how to play · daily
unscramble
a real word has its letters shuffled. put them back in order.
the daily
one word per day, the same for everyone at your difficulty. easy words are short and common. daily words stay at eight letters or fewer. the daily itself is free. unlimited play and the archive are part of mayday plus.
timer
the timer starts as soon as the round begins. incorrect guesses do not reset it, but they count as misses. your result is time plus miss count.
hint
a hint reveals the next letter of the intended word and counts as a wrong guess.
handicap
on handicap, the hint row greens any letter your guess already has in the right slot.
any anagram
turn this on before your first guess. then any valid english word formed from the letters counts as a solve. the intended word is still called out if you found a different anagram.
sprint
an optional timed run: chain as many unscrambles as you can before time is up, then return to normal play.