Is it a valid word?
Type a word to see whether Words with Friends allows it.
How the checker works
Type one word of 2 to 15 letters and press Check. The card gives the verdict: a tick and the word’s points if Words with Friends allows it, a cross if it doesn’t. The points are the face value of the tiles, before any double or triple letter and word squares.
When the word has a page, the link under the card opens it, with its definition, anagrams and the words you can make by adding a letter. Holding a rack rather than a word? The Words with Friends cheat lists every word your letters make.
Which words does Words with Friends allow?
Word Find checks the Words with Friends dictionary: 168,548 words. It is its own list, not the Scrabble one, and it has its own tile values. A word can be allowed in Scrabble and not in Words with Friends, and the other way round.
The short words are where players notice it first. QI, ZA, KI, FE and OI are all fine in Scrabble, but they aren’t in our Words with Friends list. Put one in the checker to see, or compare it with the Scrabble dictionary checker, which shows all three lists side by side.
Tile values in Words with Friends
The same letters score differently in the two games. JO is 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends, because J is worth 10 there and 8 in Scrabble, and several other letters differ too. The checker shows the Words with Friends value, so you can compare plays before you commit. The full table is on the letter values page.
Is this the official Words with Friends dictionary?
No. Word Find isn’t the game’s dictionary and isn’t affiliated with it. We check your word against a word list for Words with Friends and tell you what it says. The game adds and drops words over the years, so if the app ever disagrees with this page, trust the app, and tell us which word it was.
Words with Friends dictionary FAQ
What is the Words with Friends dictionary?
It is the list of words the game accepts when you play a tile. Word Find checks your word against its own copy of that list, so you can see whether a word is allowed before you play it, and what it scores.
Is this the official Words with Friends dictionary?
No. Word Find isn’t affiliated with the game. Our list is a free, widely used word list for Words with Friends, and the game has added and dropped words over the years, so now and then a word plays differently in the app. If the app and this page disagree, the app wins.
Is QI a word in Words with Friends?
Not in our Words with Friends list. QI, ZA, KI, FE and OI are all valid in Scrabble but not in our Words with Friends list. Type any of them in to see.
How are the points worked out?
We add up the face values of the tiles, before any bonus squares. Words with Friends has its own tile values, so JO scores 11 points here and 9 in Scrabble. The same letters can score differently in the two games.
Are names and abbreviations allowed?
No. Proper nouns, abbreviations and words that need a hyphen or an apostrophe aren’t allowed in Words with Friends, so the list has none of them.
What if I have letters, not a word?
Use the Words with Friends cheat. Type the letters on your rack, with a ? for each blank tile, and it lists every word they make, highest score first.