Separate vowels and consonants

Most English words need a workable vowel shape. Sort your letters into vowels and consonants, then try alternating them into likely patterns. If you have three vowels and four consonants, test shapes such as consonant-vowel-consonant-vowel-consonant before forcing unusual clusters.

Look for word parts

Prefixes and suffixes shrink the puzzle. Endings like -ed, -er, -est, -ing, and -s quickly turn a jumble into a smaller core word. Common beginnings such as re-, un-, and pre- can do the same.

With rescue, for instance, you can test the re- beginning, then discover secure, recuse, and rescue by moving the remaining letters around that pattern.

Practice method

  1. Try to find one full anagram without help.
  2. Search the same letters with "use all letters" enabled.
  3. Compare the answers to the patterns you missed.
  4. Repeat with a new set of letters and watch for recurring endings.

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