Word Games

Anagram Solver

Type letters. Get every dictionary word that uses ALL of them exactly once.

Type the letters and we'll find every dictionary word that uses them ALL exactly once.

Type letters above to see all anagrams.

An anagram uses ALL letters exactly once. For partial matches (subsets), use theWord Unscrambler.

When to use this tool

  • Solving a daily anagram puzzle and want to verify the answer.
  • Composing a clever Twitter handle or email signature.
  • Confirming that two words are exact anagrams of each other.
  • Writers and poets searching for thematic word swaps (e.g., DEBIT ↔ BITED, EARTH ↔ HEART).

Famous anagrams

Some classic English-language anagrams that have made it into history books:

  • LISTEN ↔ SILENT
  • EARTH ↔ HEART
  • SCHOOLMASTER ↔ THE CLASSROOM
  • DORMITORY ↔ DIRTY ROOM
  • ELEVEN PLUS TWO ↔ TWELVE PLUS ONE
  • ASTRONOMER ↔ MOON STARER

How exact-match anagrams differ from partial

This solver finds exact anagrams — words that use every letter you provide exactly once. So RETAILS from R, E, T, A, I, L, S is an anagram. TAILS isn't, because it leaves R and E unused.

Want partial matches? Use the Word Unscrambler — it returns every word you can build from a subset of your letters.

A short history of anagrams

Anagrams date back to the Greek poets of the 4th century BC. The medieval period treated them as mystic — Jewish kabbalists believed sacred names yielded hidden meanings when rearranged. The 17th-century French court of Louis XIII employed Thomas Billon, an official "Anagrammatist to the King," whose only job was to compose flattering anagrams of nobles' names. Modern competitive anagram-solving formalized in the 1970s alongside Scrabble.

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