How to use the 4 letter word finder
- Pick Starting with, Ending with or Containing, type your letters and press Search. If a ready-made list exists, you go straight to it.
- For Wordle-style puzzles, put letters in the right spot into the green boxes, letters in the wrong spot into the yellow box for that position, and letters that are not in the word into the grey field.
- Press Find words. Highlighted results are common words, the most likely answers.
Tips for 4 letter words
Four-letter words are ideal for tight spots on a Scrabble board and for word ladders. If you are solving a four-letter Wordle-style puzzle, start with a word that uses two common vowels and two common consonants, such as EARL, TALE and RATE.
Frequently asked questions
How many 4 letter words are there?
Our list has 3,903 four-letter words, based on the public-domain ENABLE word list. 2,074 of them are common English words.
What is a good 4 letter word to start with?
Words that use four different common letters test the most in one guess. From our list, EARL, TALE and RATE are strong choices.
Can I use these words in Scrabble?
Yes. Every word comes from a word-game dictionary, and you can switch on Scrabble values to see each word's face-value score.