tools and articles for letters and words

I started word-grabber.com in 2010 to help word enthusiasts like me to find and learn the right words for Scrabble and other word games. Thanks to your feedback, I was able to extend the site not only with more word tools, but articles and other resources around words, letters and word games.

Articles by Thomas Maier

One layout for every browser

The layout on word-grabber.com is optimized for mobile browsers. This is why I just switched off the old layout.

Scrabble help is mobile (again)

Is more mobile possible? The new layout of the Scrabble Help is now also mobile. You can access word-grabber.com with any device and the layout will adapt.

What is an anagram?

What is an anagram? This article gives an overview about the different types of anagrams and their appearences in daily life.

What do you think about the new layout?

After you had some time to review the new layout I would like to get your feedback on it. Please take a second to have a look at this poll.

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new layout online – beautiful features are waiting for you

As announced just before the weekend, a few minutes ago I switched to the new layout I was working on for almost the last half a year. This post is going to introduce you to the biggest changes.

The new layout is coming next Monday

The new layout is going to be released on next Monday. So enjoy the last weekend with the old one.

Options with just one click

We made choosing options like blanks or how to sort the results even easier with just one click. This makes using our word tools even more fun on mobile devices or touchpads.

Scrabble impressions from Twitter

I just try the Sammlr app on the term “Scrabble”. It shows me all related images from Twitter. So this is an always up to date and never ending presentation of Scrabble on Twitter.

Word Mole for iPhone is okay, but not the same

Word Mole for iPhone – is it the real thing? Here are the results from our recent poll. Conclusion: could be worse.

Sneak preview of the new layout

I started working on a new layout for www.word-grabber.com right after you surprised me with raising visits in December 2011. As you can still see, I am not a layouter, so I wasn’t able to work on it alone. In addition, I also had the existing search algorithms to be rewritten to build a more […]