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An arcade of word-game drills with the same multi-lens ranking system that powers the rest of How You Rank. Same play data, many ways to compare — per puzzle, per variation, per drill, per group.
How You Rank, in miniature
Word Trainer Games is a microcosm of the whole site. Same play data gets ranked four ways — by exact puzzle, by drill variation (config), across the whole game family, and inside your group. The rest of How You Rank does the same thing for chess, billiards, party games, board games — pick the lens that matters to you.
One puzzle, same for everyone in the world. Rotates through anagram, spelling bee, subwords, hooks, and bingo stems across the week. New puzzle at midnight in your timezone.
seed: 2026-06-03
Short-word mastery — the bedrock vocabulary every word-gamer eventually knows cold.
Five tiles per round, find every legal 2-letter word from them.
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Two anchor letters, find every legal 3-letter word that uses both.
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A rack of tiles. Each word scores its real Scrabble points — Q+Z=10, J+X=8.
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Pure speed — random racks, ticking clocks, see how many words you can squeeze out.
Random rack of 5–7 tiles. Find every legal sub-word. Configurable length and timer.
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One rack, walk through each length — find every 3-letter word, then every 4, then 5…
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Seven letters, one required. Find every 4+ letter word. Letters reuse, pangrams glow.
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3×3, 4×4, or 5×5 grid. Trace words by stepping cell-to-cell. Length-tiered scoring: 5-letter words pop, 8+ letter words explode.
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The combinatorial layer — hooks, family trees, bingo racks. Where lexicon turns into points.
Given a short word, name every letter that hooks on the front or back. Parallel-play fuel.
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Given a root, name every legal family member — plurals, past tense, gerunds, agents.
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Famous 6-letter racks (SATIRE, RETINA…) — find every 7-letter bingo by adding one tile.
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