6 letter word finder.

Keep the letters you know. Find a six-letter word for the gaps.

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Known positions

Leave unknown positions blank. Paste a full pattern with one letter or _ per box.

Include / exclude lettersLetters anywhere in the word

Required anywhere in the word. EE means at least two Es; known letters count.

These letters cannot appear anywhere.

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Add the positions and letters you know, then find your matches.

Example search

1L2_3T4_5E6_

Include EE; Exclude A

Example matchesLETTER

General American English candidates. Check your game's word list before playing.

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    Find six-letter words from a rack or known positions.

    A six-letter pattern has six positions, even when you only know a few of them. Paste L_T_E_ to place L first, T third, and E fifth; leave the other three positions open.

    Include EE to require two Es in the whole word, and exclude A. LETTER fits. The E already placed in position 5 counts as one of the two, so only one more E is required.

    Use the included field for letters whose positions are still uncertain. Type a letter twice only when you need two copies. Adding an excluded letter that is already known or required creates a conflict you can fix before searching.

    For six-letter words from a loose rack, choose Letters to words on this page. The length stays fixed at six, and each available copy matters. For rearranging every letter of a rack of any supported length, use the anagram solver.

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    6 letter words with these letters

    Switch to Letters to words and rearrange this six-letter rack. The length remains six.

    L I S T E N · 6 letters → LISTEN, SILENT, ENLIST

    6 letter words starting with L and ending in R

    Put L in box 1 and R in box 6. Include EE to require two Es, wherever they fit.

    L _ _ _ _ R · includes EE → LETTER

    6 letter words containing repeated letters

    With no positions fixed, require two Es and leave their placement open. Exclude A to narrow the candidates.

    _ _ _ _ _ _ · includes EE · excludes A → LETTER, SEEKER

    Shown words are examples of matches. Run a search to see all candidates.

    Questions about this search

    Can I make six-letter words from more than six available letters?

    Yes. Choose Letters to words and enter a rack of up to 15 letters. Matches use exactly six available letters on this page. Leave Use all letters unchecked when your rack is longer than six; selecting it would require an incompatible length.

    How do two required Es interact with a known E?

    Include EE means at least two Es in the whole six-letter word. A known E already in a numbered box counts as one; the engine then needs at least one more. Include letters does not require an ordered “EE” substring.

    Why is an apparently valid six-letter word absent?

    Check the positions, excluded letters and repeated-letter counts. Clear an uncertain clue and search again. The general American English list is not a complete vocabulary or an official game dictionary, and this finder does not rank words by how commonly they are used.

    Example words from this list

    LETTER · LISTEN · MASTER · PLANET · SILENT · STREAM

    A small selection of examples, not a complete list or a frequency ranking.

    Read about the word source and its limits.