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Jumble, is a word puzzle in which a player is given a set of letters which, when arranged in the correct order, give the un-jumbled word. A simple example would be the set of letters "lbujme," which can then be rearranged to spell "jumble". Thus the solution to a Jumble is an anagram of the puzzle word. Jumble is also similar to the Round Robin game from Supermarket Sweep. Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 151 languages. ... A word game or word puzzle can be of several different types: // [edit] Letter arrangement games The goal is to form words out of given letters. ... A word is a unit of language that carries meaning and consists of one or more morphemes. ... For the game, see Anagrams. ... For more information on the British version of Supermarket Sweep, see Dales Supermarket Sweep. ...

Jumble was created in 1954 by Martin Nadle (aka. Naydell or Dell & Nadel), and is one of most important properties of Tribune Media Services, which holds the rights to the JUMBLE trademark. Daily and Sunday Jumble puzzles are featured in hundreds of newspapers.^[1] The Tribune Media Services (TMS) is a syndication company owned by the Tribune Company. ...

Jumble puzzles found in newspapers often have four-base Jumbles. Once these base Jumbles are solved, a player uses the circled letters of each base Jumble word to obtain a new set of letters. This set of letters will then complete a phrase or sentence. The correct answer usually involves some sort of visual or verbal pun, relating to an illustration and its caption published with the puzzle.

Computerized solution

Algorithms to solve jumbles exist, which make use of a dictionary. Commonly found algorithms work as follows; given an input of jumbled letters it outputs the set of possible words. Then the person can pick up the right word from the list (if it exists).

1. Begin
2. Input: J , all the jumbled letters that form an unknown W word(s), we want.
3. Assign the weights for each letter A-Z = 1 - 26, (i.e: A=1, B=2, ... Z=26).
4. Compute the sum of the jumbled letters, S.
5. Now using a sorted dictionary of letters stored in a hash-table mapping sums to words [S => W],we can pick up the list of words W that have the same sum as S.
6. Print the words in W
7. End

This algorithm is a particular instance of the speedup using binary search, and using ordering of alphabets. It is a 'generally-known' algorithm, gleaned off the web.

Here is another algorithm

1. Begin
2. Input: J, all the jumbled letters that form an unknown W word(s)
3. Frame a word list Y with all different combination of J
4. For each word in Y check if the word is existing in the dictionary
5. If a match is found then collect it in word list W
6. Prints the words in W

Algorithm to write J in all different combination

1.Begin
2.Initialize a string with first character of J denoted by J(1)
3.Add the second character of J denoted by J(2) in either side of J(1)to get two strings

 J(1)J(2) J(2)J(1) 

4.Add the third character of J denoted by J(3) in either side and in between of the above 2 strings in above step to get 6 strings

 J(1)J(2)J(3) J(1)J(3)J(2) J(3)J(1)J(2) 

 J(2)J(1)J(3) J(2)J(3)J(1) J(3)J(2)J(1) 

5.Same way add J(4) to each of the above string in either sides and between two characters to get 24 strings
6.Continue this until all the characters are completed

Though the algorithm looks complex it can be easily implemented in a program.

Douglas Hofstadter developed a program called Jumbo that tackles jumble problems in a way similar to the hypothesised manner in which the human mind does. The program doesn't rely on a dictionary and doesn't try to find real English words, but rather words that could be English, exploiting a database of plausibilities for various combinations of letters. Letters are combined non-deterministically, following a strategy inspired by chemical reactions and free associations. Douglas Richard Hofstadter (born February 15, 1945 in New York, New York) is an American academic. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...

In Other Media

Various electronic versions of Jumble have been released, including a version by Hasbro Interactive for Microsoft Windows. The game features 5 modes of play ranging from classic Jumble to crossword puzzles to an easier Jumble mode for kids. Hasbro Interactive was a video game production and publishing subsidiary of Hasbro, the game and toy giant. ... Windows redirects here. ...

TextTwist, a Java game by GameHouse, is similar to Jumble. Players form words from a set of six scrambled letters, and must find at least one 6-letter word using all the letters to get to the next round. Additional points are granted for words using at least three letters. Java language redirects here. ...

A TV game show based on Jumble aired in 1994. It was hosted by game show veteran Wink Martindale, and aired on The Family Channel (now called ABC Family). Wink Martindale entering on Tic Tac Dough Wink Martindale (born Winston Conrad Martindale on December 4, 1933 in Jackson, Tennessee, USA) is a disc jockey and television game show host. ... ABC Family is an American cable television network currently owned by Disney-ABC Television Group, a division of The Walt Disney Company. ...

In the 'Seinfeld' episode "The Pez Dispenser", Kramer, upon hearing that George Costanza was doing crossword puzzles with his girlfriend, stated he "likes to do the Jumble". For other uses, see Seinfeld (disambiguation). ... // Look up Krämer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... George Louis Costanza is a fictional character in the United States-based television sitcom Seinfeld (1989–1998), played by Jason Alexander. ...

In the Strong Bad email from Homestar Runner entitled "Caper," Strong Bad and The Cheat break into Homestar's house to steal the Jumbles from his newspapers. Strong Bad refers to this in song as "The Jumble Caper." Homestar Runner is a Flash animated Internet cartoon. ... Homestar Runner is a Flash animated Internet cartoon. ... Homestar Runner is a Flash animated Internet cartoon. ... Homestar Runner is a Flash animated Internet cartoon. ... Homestar Runner is a Flash animated Internet cartoon. ...

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See also

Jumble (game show) Jumble is a game show that was broadcast on The Family Channel, running from June 13-December 30, 1994. ...

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