Solving an anagram
An anagram uses every letter exactly once. Type the scrambled letters, then choose Use every letter. For raeth you will see earth, heart and hater, among others.
If nothing appears, no single word in our list uses that exact set. Letters to Word offers to show shorter words instead, which is handy when a puzzle answer is two words: find one word, remove its letters, and solve what is left.
Planning a word-game move
Your rack
Enter the tiles you hold in any order. Leave Any length selected to see everything you can make, longest first. Everyday words are listed before obscure ones, so the first few in each group are usually the safest plays.
Blank tiles
Type ? for each blank, up to three. Letters filled by a blank are shown underlined and in italics, and they score nothing, which matches how blanks work in most tile games.
Letters already on the board
Say the board has an R you could build through. Put r in Contains and tick Filter letters are already on the board. Letters to Word then lets words use that R without taking it from your rack. Use Starts with or Ends with to hook onto the start or end of a word.
Points
The small number beside each word is our own points estimate. Letters that are rare in English, like Q, J and X, are worth more. It is a quick way to compare options, but it is not the official scoring of any game, and it ignores bonus squares. Choose Most points first to sort by it.
Filling a crossword gap
Leave the letters box empty and open the filters. Type a Pattern using ? for each unknown square. ?a?e? finds five-letter words with A second and E fourth, such as baker and later. Add Contains or Ends with if you know more.
Five-letter guessing games
The five-letter helper works differently from the main solver. Add each guess you made. Every letter starts as “not in the word”; tap it once if the game showed it in the word but misplaced, or twice if it is in the right spot.
The list updates straight away. “Strong next guesses” are words that still fit and whose letters split the remaining options most evenly, which is usually the quickest way to the answer.
Sharing a search
Every search is saved in the page address. Copy the link from your browser to send someone exactly the same letters and filters.
About the word list. Letters to Word uses ENABLE, a large public-domain list built for word games, with a handful of slurs removed. It is broad and includes rare words. Different games accept different words, so if a play matters, check it against the rules of the game you are playing.