Scrambled sight words?

I have a child in Kindergarten.


He has been having homework with scrambled sight words.


He is able to figure out what the words are but I can't see anything good from this sort of lesson at 5 yrs old.


I did homeschool my older son in Kindergarten and never ran across any lesson that involved my 5 yr old looking at scrambled words.


What do you think about this?