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Free word wheel generator, with the word list

Pick a difficulty and generate a letter wheel, then print it with its full word list. Every wheel has a word using all eight letters, with no sign-up and no watermark. It runs on the same engine as our KDP Publisher Studio.

Harder grades raise the shortest word that counts. Every wheel prints its full word list.

Centre letter N. 52 words to find, one using all eight letters.

Two pages: the eight-letter wheel, and its complete word list. Every word uses the centre letter, with one word using all eight, read from a dictionary by the same engine as our KDP studio.

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How to make a word wheel

  1. 1Pick a difficulty. Choose the shortest word that counts. Harder grades raise the floor, so fewer words qualify and the hunt is longer.
  2. 2Generate the puzzle. Press Generate puzzle. You get an eight-letter wheel with a centre letter, built from a dictionary word that uses all eight letters.
  3. 3Print the two pages. Press Print / save PDF. You get two pages: the wheel to solve, and its complete word list.

How to solve a word wheel

Eight letters sit on the wheel, one in the centre. Make as many words as you can, each using the centre letter and only the wheel letters, each letter once. One word uses all eight.

The method

  1. 1Start with the centre letter. Every word must include it, so write it down and try the outer letters around it one at a time.
  2. 2Work up by length. Find the short words first, then stretch them: add a letter, swap an ending, and keep the ones that read.
  3. 3Hunt for the long one. One word uses all eight letters. Look for a common prefix or suffix, then fit the rest around the centre.
  4. 4Check against the list. The answer page prints every word you could have found, so you can see how close you came.
The one rule
Every word uses the centre letter and only the wheel letters, each letter at most once.
What the answer page shows
The complete word list is printed at the back, with the eight-letter word in bold.
How the grades differ
Harder grades raise the shortest word that counts.
Good for
Solvers who like word building and a target to beat.

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This tool makes one puzzle for home or the classroom. To make a word wheel book you can sell on Amazon KDP, Publisher Studio generates hundreds of graded puzzles across a difficulty curve, at any KDP trim, as a print-ready interior and solutions PDF.

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Questions

What is a word wheel?
A word wheel is eight letters, one in the centre and seven around the ring. You make as many words as you can, each using the centre letter, each letter once. One word uses all eight.
Is this word wheel generator free?
Yes. Pick a difficulty, generate a wheel and print it with its word list, with no sign-up and no watermark. It is free for classroom, home and personal use.
Is the word list complete?
Yes. The answer is every word in our dictionary you can build from the wheel at the chosen length, not a sample, so nobody is left wondering whether they missed one.
Does it include the answer?
Yes. Every wheel prints as two pages: the puzzle on page one, and the full word list, with the eight-letter word in bold, on page two.
What size are the pages?
The free tool prints at 8.25 by 11 inches, a popular large-print size. Our Publisher Studio will export the same book at any KDP trim, from 5.06 by 7.81 up to 8.27 by 11.69, as a print-ready 300 DPI interior.

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