Scrabble Word Lists - Letter Values, High-Value Letters & Strategy

Scrabble Word Lists

Reference lists for serious Scrabble, Words with Friends, and NYT Crossplay players. Every list below is free, no signup, and updated against current dictionary sources.

High-Value Letter Strategy (Q, X, Z)

The three highest-scoring letters in Scrabble are the hardest to play. Q Words Without U is the list every serious player memorises — QI, QAT, QOPH, QADI, QANAT, and the rest. Words with Q, Words with X, and Words with Z cover every legal play with these letters at any position in the word — so you're not limited to words that start with them. For high-value openers specifically, Words that Start with X and Words that Start with Z cover the starters that land double-letter bonuses on the left edge of the board.

Short Words for Parallel Plays

Two- and three-letter words are the backbone of high-density board play — they're how you stack plays across existing words for compound scoring. 2 Letter Scrabble Words is the foundational list (AA, AB, AE, AG, AH, AI, AL, AM, AN... all 127 of them, depending on dictionary). 3 Letter Scrabble Words extends it. 3 Letter Hooks and 4 Letter Hooks cover the extensions you can hang off existing words on the board — letters that turn IT into BIT, ITS, or PIT and triple their score in the process.

Vowel Strategy (Scrabble + Wordle)

When your rack is all vowels — or all consonants — you need a different play. 5 Letter Words with 3 Vowels and 5 Letter Words with 4 Vowels are useful for both Scrabble vowel-dumping and Wordle opening guesses (ADIEU, AUDIO, OUIJA, EQUAL). Words with the Most Vowels covers the broader vowel-density reference set. Words with 3 Consecutive Vowels catches the rarer case where three vowels appear in a row — QUEUEING, MIAOUED, SEQUOIA. Words with All Vowels and Words with No Vowels handle the extreme rack situations: AA, EAU, AIOLI on the vowel side; CWM, NTH, CRWTH on the consonant side.

Letter Values & Scoring Reference

Quick reference for how every letter scores across the three major games. Scrabble Letter Values covers the standard 1-to-10 point scale and tile counts per letter. Words with Friends Letter Values and NYT Crossplay Letter Values show where the three games differ — useful when you're switching between apps and the same word scores differently.

Common Patterns & Endings

The most common Scrabble extensions stack onto words already on the board for compound scoring. Words Ending in ING turns a 5-letter word into an 8-letter bingo opportunity. Words Ending in Q catches the rare but high-scoring Q-at-end plays — QADI, FAQ, SUQ, and a handful of others. Words Ending in PH handles another niche pattern that lands well in Scrabble and crossword solving.

Active Cheat & Solver Tools

The lists on this page are reference content — the words you should memorise. When you need to play a word from a specific rack of letters, switch to the active solver tools:

• Scrabble Word Finder — enter your rack, get every playable word
• Words with Friends Cheat — optimised for WWF dictionary and tile values
• Crossplay Cheat — for NYT Crossplay
• Anagram Solver — broader solver for any word puzzle
• Word Checker — quick legality check for a specific word

More Reference & Tools

For complete word lookup — filter by start, end, contains, syllables, vowel count — explore our WordList database. If you're in search of other word games, see the Games Hub.