Words by Letters

Anagram solver

Type 2 to 15 letters. Use ? for a blank tile, up to two.

What this does

The anagram solver takes the letters you type and lists every word that can be made from them. Words that use all of your letters come first. Shorter words follow, grouped by length, with the longest group at the top.

Blank tiles

Type a question mark for a blank tile, up to two. A blank can stand for any letter. In the results, a letter that comes from a blank is shown on a black tile, so you can see where the blank is doing the work.

Where the words come from

The word list is the ENABLE word list, a public-domain list that many word-game players use. The original list has 172,823 entries. The site keeps the words of 2 to 15 letters made of the letters a to z. A small number of offensive words are left out. That leaves 168,318 words.

The list includes some rare words and misses newer ones. It is not the official dictionary of any word game, so a game may refuse a word shown here, and may accept one that is missing. The matching runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere.

Questions

Which word list does it use?

It uses the ENABLE word list, a public-domain list that many word-game players use. The original list has 172,823 entries. The site keeps the words of 2 to 15 letters made of the letters a to z. A small number of offensive words are left out. That leaves 168,318 words. It is not the official dictionary of any word game.

How do blank tiles work?

Type a question mark for a blank tile, up to two. A blank can stand for any letter. In the results, a letter that comes from a blank is shown on a black tile.

Do the letters I type leave my browser?

No. The matching runs in your browser, and nothing you type is sent anywhere.