Type some letters to start.
How to unscramble letters
- Type your letters in any order, up to 15. Repeat a letter if you have it twice.
- Add blanks with a question mark if your game has wildcard tiles.
- Narrow it down with "starts with" or "ends with" when you know part of the word.
- Read the results, grouped from the longest words down to two letters.
What is a word unscrambler?
A word unscrambler takes a jumble of letters and finds every real word you can build from them. You don't need to use every letter: a six-letter rack can hide dozens of shorter words as well as one or two that use all six. That makes it useful whenever you are staring at a set of letters and can't see the words in them, whether that is a Scrabble rack, a word scramble puzzle in the newspaper or a level of Wordscapes.
Unscramble examples
Here is what the unscrambler finds for three common sets of letters. The counts come straight from the same 271K-word dictionary the tool uses, so you will see the same results if you type them in.
| Letters | Words found | Some of the words |
|---|---|---|
| TRAINS | 131 | STRAIN, TRAINS, SAINT, SATIN, STAIN, STAIR, TRAIN, RAINS, RANT, SNIT, ART |
| GARDEN | 105 | DANGER, GANDER, GARDEN, RANGED, ANGER, GRADE, GRAND, RANGE, DEAN, DRAG, NERD |
| PLANETS | 283 | PLANETS, PASTEL, PLANET, PLATES, PETALS, SLANT, SPENT, PLANS, LEAPT, NEST |
Notice how many full-length words one set of letters can hide. GARDEN is also DANGER, GANDER and RANGED, which is exactly the kind of trick that shows up in word puzzles and in the purple group of NYT Connections.
Which games it helps with
- Scrabble and Words With Friends: see every playable word on your rack. If you want them sorted by points, the Scrabble word finder does that for you.
- Word scramble and jumble puzzles: type the jumbled word to unscramble it in one step.
- Wordscapes, Word Cookies and similar apps: find the words of every length that a letter wheel can make, from two letters up.
- Boggle and word searches: check which words a group of letters can spell before you hunt for them.
- Crosswords: when you know the letters of an anagram clue, unscramble them here, or use the anagram solver for words that use every letter.
Tips for finding longer words
- Look for common endings first: -ING, -ED, -ER, -EST and -S can turn a short word into a long one.
- Pair awkward letters early. Q almost always needs U, and J, X and Z fit into fewer words.
- Prefixes like RE-, UN- and DE- often give you a second word from the same letters.
- Try moving S to the front. Many words gain a new meaning that way, such as TRAIN and STRAIN.
- Swap vowels around. RANGE, ANGER and GRADE show how changing one vowel's position gives a new word.
How the results are sorted
Results are grouped by length, starting with the longest, because longer words usually score more and are harder to spot by eye. Within each group, words are listed in alphabetical order. Each letter is only used as many times as you typed it, so if you have one E, no result will need two. A question mark counts as one blank tile and can stand for any letter.
Unscrambling for a word game? Our Scrabble word finder sorts the same results by points, and the anagram solver shows only words that use every letter.
Questions
How does the word unscrambler work?
It checks your letters against a dictionary of more than 270,000 English words and lists every word that can be built from them, using each letter no more often than you typed it.
Can I use blank tiles?
Yes. Type a question mark for each blank. A blank can stand for any letter.
What is the difference between unscrambling and an anagram?
An unscrambler finds every word you can make from some or all of your letters. An anagram uses all of them exactly once. For that, use our anagram solver.
How do I unscramble a word?
Type the scrambled letters into the box above. The unscrambler lists every real word hidden in them straight away, longest first, so the word you were trying to rebuild is usually at the top.
What words can I make with these letters?
Every word in the results can be made from your letters, using each one no more often than you typed it. Use the starts with and ends with boxes to narrow a long list down.
Is using a word unscrambler cheating?
It depends on the game and the people you play with. Many players use it to check answers after a game, to learn new words, or to get unstuck in single-player puzzles. In a competitive game, agree on the rules first.
Are offensive words included?
Common slurs are removed from every word tool on this site. Some results are still unusual or old-fashioned words, because word games accept them.
Can I use it for Wordle?
Yes, but the Wordle solver is better for that, because it understands green, yellow and grey letters.