How to Use Scrabble Solver
Find words and make the most of your letters.
Getting Started
Scrabble Solver is quick and easy to use. Enter the letters on your rack, choose the right dictionary, and hit Solve to find the words you can play.
The basic search is all you need for most games, while blank tiles, pattern matching, hook letters and Search Options can help with more specific searches.
Find Words From Your Letters
Enter up to 12 letters in the main search box. Include each letter exactly as it appears: if your rack contains two Es, enter both of them.
In Default mode, Scrabble Solver finds words that can be made from some or all of your letters. Results are shown from the longest words down, helping you spot the plays that use the most tiles first.
Hit Solve to begin. Large result sets load in smaller batches, starting with the longest words. Use Load More to continue through the remaining words. A batch can continue within the same word length before moving to shorter words.
Choose the Right Dictionary
Open Dictionary and select the word list that matches the game you are playing. Different games and regional versions do not always accept the same words or use the same tile values.
Scrabble - English UK
Use this UK and international Scrabble word list for games played with Collins-style English vocabulary. Results include Scrabble tile scores.
Scrabble - English US
Use this US Scrabble word list for games using North American English vocabulary. Results include Scrabble tile scores.
Words With Friends
Choose this option for Words With Friends vocabulary and tile values.
Everything
Everything is the broadest available word list and produces the widest range of results. It is useful for general word puzzles, but some words may not be accepted in a particular game or have a definition or relevant game score.
Use Blank Tiles
Enter a question mark (?) for each blank tile. You can also tap Add ? above the search box. Scrabble Solver supports up to three blanks in one search. Extra question marks are ignored with a short reminder; they do not change the search to Pattern Match.
A question mark represents one unspecified tile and can stand for any letter needed to make a word. It is not tied to the position in which you type it. If a result needs a blank, the substituted letter is highlighted and the displayed score treats that tile as worth zero points.
For example, entering SOL?E can find words made from S, O, L and E plus one blank tile. The question mark may represent whichever additional letter completes a valid result.
Match a Word Pattern
Enter a dash (-) for each unknown letter when you know the positions of some letters in a word. Unlike a question mark, a dash is tied to one exact position.
For example, SO--ER searches for six-letter words beginning with SO and ending with ER. Each dash can match any single letter, so SOLVER is one possible result.
Entering a dash switches to Pattern Match and opens Options. You can also choose Pattern Match first, then use Add - above the search box or set Fixed Word Length to add unknown positions. The small shortcut stays enabled in every mode: adding ? switches to Default, while Add - extends a pattern. Typing ? in Pattern Match returns to Default, keeping known letters and blank tiles while clearing positional dashes and pattern filters. Pattern Match is useful for partially completed word puzzles and crosswords.
Use the Search Options
Open Options to choose one of five search tabs. Tap Options again to close the section and return to Default. If you were using Pattern Match, it keeps your known letters but removes the dashes and clears the Pattern Match filters.
Choosing a tab brings the letters box into view without opening the keyboard. On shorter screens, opening Options scrolls a little way down from the top of the page.
The selected tab joins its settings in one bordered panel, which smoothly adjusts its height to fit. The question mark in the top-right corner links directly to help for that tab; on Default, it explains Hook Letters.
Default
Default finds words that can be constructed from the letters and blank tiles you entered. Letters may only be used as many times as they appear in your rack, unless a blank supplies the additional letter.
Contains
Enter your letters in the main box above Options, choose Contains, then choose how to match them using Match letters. Set Max Word Length to the longest answer you want, and tap Solve.
Exact sequence is the default: your letters must appear together and in the same order. Other letters may appear before or after them. For example, CRAB can match SCRABBLE.
All letters, any order requires every entered letter somewhere in the word. Other letters and repetitions are allowed. For example, CATEMLHI can find ALCHEMIST, MALACHITE and MATHEMATICAL across different word lengths.
All letters, no other letters also requires every entered letter, in any order, but the result can contain only letters you entered. Those letters may repeat: ZAP can find PAZZAZZ, but not ZAPPING because it introduces I, N and G. This is not limited to exact anagrams: increase Max Word Length to explore longer words made from the same letters.
| Match letters | Matching examples |
|---|---|
| Exact sequence | ZAP, ZAPPING |
| All letters, any order | ZAP, PAZZAZZ, ZAPPING |
| All letters, no other letters | ZAP, PAZZAZZ |
For these examples, choose Scrabble - English UK or Everything; other dictionaries may return different words. In both All letters options, repeating an input letter sets a minimum count: ZZAP requires at least two Zs, one A and one P. It can still find PAZZAZZ, but not ZAP. More copies of an entered letter are always allowed.
