About WordFinder

WordFinder is an independent word game tool, built and run by one developer, funded by nobody, and not connected to Hasbro, Mattel, Zynga, or The New York Times. It exists because a word tool should answer on the first screen instead of hiding under a wall of copy, and because any page that prints a count should be able to prove that count. The whole site is a bet that a fast tool and numbers you can check are worth more than volume.

The one source of truth

There is a single dictionary behind every page here: the ENABLE word list, which is public domain and openly published. It lives in this project as one plain text file with a recorded checksum, and it is the only place a word can come from. The tool searches it, the letter lists are slices of it, and the totals quoted anywhere on the site are counts of it. Swapping the dictionary for a different one is a deliberate, visible change to that file and its lock, never a silent drift. Everything about the list, including its license, its origin, and its full tables, is published on the word list page.

How the numbers get onto a page

No number about the word list is typed into the copy on this site. Writers put a placeholder where a count belongs, and the build reads the dictionary and fills it in. Every number that lands on a page is wrapped in markup that records which count it is, so the value and its meaning travel together instead of being an unlabeled figure in a sentence.

A separate verifier then reads the raw dictionary again with its own counting code, refuses to reuse the build's own results, and checks every number in the finished site against its independent recount. It also enforces the rules that keep the pages honest: a literal figure sitting next to the word list in the prose fails the build unless it is declared with a reason, every page must carry real explanatory writing rather than a bare list, internal links must point at pages that exist, and the downloadable word list pieces must add back up to exactly the dictionary they came from. If any of that fails, nothing ships. This is the entire editorial process, and it is mechanical on purpose, because a review habit degrades over time and a failing build does not.

What we do not do

We do not generate definitions, etymologies, or example sentences we cannot stand behind, and you will not find invented word origins here. We do not spin one article into dozens of near identical pages to fill a sitemap. We do not claim a word is valid in a specific game unless that game's own dictionary is the one being described, because game dictionaries and general word lists are not the same thing. When a page covers a genuinely thin case, such as a letter with very few entries, it says so instead of inflating the list.

How the site pays for itself

Nothing is charged to anyone. The embeddable widget is free for any site, including commercial ones, and asks only that the visible credit link stays where it is. Display advertising may appear later, and if it does, it will be disclosed here and in the privacy policy rather than appearing quietly one morning. There is no newsletter, no account, and no tracking, which is documented in full on the privacy page.

Corrections and contact

Corrections are welcome and get treated as bugs, not complaints. If a count looks wrong, that is a build defect and it will be fixed at the source rather than patched in the copy. If a word is missing, the answer is usually the dictionary and you will be told exactly that, with a link to the evidence. You can start from the word finder on the home page, and you can reach a person at the address below.