Word Checker

Is it a word? This word checker tests any word against about 170,000 English words and shows how common it is.

Example

Is "zax" a word?

Yes: a word, valid in word games.

Type the word and the checker says whether it is in the dictionary word games use, and whether it is a common, an everyday or a rare word.

Our list is built from ENABLE, the open word list many word games start from, so most games accept its words. A game may still leave some out.

No: proper nouns, abbreviations and words with hyphens or apostrophes are not words in word games, so the checker does not know them.

Word Unscrambler: letters to words
Type your letters and get every word they make, longest first.
Crossword Solver: fill in the missing letters
Type the letters you know, ? for the missing ones, get every word that fits.
Anagram Solver: words from your letters
Every word that uses all your letters exactly once.
Word Finder: find words with these letters
Words from your letters, with a start, an end, a length.
5 Letter Words
Five-letter words by the letters you know and where.
Words Containing Letters
Every word that contains all the letters you name.

About 170,000 English words, built from ENABLE (public domain) and SCOWL (© Kevin Atkinson), with slurs and abusive words left out.