Guide for new users
A quick tour of the three main training areas on Swappo: finding words from letter mixes, drilling specific word skills in mini-games, and practising late-game board positions against a bot.
Welcome
Swappo is a competitive Scrabble training platform. Most of your study happens in three places: Anagrams for word-finding speed, Games for focused drills, and Playing Practise for board play in endgame positions.
Use the top menu to move between sections:
Anagrams
The Anagrams game is the core word-finding trainer. You are given a scrambled set of letters (an alphagram) and find every valid word that uses exactly those tiles. Drag tiles into the answer row, submit each word, and move on when all anagrams are found.
- Where to find it: top menu Word Study → Anagrams.
- Levels — structured 7- and 8-letter challenge tracks with progressive difficulty.
- Dailies — shared word sets for all users each day, with segment leaderboards.
- Filters — use the left panel to choose word length, probability, chunk size, and more, then click Apply.
Cardbox
Cardbox is Swappo’s spaced-repetition deck. Each alphagram you add becomes a review card with a schedule based on how well you recall it. In Anagrams, click the Cardbox button on the left panel to load your due cards as a practise chunk. Your submissions update the schedule automatically.
- Where to manage it: top menu Review → Cardbox (stats, due counts, bulk tools).
- Enable Cardbox buttons in Profile settings to add or remove alphagrams with + / − beside each word in the log.
Zyzzyva import
Already studying in Zyzzyva? Upload your Zyzzyva database to Swappo under Word Study → Zyzzyva. Swappo reads your cardbox positions and review schedule from the export.
Zyzzyva mode in Anagrams: after uploading, use the Zyzzyva button in the Anagrams left panel. It loads alphagrams that are due in your Zyzzyva import. As you work through them, Swappo creates matching Cardbox cards and marks those Zyzzyva entries as imported — so your Zyzzyva queue feeds directly into Swappo’s spaced repetition instead of starting from scratch.
Upload your .db file at
Word Study → Zyzzyva.
Manage your Cardbox deck at
Review → Cardbox.
For button layouts, symbols, Levels rules, and Dailies details, see the full Anagrams user guide.
Mini-games
The Games section offers short, focused drills that target specific word knowledge — hooks, equity, S-hooks, and more. Each game takes a few minutes and is ideal for warming up or filling gaps between anagram sessions.
Where to find them: top menu Games.
Game annotation
Use the Annotation section to record club or tournament games, review them later, and share live boards with spectators.
- Game Log — browse saved games, open board review, and revisit past annotations.
- Annotate a Game — enter moves for a game you played offline (at the board or on another app), add photos and notes, and save it to your log.
- Import from Quackle — upload a Quackle/GCG file to add an already-played game to the log without retyping every move.
- Live Annotate — lightweight live presenter while a game is in progress; pairs with the timer below.
- Swappo Timer — mobile chess clock for over-the-board play; pair with Live Annotate using the short live code.
Endgame practice
End Game Practise lets you play out late-game board positions against a simulated opponent. Positions come from real autoplay games — you choose a bot, make your moves on the board, and get engine analysis to sharpen endgame technique.
- Where to find it: top menu Playing Practise → End Game Practise.
- Pick an opponent from the bot list, then play through the position move by move.
- Useful when you want board context and scoring decisions, not just word-finding.
Want a full game from move 1 instead? Use Play against computer under the same Playing Practise menu.
More tools live under Resources: Profile, Calendar, Leaderboard. Questions? Use Feedback under Resources.