Find words for crosswords, Scrabble and word games
Guidance · Vol. III · 6 questions
How to get the most out of Crossword Path — from pattern search and letter filters to anagrams, clues, and word lists.
§ 1 · Pattern search
Crossword Path searches English words, definitions, and curated clues. If you have some letters in place, use pattern search: enter the letters you know and leave unknown squares open, or type question marks in the text field.
§ 2 · Letter filter
Pattern search requires the word to have the same length as the pattern and the letters in the right positions. Example: s?o?e finds words such as “scope”, “slope”, “stone”, and “store”.
Example · 5 letters · unknown squares left open
§ 3 · Anagrams
Anagram search uses the letters you have and finds English words that can be made from a subset of them. It works well for Scrabble-style games and crossword moments where the letters seem scrambled.
Try anagram search →§ 4 · Length filters
Only know how many letters the answer has? Use the word index to browse 2- to 15-letter words, or choose the same length as a filter in contains and anagram search.
§ 5 · Daily crossword
Daily crosswords are short practice puzzles. Use them to learn clue tone, repeated short answers, and the letter patterns that show up across many grids.
Open the daily crossword§ 6 · Word list
The English app combines Open English WordNet, SCOWL forms, frequency signals, and curated clue data. Ranking pushes ordinary, crossword-useful entries ahead of stranger dictionary edge cases.
Read about the word list§ 7 · Frequently asked questions
Pattern search is for answers where you know some letters but not all of them. Use the letter boxes for the positions you know and leave the unknown ones blank, or type a pattern like s?o?e.
Pattern search respects both length and position. Contains search finds words that include the letters you enter somewhere in the word. Anagram search finds every word you can build from the letters you have available.
Yes. Anagram mode is especially useful for Scrabble, Wordfeud, and similar games because it finds playable words from a rack of letters.
The daily crossword is meant to be a compact puzzle you can solve on mobile or desktop. Older editions stay available in the archive.
We try to push common, crossword-useful entries higher. Curated clue coverage and frequency signals help ordinary words appear ahead of strange dictionary edge cases.
No. The site is designed to be free to use without registration.