Word Finder
last updated Jan 7, 2009
v1.7, 2006.02.12 by Robert Giordano
This utility will find words with any combination of listed parameters.
For example, you can find all 6 letter words that start with "d" and end with "n".
Find words that rhyme by searching for words that end with the same letters.
If you enter letters into the "Unscramble" box, the other fields will be ignored
and the program will find any words that can be formed from those letters. Unscramble
now finds combinations of two words if "all possible" checked.
Directions and Tips
- NEW! Try the Word Pattern Finder if you need wildcards, include, and exclude.
- Searches return a maximum of 200 words, 400 for unscrambles.
- To find words that rhyme, enter the last few letters of a word in the "Ends with" box.
- Use the "Length" menu to limit the number of letters in the words being searched. If you only want to find 4 letter words, select "4 letters". If you want to find words of any length, up to and including 8 letters, select "8 letters" and check the "or less" box.
- The "Contains" box works two ways. Enter "cat" with the checkbox unchecked, and you'll find words
like "catch", "locate", and "tomcat". If "any order" is checked, you'll find words containing the letters
"c", "a", and "t", in any order, like "cadet", "exact", and "teach".
Complex Example:
If you wanted to find words that begin with "a", end with "s" and contain "a" and "i" in the middle of the word, enter "a" in "Begins with", "s" in "Ends with", and "aai" in "Contains" with "any order" checked. The two a's are necessary if you want words that begin with "a" AND have another "a" somewhere in the middle. You'll find "airbags", "animals", and "aviators". - The "Unscramble" box ignores all other fields. Normally it will attempt to find words that use all of the letters entered. For help with a game like SCRABBLE®, check "all possible" to find all words that can be made from any number of the letters entered. Remember, the output is limited to 400 words to keep our server bandwidth under control. =)
- Wildcards or Missing Letters?
To unscramble a word when one or more letters are missing:
1. Enter the known letters in the "Contains" box instead of "Unscramble".
2. Check "any order".
3. Select the total number of letters in the word from the "Length" menu.
For example, if you had 4 letters and a wildcard, "e?tca", you would enter "etca" in the "Contains" box, check "any order" and select a Length of "5 Letters". - Crossword Puzzles
Use the "Length" menu with a combination of "Begins with", "Ends with", or "Contains", depending on what letters in the crossword are filled in. Uncheck "any order".
History
The programming for this page was originally written in GFA-Basic by Robert Giordano on an
Atari TT030
while he was in college. His program would spellcheck in real time
as you typed, on a 32mhz computer, using a 99,000 word dictionary! People using Windows 95 were
amazed... and jealous. In 2001, he converted some of the code to ASP and
created a web page on gallery215.com but
it was not available to the public. In 2005, the ASP version was converted to PHP for this
site using the ASP Translator and a few tweaks.
SCRABBLE is a trademark of Hasbro in the United States and Canada.
Scrabble rights elsewhere in the world are held by J.W. Spear and Sons, PLC.
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[48 Comments]
Message from Rob G
26 Jan 2006 2:12am
"Look at some of the fun things "giordano" spells...
arid goon, doing oar, door gain, good rain, goon raid, iran good, nog radio, oar dingo, rio gonad... lol
Don't forget to try the spellcheck page where you can check for spelling errors in your blogs, myspace profile, or any other text. It has an optional slang wordlist that other spellcheckers don't have!"
Inventor of SCRABBLE
27 Jan 2006 5:07pm
"Read about the inventor of the popular board game, Alfred Mosher Butts in this Wikipedia article."
Lifesaver
30 Jan 2006 6:21pm
"This site is awesome. Overloaded 6th grader (and parents) used site to whip out tough homework assignment. Actually learned some new terms instead of tears and excuse letter to teacher. Thanks!!!!!!"
Buddy you are the best
20 Mar 2006 8:15pm
"You saved me and my son loads of time working on crosswords and scrambled word puzzles thanks"
Could not get the answer??
05 Jun 2006 11:35am
"tried to unscramble the word- OICURMT but did not find the word i was looking for.... However, interesting site.."
Re.. Could not get the answer??
05 Jun 2006 4:25pm
"I tried OICURMT on several other popular sites and did not get any results for a single word. Do you know if it should unscramble to an English word? Also, did you try it with the "all possible" checkbox checked? It does unscramble to some two-word combinations then."
trishy0470
26 Jun 2006 3:56pm
"I came in here last night for help unscrambling a word for a contest. It gave me some interesting answers. Now that I have more clues for the word that I need to unscramble... It might be easier. But when I put in for a 6 letter word or less and have everything put in that I want in.. and click the button it changes my settings back to any length. Why? Otherwise, this thing is really cool!"
Re: trishy0470
26 Jun 2006 9:17pm
"When you select the unscramble feature, all of the other fields are ignored. Unless you check "all possible", it will always try to find words that use the exact number of letters you enter."
thanks
08 Aug 2006 4:12pm
"You helped me spell parachute! Thanks a ton!"
Alex
05 Nov 2006 12:50pm
"Gees. Great stuff. Do you have a downloadable version? It's VERY VERY VERY VERY COOL. No other unscramble program will be able to beat yours."
Destiny M. Sims
08 Jan 2007 8:48pm
"Thank you SOOOOO much. Without this I don`t know what I would do. THANK YOU!!!!!"
THIS site Rocks!
