Find lists of words recognized by The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary.

What is a word?

word /wərd/ – A single distinct meaningful element of speech or writing, used with others (or sometimes alone) to form a sentence and typically shown with a space on either side when written or printed.

I and A are each the shortest actual English words. Both ‘i’ and ‘I’ are the narrowest words while ‘a’ is the shortest. For other short words check the list of 2 letter words or 3 letter words.

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is a factitious word alleged to mean ‘a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust, causing inflammation in the lungs. The 45-letter word was coined to serve as the longest English word and is the longest word ever to appear in an English language dictionary.

A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y

Vowels are know for the sound produced with the free passage of air from the mouth to the larynx. True for vowels sounds only at no time does any part of the mouth, tongue, larynx, or lips touch. Abouliaa, evacuee, and zooecia are three vowel packed words. The full list is found on words with many vowels.

More than 120 official Scrabble® words can be spelled with a rack full of consonants only occasionally requiring a Y. For a list of words which do not contain A, E, I, O or U visit words with no vowels.

Q Without U

The most common Q words require the letter U.   Q words without the letter U are especially useful for word games where Q is a high scoring letter and the player may not have a U available.  Browse the list of Q without U words.