Word list hub

Word Lists by Letter, Length, and Pattern

Word lists are most useful when they answer a real puzzle question. Sometimes you need all five-letter words. Sometimes you need a word ending in ing. Sometimes you need a high-value pattern such as qu. This hub explains the main list types and links into examples you can use inside the tool.

Common Words includes 35,867 cleaner entries for everyday searching. Game Words expands to 37,855 broader entries for Scrabble-style play and more specialist word-game situations.

Which list should you use?

  • Length lists help when a crossword or puzzle gives a fixed number of spaces.
  • Starting-letter lists help when the first letter is known.
  • Ending-letter lists help with suffixes, rhymes, and crossword tails.
  • Containing-letter lists help when a difficult tile or clue letter must be used.

Dictionary modes

Words starting with

Use starting-letter pages as a quick route into the data. They are available for visitors, but the fuller guide pages explain how to make better use of the results.

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Words by length

Useful word patterns