Begins With
Begins With finds words that start with the exact letters you enter. For example, SOL can find SOLVE and SOLVER.
Ends With
Ends With finds words that finish with the exact letters you enter. For example, ING can find words ending in ING.
Contains, Begins With and Ends With display a Max Word Length option. This sets the longest result you want to see, not an exact length. Selecting eight can return matching words containing up to eight letters.
For Exact sequence, Begins With and Ends With, the maximum must leave room for at least one letter beyond the sequence entered. Blank-tile and hook-letter searches are not available in these modes.
For either Contains option starting with All letters, the maximum can equal the number of letters entered. This includes exact anagrams as well as longer words. Contains, Begins With and Ends With accept one or more letters, with up to 12 letters in the search box. Results can be up to 15 letters long for the UK and US Scrabble dictionaries, or 16 for Words With Friends and Everything.
Pattern Match
Known letters stay in their entered positions, and each dash fills one unknown position. A search needs at least one dash and at least one known letter, either in the pattern or in Must contain. Question-mark blank tiles cannot be combined with this mode.
Use Must contain for letters that must appear somewhere in the result. A copy already shown in the pattern counts; repeating a letter requires that many copies overall. Use Must not contain to exclude letters; repeated exclusions are removed automatically. Leave either field empty if you do not need that filter. An excluded letter cannot also appear in the pattern or Must contain.
Fixed Word Length sets the exact number of positions, from 2 to 12. Increasing it adds dashes at the end; decreasing it removes trailing dashes but never a known letter. Use Solve above the options to run your search. Removing the final dash from the search box exits Pattern Match and returns to Default.
If your settings conflict, an error replaces the short hint at the top of Pattern Match. Correct the settings to restore the hint. The Search Options panel expands to fit larger text or a longer message.
Find Words Using Hook Letters
Hook Letters help you combine a continuous group of letters already on the board with letters from your rack. The hook sequence must appear together and in the same order within every result.
For example, if ED is already on the board and your rack contains FSHNGII, enter FSHNGII in the main search box and ED in Hook Letters. Results can include FINISHED, FISHED and FINED because each word contains ED and the remaining letters can be supplied by the rack.
You can enter up to five hook letters. Rack letters and hook letters share the overall 12-letter limit, so entering five hook letters leaves room for up to seven letters in the main search box.
Hook Letters are available in Default mode. They cannot be combined with Contains, Begins With, Ends With or Pattern Match.
Understand the Word Scores
The number shown after a result is the basic value of its letter tiles in the selected game. Scrabble and Words With Friends use different tile values, which is another reason to choose the correct dictionary.
Blank tiles score zero. When a blank represents a letter, Scrabble Solver subtracts that letter's normal value from the displayed word score.
The score does not account for the position of a play on the board, premium letter or word squares, additional words formed by crossing tiles, or bonuses for using every tile on your rack. Use it to compare the basic tile value of possible words, then calculate the board position separately.
Filter and Explore the Results
Open Filters above the results to change how the words are presented.
Long result lists show about 500 words at a time. Use Load more words to see another batch. Contains, Begins With, Ends With and Pattern Match searches are limited to 2,000 words in each ordering, with a notice when more matches have been left out.
Order by Word Length
This is the standard view. Results are grouped from the longest words down to the shortest available plays.
Order by Score
Use this option to place the highest basic tile scores first. Remember that the best-scoring result on the page may not be the highest-scoring move on the board.
Order by Blank Letter
When your search includes blank tiles, this groups the results according to the letters those blanks represent. It can make a large result set easier to review.
The blank filters let you repeat the search with no blank, one blank, two blanks or three blanks. This is useful when you want to compare the words available with different numbers of wildcards.
You can also tap one of the displayed letter tiles to highlight that letter throughout the results. Tapping the question-mark tile highlights letters supplied by blanks. Tap an individual result to open its dictionary page and definition where one is available.
Add Scrabble Solver to Your Home Screen
Scrabble Solver is an installable website, sometimes described by browsers as a web app. Adding it to your home screen gives you an app-style shortcut without requiring a separate native application.
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The exact wording varies by browser and device. Look for an option such as Add to Home Screen or Install.
Technical Help and FAQs
JavaScript and Script Blocking
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Frequently Asked Questions
Visit the Scrabble Solver FAQ for answers to other common questions.