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Crossword Solver

Stuck on a quick crossword or arrowword? Type the letters you already have from the crossing answers and put a ? in each empty square. The solver lists every word of that exact length that fits. It uses a 172,000-word British and American dictionary and runs entirely in your browser.

One character per square. Letters you know stay as letters; use ? for each blank. Example: ?a??? finds 5-letter words with A in the second square.

How to use it

  • Count the squares in the answer and type that many characters.
  • Fill in letters you already have from the crossing words; put ? in the empty squares.
  • G?R?E? returns words like GARDEN and GARNET; ?????? returns every six-letter word.
  • Results update as you type and are sorted alphabetically.

Good to know

  • The dictionary covers both British and American spellings, so COLOUR, CENTRE and REALISE all work. A few rarer derived spellings may be missing.
  • It is a standard word list: it does not include proper nouns, abbreviations or multi-word phrases, which sometimes appear as crossword answers.
  • Everything happens on your device. The word list downloads once and is then cached - your puzzles are never sent anywhere.