Word Tools
Fast helpers for the letters in front of you.
Curated word lists
Browse substantial American English word lists with a clear rule and an on-page filter. For multiple constraints, use the full five-letter finder.
Enter what you know, then find matching words.
ClueMotive publishes only three list pages that explain a distinct spelling pattern and provide a useful set of results. Starting letters, ending letters, exact positions, and combined constraints belong in the interactive finder, where they can be answered directly without creating repetitive pages.
Use a list when you want to study a broad pattern, such as adjacent repeated letters. Use the finder when you already know one or more positions, need a starting or ending letter, or must include and exclude several letters at once. The finder searches the same licensed five-letter dataset and reports the active rules with every result set.
Place letters with confirmed positions directly in the five-character pattern and use ? for every unknown square. Put confirmed but misplaced letters under Must include. Add a letter to Must exclude only when the puzzle has ruled it out completely; repeated-letter feedback can mean one copy is valid while another is not.