Scrabble Word Finder & Unscrambler, Free & Instant
Type a word, tell it which premium squares your tiles land on, and it does the arithmetic. The order of operations trips people up more than the tile values do: letter multipliers apply to single tiles first, then the whole word gets multiplied, and the bingo bonus goes on last. Get that sequence wrong and you can undercount a good play by 40 points.
Letters only. Use a space or a full stop for a blank tile, which always scores zero.
A bingo means you emptied your rack in one turn, using all seven tiles. It pays a flat 50 point bonus on top of whatever the word scored. Crucially the 50 is added after any word multiplier, so a bingo on a triple word square is not 150 bonus points, it is the tripled word total plus 50.
Blanks still count toward the seven. A blank scores zero itself, but if it is one of the seven tiles you laid down, the bingo bonus applies in full. That is why holding a blank for a bingo is usually better than spending it on a small play.
Letter squares resolve first, on their own tile only. Then every word square you covered this turn multiplies the entire word total, and multiple word squares compound, so two double word squares in one play means four times the total, not three.
A premium square only pays out on the turn a tile first lands on it. After that it is an ordinary square for every future word running through it.
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| Word | Base value | A realistic setup | Scores |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUARTZ | 24 | Q on a double letter, word on a triple word line | 102 |
| JUKEBOX | 27 | All seven tiles, X on a double letter, double word | 120 |
| QUIZZED | 35 | All seven tiles, one Z on a double letter | 95 |
| SYZYGY | 25 | Z on a triple letter, double word | 90 |
| CAZIQUES | 28 | Karl Khoshnaw's record play, crossing several words at once | 392 |
Base value is the raw tile total before any premium squares, and you can reproduce every row above in the calculator. The exception is CAZIQUES, widely cited as the highest single play on record: it reached 392 by forming several crossing words at once, which this calculator does not model since it scores one word at a time.
Standard English-language distribution: 100 tiles, of which 2 are blanks worth zero. Other language editions use different values entirely.
Sources: Official tournament rules and the North American word list are maintained by the North American Scrabble Players Association. Outside North America, tournament play uses Collins Scrabble Words, published by Collins Dictionary. Tile values above are the standard English distribution. Not affiliated with Hasbro or Mattel.
The calculator applies the same order of operations a tournament scorer would. Each letter contributes its face value, letter multipliers are applied to individual tiles first, the resulting word total is then multiplied by any word premium the word covers, and the fifty-point bingo bonus is added last rather than multiplied. Getting that sequence out of order is the most common scoring mistake, and it usually undercounts a strong play.
The tile values themselves are fixed: most vowels and common consonants are worth one point, D and G are two, B, C, M and P are three, F, H, V, W and Y are four, K is five, J and X are eight, and Q and Z are ten each. Blanks contribute nothing, which is why spending one on a high-value position is often a mistake. Use the calculator to compare two candidate plays before committing, to check whether reaching a premium square justifies a lower-value word, and to confirm the arithmetic on a play worth arguing about.