Scrabble

Scrabble is a board game where the goal is to form words by placing letters on the board to score as many points as possible. Each letter has a point value, and special spaces on the game board can multiply the value of letters or words. Scrabble is a strategy and vocabulary game played around the world, with each version of the game having its own official dictionary of valid words.

The Scrabble Solver helps players quickly find valid words from a set of letters. By analyzing all possible combinations, it provides a list of usable words.

Enter the 7 letters of the draw to obtain the best solutions. A wild card (a white piece with no letters) is denoted by a character like ?, -, or *.

Solver handles usable letters on the board (optional), either separately or like a pattern of multiple letters (e.g. to extend a word).

— Attach a word to a letter already placed

— Extend an existing word, or use a set of letters or a specific pattern to integrate a new word

Enter a word in the dictionary input to check if it exists or not in official word lists.

Consulting the dictionary before entering a word is generally considered cheating. According to the official rules, this must be checked after playing.

In the USA, NWL is the official word lists, outside the US, CSW is widely used.

Be careful, however: some Scrabble games, apps, or software are not yet up to date. They use older versions of the official lists, which may result in the rejection of words that are perfectly valid according to the latest editions.

Official books are available here (affiliate link) or here (affiliate link) and electronic version is here (affiliate link)

Click on a word in order to get its definition (a tooltip will appear).

Dictionaries are managed by their editors, only them can choose which word is valid or not.

Collins Scrabble Words (formerly SOWPODS) is used for English tournament (except in the USA which uses Official Tournament and Club Word List)

dCode's Scrabble solver consults these dictionaries to determine the validity of words.

A blocker is a word which cannot be extended by other letters. Blockers (non-extendable words by the right or by the left) are indicated with a vertical bar | (Stop).

Using non-extendable words ensures that the opponent will not easily score points by repeating this word and adding one or more letters.

Words can be sorted by points, by length, or even by alphabetical order. Click on a column header to invert order (ascending, descending).

The number of points depends on the letters but also of the position of the word on the board. Letters of the English version have the following values:

If a player plays its 7 letters (anagram called Bingo), then he gets a 50 points bonus.

In the solver, the number of points ignores the letters already on the board and eventual bonus marks (such as double or triple words).

There is no perfect letter draw, but some draws are more favorable than others.

The letters that allows the most Scrabbles are:

AEINRST that can form 11 anagrams: ANESTRI, ANTSIER, NASTIER, RATINES, RESIANT, RETAINS, RETINAS, RETSINA, STAINER, STARNIE, STEARIN

AEGINST also 11 words: EASTING, EATINGS, GAINEST, GENISTA, INGATES, INGESTA, SEATING, TAGINES, TANGIES, TEASING, TSIGANE

EORSSTU can form 10 words: ESTROUS, OESTRUS, OUSTERS, SOUREST, SOUTERS, STOURES, TORUSES, TOUSERS, TROUSES, TUSSORE

AEGINRS with 10 words: ANGRIES, EARINGS, ERASING, GAINERS, GRAINES, REAGINS, REGAINS, REGINAS, SEARING, SERINGA

ADEIRST with 10 words: ARIDEST, ASTERID, ASTRIDE, DIASTER, DISRATE, STAIDER, STAIRED, TARDIES, TIRADES, TRADIES

On the other hand, these are not letters that earn a lot of points.

The words that earn the most points in Scrabble are usually long, use high-value letters (like J, Q, X, or Z), and are placed on special spaces on the board to obtain multipliers.

The words METHOXYBENZENES and OXYPHENBUTAZONE (41 pts), METHOXYBENZENE (40 pts), PHOTOXYLOGRAPHY (39 pts) or CHROMOXYLOGRAPH, HYDROXYZINES, PSYCHOANALYZING, SCHIZOPHYCEOUS, SUBJECTIVIZING, XYLOTYPOGRAPHIC, ZYGOPHYLLACEOUS are the theoretically highest score achievable, building on 7 other words already on the grid (and possible jokers).

To know how many A, E or Z is there at Scrabble, there is the table of appearance of each letter at Scrabble. 100 tiles (2 blanks) in the English version:

What is the value of the Joker at the end of a game?

Addition of the value of the remaining letters of the opponent is calculated (a joker is 0). The result is then subtracted from the opponent score and added to the player score.

Is it possible to use 2 jokers in one word at Scrabble?

Yes, it is possible to use two jokers in a single word at Scrabble, indeed, the solver can handle this exceptional case of 2 blank tiles.

Does a joker on a special square cancels its effect?

No, for a triple-word or double-word square, the value of the word is double or tripled. For a double-letter or a triple-letter square, then as a joker equals zero, this has no bonus.

Can I choose an already played rare letter as a wildcard tile (like Z)?

Yes, the joker can take any value, including a letter that has not been played yet or a letter already played.

Is it possible to replace a blank by its letter during a game?

No, any square is played definitively. If a joker is used on the table for a given word, no one can remove it and replace it by the corresponding letter. This is cheating.

Can I start a word with a blank?

Yes, the joker tile can replace any letter, and can be used anywhere in the word.

A red square (triple word) can be used twice?

No, a triple-word square can only be used once, but it can multiply 2 words in the same time if two words are simultaneously played or completed on a red cell. In this case, the values of the 2 words are multiplied by 3.

What to do if there are no possible moves?

If, at the end of a game, some letters remain impossible to play, players have to pass 6 times (3 times each) for the game to end. They have to subtract from their score, the value of their remaining letters.

Which player starts the game?

For a first match, each player randomly select a letter (the toss), the player who gets the smallest letter (the closer to A) in alphabetical order (joker does not count), will be able to draw its 7 letters and start the game.
For a rematch, it is the player who had lost the toss which draws its letters first and starts playing.
For a third match, another random selection is made (but some rules states that the player that has lost the previous game starts).

Can I write a word upside down or read it from the bottom?

No, words should be written from left to right or from top to bottom only.

Can I write the first word anywhere?

No, the first word played must necessarily have a letter on the star cell in the center of the board.

Classic Scrabble is a board game where players create words from a letter board of their own. Scrabble Duplicate is a variation where all players have the same letters. The goal is to find the best possible word which will then be placed on the board before the next letter draw.