FAQ
Questions and answers
Where do the words come from?
From ENABLE, a word list released into the public domain for use in word games. It has about 172,000 entries. We removed a small number of slurs so the site suits all ages. Words are marked as “everyday” when they also appear in the common-English levels of the SCOWL word lists.
Is this the official dictionary for my game?
No. Tournament word lists are owned and licensed by others, and each game has its own rules. ENABLE overlaps heavily with what most games accept, but it is not identical. Treat Letters to Word as a helper, not a referee.
How are the points worked out?
Each letter has a value from 1 to 10 based on how rare it is in our word list. E and S are worth 1; Q and J are worth 10. A word’s points are the sum of its letters, with blanks counting as zero. These are Letters to Word’s own numbers, not any game’s official scores, and they ignore bonus squares.
How do blank tiles work?
Type a question mark for each blank tile, up to three. The solver fills each blank with whatever letter makes a word. In the results, letters that came from a blank are underlined, and they add no points.
Why do some words look lighter?
Lighter words are valid in the list but not common in everyday English. They are still shown, just after the familiar ones, because rare words are often exactly what a word game needs.
Can I search without any letters?
Yes. Leave the letters box empty and use a filter: a pattern such as c??ck, a starting or ending letter group, or a length. Letters to Word then searches the whole list.
Does Letters to Word work offline?
Once the page and word list have loaded, all solving happens on your device. You only need a connection to load the page and to fetch definitions.
Where do the definitions come from?
When you tap a word, Letters to Word asks the Free Dictionary API for a short definition. That service draws on Wiktionary. If it has nothing, you can open the full Wiktionary entry with one tap.
Is the five-letter helper only for Wordle?
It works with any game where you guess a five-letter word and get told which letters are right, misplaced or absent. Letters to Word is not connected to any of those games.
Do you store what I type?
No. Your letters are processed in your browser and never sent to us. The only thing that leaves your device is a word you tap for a definition, which goes to the dictionary service. See the privacy policy.