All Mixed Up!

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Unscramble four words, then use their starred letters to solve the day's punny clue.

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An All Mixed Up daily puzzle on iPad: three of four words unscrambled and the starred letters filling in the Desserts answer ICE CREAM PIE

All Mixed Up! is an iPhone and iPad word scramble in the style of the newspaper Jumble. Each day's Daily Puzzle has four scrambled words, and the letters that land in starred slots make up the answer to a clue, usually a common phrase like Piece of Cake. It is free with ads, and an optional Premium subscription removes them and opens past dailies and more puzzles.

About All Mixed Up!

All Mixed Up is an iPhone and iPad game from DexCheck, released in November 2019 and played only in English. It follows the pattern of the classic newspaper Jumble. The top half of the screen holds four scrambled words; you drag or tap the letter tiles into slots to spell each one. Some slots carry a star, and every letter that lands on a star is copied into a pool at the bottom.

That pool is for the final puzzle: a clue such as what is required to make an omelet, or what you call a control freak, whose answer is a phrase or idiom built only from the starred letters. Answers in the store's examples include Tip of the Tongue, Bet the Farm and Music to My Ears. A hint moves one tile into its right place when you are stuck.

The Daily Puzzle screen shows the date and the day's title, and a new one appears every day. Beyond it there are more than a thousand puzzles in numbered volumes. The free version shows ads: the store listing says it contains advertising, and players mention a banner at the bottom of the screen and ads between puzzles. A one-off purchase removes the ads, and Premium Access, sold for one month, three months or a year, removes them too and opens the past 90 days of daily puzzles and a premium collection. Gold coins pay for hints. DexCheck still adds puzzle packs, the latest on 1 October 2026 with a fix for a bug that had kept players from the daily puzzle.

It suits fans of the newspaper Jumble and of puns and idioms who want one short word puzzle to start the day.

How to play All Mixed Up!

Open the Daily Puzzle from the main screen.
Unscramble each of the four words by dragging or tapping its letter tiles into the slots.
Letters you place in starred slots are copied to the pool for the final puzzle.
Read the clue and arrange the pooled letters into the phrase that answers it.
Use a hint to move one tile into place if you are stuck.

Screenshots

An All Mixed Up Daily Puzzle dated 2/10/2022 with the clue Library Organization System and DEWEY spelled in wooden tiles

The All Mixed Up home screen with the Daily Puzzle for Thursday, February 17, titled Dental Procedure, and a Play button

Tips

Solve the easiest of the four words first: its starred letters already narrow the final phrase.
Count the letters and word breaks in the final answer before you guess the phrase.
The clue is usually a pun, so think of idioms and sayings that fit it twice over.
Common endings like ING, ED and ER are a good first try on a scrambled word.

Questions

Is there a new puzzle every day?

Yes. A new Daily Puzzle, shown with its date and a title that works as its clue, comes out every day.

Is All Mixed Up free?

Yes, with ads. A one-off purchase removes the ads, and Premium Access, for one month, three months or a year, removes them and adds the past 90 days of daily puzzles and a premium collection.

How is it like the Jumble?

Like the newspaper Jumble, you unscramble four words and use the marked letters, here starred slots, to answer a punny clue.

Can I play earlier daily puzzles?

Premium Access opens the past 90 days of daily puzzles. Beyond the daily there are more than a thousand puzzles in numbered volumes, free to play.

Is it on Android or the web?

No. All Mixed Up is on the App Store only, for iPhone and iPad.