Free word finder & word game helper
Word Solver
Find every word you can make from your letters, then narrow the list with filters for length, required letters, and letter position. Great for Scrabble, Words With Friends, crosswords, and any word game.
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How to Use the Word Solver
- Enter your letters. Type the letters you have into “Available letters”.
- Add filters. Optionally require a letter, set a length, or filter by what the word starts with, ends with, or contains.
- Find words. Select Find Words to see matches grouped from longest to shortest.
- Scan and play. Each word shows its Scrabble score so you can pick the best play.
What Is a Word Solver?
A word solver turns a set of letters into the valid words you can build from them. It is broader than a basic unscrambler: alongside finding words from your letters, it lets you filter by prefix, suffix, contained letters, required letters, and length — so you can target exactly the kind of word you need.
If you only want to rearrange an exact set of tiles, the word unscrambler is a focused option. For five-letter puzzles, try the 5 letter words finder or the Wordle helper.
Find Words From Letters
Enter the letters you have and the solver checks each dictionary word to confirm you hold enough of every letter to spell it, respecting repeated tiles. If you leave the letters blank, you can still search the dictionary using only the starts-with, ends-with, and contains filters — handy for crossword clues where you know part of a word but not your full rack.
Word Solver for Scrabble and Words With Friends
Enter your seven tiles to see every legal word, ranked longest to shortest with its point value. Pair the length filter with the board: shorter words slot into tight spaces, while the longest results help you reach a bonus square. Scores use standard Scrabble values, so treat them as a strong guide rather than an exact Words With Friends total.
Word Solver Tips
Lead with length
Results are sorted longest-first because longer words usually score more and clear more tiles.
Use prefixes and suffixes
Common endings like -ing, -ed, and -er in the “ends with” field quickly surface playable forms.
Anchor with required letters
In a crossword, put a known letter in “must include” or “contains” to focus the list.
Filter recipes for common situations
The Word Solver earns its keep when you combine filters. Any single field is handy on its own, but stacking two or three turns a vague search into a precise one. Here are recipes that come up again and again.
Find a play that fits a board gap
Say there is a space on the board that needs a five-letter word starting with T. Put your rack in available letters, type t in starts with, and set the length to five. The tool now shows only words you can actually build that drop into that slot — no scrolling past words that will not fit.
Hunt for a hook
Hooks add one letter to a word already on the board. If are is on the board and you want to extend it, search with ends with set to are to surface bare, hare, mare, and ware, or starts with are for area and arena. Add your rack letters to keep only the hooks you can play.
Empty an awkward rack
Stuck with three high-value consonants and no vowels? Leave the length on any, enter your letters, and sort by Scrabble score, highest first. Short, dense words like zek or biz often score better than a longer, flabby play and rescue a clogged rack.
Solve a crossword blank
When you know a couple of letters in a crossword answer, the contains field narrows the field fast. Combine it with a length to match the grid, and add starts with or ends with if a crossing letter is already filled in.
Word Solver vs. Word Unscrambler
The two tools share an engine but answer different questions. The Word Unscrambler is the fastest path when your question is simply "what can I make from these tiles?" The Word Solver is the better choice the moment you need to constrain the answer — a prefix, a suffix, a contained string, or a search with no rack at all.
That last case is worth highlighting: you can leave available letters empty and search purely by pattern. That makes the Word Solver a capable crossword and pattern tool, not just a tile solver. If you want a search restricted to five-letter words, the 5 Letter Words finder is tuned for that, and for clue-based five-letter puzzles the Wordle Helper adds green, yellow, and gray inputs.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a word solver?
It is a tool that finds valid words from your letters, with filters to narrow results by length, required letters, and patterns.
How do I find words from letters?
Type your available letters and select Find Words. Add filters to focus the list.
Can I search by starting or ending letters?
Yes — use the starts with, ends with, and contains fields for prefix, suffix, and substring searches.
Can I use this for Scrabble?
Yes. Enter your rack to see playable words with Scrabble scores.
Are all results valid in every word game?
Not necessarily. Results come from a broad English word list and may include obscure words. They may not match every official game dictionary, and Word Puzzle Solver is not affiliated with any game publisher — confirm a word with your game’s official dictionary if needed. See the dictionary and word list page.