Two small tools, built because we needed them.
An anagram solver Cal wrote in a weekend and a Wordle opener benchmark Priya wrote as a research project. We keep them online, free, no sign-up, no ads, because that’s how we use them ourselves.
01 The Jumble Solver
Anagram engine · live tool
Type letters in, get every valid English word they spell.
Cal’s Jumble Solver is the anagram engine we use when we’re stuck on a newspaper Jumble, a Spelling Bee corner, or the last 7 Little Words clue. It takes up to 12 letters, supports wildcards, and runs against a 279,000-word dictionary that Cal annotates by hand. There’s no sign-up; the URL is the same as it’s been since 2023.
The Spring 2026 dictionary refresh fixed the long-standing hyphenated-compound bug and added about 4,000 new entries (mostly current vocabulary from the Collins Scrabble Words update). Release notes are on the site itself, under About.
02 The Opener Benchmark
Monte Carlo benchmark · data tool
Which Wordle opener actually performs best?
A Monte Carlo simulator that plays every supplied opener against the NYT solution list 100,000 times and returns the average guesses, the failure rate, and the distribution of solve lengths. Priya wrote it as a research project for her Wordle review; we keep it online because it’s the only honest answer to the “is SLATE or CRANE better?” argument.
The current build runs in the browser (no server roundtrip), so it’s safe to leave open while you’re reading the review. Source code is on Priya’s GitHub; it’s MIT-licensed.
03 In the queue
In development · Cal
Crossword pattern matcher
Type in the known letters of a partial answer (e.g. _A_S_) and the tool returns dictionary candidates that fit, scored by frequency. Currently in private beta; release est. Q3 2026.
In design · Priya
Spelling Bee word counter
Input today’s seven letters, get a live count of how many valid words exist and how many you’ve found. Compatible with the NYT’s rules (centre letter required, 4+ letters, no proper nouns). Spec’d, not yet built.