‘ing’. You can also try to figure out the part of speech in the word, which you may be able to identify by looking at the number of vowels and consonants.

Links to Help

  • Unscramble.net: This is a neatly done website that offers solutions to both simple and complex word scrambles and anagrams. This site has a form field in which the scrambled word must be typed. The software does take a little time to run, but since it tests the whole gamut of words in the dictionary, the somewhat slow speed is forgivable. When you enter a simple scrambled word, the best solution comes back. For example, the letters ‘aithf’ entered in the tab returns the unscrambled word, ‘faith’. More complex words can be tried out, and this is fun for sure. One additional feature this site offers is that it also has a tab in which you can get synonyms, antonyms and related words for the unscrambled word. This can be a great tool to help improve your vocabulary. This site is well recommended for those who are serious about not only solving immediate problems relating to unscrambling a word, but also for those interest in learning new words as well.
  • Specialist Online Dictionary: This is another feature-packed unscrambling site with options galore. One of these features is a tab in which you can enter a word that needs to be unscrambled. The site will return three, four and five-letter combinations of different words that can be made using the word. There is also another feature in which anagrams can be created. One great features of this site is that it does not provide only the most obvious words. For example, if you were to submit ‘noras’ with the expectation of finding the word ‘sonar’, you might also find words like ‘ora’ and ‘ras’. Learning these new, lesser-known, words can be a great way to improve your vocabulary.
  • Design 215 looks at unscrambling from a different perspective. Its main feature is a set of tabs in which you can enter the number of characters you are looking for as well as the word to be unscrambled. The site then returns all of the possible words that can be made with the appropriate number of letters from the original combination of letters. The unscrambled words are derived from a list of nearly 100,000 words and abbreviations.

 

Author: Christy Rakoczy