- How many letters can I enter?
- Up to 15, which covers a Scrabble rack (7), a Words with Friends rack (7), and most crossword cells. More than that and the search space explodes without adding useful results — almost no English word has more than 12 letters. Past 15 the tool clears the input and shows a polite error.
- What's the "?" for?
- A blank tile. Type "st?p" and the solver tries every letter a-z in that slot — "stop", "step", "stap" if it's in the dictionary. Maximum two blanks per query. That's the Scrabble limit (two blanks in the bag); it also keeps the search fast.
- Which dictionary does it use?
- About 50,000 common English words derived from Webster's Second International Dictionary (1934, public domain). It's the same lineage many casual word-game tools use. Honest about what it isn't: no obscure tournament words (no QI, QAT, ZA), no slang, no proper nouns, no foreign loanwords. If you play tournament Scrabble with the TWL or SOWPODS word list, this tool won't match what the judge accepts. For casual play, crossword help, and word puzzles, it works.
- Are the Scrabble scores accurate?
- Yes — they use the standard English Scrabble letter values (A=1, B=3, C=3, D=2, E=1, F=4, G=2, H=4, I=1, J=8, K=5, L=1, M=3, N=1, O=1, P=3, Q=10, R=1, S=1, T=1, U=1, V=4, W=4, X=8, Y=4, Z=10). The score shown is the raw letter total — it does NOT include double-letter, triple-letter, double-word, or triple-word bonuses, because the solver doesn't know your board. Use it as a starting point.
- Is the highest-scoring word always the best play?
- No. The board changes everything. A 6-point word landing on a triple-word square beats a 22-point word played on plain squares. Use the top-scored word as a candidate, then check the board. The solver is a rack helper, not a board engine.
- Why doesn't my favorite word appear?
- Three usual reasons: (1) the dictionary doesn't include it — happens with slang, proper nouns, and many tournament words; (2) you don't have all the letters in your rack — every letter of the result has to come from your input (or a blank); (3) a filter is excluding it — check minimum length, starts-with, etc. If it should be there, it's a dictionary gap and not a bug.
- Does it work for Words with Friends or just Scrabble?
- Both. Words with Friends uses slightly different letter values, but the WORDS that can be built from a rack are the same. The score shown here is standard Scrabble — if you're playing WWF, use the words but score them yourself using your game's values.
- Is anything sent to a server?
- No. The dictionary lives in your browser; the search runs entirely on your device. We don't see your rack, your queries, or your results. Close the tab and it's gone.
