What is a word unscrambler?

A word unscrambler takes a jumble of letters and lists every dictionary word you can spell from them, including shorter words that use only some of the tiles. It is the fast way to solve Scrabble racks, Words With Friends hands, anagram puzzles, and jumble games.

How do I unscramble letters into words?

Type your scrambled letters into the box. The tool instantly checks every combination against its dictionary and groups the matches by length, longest first. Use a question mark for a blank tile, and filter by starts-with, contains, or ends-with to narrow the list.

Can I use a blank or wildcard tile?

Yes. Enter a question mark for each blank or wildcard tile and it will stand in for any letter, exactly like a blank tile in Scrabble or Words With Friends. You can mix fixed letters and blanks in the same query.

Does the unscrambler show point values?

Every result shows its standard Scrabble tile score so you can spot the highest-scoring play at a glance. The score uses the classic English tile values, where Q and Z are worth 10 and most vowels are worth 1.

Does it work for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble?

Yes. The letter logic is the same in both games, so the unscrambler finds valid plays for either. The tile scores shown use standard Scrabble values; Words With Friends uses slightly different point values, so treat the scores as a guide rather than an exact WWF total.

How do I unscramble a word with a blank tile?

Put a question mark in place of the blank. The tool fills it with whichever letter completes a real word, and it can handle more than one blank at once, so two question marks cover a double-blank rack.

Why are very long or rare words missing?

The unscrambler checks against a built-in dictionary of about 3,000 common English words. Tournament Scrabble lists run to nearly 200,000 entries, so an obscure but legal play such as a rare two-letter word may not appear here.

Are two-letter words included?

Yes. The dictionary includes the short two-letter words that matter most in tile games, such as QI, ZA, and XU. Raise the minimum-length filter to 3 or more if you only want substantial words.

Is anything I type sent to a server?

No. The dictionary is bundled with the page and every match is computed in your browser. Your letters never leave your device, so you can use it during a live game without sharing your rack.

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Word unscrambler

Paste your jumbled letters and get every word you can spell from them, sorted longest first with Scrabble scores. Built for Scrabble, Words With Friends, anagram puzzles, and the daily jumble. Blank-tile wildcards and starts/ends filters included.

Enter your scrambled letters

Up to 15 letters. Use ? as a wildcard for a blank tile.

Minimum length

Starts with

Contains

Ends with

Type a jumble of letters above to see every word you can spell with them, sorted longest first.

Words are matched against a built-in common-English dictionary of about 3,000 words, scored with standard Scrabble tile values for reference. Tournament word lists are larger, so a rare valid play may not appear. Everything runs in your browser; nothing you type is uploaded.

About the Word unscrambler

The word unscrambler takes a jumble of letters and returns every word in its dictionary that you can spell from them. Type the seven tiles from your Scrabble rack, the hand you were dealt in Words With Friends, or the scrambled letters from a newspaper jumble, and it lists the matches grouped by length, longest first, each tagged with its Scrabble tile score. It is the quickest way to break a stuck rack, settle a what-words-can-I-make argument, or check that the long bonus word you are eyeing is actually valid.

Unlike a plain anagram tool, the unscrambler does not insist on using all of your letters. It returns the long words that use every tile and the shorter words hiding inside them, so you can see both the high-scoring play and the safe little word that empties your worst tiles. Filters for starts-with, contains, and ends-with let you fit a word onto an existing letter on the board.

How to use it

Type or paste your scrambled letters into the box. Spaces, numbers, and punctuation are ignored, so a messy paste still works.
Add a question mark for each blank or wildcard tile; it will stand in for any single letter, exactly like a blank in Scrabble.
Read the results grouped by length, longest first. The number after each group heading tells you how many words of that length exist.
Use the minimum-length dropdown to hide the two- and three-letter noise when you only care about bonus-length plays.
Narrow the list with the starts-with, contains, or ends-with filters when you need a word that hooks onto a letter already on the board.
Click Copy all to grab the whole list, then scan the Scrabble scores beside each word to pick the highest-value play your board allows.

Examples

Breaking a stuck Scrabble rack

Enter the rack RSTLANE and the tool surfaces the seven-letter bonus words ANTLERS and RENTALS, then the six-letter fallbacks ANTLER, RENTAL, and LEARNS beneath them, down to five-letter plays like ALTER and ASTER. Seeing the bingo and the safe shorter plays together lets you choose between a big swing and a guaranteed score.

Using a blank tile

Type CA?E with the question mark as a blank. The unscrambler treats the blank as any letter and returns CAGE, CAKE, CAME, CANE, CAPE, CARE, CASE, and CAVE, so you can see every word the blank could complete before you commit the tile to the board.

Fitting a word onto the board

You have the letters GRONUD and an open square you can only reach with a word ending in D. Type GRONUD, set ends-with to D, and the tool narrows to words like GROUND and ROUND that end in the letter you can reach, instead of dumping the full unfiltered list.

Frequently asked questions

Does it work for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble?: Yes. The letter logic is the same in both games, so the unscrambler finds valid plays for either. The tile scores shown use standard Scrabble values; Words With Friends uses slightly different point values, so treat the scores as a guide rather than an exact WWF total.
How do I unscramble a word with a blank tile?: Put a question mark in place of the blank. The tool fills it with whichever letter completes a real word, and it can handle more than one blank at once, so two question marks cover a double-blank rack.
Why are very long or rare words missing?: The unscrambler checks against a built-in dictionary of about 3,000 common English words. Tournament Scrabble lists run to nearly 200,000 entries, so an obscure but legal play such as a rare two-letter word may not appear here.
Are two-letter words included?: Yes. The dictionary includes the short two-letter words that matter most in tile games, such as QI, ZA, and XU. Raise the minimum-length filter to 3 or more if you only want substantial words.
Is anything I type sent to a server?: No. The dictionary is bundled with the page and every match is computed in your browser. Your letters never leave your device, so you can use it during a live game without sharing your rack.

Good to know

An unscrambler is a learning aid as much as a cheat. Run your own rack after a game and you start to recognise the high-frequency letter patterns: the ING and TION endings, the way an S or a blank multiplies your options, and the handful of vowel-heavy two-letter words that rescue a clogged rack. Players who study the lists improve faster than players who only memorise word charts.

Where it stops being useful is the parts of word games that are not about the letters in your hand. It cannot see the board, so it does not know which squares are open, where the double- and triple-word bonuses sit, or which play leaves your opponent a juicy opening. Treat the result as a menu of legal words, then bring your own judgement about placement, defence, and which tiles you want to keep for next turn.