Guides & word lists
Short, practical reading for word-game players: how to get more out of the WordScout tools, how to open a Wordle game well, how to unscramble racks by hand, and the short-word lists that win tight Scrabble boards.
Wordle helper guide
Turn green, yellow and grey tiles into the finder's three fields — pattern, must contain and must not contain — with a worked example and the repeated-letter trap explained.
Best Wordle starting words
What makes a great opener — common letters, vowel coverage and no wasted repeats — plus a ranked list of strong first guesses and how to follow them up.
How to unscramble words
The by-hand techniques: split vowels from consonants, spot -ing/-ed/-tion endings and prefixes, build from letter pairs, and work blank tiles backwards — with full worked examples.
2- & 3-letter Scrabble words
The complete list of 2-letter words from our dictionary and a curated set of the most useful 3-letter words — the short plays that rescue tight boards and hook onto existing words.
Ready to play? Head back to the word finder and unscrambler.