Scooch

About Scooch

Scooch gives you ten letter tiles in two rows of five, such as A, E, E, D, L over M, R, S, T, Y in its own tutorial. The letters are all there; they are just in the wrong places. You scooch the tiles around the board until each row spells one of today's hidden words.

Because every letter has to be used and each row must be a real five-letter word, a tile that fits one word may be needed in the other, which is where the puzzle lies.

The game plays in the browser for free, opens with a short how-to-play walkthrough, and has a new puzzle every day for everyone.

It suits players who like anagrams and tile puzzles and want something that takes a few minutes.

How to play Scooch

1. Open Scooch and choose Play in browser.
2. Look at the pool of letter tiles on the board.
3. Slide the tiles into new positions to spell words.
4. Arrange every tile so each row is one of the day's hidden five-letter words.

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Tips

• Place the rare letters first; they have the fewest homes.
• Count vowels: each word needs at least one, so split them between rows.
• Try common endings such as -ER, -ED or -Y to anchor a word.

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