How the Words With Friends helper works
Enter the tiles on your rack and the helper checks them against a dictionary of more than 269,000 words, returning every word you can build — ranked by its Words With Friends point value so your biggest plays sit at the top. Add a question mark (?) for each blank tile. To find a word that hooks onto a tile already on the board, add that letter to your rack and type it in the must contain box.
Words With Friends letter values
The score next to each word uses the Words With Friends tile values, which differ from Scrabble:
How it differs from Scrabble
The word list is the same, but the points aren't. Words With Friends rewards different letters — the H and Y are worth 3 (versus 4 in Scrabble), the L and N are only worth 2, and the V jumps to 5. The board layout and bonus squares differ too, so the best play here may not be the best Scrabble play. Use the Scrabble helper when you need Scrabble scoring instead.
Playing the board, not just the rack
Because Words With Friends scatters its triple-word and triple-letter squares differently from Scrabble, the biggest swings come from lining a valuable letter up with a bonus tile rather than from the longest word. The premium squares sit closer to the center on many boards, which means early plays can reach them faster — but it also means you expose those squares to your opponent if you do not use them. A useful rule of thumb: if you can place your highest-value tile (a J worth 10, a Q or Z, or the surprisingly heavy V at 5) on a triple-letter square while also completing a second crossing word, take it even over a slightly longer play, since you score that letter twice.
The 35-point bonus for using all seven tiles is smaller than Scrabble's 50, but it is still the fastest way to pull ahead, so keep your rack balanced and be willing to dump a duplicate letter on a quiet turn to set up a bigger one next time.
Using the helper without spoiling the game
Words With Friends is often played casually with friends and family, so how you use a helper is up to you and the people you play with. Many players treat a tool like this as a coach between games — checking whether a word they suspected was valid really counts, or reviewing a missed rack afterward to see the bingo they could have played. Used that way, it builds the pattern recognition that makes you genuinely better rather than dependent. Everything runs in your browser, so the tiles you type are never sent anywhere, and you can close the tab knowing nothing was stored. Enter your rack above, add a question mark for a blank tile, and use the "must contain" box to build a word around a letter already on the board.
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Frequently asked questions
- How are Words With Friends scores different from Scrabble?
- The valid words are the same, but the letter point values differ. For example, in Words With Friends the H and Y are worth 3, the L and N are worth 2, and the V is worth 5. This helper ranks words using the Words With Friends values.
- How do I use a blank tile?
- Type a question mark (?) for each blank tile. The helper fills it with whatever letter makes the highest-scoring word.
- Is this Words With Friends helper free?
- Completely free, with no sign-up. Everything runs in your browser, so your tiles are never sent anywhere.