How to use the 6 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 6 letter words
Six-letter puzzles give you more room, so each guess should test as many common letters as possible. The best openers from our list are RETAIN, ORACLE and SLIDER. Endings like -ER, -ED and -LY are common in six-letter words, so keep them in mind when you have the first few letters.
Frequently asked questions
How many 6 letter words are there?
Our list has 15,232 six-letter words, based on the public-domain ENABLE word list. 4,049 of them are common English words.
What is a good 6 letter word to start with?
Words that use six different common letters test the most in one guess. From our list, RETAIN, ORACLE and SLIDER are strong choices.
Can I use this as a 6 letter Wordle solver?
Yes. Enter the green, yellow and grey tiles from your 6-letter puzzle in the solver above and press Find words. The results update as you add clues.
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.