4 LETTER ANAGRAM SOLVER

4 Letter Anagram Solver
Find All 4-Letter Anagrams From Your Letters

Find every valid 4-letter word from your available letters. STOP produces 6 verified anagrams: OPTS, POST, POTS, SPOT, STOP, TOPS. JAZZ=29pts leads the 4-letter database. 3,181 words in database. Use ? for blank tiles. Free, no signup.

4-Letter Filter 3,181 Words JAZZ=29pts Top Free Forever
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STOPJAZZGRITLAMEATOM

What This Tool Does

The 4 Letter Anagram Solver returns every valid 4-letter word from any combination of your input letters. The filter is locked to exactly 4 letters — every result is precisely 4 letters long, Scrabble-scored and sorted highest-value first.

The database contains 3,181 valid 4-letter words. At this length, high-value tile words dominate the top: JAZZ (29pts), FIZZ and FUZZ (25pts), BUZZ (24pts). Anagram families at 4 letters are large — STOP alone has 6 valid anagrams.

Who Should Use This?

01
Scrabble 4-Letter Play Discovery
4-letter words are the most flexible plays on a Scrabble board — long enough to score well but short enough to fit many board gaps. Sort by Scrabble score to find your highest-value 4-letter play immediately.
02
4-Letter Anagram Family Recognition
STOP, TOPS, POTS, SPOT, POST, OPTS — 6 valid 4-letter words from the same 4 letters. Knowing which letter sets produce large anagram families helps you recognise productive racks quickly during play.
03
Wordle and 4-Letter Word Games
Some Wordle variants use 4-letter answers. Enter the letters you know from Wordle clues and the solver finds all 4-letter candidates matching your available letter set.
04
Crossword Four-Letter Entries
4-letter crossword entries are extremely common. Enter known letters and ? for unknowns to find all valid 4-letter candidates from your letter constraints.

How the Solver Works

The solver builds a frequency map from your input and tests every 4-letter word in the database. Entering STOP returns OPTS, POST, POTS, SPOT, STOP, TOPS — the complete 6-word anagram family for those 4 letters, all scoring 6pts each.

Entering STONE (5 letters) in 4-letter filter returns 15 four-letter words using any 4 of those 5 letters. Wildcard ? adds one free letter — JAZZ? returns all 4-letter words using J, A, Z, Z and any one additional letter.

Verified Examples

InputResults (verified)Count
STOPOPTS, POST, POTS, SPOT, STOP, TOPS (complete)6
JAZZJAZZ (complete) — 29pts1
GRITGIRT, GRIT, TRIG (complete)3
LAMELAME, MALE, MEAL + 2 more (complete)5

STOP (Exact mode) returns 6 results — the complete set of 4-letter anagrams. JAZZ returns only itself (29pts). GRIT returns 3 verified anagrams.

Diagram — How It Works

INPUT STOP 3,181 words 4-LETTER GATE freq match length = 4 only top: JAZZ=29pts RESULTS — SCORE SORTED OPTS POST POTS SPOT verified · complete or selected

Tips for Better Results

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Z and J Lead the 4-Letter Score Table
If your rack has Z, J, X, or Q, sort 4-letter results by score first. JAZZ (29pts), FIZZ and FUZZ (25pts), BUZZ (24pts) are all exactly 4 letters. These frequently outscore longer words on a given board position.
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Large Anagram Families Mean Multiple Plays
STOP has 6 valid 4-letter anagrams from the same letter set. When multiple valid plays score identically, choose the one that fits the best board position — all anagrams of the same 4 letters score the same base points.
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4-Letter Coverage Over Short Plays
On a crowded Scrabble board, a well-placed 4-letter word often scores more than a 2-letter play. Check 4-letter results alongside 2-letter results to compare all options for a given rack and board position.
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Enter Full Rack for Maximum Coverage
Enter all 7 rack tiles even though the filter is 4. The solver finds every 4-letter combination from any 4 of your 7 tiles — entering fewer tiles misses combinations not present in your subset.

Common Mistakes to Avoid

Not entering the full rack. Entering only 4 letters shows anagrams of exactly those 4 letters. Entering all 7 rack tiles exposes every 4-letter play from any 4-tile combination — a significantly larger and more useful result set.

Dismissing equal-score anagram families too quickly. STOP, TOPS, POTS, SPOT, POST, OPTS all score 6pts. They are identical in base score but may differ greatly in board value depending on where each can be placed. Check all 6 before committing.

4 Letter Anagram Solver vs 5 Letter Anagram Solver

Feature4 Letter Anagram Solver5 Letter Anagram Solver
FilterExactly 4 lettersExactly 5 letters
DB words3,181 words6,055 words
Score ceilingJAZZ=29ptsJAZZY=33pts
Anagram family sizeUp to 6 (STOP family)Up to 5 (STONE family)

The 5 Letter Anagram Solver covers a larger database (6,055 words vs 3,181) and is the go-to tool for Wordle. Both use identical frequency-map matching.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many 4-letter Scrabble words are there?
The database contains 3,181 valid 4-letter words from the TWL and Collins Scrabble Words lists.
Which single 4-letter word scores the most points?
JAZZ scores 29 points — J(8)+A(1)+Z(10)+Z(10). FIZZ and FUZZ both score 25pts. All are verified in the database.
What is the STOP anagram family?
STOP, TOPS, POTS, SPOT, POST, OPTS — 6 valid 4-letter words all using S, T, O, P exactly once. This is one of the largest 4-letter anagram families in the database.
Which 4-letter words are highest-scoring with Z?
JAZZ (29pts), FIZZ (25pts), FUZZ (25pts), BUZZ (24pts), QUIZ (22pts), COZY (18pts). Enter Z and your other tiles to see all Z-tile 4-letter plays available from your rack.
Does the 4-letter solver work for Wordle?
Some Wordle variants use 4-letter words. Enter the letters confirmed by Wordle clues to see all 4-letter candidates. The standard NYT Wordle uses 5-letter words — use the 5-letter solver for that.
What is the best 4-letter opening in Scrabble?
Openings depend on your rack. Sort 4-letter results by Scrabble score and pick the highest-scoring play that also creates a useful rack leave. JAZZ (29pts) is the highest base-score 4-letter word if your rack contains those letters.
How many 4-letter anagrams can GRIT produce?
GRIT produces 3 verified anagrams: GIRT, GRIT, TRIG — the complete set of 4-letter words using G, R, I, T exactly once.
Can the solver find 4-letter words with repeated letters?
Yes — the frequency map handles repeated letters exactly. If your input has two S tiles, only 4-letter words needing at most two S letters appear in results.
What are the best 4-letter Scrabble hooks?
2-letter hooks extend an existing word by one letter to form a 4-letter word. The 4-letter anagram solver shows all 4-letter options from any rack — including potential hooks. Combine with the 2-letter solver to identify parallel hook opportunities.
Does the ? wildcard work in the 4-letter solver?
Yes — enter ? for each blank tile. Each ? adds one free letter allowance. Three regular letters plus ? finds every 4-letter word using those 3 letters plus any one additional letter.

Reviewed by the MyAnagramSolver Editorial Team. Word validity and Scrabble scores verified against TWL and Collins Scrabble Words. Editorial policy.