01 Feb 2007 8:14pm
"You're a genius. I was helping my sis with her homework and discovered your site. Thanks a bunch. I'll definitely bookmark this site."
spelling
29 Mar 2007 3:00pm
"you got me free ice cream thanks"
Atari TT
04 Apr 2007 8:56pm
"I love the history! The Atari ST/TT platform was awesome. I still miss my Falcon030!"
OICURMT
12 Apr 2007 12:50pm
"OICURMT = Oh I See You Are Empty ;P"
Virginia
15 Apr 2007 8:39am
"You have helped to "unscramble" my head!!"
mtnman
30 Apr 2007 5:33pm
"thx - helped my son with his homework: find twelve words containing each of the five vowels."
someone
17 May 2007 5:28pm
"you saved my homework"
Life Saver
05 Jun 2007 12:43pm
"Stupid Six Letter Anagrams ~Thanks ~_~"
dragonflychic78
28 Jun 2007 1:28pm
"This site is AWESOME!!! I have saved it to 'My Fav's' and will probably use this site a lot in the future. Thanks again! :)"
2nd grade English
13 Sep 2007 4:30am
"This site rocks."
I can't figure this out!!!
19 Sep 2007 1:56pm
"The question is: Why did the mobster's tailor quit?
It was a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (2 words)
the letters are L I O Y A S J M
Thank you!"
RE: I can't figure this out!!!
06 Jan 2008 3:25pm
"mobster tailor puzzle:
It was a SMALL JOB! the letters you have are wrong!"
love site
08 Jan 2008 12:52pm
"helped me a lot on homework. peace out word finder brothers!!!!!!!!!"
Truely Amazing
29 Jan 2008 8:29pm
"All I can say is... wow! I had a homework assignment where we were asked simple questions, and had to indirectly use the answers. Like if root beer was your answer, you must use it like: parenting is the ROOT, BE ERroneous. Now I have some great ones, like Peter Pan is "trumPETER PANcake", and Pokemon is "do not POKE MONo infected people" I'm recommending this site to everyone I know!"
Excellent
31 Jan 2008 6:30am
"I checked another site, which couldn't unscramble my word. Your site did in less than a second. Wonderful!"
Super Awesome Person
31 Jan 2008 5:44pm
"You guys r GREAT!!!! You help me with all of my word of the week homework! And you even made me get a homework pass!! No math for me!! Thanks!! You Rock :D!!!"
zomg!
02 Feb 2008 2:59pm
"This site is awesome! You saved my mother and I loads of time on a difficult word jumble! Thanks!"
interligent
08 Feb 2008 2:50pm
"hi"
Suggestion
12 Feb 2008 6:05pm
"In the next version perhaps you could add an exclude box ie. a 6 letter word that starts with "s", contains "a", and exclude/doesn't have "eiouy". Would be great in a hangman games, when you have too little clue and wasted too many letters.
[Update from Robert Giordano]
I just built a new utility with wildcards, include, exclude, and pattern search.
Try my Word Pattern Finder. =)"
Stacey
18 Feb 2008 6:34pm
"wow that was fast and easy! all of the other places i went to couldnt find them! thanks!!!!"
Awesome
29 Feb 2008 12:16pm
"I got all my homework done in ten minutes using this! u guys r awesome"
Samantha
03 Mar 2008 5:48pm
"thanks for the help! I use this site every week! it helps a bunch!"
unscramble
16 Apr 2008 11:53pm
"SAMICONFEROK Unscramble for a name of a book that was described as one that brought pop culture and economics together. Can anyone comment on this?"
homework sux
25 May 2008 10:52pm
"dis thing rox. i did all my homework in like 10 mins =D!!!!"
Great
20 Jun 2008 7:24am
"Used this to unscramble words in Bully game Ps2 . It worked great. Made my grandson happy"
Word Freak
27 Jun 2008 5:22am
"thanks for your help. I love scrambled word games, was really a great help."
Rob
04 Jul 2008 5:46am
"I need to unscramble YELDAREBN to form two words. Any one know ?"
KUYA
14 Jul 2008 2:47am
"this site gives me & my sister an A+ in school"
Does not Contain
05 Aug 2008 3:02am
"It is good, is there any option of "does not contain" these letters and find the words?
[Reply from Robert Giordano]
Yes, try my new Word Pattern Finder. It should do what you need. =)"
chad
23 Sep 2008 8:31am
"this is a great site"
cee cee
07 Nov 2008 4:07am
"this is a great website!!!"
Chevy
10 Nov 2008 6:34am
"OCKSTRADTEICKLCS What is it unscrambled?"
Jumble and Scram-lets
12 Feb 2009 5:20am
"This is a wonderful website! I love it for assistance with unscrambling words and not having to wait until the next day for the newspaper to print the answers to Jumble and Scram-let. You are a genius!"
mollyfish
22 Feb 2009 11:41am
"WOW! I don't know how you pulled this site off, but its just- amazing."
I'm spiffed
09 Mar 2009 8:54am
"What a spiffing website!"
Pimp
31 Mar 2009 2:16pm
"This site is pimpin'. Hehe, im talking gangsterish!!! This site is amazing!!!!"
Nice
27 May 2009 4:22pm
"This is a nice website, but there are a few things that i try to unscramble and it does not work, here they are: RGIXOAEANLREISEBPCS IEOCFFEORMMDNENC AHFTREAGCEON DTEMNPEIAEGRCILA NTFTSOOITAIINICNCE"
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