Anagrams
About Anagrams
Anagrams is a free anagram game you can play online in your browser on phone, tablet, or desktop. No download, no install, no sign-up.
You get a handful of scrambled letters, and your goal is to unscramble them into hidden words. Each word slot on the board shows its length, and the puzzle is solved when the whole board is filled. Every answer is a common English word, so this word puzzle rewards vocabulary you already have.
How to Play
- Tap the letter tiles (or type on your keyboard) to build a word, then press Submit or Enter.
- If the word is on the board, it fills in. Words are at least 4 letters long, and a letter tile can only be used once per word.
- A real word that is not on the board still counts: it joins your bonus words and uncovers a letter of one of the board words.
- The board groups words by length, so the empty slots tell you what you are looking for.
- Found them all? Your time joins your local best-times list.
Three difficulty levels change how many letters you get, how many words are hiding in them, and whether each word starts with a revealed letter. Best times are tracked separately for each.
Tips & Tricks
- Find the long word first The longest slot is usually the word all the letters came from. Cracking it early makes the shorter words easier to spot.
- Work from words you found Every found word is a lead. Rearrange its letters for another answer (RATE hides TEAR), and try adding one more tile to stretch it into a longer one (RATE plus S is RATES, plus L is LATER or ALERT).
- Use common endings Endings like -ED, -ER and -ING, and starts like RE- or UN-, turn one found word into several.
- Shuffle often A new arrangement of the same tiles makes your brain see different words. It is the single most effective button in the game.
- Say the letters out loud Hearing letter pairs like TH, CH or ST often surfaces a word that staring at the tiles will not.
Frequently Asked Questions
What counts as a valid word?
Every answer comes from a list of common English words, so you will never need obscure dictionary words. Each puzzle shows exactly how many words there are to find and how long each one is.
What are bonus words?
Any real English word you build that is not one of the board answers. The game checks it against a large dictionary, adds it to your bonus list, and uncovers a letter of a remaining board word, shown in its own color. A valid common word will sometimes drop straight into an open slot of matching length instead. Only the board words are needed to finish the puzzle.
Do I have to find every word?
Yes, the puzzle is complete when the whole board is filled. If you are stuck, the hint button reveals a letter, at the cost of a small time penalty.
Is the game free?
Yes. It runs entirely in your browser with no sign-up required.
Does my progress get saved?
Your current puzzle and best times are saved locally in your browser. They are tied to that browser profile, so clearing site data or switching devices will not bring them with you.
Are new puzzles added regularly?
Each new game builds a fresh puzzle in your browser from a large word list, so there is always another set of letters to unscramble.
A Short History of Anagrams
Rearranging letters to find new words is one of the oldest word games there is: the ancient Greeks played with anagrams, and medieval scholars hid names and messages in them. The modern find-every-word format took off with newspaper jumbles in the 1950s and has thrived ever since, from kitchen-table letter tiles to the word games on this site.