Word Puzzle Kit

Word Scrambler

Paste a list, get scrambles. For the screen — the printable version is the worksheet generator.

How to use it

  1. 1
    Paste your words

    One per line, or comma separated.

  2. 2
    Choose how thoroughly to shuffle

    Full shuffle, or keep the first and last letters in place.

  3. 3
    Copy the result

    Scrambles alone, or paired with their answers.

Two levels of difficulty

A full shuffle moves every letter. Keeping the first and last letters fixed is dramatically easier, because readers identify words largely by their outer letters and overall shape — the interior is reconstructed almost automatically. Use the gentler setting for younger solvers and the full shuffle for anyone who will otherwise solve the list at a glance.

Watch for accidental anagrams

Some words scramble into other real words. If your list contains listen, a solver who answers silent has not made a mistake. Run a list through the anagram solver first if the answers are being marked.

Going the other way

To solve rather than create, use the word unscrambler for every word a set of letters can spell, or the anagram solver when the answer must use all of them.

Common questions

How is this different from the worksheet generator?
This one is for the screen: you paste words, get scrambles, and copy them into a quiz, a message or a slide. The worksheet generator lays the same thing out as a printable page with an answer key.
Can a scramble come out as the original word?
No. Each word is reshuffled until it differs from the input, so nothing arrives pre-solved.
What does "keep first and last" do?
It shuffles only the interior letters. The result is much easier to read — and much easier to solve — because the outer letters do most of the work in word recognition. Good for younger solvers.
Can I unscramble instead?
Yes, that is the word unscrambler. It takes a scramble and returns every real word those letters spell.

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