Scrabble Word Finder
Enter your rack letters and get candidate words ranked by point value. Add an optional board pattern to find words that fit a real opening. Everything is scored privately in your browser.
What is the Scrabble Word Finder?
The Scrabble Word Finder turns the jumble of tiles on your rack into a ranked list of candidate plays, with each word tagged by its point value and the highest-scoring word on top. Type your letters, include a question mark for any blank tile, and optionally describe a board opening with letters and dots. The finder puts the strongest raw-score candidates first.
Your rack is scored entirely in your browser and never sent to a server. The dictionary downloads once and is cached, so after the first search results are instant — handy when the clock is running on a live game. There is no sign-up, and it loads fast on a phone so you can check a play one-handed.
How to use it
- Type the letters on your rack. For each blank tile, type a question mark.
- Optional: enter a board pattern such as
.a., where letters are existing tiles and dots are empty cells. - The first search loads the word list once; after that scoring is instant.
- Read the candidates ranked highest point value first, then verify a disputed word in the lexicon used by your game.
The scoring behind it
Each tile carries its standard English Scrabble value: common letters such as A, E, and R are 1 point; D and G are 2; B, C, M, and P are 3; on up to J and X at 8, and Q and Z at 10. The finder adds those values for every word it can build from your rack. Blank tiles work as wildcards: they fill any missing letter but score zero, so a word that leans on a blank is valued without the letter that blank stands in for — exactly as it would play on the board. Board multipliers like double- and triple-word squares are not included, because they depend on where you place the word.
Examples
- quizzes → "quizzes" scores high thanks to the two Z tiles; shorter plays like "size" and "quiz" rank below it.
- tabl?s (one blank) → words such as "stable", "tables", and "blast", with the blank filling whatever letter is missing at zero points.
- ct with board pattern .a. → "cat" fits because the A is already on the board and only C and T come from your rack.
Common use cases
- Scrabble players hunting the top-scoring play from a tricky rack.
- Words With Friends players whose tile values match the standard set.
- Beginners learning which letter combinations are worth the most.
- Anyone settling a challenge over whether a word is playable at all.
Why use this one
This finder leads with point value, supports blank tiles and board patterns, and runs locally against an open word list of about 350,000 words — fast on mobile, free, and private. It labels that list honestly: results are candidates, not a substitute for the official lexicon chosen for your game. It is part of a tight word-games set: when you do not care about scoring, the Word Unscrambler lists every word grouped by length, and the Anagram Solver finds words that use all your letters. For text stats, try the Word Counter.
Word list: the open-source dwyl/english-words list (MIT licence), trimmed to words of 2 to 15 letters. The point values are standard English Scrabble tile scores; the word list is not NWL or CSW. Verify disputed plays with the official checker for the lexicon your table uses.
Frequently asked questions
How do I enter a blank tile?
Type a question mark for each blank tile in your rack, for example tabl?s. The finder treats each question mark as a wildcard that can be any single letter, exactly like a blank in Scrabble. Blank tiles score zero points, so words that rely on them are valued without the substituted letter, matching real gameplay.
Which scoring values does it use?
It uses the standard English Scrabble tile values, the same set shared by Words With Friends letter scoring: most common letters are worth 1 point, while J and X are 8 and Q and Z are 10. Each word shows its total tile value so you can compare plays at a glance. It does not add board bonuses like double or triple word squares, since those depend on your board position.
Is this an official Scrabble dictionary?
No. It checks the open dwyl/english-words list rather than NWL or CSW. Treat results as candidates and verify disputed plays with the Merriam-Webster or Collins Scrabble checker for the lexicon your table uses.