Crossplay word finder

Type the letters you have. Add a pattern when you're slotting a word onto a board. Mix the two with a slash.

Your tiles

Just type your letters

Every word you can spell from them. RETINA finds RETAIN, RATINE, RIANT…

? — a blank tile

Stands in for any letter. CAT? uses your three letters plus one wild tile.

/ — rack and board

Your tiles on the left, the board pattern on the right. RETINA? / C..T

Board patterns

. — one mystery letter

C.T finds CAT, COT, CUT.

* — any run of letters (or none)

C*T finds CT, CAT, COMFORT.

.{1,2} — a mystery run of set length

Here, 1 to 2 letters. C.{1,2}T

(ing) — these letters, stuck together

*(ing) finds words ending in ING.

[ao] — any one of these letters

C[AO]T finds CAT and COT.

[^o] — any letter except these

C[^O]T finds CAT and CUT, not COT.

Narrow it down

+s — must include this letter

Repeat for more: +ee needs two E's. RETINA +S

-cat — must not contain these letters

In that order, anywhere in the word. *A* -CAT