About
We built the word finder we always wanted to use.
Unscramble Words exists because the first page of Google for “unscramble words” is a wasteland of pop-ups, auto-playing video, and pages that take six seconds to load. We wanted something different: a tool that respects your time, works everywhere, and finds every word.
Ridiculously fast
Dictionaries load once and cache on your device. Every subsequent search runs locally in milliseconds — even for 15+ letter inputs.
Privacy first
Your letters never leave your browser for unscrambling. Sharing a result is opt-in and only stores what you explicitly choose to share.
Free, forever
No sign-up, no ads between queries, no paywall. Unscramble Words is a free utility and always will be.
Our story in one paragraph
One of us was losing Words with Friends to our mother-in-law on a vacation. Between hands, while she went for a coffee, the first ten word-finder sites we tried were either broken, covered in ads, or missing half the valid plays. We decided to fix it over a weekend. Five weekends later, we had Unscramble Words. She still wins most games, but now the losses are fair.
What makes it different
- Real-time everything. Type a letter, see results. Change a filter, see results.
- Four dictionaries, one interface. TWL, SOWPODS, WWF and Standard English — switch instantly.
- Filter combinations. Every filter works with every other filter. Most competitors limit you to one or two at a time.
- Definitions inline. Tap any word to see meaning, pronunciation and examples.
- Designed for phones. The real world plays word games on a phone. We designed for that world first.
Open to feedback
Missing a word? Found a bug? Want a filter we haven’t built? Let us know — we actually read every message, and most feature requests ship within a week.