Type a set of letters and this anagram solver finds every word you can make from them, from short three letter words up to full anagrams that use every letter. Full anagrams are highlighted, results are grouped by length, and you can filter by length, letters that must appear, and how a word starts or ends.
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How to use the anagram solver
- Type up to 15 letters into the box. Spaces and capitals don't matter.
- For a blank tile that can stand for any letter, type a question mark. You can use more than one.
- Press Find words, or Enter.
- Open the filters if you need a certain length, a letter that must be used, or a fixed start or end.
Results are grouped by length, longest first. Inside each group, everyday words come first and rarer words are shown in lighter text. Any word that uses every one of your letters is highlighted and also listed in the box above the results.
Worked examples
Letters only: LISTEN
Type LISTEN and the solver finds 62 words of three letters or more. Five of them use all six letters: ENLIST, INLETS, LISTEN, SILENT and TINSEL. Below those you get five letter words like INLET and STEIN, then shorter ones like LENS, LINT, NEST, TILE and TEN.
With a blank: CANOE?
Add a blank and the list grows fast. CANOE? returns 354 words. The full six letter anagrams include BEACON, CANOED, CANOES, CORNEA, DEACON, OCEANS and OCTANE, each using the five real letters plus one letter supplied by the blank.
Now open the filters and type OC in Starts with. The list drops to 6 words: OCEANS and OCTANE at six letters, then OCEAN, OCREA and OCTAN, and OCH at three. That kind of filter is handy in crossword-style games where you already have the first letters.
Anagram, sub-anagram and unscramble
A true anagram rearranges all the letters: LISTEN becomes SILENT. A sub-anagram uses some of them: LISTEN gives you LENS and TILE. Most word games care about both. In Spelling Bee style puzzles any length counts, while a jumble or a scrambled-word clue wants every letter used once.
This page covers both cases. For one word that must use every letter, or several scrambled words at once, the Jumble solver is quicker. For hive-shaped puzzles with a required centre letter, use the Spelling Bee solver.
Tips for finding anagrams yourself
- Pull out common endings. If you see I, N and G, set them aside and look at what is left. The same works for ED, ER, LY and EST.
- Try common starts. RE, UN, DE and IN start a lot of words. Set two letters aside and the remaining pile is easier to read.
- Pair awkward letters early. A Q almost always wants a U, and letters like C and K or C and H often sit together.
- Write the letters in a circle. Seeing them out of their original order breaks the pattern your eye keeps locking onto.
- Use the must include filter for tricky tiles. If you need to play a Z or an X, type it in Must include and the solver lists only the words that use it.
Where an anagram finder helps
Tile games with a rack of letters, newspaper scrambles, word ladders, and classroom spelling games all reward spotting words in a jumble of letters. Wordle players use it too: if you know the five letters but not the order, type them in and look at the five letter group. When you also have coloured tiles to go on, the Wordle solver narrows things further.
Want a fresh set of letters to practise with? The random letter generator deals out letters, and the random word generator gives you a word to scramble for a friend.