The Word Finder
What is The Word Finder?
Free helper app with solvers for word games, NYT and LinkedIn puzzles, and daily games, showing hints before full.
The Word Finder is a games app that offers solvers for Scrabble, Words With Friends, and Crossplay, plus Wordle, NYT Games, LinkedIn Games, and built-in daily puzzles. Solvers can reveal a single cell, group, or rung before showing the full answer. The app is an unofficial fan-made companion and is not affiliated with the companies whose games it covers.
Pricing. The Word Finder is free to download, with in-app purchases on the App Store.
Good for
- Finding playable words from a rack of letters with blanks
- Getting the best move from a screenshot of a Scrabble or Words With Friends.
- Getting a hint for a stuck NYT or LinkedIn daily puzzle
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Why this app is in S tier
S tier follows from that score within this list. The full explanation, as data.
The Word Finder scores 94 out of 100: rating 93, rating count 83, App Store search rank 100, update recency 100. The four parts are averaged and S tier follows from that score within this list.
Description
Stuck on a rack of letters, a full board, or today's puzzle? The Word Finder solves every big word game in one app, and reveals only as much as you ask it to.
WORD TOOLS
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- Word Finder - enter your letters, blanks included, and get every playable word with points for Scrabble, Words With Friends, and Crossplay dictionaries, with filters for starts-with, ends-with, contains, and length.
- Board Solver - take a screenshot of your Scrabble GO, Words With Friends, or Crossplay game, upload it, and get the best move for the whole board, ranked by points. Save each game and come back next turn. No screenshot? Enter the tiles yourself, or solve the rack alone.
- Word Check - is it playable? Definition, point value, and where it's accepted.
- Wordle Solver (with screenshot upload) - smart guesses, deep filters, letter odds, and today's answer when you want it.
NYT GAMES SOLVERS
- Connections - today's groups, hints, and a practice board
- Spelling Bee - today's answers, pangrams, and hints
- Strands - theme words, the spangram, and every path
- Pips - every domino placed, constraint by constraint
- Sudoku - Easy, Medium, and Hard, revealed cell by cell
LINKEDIN GAMES SOLVERS
- Queens - reveal today's board, cell by cell or zone by zone
- Tango - balance suns and moons on the grid
- Zip - trace the path through every cell
- Crossclimb - the word ladder, rung by rung
- Pinpoint - the category from five clues
- Mini Sudoku - today's 6×6, digit by digit
- Patches - fit every patch to its clue
- Wend - every word's path through today's grid
DAILY GAMES, BUILT IN
- Lingle - the daily word guessing game, with hints
- Word Connection - find the two words in between
- Daily Anagram - four scrambled words, one clue, and a result to share
- Sudoku Six - a 6×6 every day, easy on Mondays
- Crossherd - a 5×5 mini crossword, with the archive
HINTS FIRST, ANSWERS WHEN YOU WANT THEM
Every puzzle solver is built to spoil as little as possible: reveal a single cell, one group, one rung - or the whole board when you're done fighting it. A new puzzle lands every day, and you can flip back through past dates.
MADE FOR WORD LOVERS
- Tap any word for its definition
- Pin your go-to tools to Favorites and drag them into your order
- Works beautifully on iPhone and iPad
- No account needed
GO AD-FREE
The Word Finder is free with ads. One subscription removes every ad across every solver - monthly or annual, cancel anytime.
The Word Finder is an unofficial fan-made companion. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by The New York Times, LinkedIn, Hasbro, Mattel, or Zynga. Scrabble, Words With Friends, Wordle, Connections, Spelling Bee, Strands, Pips, Queens, Tango, Zip, Crossclimb, Pinpoint, and related marks are trademarks of their respective owners.
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Questions about The Word Finder
Does it need an account?
The listing says no account is needed to use The Word Finder.
Can it solve the board from a screenshot?
Yes. The Board Solver accepts a screenshot of a Scrabble GO, Words With Friends, or Crossplay game, and ranks the best moves by points. Tiles can also be entered manually.
Is the app affiliated with the NYT or LinkedIn?
No. It is an unofficial fan-made companion and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by The New York Times, LinkedIn, Hasbro, Mattel, or Zynga.
Is The Word Finder free?
The Word Finder is free to download, with in-app purchases.
Is The Word Finder right for me?
The Word Finder is built for finding playable words from a rack of letters with blanks, getting the best move from a screenshot of a scrabble or words with friends., getting a hint for a stuck NYT or linkedin daily puzzle. It sits in the word finder list on AppTierList.
Is The Word Finder worth it?
The Word Finder is S tier, ranked #3 of 17 word finder apps with a score of 94 out of 100, from a 4.6 App Store rating across 18,107 ratings. It is in the list's top tiers; 2 apps rank above it.
How does The Word Finder compare to WordFinder by YourDictionary?
The Word Finder is S tier at 94; WordFinder by YourDictionary is S tier at 94. They score the same. The Word Finder is free to download, with in-app purchases, WordFinder by YourDictionary is free to download, with in-app purchases.
How often is The Word Finder updated?
The Word Finder was updated 6 days ago, which counts in its favour.
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Ranking
- List
- Word Finder (S tier, #3)
- Tier
- S (Best in class)
- Score
- 94 / 100
- Rank in list
- #3 of 17
- Ranking certainty
- settled
Ratings
- App Store rating
- 4.6 out of 5, every App Store country
- Ratings
- 18,107
App
- Price
- Free + IAP
- App Store category
- Games
- Current version
- (6 days ago)
- Size
- 77 MB
- Requires
- iOS 15.0 or later
- Age rating
- 4+
- Languages
- 1
- Runs on
- iPhone, iPad
Links
- Developer pages
- Website · Support · Privacy policy
- Maker
- not verified
- As data
- JSON · why it ranks here
- App Store data read
App Store data read · ranking