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Can anyone think of a tool with which I can pass it many optional parameters such as the length of the word I'm looking for, and a few letters in that word and have it spit out a list of words?

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  • Is this for cheating at crosswords?
    – z7sg Ѫ
    Commented Apr 30, 2011 at 16:54
  • Or at Scrabble? Commented May 1, 2011 at 0:41
  • No, it's for solving some very difficult analogies. Commented May 1, 2011 at 0:45

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If you understand regexs, you can use this.

For example, '^mo.s.$' yields:

  • moist
  • moose
  • mosso
  • mossy
  • mouse
  • mousy
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  • Excellent, Thank you! That website is awesome I am a web developer so I know a little regexp but who's afraid to learn a little more! Commented Apr 30, 2011 at 19:01
  • I'm trying to find 7 letter words using [abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz]{7} but it's coming up with all lengths of words. It works fine on a text file but not the website. Any tips? Commented Dec 22, 2018 at 3:30
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    @CreativiTimothy -- not all lengths, all lengths greater than or equal to 7. You need to match the beginning and end, like this ^[abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz]{7}$ Commented Dec 22, 2018 at 9:19
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I think you're looking for More Words.

Here are some basic word search options:

Use a hyphen (dash) to give the location of a missing letter: w-rd or -are
Use an asterisk (star) for any number of unknown letters: lett* or *gry or ar*ct
Exclude words containing the letters that follow a caret (hat): ma-e ^kt
Or enter a few letters (without hyphens or asterisks) to see if they make any words.

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