4 Letter Codeword Solver
Stuck on a 4-letter codeword? Enter what you know and see every 4-letter word that fits.
Type one character per box. Use a letter if you know it, . or ? if it is unknown, and 1–9 for unknown letters that repeat.
Add one row per word in your puzzle. The same digit is the same letter in every row, so the solver finds words that fit together.
4-letter words at a glance
This page is set up for codeword entries with exactly 4 boxes, so any pattern you type is treated as a 4-letter word and shorter or longer words are never shown.
Tips for 4-letter codeword entries
- Among 4-letter words in our dictionary, the most common first letters are S, A, B and the most common last letters are S, E, T.
- The most frequent letters inside 4-letter words are A, E, O, S, I, so they are good first guesses when a square is still empty.
- About 23% of 4-letter words contain a repeated letter. If two squares share a number in your puzzle, put the same digit in both boxes here.
- Knowing just the first and last letter, for example
H..T, still leaves 29 possible words. Add a letter from the middle to cut that down quickly.
Examples
H..Tmatches 29 words, such as hint...E.(only one letter known) matches 626 words, such as shed.1..1needs the same letter in every square marked 1: 316 words, for example abba, acca, acta.
Other word lengths
How does it work?
A codeword is a crossword without clues: every square has a number, and each number stands for one letter. This tool matches your pattern against a word list.
. or ? – any one letter.A – exactly that letter.1 to 9 – an unknown letter that appears more than once. Same digit means same letter, different digits mean different letters.
Example: ..A122.1R matches chauffeur. Click any result to copy it.