Inventions & Inventors II - Word Scramble

About this word scramble

“Inventions & Inventors II” is a free word scramble game for kids aged about 8–14 in the History set. It has 10 clues about important people, events and places from history. Each answer is shown with its letters mixed up — read the clue, work out the word and put the letters back in the right order. It plays in the browser on a phone, tablet or computer, with nothing to download, and one round takes about 5 minutes.

How to play

1. Read the clue at the top of the game.
2. Look at the jumbled letters and think of a word that fits the clue and uses every letter.
3. Type or tap the letters in order to spell the answer, then check it.
4. Stuck? Use the hint, or look at the first letter and the number of letters below.

What your child learns

• Facts and words about important people, events and places from history.
• Spelling — every letter has to be in the right place.
• Thinking from a clue to an answer (recall, not just recognition).

Tip: Ask “when did this happen?” for every answer and put them in order.

The 10 clues in this game

1. Inventor of telephone in India equivalent (C-DOT founder) (10 letters, 2 words, starts with “S”)
2. Developer of C programming language (13 letters, 2 words, starts with “D”)
3. Co-founder of Apple known for design (9 letters, 2 words, starts with “S”)
4. Co-founder of Microsoft (9 letters, 2 words, starts with “B”)
5. Inventor of the transistor (one of) (11 letters, 2 words, starts with “J”)
6. Physicist behind general relativity (14 letters, 2 words, starts with “A”)
7. Father of modern computing (conceptual) (10 letters, 2 words, starts with “A”)
8. Inventor of Polio vaccine (9 letters, 2 words, starts with “J”)
9. Pioneer of packet switching (one of) (9 letters, 2 words, starts with “P”)
10. Co-founder of Google (9 letters, 2 words, starts with “L”)