Puzzle Cottage
Every English word of a given length, alphabetized. Useful for Wordle (5-letter), Word Scramble (6-letter), and crossword fills of any length.
Drilling into the 5-letter set by initial letter — useful when you need a Wordle starter beginning with a specific letter, or you’re narrowing an answer set after a green tile in position 1.
High-value letters in Scrabble (Z, Q, X, J each worth 8–10 points). When you need a specific letter for an anagram answer or a Wordle guess testing whether a rare letter is in play.
Curated lists for the two most-searched word games.
About these word lists
All lists are derived from the ENABLE word list (Enhanced North American Benchmark LExicon), the public-domain ~173,000-word dictionary that has served as the historical basis for North American Scrabble’s Tournament Word List, Words With Friends, and most free word-game software. We use the 1–8 letter subset (~80,000 words) as the validation source for Word Scramble and Anagram Race.
Words flagged as predominantly proper nouns (HARRY, PETER, JIMMY, JENNY, etc.) are filtered out — technically valid in Scrabble but most players read them as names and feel cheated when accepted in word games. Common nouns that double as names (HOLLY, DOLLY, PENNY, MARTIN, TERRY, BOBBY) stay.
How to use these lists
For Wordle: the 5-letter list is the closest analog to Wordle’s allowed-guess pool. Wordle’s actual answer list is curated and shorter (~2,315 words). For starting-word strategy, see best Wordle starting words.
For Scrabble: Use the full Scrabble word list to find high-value plays. Letters Z (10), Q (10), X (8), J (8), K (5) score well; longer words triple via word-multipliers.
For anagram games: Cross-reference your letter set against the appropriate length list to find candidates. Our anagram strategy guide covers the mental techniques that work faster than scanning a list.
For crosswords: The starting-letter pages help when you have a known first letter. Pair with the rare-letter pages when one constraint cell holds Z, Q, X, or J.