When a word solver helps
- Word games. Scrabble, Words With Friends, Wordfeud and similar games, where you want the best word from your tiles.
- Puzzles. Jumbles, letter wheels and anagram clues.
- Teaching. Spelling practice and word-building exercises, with a short meaning for each word.
- Naming. Finding short words hidden in a longer word or brand name.
Using the filters
Open Filters to keep only words that start or end with certain letters, contain a group of letters, or have a set length. Use Leave out letters to remove words with letters you don't want. Sorting by points shows the highest-scoring words for Scrabble or Words With Friends first.
Short words matter
Our list has 98 two-letter words and 967 three-letter words. In tile games these short words let you play next to other words and score in two directions. Browse the two-letter words and three-letter words to learn them.
Where the words come from
Every result comes from ENABLE, an open list of about 173,000 English words used by many word games, with short meanings from WordNet. Read about our word list.
Questions people ask
Is this different from the word unscrambler?
It runs the same search. This page focuses on filters and general word finding; the word unscrambler is the quickest way to unscramble a set of letters.
How many letters can I enter?
Up to 18, including up to three ? blanks.
Does it include names?
No. Only dictionary words, no proper nouns or abbreviations.