word jumble

Rearranged letter puzzle

A word jumble is a puzzle where letters are scrambled and must be rearranged to form a word or words: I do the word jumble in the newspaper every morning.

The term also describes any disordered mix of words: His explanation was a word jumble that made no sense.

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mixed · rearrange · solve · puzzle book · brain · teaser · shuffle · letter tiles · spelling · clues · twist · wordplay · brain teaser · riddle · guess · challenge · tiles · game

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order and arrangement

word jumbleclear writing

clear prose

puzzle type

word jumblecrossword

Clue-based letter grid

crossword puzzle · word search · acrostic · cryptic crossword · logic puzzle

Family

word, jumble, words, worded, wording, wordless, wordy, wordiness, jumbles

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Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G