By Evan Cole · Last verified 2026-09-03Difficulty: Hard 4/5✓ Played & verified
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'Hammer' appears in 22 different categories across the game — on this board it goes with the Blacksmith category.
'Brush' appears in 20 different categories across the game — on this board it goes with the Paleontology Equipment category.
v2 'Hammer' appears in 22 different categories across the game — on this board it goes with the Blacksmith category.
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Category 1Paleontology Equipment4 words
B…A…P…M…
Category 2Forces4 words
C…D…F…G…
Category 3Job Interview4 words
A…I…R…R…
Category 4Sociology4 words
C…S…N…D…
Category 5Anthropology4 words
A…P…E…F…
Category 6Joke4 words
F…F…P…P…
Category 7Rhetoric Techniques4 words
E…P…L…A…
Category 8Crystallography4 words
L…C…R…S…
Category 9Legal4 words
A…I…P…P…
Category 10Touchscreen4 words
P…S…S…T…
Category 11Blacksmith4 words
A…F…H…Q…
Category 12Psychology4 words
C…B…T…C…
Category 13Precious Stones4 words
D…E…G…J…
Category 14Taxonomy Ranks4 words
P…G…S…F…
Category 15Long Neck4 words
C…F…G…O…
Category 16Astronomy Tools4 words
T…S…A…Q…
💡 Step 1: Clear Forces and Legal first — tight, unambiguous sets.
💡 Step 2: Work through the remaining 13 categories — no trap flags, steady elimination.
💡 Step 3: Save Precious Stones for last — their words also fit several other categories in the game.
This board has 16 categories and 64 words — bigger than 89% of levels — and most boards allow about 10 merges, so plan for roughly 1 wrong merge of slack.
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v2 20 categories · 80 words · first seen 2026-09-03
How many categories are in Bubble Word Jam Level 500?
Bubble Word Jam Level 500 has 16 categories with 64 words in total (version v1): Paleontology Equipment, Forces, Job Interview, Sociology, Anthropology, Joke, Rhetoric Techniques, Crystallography, Legal, Touchscreen, Blacksmith, Psychology, Precious Stones, Taxonomy Ranks, Long Neck, Astronomy Tools. This level number has 2 known versions with different word sets — all are listed on this page.
What are the categories in Bubble Word Jam Level 500?
Why does my Bubble Word Jam Level 500 look different from this answer key?
The game reshuffles level content by app version and region, so the same level number can show different words on different devices. This page lists every known version of Level 500 — switch versions with the tabs above, or use the reverse word finder to match the exact words on your screen.