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Three tools built for WWF players: a word finder tuned to the WWF dictionary, a printable cheat sheet, and a side-by-side comparison of words valid in Words With Friends vs Scrabble.

Tool 1

WWF Word Finder

Type your tiles into our unscrambler, then flip the dictionary toggle at the top to Words With Friends. WWF accepts words Scrabble rejects (ZE, IO) and rejects a few Scrabble has added (EW, OK).

Open the WWF Word Finder →Open Interactive Board →Browse Word Lists →+5 BrainPoints when you use the WWF tools while signed in.
Tool 2

Printable WWF Cheat Sheet

Highest-scoring 2-letter words

  • ZA11
  • QI11
  • XI9
  • XU9
  • JO9
  • KA6
  • KI6
  • BY5
  • MY5
  • OX9
  • FY7
  • EF5
  • FA5
  • FE5
  • HM5

Q without U (WWF-valid)

QATQIQISQOPHQOPHSTRANQTRANQSFAQIRFAQIRSSHEQELSHEQELSQABALAQABALAHQABALAHS

Best plays for hard letters

X
  • XU
  • XI
  • AX
  • EX
  • OX
  • AXE
  • XYLEM
  • EXIT
  • OXIDE
J
  • JO
  • JOE
  • JAR
  • JET
  • JIB
  • AJAR
  • JOKER
  • JUDGE
Z
  • ZA
  • ZIT
  • ZED
  • ZIP
  • ZIPPY
  • ZEBRA
  • ZONED
Q
  • QI
  • QAT
  • QOPH
  • QUIZ
  • QUEEN
  • QUICK
  • QUARTZ
V
  • IV
  • VAV
  • VIA
  • VIE
  • VEX
  • VIVA
  • VIVID

Top 10 words to memorize

  1. 1.QI
  2. 2.ZA
  3. 3.XI
  4. 4.JO
  5. 5.OX
  6. 6.EX
  7. 7.AX
  8. 8.ZAX
  9. 9.FROE
  10. 10.QOPH
Tool 3

WWF vs Scrabble

The single biggest reason players lose: trying a Scrabble word in WWF (or vice-versa). Quick reference for the most commonly confused words.

WordScrabbleWWFNote
ZAXA slate-cutter's axe. 19 pts in WWF on a TL+TW.
FROEA cleaving tool. Great for emptying F + vowels.
QOPHHebrew letter — Q without U.
EWAdded to Scrabble dictionary in 2018; still rejected by WWF.
OKValid in TWL/SOWPODS; WWF still rejects it.
DAScrabble-only.
ELBoth — the letter L.
ZEWWF-only pronoun.
IOWWF accepts; Scrabble does not.
BIZBoth — informal for business.
ZENBoth, since 2014.
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