Word Unscrambler
Turn a pile of letters into every possible word
Drop in up to 20 letters — use ? for a blank tile — and get the full list, grouped by length and scored for Scrabble and Words With Friends.
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Anagram Solver
Words that use all of your letters.
Word Scrambler
Shuffle a word into a puzzle.
Jumble Solver
Crack scrambled newspaper puzzles.
Text Twist Solver
3–6 letter answers, ranked.
Scrabble Word Finder
Plays ranked by tile value.
Words With Friends Finder
Scored with the WWF tile values.
Multiple Word Unscrambler
Solve a whole batch at once.
Words With Letters
Words containing the letters you pick.
Pattern Solver
Fill blanks like c_t_e.
Wordle Word Finder
Greens, yellows and greys.
Letter Permutations
Every arrangement of your letters.
Random Word Generator
Fresh words for games and prompts.
Pictionary Word Generator
Drawable words, three difficulties.
Imposter Word Generator
A word for the group, one for the faker.
Word Lists
Browse by length, prefix or suffix.
What the unscrambler actually does
Type your letters and the solver walks a dictionary of common English words, keeping every entry that can be spelled from what you gave it — using each letter no more times than you have it. A seven-tile rack does not just yield seven-letter words; it yields every three, four, five and six-letter word hiding inside, which is where most real Scrabble points come from.
Results arrive grouped by length, longest first, because that is the order you want to read them in during a game. Within a group they are sorted so the words you are most likely to recognise come first, which saves you scrolling past a wall of obscure valid plays to find something you can actually justify to an opponent.
Blanks, prefixes and suffixes
A question mark stands in for a blank tile and matches any single letter. Two blanks is the practical limit before the list stops narrowing anything, but on a full rack even two wildcards leave a useful set.
The prefix and suffix filters are the ones seasoned players lean on. If the board offers a spot that must start with a T, filtering by prefix turns a hundred candidates into a handful. The same applies to hooking onto an existing word: filter by the ending you need and the list stops wasting your time.
Scores are not universal
Each result carries a tile value, and the value differs by game. Scrabble and Words With Friends assign different points to the same letters — WWF treats J and X more generously and Q and Z less so — which is why a rack's best play in one game can be second-best in the other. The dedicated Scrabble and Words With Friends finders rank by the right table for each.
Tile value also ignores the board. A 22-point word placed on plain squares loses to a 14-point word crossing a triple. Treat the score column as a starting sort, not the answer.
Which tool for which puzzle
This page is the general case. When your puzzle has a stricter shape, a narrower tool returns a shorter, better list: the anagram solver when the answer must use every letter, the pattern solver when you know where some letters sit, the Wordle finder when you are working from greens, yellows and greys, and the jumble solver for the newspaper puzzle where each answer is a single scrambled word.
Frequently asked questions
How many letters can I unscramble at once?
Up to twenty, which comfortably covers any tile rack and most puzzle words. Very long inputs return large lists, so the length groups and the prefix and suffix filters do the real narrowing.
Are all of these words valid in Scrabble?
They come from a standard English word list, which is close to but not identical with any single official tournament dictionary. Club and tournament play uses a specific word list that varies by country, so check yours before challenging.
Why do short words show up when I want the long one?
Because the solver searches every subset of your letters, and in a real game the short words matter — they are what fits the board. Read the longest group first if you only want the maximum-length answers.
What does the question mark do?
It is a wildcard, standing in for a blank tile or a letter you cannot read. Each one matches any single letter, and results that used a wildcard are still spelled out in full.
Do you handle proper nouns or abbreviations?
No. The dictionary carries common English words only, so names, brands and abbreviations are excluded — the same rule most word games apply.
Is the word list the same across every tool here?
Yes. One dictionary powers the unscrambler, the solvers and the word lists, so a word that appears in a browse list is a word the solver will return.