WORD FINDER.
CRUSH IT.

SOME LETTERS OR ALL LETTERS

Finder treats what you enter as a pool of available letters. A result may use the whole pool or only part of it. With APPLE, the English list includes APPLE as well as PALE, LEAP, PEAL, PLEA, PAL and LAP. This is different from an exact anagram search: Finder keeps useful shorter results instead of requiring every tile to be spent. See the worked search.

Letter frequency still matters. APPLE supplies one A, one L, one E and two Ps. A candidate can use no more than those amounts unless a blank supplies a missing letter. This rack cannot make APPLY because it contains no Y. Type ? for a blank: A, P, P, L and ? can make APPLE, with ? supplying E. Each ? covers one missing letter; multiple blanks can cover multiple missing letters. Results show the completed word. Anagram requires the exact entered letters and does not treat ? as a blank.

NARROW A LONG RESULT LIST

Start with every loose letter you want CHEATY to use, run the search, then add only the constraint you know. LENGTH keeps candidates with an exact number of characters. STARTS WITH and ENDS WITH are useful when the beginning or ending is fixed; CONTAINS keeps words with a particular letter sequence anywhere inside them. Active filters work together, so a five-letter result can also be required to end in E.

Filter letters must be supplied by your input tiles or blanks. To find words starting with A, your input needs an A or a blank that can supply it.

CHOOSE A USEFUL ORDER

LENGTH puts longer candidates first, with alphabetical order breaking ties. A–Z is better when you want to scan the list systematically. SCORE orders results by the selected language’s letter values, but it is only a letter-value comparison: CHEATY does not know a board layout, premium squares or game-specific bonuses. Letters supplied by ? count as zero; ordinary input tiles keep their built-in values. This is a simple tile-value estimate, not a full game score.

KNOW WHAT THE LISTS MEAN

EN searches a broad, game-oriented English word list bundled with CHEATY. DE searches a German word-game list and keeps ä, ö, ü and ß as distinct characters. Switching language changes the searched list, not the interface.

Neither list is an official Scrabble, tournament or licensed game dictionary. Open lists can include uncommon entries and can omit words another dictionary accepts. Treat a CHEATY result as a candidate, then use the rules and approved dictionary for the game or puzzle you are actually playing.

How does the word finder work?

Enter your letters and CHEATY finds words in the selected list that use some or all of them. Each ordinary tile can be used once; each ? can supply one missing letter. Results show the completed word, not a question mark.

Can a result use fewer letters than I entered?

Yes. Finder returns words that use some or all of your letters. Enter APPLE to find APPLE, PALE, LEAP, PEAL, PAL and LAP. Shorter results leave tiles unused. Without blanks, APPLY is excluded because the rack contains no Y, and repeated letters cannot appear in a result more often than in your input.

Can I find words by length?

Yes. Switch on the LENGTH filter and enter a number to see only 5 letter words, 6 letter words, 7 letter words or any other letter count your tiles allow.

What does the EN / DE switch change?

It changes only the word list the tool searches. EN searches English words, DE searches German words including Ä, Ö, Ü and ß. The website interface always stays in English.

What is the difference between Finder, Dictionary and Anagram?

Finder turns letters into words that use some or all of them. Anagram returns only words that use all entered letters with the exact same letter frequency. Dictionary looks up the meaning of one complete word.