How to play
A row of mixed-up tiles sits under a row of empty boxes. Fill the boxes from left to right by tapping tiles (a keyboard works too); a tile you regret goes back with a tap or with Backspace. The moment the boxes spell the word, the run moves on to a slightly longer scramble — six or eight of them make one room.
Every answer was chosen because its letters make only one word in the accepted list. You will never find a perfectly good word that is marked wrong because the puzzle wanted another one, and a scramble is never itself a word.
Strategy that works
- Shuffle the letters. A new order breaks the spell of the first one. Space shuffles on a keyboard.
- Put the endings aside. In English, find -ING, -ED, -ER, -LY or -TION among the tiles first, then work on what is left.
- Pair consonants that like each other. TH, CH, SH, ST, CK and QU are far more likely than random pairs.
- Try the vowels in the middle. Most short words have a consonant–vowel rhythm; laying out the consonants and dropping vowels between them shows the shape quickly.
- Say it out loud. Half-pronouncing a scramble often lets your ear find the word before your eye does.
The three floors
First-floor runs have six words of four or five letters. The second floor has eight words from five to eight letters, and the top floor eight words from six to ten. Answers are everyday words in the language of the page, so a long scramble is hard because of its length, not because of an obscure word.
Why runs instead of single words
A single scramble is over in seconds or not at all. A run gives a room a shape: the first words warm you up, the middle ones settle into a rhythm, and the last one or two ask for real patience. The dots above the tiles show how far through the run you are, and a run you leave halfway is saved, so you can come back to the last word with fresh eyes.
Questions
Can a scramble have two answers?
No. Every answer is checked against the whole accepted word list: its letters make exactly one word.
What does a hint do?
It places the next correct letter for you. Hints are counted in your result.
Can I skip a word?
Not within a room — the words come in order. You can use hints, or reload later; your place in the run is saved.
Why are some words so long on floor 3?
Length is the difficulty here. Top-floor runs end with words of nine or ten letters, still common ones.
Do accents matter in Italian, Hungarian and Finnish?
Yes. À, Ő, Ä and the other accented letters are separate letters on the tiles, exactly as in the written word.