Word unscrambler

Type your letters and this tool finds every word you can build from them, grouped by length. It works for Scrabble, Words With Friends, Wordle, and any other word game.

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What this unscrambler does

You type in your letters, and the tool checks all 172,823 words in its dictionary. It finds every word whose letters are all in your rack. Each letter from your rack can be used only once. A word does not have to use every letter you typed. If you enter seven letters, you will see words of seven letters, six letters, five letters, and so on down to two letters.

Results are grouped by length, longest first. Inside each length group, words are sorted by points, highest first. If two words have the same points, the more common word comes first. This order helps you spot high-scoring plays quickly.

You can also use a question mark (?) as a blank tile. The underscore (_) and asterisk (*) work the same way. A blank stands for any letter and scores zero points. So if you have a blank, type ? in its place.

How to use the filters

Below the main search box, you will find filters that narrow your results. They help when you know part of the word you want.

Starts with: shows only words that begin with the letters you type.
Ends with: shows only words that end with the letters you type.
Contains: shows only words that have your letters in order, anywhere in the word.
Exact length: shows only words with a specific number of letters.
Minimum length: hides words shorter than the number you set. The lowest is 2.

You can combine filters. For example, set "starts with" to S and "exact length" to 5. You will see only five-letter words that start with S.

Worked example: the letters L, E, A, G, E

Suppose your rack has L, E, A, G, E. The tool finds every word you can make from those five letters. The longest word is eagle, which uses all five letters. It scores 6 points in Scrabble (E=1, A=1, G=2, L=1, E=1).

Shorter words include gale (5 points), glee (5 points), age (4 points), gel (4 points), and lea (3 points). The tool shows all of them, grouped by length. You can pick the one that fits your game board or your Wordle guess.

Notice that eagle uses both E's. If your rack had only one E, eagle would not appear. The tool tracks how many copies of each letter you have.

Which dictionary the tool uses

The tool uses ENABLE, which stands for Enhanced North American Benchmark Lexicon. It is a public-domain word list of 172,823 English words. All words are lowercase. It has no proper nouns, no hyphens, and no apostrophes.

ENABLE is close to the official Scrabble and Words With Friends lists, but it is not identical. A word you find here might be rejected by your game. Your game might also accept a word that is not in ENABLE. This happens because the official lists change over time and differ from each other. Use the tool as a guide, but trust your game's own dictionary for final rulings.

The tool ranks words "common first" using frequency buckets from Google's web word counts (Peter Norvig's list). About 78,826 of the words have a frequency bucket. The rest are rare. This ranking helps common words appear near the top of each length group.

Other tools on this site

If you need an exact rearrangement of all your letters, try the anagram solver. It finds words that use every letter exactly once. For example, listen, silent, enlist, tinsel, inlets, and elints are all anagrams of each other.

For Wordle, use the Wordle solver. It works with five-letter words and lets you mark green, yellow, and grey letters. It also handles the double-letter rule: if a letter is grey in one guess but green or yellow elsewhere, the word has exactly as many copies as the marks show.

For Scrabble, the Scrabble word finder uses Scrabble tile values. For Words With Friends, the Words With Friends cheat uses that game's tile values. The two games score some letters differently. For example, J is 8 points in Scrabble but 10 in Words With Friends. B and C are 3 points in Scrabble but 4 in Words With Friends. The word quiz scores 22 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends.

If you want to search by pattern, the word finder lets you use ? for one letter and * for any number of letters. For example, "s?a??" matches stand, and "un*ing" matches unscrambling. Up to 500 matches are shown, common words first.

To see how scores are calculated, visit the how we calculate page. It explains tile values and the ranking system in detail.

Frequently asked questions

How does the word unscrambler work?

You type your letters into the box. The tool checks all 172,823 words in its dictionary. It finds every word whose letters are all in your rack, using each letter at most once. Results are grouped by length, longest first, then by points.

Can I use a blank tile?

Yes. Type a question mark (?), underscore (_), or asterisk (*) to stand for a blank. A blank can be any letter and scores zero points. For example, if you have a blank, type ? in its place.

Why do I see words shorter than the letters I typed?

The tool shows every word you can build from your letters, not just words that use all of them. A word may use fewer letters than your rack holds. This gives you more options for your game.

Which dictionary does this tool use?

It uses ENABLE (Enhanced North American Benchmark Lexicon), a public-domain list of 172,823 English words. It has no proper nouns, hyphens, or apostrophes. It is close to but not identical to the official Scrabble and Words With Friends lists.

Will the words work in Scrabble or Words With Friends?

Most will, but not all. ENABLE is close to the official lists, but a word found here may be rejected by your game. Your game may also accept a word not in ENABLE. Always trust your game's dictionary for final rulings.