Scrabble Word Finder
Squeeze the most points from your rack
Type your seven tiles plus any letter already on the board. Scores use standard tile values; blanks (?) count as zero.
Finding the play, not just the word
The longest word on your rack is often not the best play. Scrabble rewards where you put letters as much as which letters you use: a five-letter word crossing a double-word square routinely beats a seven-letter word laid on plain squares. Use this finder to see what your rack can build, then look at the board before choosing.
The letters that decide games are the expensive ones. J, Q, X and Z are worth eight or ten points each, so a short word that lands one of them on a letter-multiplier square is frequently the highest-scoring move available.
Blanks and the two-letter list
Enter ? for a blank tile. A blank can become any letter but scores zero, which means the usual advice is to save it for a bingo — using all seven tiles for the fifty-point bonus — rather than spending it on a modest word.
The two-letter words are the other half of competitive play. QI, ZA, XU and JO let you dump expensive tiles into tight spaces and score across two words at once. They are worth memorising because they turn a blocked board into a playable one.
Dictionaries differ
Scrabble has more than one official word list. North American play uses one, most of the rest of the world uses another, and they disagree on thousands of entries. A word that is valid in a club game in Melbourne may be challenged off the board in Boston. If you are playing competitively, check which list your game follows before trusting any finder.
Frequently asked questions
How do I enter a blank tile?
Type ? in its place. Each ? matches any single letter. Remember that a blank scores nothing wherever it lands, so its value is in enabling a word, not in the points it carries.
Does the finder know about the board?
No. It works from your rack alone and does not see squares, multipliers or the letters already played. That is the part you bring — the tool narrows what is possible, you choose what scores.
What is a bingo worth?
Fifty points on top of the word score, awarded when you play all seven tiles in one turn. It is the single biggest swing in the game, which is why holding a blank or an S for a turn or two is often worth the delay.
Are these words valid in Words With Friends?
Mostly, but not entirely. Words With Friends uses its own list, which is more permissive in places and stricter in others. There is a separate finder for that game on this site.
Why do results include words nobody uses?
Tournament word lists are deliberately broad and include archaic and dialect words. They are legal plays even when they sound invented, and knowing a handful of them is a genuine competitive advantage.