Scrabble Word Finder

Reading the scores

The number beside each word is the sum of its tile values using the standard English distribution — the one printed on the tiles in the box. It does not include double-letter, triple-word or any other premium square, because those depend on where you put the word and this page cannot see your board. Add those yourself; the face value is the part that is knowable.

The bingo is usually the answer

Playing all seven tiles scores an extra 50 points. In practice that is larger than almost any premium-square play you will find with a shorter word, so a highlighted seven-letter result is nearly always worth taking even if a five-letter word scores higher before the bonus. Those results are marked in amber.

Blanks cost you more than people think

A blank scores zero. Using one to spell a high-value letter does not earn you that letter's points — a blank standing in for a Z is still worth nothing. This finder accounts for that, subtracting the word's most expensive letter for each blank consumed. It also means a blank is usually better saved for a bingo than spent on a mid-value word.

Playing off the board

Real turns almost never use the rack alone; you build through a letter already on the board. Two ways to model that here:

• Add the board letter to your rack, then use Contains to require it. You get words that use it somewhere in the middle.
• Use Starts with or Ends with when you are hooking onto the front or back of an existing word.

The short words are worth memorising

Close games are decided by two- and three-letter words far more often than by long ones — they are what lets you play parallel to an existing word and score it twice. Our two-letter list is short enough to learn in an afternoon, and the three-letter list is the single highest-value thing a club player memorises.