jumbled words in · sentences out
Sentence Unscrambler
Paste words in the wrong order. Get them back in the right one — instantly, in your browser.
How it works
1. Paste
Type or paste the jumbled words — one sentence per line, up to 18 words each.
2. Score
A statistical model of English rates every plausible word order, right on your device.
3. Read
The most natural sentence appears first, with close alternative readings below it.
What is a sentence unscrambler?
A sentence unscrambler takes words that have been mixed up — “dog the ran park to the” — and rearranges them into the order a fluent English speaker would use: “The dog ran to the park.” Unlike a word unscrambler, which rearranges letters to find words, this tool rearranges whole words to rebuild a sentence.
Scrambled-sentence exercises are a staple of English classes and ESL textbooks because putting words in order tests real grammar knowledge: where the subject goes, how articles attach to nouns, and where adverbs naturally fall. UnscrambleSentences.com solves those puzzles — or checks your answer — in a click.
Bonus: the anagram generator
There is a second kind of scrambled sentence — one where the letters move, not the words. The sentence anagram generator rearranges every letter of a phrase into a new one, the way “eleven plus two” becomes “twelve plus one”.
Frequently asked questions
- How does the sentence unscrambler work?
- It tries every sensible ordering of your words and scores each one with a statistical language model built from billions of English sentences. The ordering that reads most like natural English wins. Everything runs locally in your browser — your words are never sent to a server.
- What kind of scrambled sentences can it solve?
- Any jumbled list of English words that forms a single sentence — the kind found in ESL and grammar worksheets, word-order exercises, and sentence-building puzzles. It handles up to 18 words per sentence and you can paste several sentences at once, one per line.
- Does capitalization or punctuation matter?
- It helps but isn't required. If one word is capitalized, the solver treats it as a hint that it starts the sentence. A question mark or exclamation point at the end is kept in the answer. Otherwise just type the words in any order, all lowercase is fine.
- Why do I sometimes get more than one answer?
- Some word sets genuinely allow more than one grammatical ordering (“the dog chased the cat” vs “the cat chased the dog”). The solver shows its best reading first, plus close alternatives so you can pick the one you meant.