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5-Letter Word Finder

Search every five-letter word by the letters you already know.

Type in whatever you already know about the word, then tapFind words. Nothing is required — one letter is enough to start.

Letters you know the place ofOne per slot. Leave a slot empty if you don’t know it.

This row doubles as “starts with” and “ends with” — fill the first slots or the last ones and leave the rest blank.

Somewhere in the wordLetters that are in it, but you don’t know where.

Type a letter twice to ask for words that use it twice.

Not in the wordLetters to rule out. Order does not matter here.
Words that match

Add the letters you know, then tap “Find words”.

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Background & guide

What Is the 5-Letter Word Finder?

The Word Finder searches the full list of five-letter words by shape. Drop the letters you have locked in — say c_a_p — into the top row, add any letters you know are in the word somewhere, rule out the ones you have eliminated, and it returns every word that still fits, most useful guesses first.

Where the Solver is built around Wordle's green, yellow and gray tiles, the Finder is a more general lookup: handy for scouting strong openers, breaking a stubborn ending, or just settling whether a word exists.

How the finder helps

It shines on the boards that trap you — the ones where the last three letters are fixed and only the front changes (‑IGHT, ‑OUND, ‑ATCH). Type the shape you can see and it lists every candidate at once, so you can pick the guess that tests the most new letters instead of burning a row on a hunch.

Searching by first or last letters

There is no separate “starts with” box, and there does not need to be: the top row is the word itself, slot by slot. Letters in the first boxes are a starts-with search, letters in the last boxes an ends-with search, and you can combine both while leaving the middle open.

Prefer a nudge instead?

If you would rather not see a full list of candidates, ourdaily hints point you toward today's word without spoiling it.

Frequently Asked Questions
How is this different from the Solver?
The Finder searches by letters alone — which ones are in the word, which are not, and which slots you already know. The Solver additionally uses the position information a yellow tile carries: the letter is in the word but not in that slot. Use the Finder when you have letters, the Solver when you have a board.
How do I find words that start or end with certain letters?
Put them in the known-letters row. The five boxes are the five slots of the word, so letters typed in the first boxes are a "starts with" search and letters in the last boxes are an "ends with" search.
Can I search for a letter that appears twice?
Yes. Type it twice in the "somewhere in the word" row and only words with at least two of that letter come back.
Does it know today’s answer?
No. It only searches a dictionary of five-letter words against the letters you type. For the actual solution, see the daily answer page.
Is it free?
Completely. It runs in your browser, with no sign-up and no daily limit.