Word Lists, Dictionaries & Word Tools
Word List Search Tools
Word List Database
Find words that match any pattern. Set the length, the letters, and where they sit, then get every valid word.
Words That Start With
List every word that begins with a specific letter or string, then filter by length.
Words That Contain
Find words that contain a given letter sequence anywhere inside them.
Words That End With
List every word that ends with a specific letter or string, useful for suffixes, rhymes, and puzzles.
Dictionaries & Reference
Dictionary
Look up any word to get its definition, part of speech, and example usage.
Rhyming Dictionary
Enter a word and find every word that rhymes with it, sorted by syllable count.
Word Checker
Check whether a word is valid in Scrabble and other word games before you play it.
List of Idioms
Browse common English idioms with their meanings, from A to Z.
Writing & Word Count Tools
Themed Word Lists
Words to Describe Someone
A sorted list of adjectives for describing people, split into positive and negative.
Words Without Vowels
Every valid word that contains no A, E, I, O, or U.
Q Words With No U
The full list of Q words that don't need a U, a lifesaver on a bad Scrabble rack.
Words With 3 Consecutive Vowels
Words that stack three vowels in a row, like "queue" and "beauty".
Words With the Most Vowels
High-vowel words ranked by vowel count, handy for clearing a vowel-heavy rack.
5-Letter Words With 3 Vowels
Every five-letter word with exactly three vowels, useful for Wordle openers.
5-Letter Words With 4 Vowels
Five-letter words packed with four vowels, from "adieu" to "ouija".
Which tool should I use?
If you have a set of letters or a pattern in mind, start with the Word List Database. It handles length, position, and letter constraints in one place. For a single pattern, the Words That Start With, Words That Contain, and Words That End With tools are faster and give you a cleaner list.
If you want to understand a word rather than find one, use the Dictionary for definitions or the Rhyming Dictionary for rhymes. Before you play a questionable word in Scrabble or Words With Friends, run it through the Word Checker to confirm it is valid.
If you are writing, the Word Counter gives you live word and character totals, Words to Minutes estimates speaking time, and Words to Pages estimates length. And if you just need a ready-made list, the themed word lists cover adjectives, vowel-heavy words, and the Scrabble-saving Q Words With No U.
How our word tools work
Most tools on this page run against a dictionary rather than generating words from scratch. When you enter letters or a pattern, the tool cross-references your input against one or more word lists and returns every valid match. The pattern-search tools let you narrow results by starting letter, ending letter, contained string, and length.
The dictionaries behind the tools include the TWL (the tournament word list used in North American Scrabble), SOWPODS (the Collins Scrabble Words list used internationally), and a general English dictionary. Where a tool supports it, you can switch dictionaries in the settings, which changes whether obscure or region-specific words appear in your results.
Tips for getting better results
Start broad, then filter. Run your letters through the Word List Database first to see everything, then use the starts-with, contains, and ends-with filters to narrow a long list down to the handful you need.
Check before you play. If a word looks risky, the Word Checker confirms whether it is valid in TWL or SOWPODS before you commit it to the board. This is faster than looking it up in the full Dictionary.
Use the vowel lists to clear a bad rack. A rack stacked with vowels is hard to play. The Words With the Most Vowels and Q Words With No U lists are built for exactly that situation.
Match the counter to the task. Use Words to Minutes for anything you will read aloud, like a speech or a presentation, and Words to Pages for anything you will hand in, like an essay or a report.
More Free Tools
For anagram solvers and word unscramblers, see Anagram Tools. For cipher decoders and code translators, see Cipher Tools. For reference lists and Scrabble strategy, see Scrabble Word Lists. For free puzzle makers and worksheet generators, see Teacher Tools. For online word games, see the Games Hub.
Frequently Asked Questions
The hub covers three jobs: finding words, looking words up, and measuring text. You can search for words by pattern (start, contain, end, length), get a definition or a rhyme, check whether a word is valid for Scrabble, count words and characters, and estimate reading or page length. Every tool is free and needs no account.
Use the dedicated tools for each pattern: Words That Start With, Words That Contain, and Words That End With. Enter your letter or string, and each returns every valid word matching that position. For combined constraints, the Word List Database lets you set several rules at once.
Most tools run against one of three word lists: TWL (the Tournament Word List used in North American Scrabble), SOWPODS (the international Collins Scrabble Words list), and a general English dictionary. The list you pick affects which words appear, since SOWPODS includes many words TWL does not.
The Dictionary tells you what a word means. The Word Checker tells you whether a word is playable in a word game. If you only need to know that "za" or "qi" is valid in Scrabble, the Word Checker answers faster. If you want the meaning, use the Dictionary.
It is based on average speaking rate. Most people read a prepared speech aloud at roughly 130 to 150 words per minute, so a 1,000-word speech runs about seven minutes. The Words to Minutes tool lets you adjust the rate for a faster or slower delivery.
It converts your word count using standard assumptions about font, size, and spacing. As a rule of thumb, 500 words fills about one single-spaced page or two double-spaced pages in 12-point Times New Roman. The Words to Pages tool lets you change those settings to match your assignment.
An idiom is a phrase whose meaning cannot be worked out from the individual words, like "kick the bucket" or "under the weather". Our List of Idioms collects common English idioms alongside their meanings so you can browse them in one place.
Yes. Words like "qi", "qat", and "qadi" are valid without a U, which makes them useful when you draw a Q but no U in Scrabble. The full set is on the Q Words With No U list.
Vowel-heavy openers like "adieu", "audio", and "ouija" test several vowels at once, which is a common Wordle strategy. Browse the 5-Letter Words With 4 Vowels and 5-Letter Words With 3 Vowels lists for the full set.
Yes. The Rhyming Dictionary takes any word and returns words that rhyme with it, sorted by syllable count so you can find a one-syllable or multi-syllable match.
Yes. Every tool on this hub is completely free, with no account or usage limit, and all of them work in any modern browser on phones, tablets, and desktops.