The best Wordle starting words, and why
Which letters appear in the most five letter words, counted from our own list, and what actually makes a first guess good.
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Guides, word lists and small tools for Scrabble and Words with Friends.
What is a hook in Scrabble?
One letter that turns a word on the board into another word, scoring both. How front and back hooks work, and why the S is worth saving.
Scrabble vs Words with Friends: every difference that costs points
Twelve letters are worth different amounts, the bags are not the same, the bonus is 35 instead of 50, and the word list is a different list.
Words with no vowels
The words that rescue a rack with no A, E, I, O or U, with points and the dictionaries that accept each one.
Words with Q and no U
The full list from our dictionary, with Scrabble and Words with Friends points, and which word lists accept each one.
Scrabble Word Finder browser extension
A browser assistant for online word games: it reads the tiles on your rack and finds playable words without retyping them.
Words with Friends score calculator
Count the points a word scores in Words with Friends, including double and triple squares and the bingo bonus.
Two letter Scrabble words
The full list of valid two letter words with points. These are the words that let you play parallel to an existing word and score twice.
Words removed from OTCWL2018
Words that were dropped from the Official Tournament and Club Word List, and what our dictionary says about them today.
Which dictionary does Scrabble use? CSW24, NWL2023 and OSPD compared
The four word lists that decide whether a word is playable: who publishes each one, how many words it holds, where the original lives, and which list applies where.