8-Letter Words

The open word list has 28,420 words of exactly 8 letters.

Use the pattern finder to narrow these 8-letter words by the letters you know, or the unscrambler to find the ones your tiles can make.

Count by length

Fig. 2 How many of these words there are at each length.
LengthWords
8 letters28,420

Highest-scoring words

Points use the standard English tile values. Boards bonuses and blanks are not included.

Browse by first letter

This list is long, so use the finder to narrow it. Words by first letter:

Last checked 12/11/2026. Source: ENABLE word list (172,823 words), as distributed by dolph/dictionary. The list is open and may differ from the official dictionary of any game or competition.

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