WORD FINDER.
CRUSH IT.

SOME LETTERS OR ALL LETTERS

Finder treats what you enter as a pool of available letters. A result may use the whole pool or only part of it. With APPLE, the English list includes APPLE as well as PALE, LEAP, PEAL, PLEA, PAL and LAP. This is different from an exact anagram search: Finder keeps useful shorter results instead of requiring every tile to be spent.

Letter frequency still matters. APPLE supplies one A, one L, one E and two Ps. A candidate can use no more than those amounts. PEPPER is therefore rejected: it needs three Ps, two Es and an R. Type a question mark for one blank letter; each question mark can cover one missing character.

NARROW A LONG RESULT LIST

Start with every loose letter you want CHEATY to use, run the search, then add only the constraint you know. LENGTH keeps candidates with an exact number of characters. STARTS WITH and ENDS WITH are useful when the beginning or ending is fixed; CONTAINS keeps words with a particular letter sequence anywhere inside them. Active filters work together, so a five-letter result can also be required to end in E.

Letters in a filter must also appear in your input. Example: to find words starting with A, your input needs an A.

CHOOSE A USEFUL ORDER

LENGTH puts longer candidates first, with alphabetical order breaking ties. A–Z is better when you want to scan the list systematically. SCORE orders results by the selected language’s letter values, but it is only a letter-value comparison: CHEATY does not know a board layout, premium squares or other placement rules. When a question mark supplies a letter, the displayed ordering does not discount that blank to zero, so check the final play yourself.

KNOW WHAT THE LISTS MEAN

EN searches a broad, game-oriented English word list bundled with CHEATY. DE searches a German word-game list and keeps ä, ö, ü and ß as distinct characters. Switching language changes the searched list, not the interface.

Neither list is an official Scrabble, tournament or licensed game dictionary. Open lists can include uncommon entries and can omit words another dictionary accepts. Treat a CHEATY result as a candidate, then use the rules and approved dictionary for the game or puzzle you are actually playing.

How does the word finder work?

You enter your letters and Cheaty compares them against the selected word list using a character-frequency check. Every word in the selected list that can be built from some or all of your letters is returned — a letter is never used more often than you entered it.

Can a result use fewer letters than I entered?

Yes. Finder returns words that use some or all of your letters. Enter APPLE and you get APPLE, PALE, LEAP, PEAL, PAL and LAP. Words like PEPPER are impossible because the letters are not available in the required quantities.

Can I find words by length?

Yes. Switch on the LENGTH filter and enter a number to see only 5 letter words, 6 letter words, 7 letter words or any other letter count your tiles allow.

What does the EN / DE switch change?

It changes only the word list the tool searches. EN searches English words, DE searches German words including Ä, Ö, Ü and ß. The website interface always stays in English.

What is the difference between Finder, Dictionary and Anagram?

Finder turns letters into words that use some or all of them. Anagram returns only words that use all entered letters with the exact same letter frequency. Dictionary looks up the meaning of one complete word.