Scramble Solver

Jumble Solver

Type the scrambled letters from each word of your jumble to unscramble it. Tap the circled squares and add the answer blanks to solve the final answer.

The answer

    How to use the jumble solver

    1. Type the scrambled letters of the first word into row 1. The word unscrambles on the board as you type. When the letters spell more than one word, the others show up beside it; tap one to swap it in.
    2. Do the same for the other words. A weekday Jumble has four. For a Sunday puzzle with six, tap Add a word.
    3. Tap the squares that are circled in your puzzle. They turn yellow, and their letters go into Circled letters.
    4. In Answer blanks, type the shape of the answer: an underscore for each blank and a space between words, like ___ _____. Word lengths work too, like 3 5. Type any letters the puzzle already prints, like the A in A ____.
    5. Pick the answer from the list. If it’s a pun that isn’t in the dictionary, tap the circled letters into the blanks one at a time and try it yourself.
    TOPIL
    HTORNor NORTH
    GLEJUN
    TEKMAR
    __ ____
    A made-up puzzle: TOPIL is PILOT, HTORN is THORN, GLEJUN is JUNGLE and TEKMAR is MARKET. The circled I, T, O, N, E and M fill __ ____ as ON TIME.

    How the Jumble puzzle works

    Jumble is a word puzzle that has run in American newspapers since 1954. It first appeared under the name Scramble. The daily puzzle gives you four scrambled words, two with five letters and two with six. Under each one is a row of squares, and some of the squares are circled.

    Once the words are unscrambled, the letters in the circled squares are rearranged to answer the clue under the cartoon. The answer is usually a pun, so the cartoon and the wording of the clue are part of the hint. The Sunday puzzle has six words, and a weekly kids’ version uses one three-letter word and three four-letter words.

    Tips for unscrambling words

    • Look for an ending first: -ING, -ED, -ER, -LY or -EST. Set it aside and unscramble what’s left.
    • Try letter pairs that often start a word, like TH, CH, SH, ST, BR and PL. A Q nearly always comes before a U.
    • Write the letters in a circle instead of a line. New orders are easier to see when the old one is gone.
    • When a scramble makes two words, keep both in mind. HTORN can be THORN or NORTH, and each puts different letters in the circled squares. If the answer won’t come together, try the other word.
    • Work on the answer early. If the cartoon gives the pun away, the letters it needs tell you something about the words you haven’t solved.

    Answers with two words or more

    Many Jumble answers are two or three words long. To solve one, the solver needs the circled letters and the shape of the answer. Type an underscore for each blank and a space between words: ___ _____ for a three-letter word and a five-letter word. If you’d rather count, type the lengths: 3 5.

    Some answers come with letters already printed, like A ____. Type those letters where they are. A hyphen keeps two parts together the way the puzzle prints them, as in ____-____.

    The solver lists every combination of dictionary words that uses all the circled letters, with the most common words first. It works without a Jumble too: type any letters into Circled letters and the word lengths you want, and it finds the two-word and three-word anagrams.

    Frequently asked questions

    Does this give today’s Jumble answers?

    No. It doesn’t publish the daily puzzles or their answers. Type the scrambled words from today’s puzzle and it unscrambles them, then works out the final answer from the letters you circle.

    Can it solve two-word answers?

    Yes. Put the circled letters in Circled letters and the shape of the answer in Answer blanks, like 3 5, and it lists the pairs of words that use every letter. Three- and four-word answers work the same way.

    Why can’t it find my final answer?

    Jumble answers are often puns: a word split in two, or one that sounds like another, and those aren’t in the dictionary. Check that every word is unscrambled and every circled square is marked. Then tap the circled letters into the blanks yourself; the letters you haven’t used stay in view.

    What if a scrambled word makes more than one word?

    The most common word goes on the board and the others are listed beside it. Tap one to swap it in. The circled letters change with it, so if the final answer won’t come together, try the other word.

    Which words does it know?

    Common English words with American spellings, from the SCOWL word lists. If none of those fit, it also looks through rarer words and British spellings. Names and abbreviations are left out.

    Is it free?

    Yes. There’s nothing to sign up for, and it runs in your browser, so the letters you type stay on your device.

    What’s the difference between a jumble and an anagram?

    An anagram is a word made by rearranging the letters of another, like SILENT from LISTEN. A jumble hands you letters that are already mixed up, and the job is to find the one word they spell, which is an anagram of the scramble.

    Is this the official Jumble site?

    No. JUMBLE is a trademark of Tribune Content Agency, which publishes the puzzle. Scramble Solver is an independent helper for people who play it and isn’t connected to Tribune.