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Word Unscrambler
Unscramble letters into every possible word — wildcards, Scrabble points, filters.
Updated July 8, 2026
How to use the word unscrambler
- 1Enter your letters, using ? for blank tiles.
- 2Add optional filters — starts with, contains, minimum length.
- 3Unscramble, and browse results grouped by word length.
- 4Sort by points to find the highest-scoring plays.
Common uses
- Finding the best Scrabble or Words with Friends play from your rack
- Solving Jumble, Wordscapes, and anagram puzzles
- Narrowing Wordle candidates with the position filters
- Settling whether a challenged word is actually a word
Frequently asked questions
How do wildcards work?
Type ? for each blank tile (up to two, matching Scrabble's tile set). A wildcard can stand in for any letter the word still needs after your real tiles are used. Note the scoring subtlety: in actual Scrabble a blank scores zero, so the point values shown assume real tiles — a blank-using word scores less on the board than displayed.
Which word games does the dictionary cover?
It's a tournament-style list of the kind Scrabble, Words with Friends, Wordscapes, Jumble, and anagram games draw from — comprehensive enough to include the strange short words (QI, ZA, AA, XU) that decide close games. Individual games differ at the margins, so a rare word can occasionally be valid here but rejected by a specific game's dictionary, or vice versa.
Can it help with Wordle?
Yes, with the filters: put your confirmed and candidate letters in the letters box, a known first letter in starts-with, and known-position or known-present letters in contains, then read the 5-letter group. It's a candidate-narrower rather than a dedicated position-by-position solver — enough to break a stuck puzzle without automating the fun away.
Why sort by points instead of length?
Because length isn't score. J, Q, X, and Z are worth 8–10 points each, so JO (9) beats a seven-letter word of one-pointers played without bonuses. Points-sorting surfaces these — and learning the two-letter point bombs (QI, ZA, JO, XU, XI) is the single highest-leverage Scrabble improvement there is.
About this tool
The word unscrambler finds every word buildable from your letters, checked against a 270,000-word tournament-style dictionary — with up to two ? wildcards standing in for blank tiles, starts-with and contains filters, a minimum-length control, and results grouped by length with Scrabble point values on every word. Sorting by points instead of length reveals when a short J, X, Q, or Z word outscores a long vowel-heavy one. The dictionary loads from this site once and caches; your letters are never sent anywhere.
Like most tools on UtilityBase, the word unscrambler runs entirely in your browser — nothing you enter is uploaded or stored on a server. It's free to use with no account required. Browse more text tools here.
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