FREE WORD GAMES AND TOOLS
Word Game Strategies
Work through scanning, crossing-letter, anagram and substitution-cipher examples.
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Anagram Strategies: Letter Counts, Prefixes and Endings
Break a rack into familiar smaller words and word parts, then check every candidate against the available letter counts.
articleCrossword Strategies: Use Clues and Crossing Letters
Use a confirmed crossing to test an uncertain answer, while checking that both clues still make sense.
articleCryptogram Strategy: Short Words and Repeated Patterns
Use word lengths, repeated cipher letters and consistent replacements to test a substitution-cipher guess across the sentence.
articleWord Search Strategies: Directions and Letter Patterns
Scan systematically for a target’s distinctive letters, then check a complete straight path in the allowed directions.