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Squaredle Solver

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Type the Squaredle letter grid into the solver, one row per line with equal-length rows, and it walks every path of adjacent tiles (horizontal, vertical and diagonal, never reusing a tile inside a word) to list the valid words at or above your chosen minimum length. The built-in dictionary is a compact English word list, and you can extend it with your own words in the extra-dictionary field. Results are sorted longest-first.

How the solver works

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    Enter the grid

    Type the letters one row per line. Every row must be the same length: a 4x4 board is 4 lines of 4 letters. Boards of other rectangular sizes work too.

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    Depth-first search

    It starts at each cell and walks every adjacent tile in all 8 directions, never reusing a tile within the same word.

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    Dictionary filter

    Each candidate is checked against a built-in English word list. The list is compact, so it recognizes common words rather than every obscure entry; add the ones it misses in the extra-dictionary box.

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    Sorted by length

    Valid words are listed longest-first (up to 500). Set the minimum length anywhere from 3 to 10.

Adjacency rules

Squaredle tiles connect to all 8 neighbors (horizontal, vertical, diagonal). Within a single word you cannot revisit the same cell. The solver enforces both.

Path example on a 4x4 grid:

S T A R
L I N E
A T E R
M A P S

Valid: S(0,0) → T(0,1) → A(0,2) → R(0,3) = STAR (4 letters, straight line). Invalid: S(3,3) → T(2,1), because (3,3) and (2,1) are not adjacent. Invalid: L(1,0) → I(1,1) → T(2,1) → I(1,1), because the same I cannot be reused.

About the dictionary

The solver ships with a compact built-in English word list, not the full Collins or TWL Scrabble dictionary, so it recognizes common words and will miss many rarer valid entries. Whatever it returns still has to be accepted by the puzzle’s own list to count in-game. To catch a word it does not know, paste it (or a whole word list) into the extra-dictionary field, space or comma separated, and it is searched too.

The built-in list is English only. A grid written in another language will match nothing unless you supply that language’s words yourself in the extra-dictionary field, because the solver carries no French, Spanish, German, Japanese or other-language dictionary.

Strategy tips (even with a solver)

  • Play the board first, solver second. Solving it outright removes the point of the puzzle.
  • Raise the minimum length. Set the minimum to 6 or 7 to focus only on the long words you are still missing.
  • Plural and suffix-rich starts. Boards with -S, -ED, -ING, -ER, -LY near a corner tend to have many long words.
  • Uncommon bigrams. If the grid has Q without a nearby U, expect Qi, Qat and the other short crutches; add them through the extra dictionary if the built-in list lacks them.

Why the solver might miss a word

  • Not in the built-in list. The compact English list leaves out many rarer valid words; add them in the extra-dictionary field.
  • Proper nouns and names. Words like ETAIN or LYRA are not dictionary words.
  • Regional or newer spellings. Squaredle maintains its own evolving list and may accept words the built-in list does not.
  • Below your minimum length. Lower the minimum-length setting to surface shorter words.

Frequently Asked Questions

Only if you mind. Squaredle is a single-player puzzle with no leaderboard consequences for using hints. Some people prefer a nudge on the last 2-3 words; others solve the whole grid at once.

Bonus tiles are visual markers in the game and do not change which words are valid, so just type the letter in that cell as usual. Blocked cells and irregular shapes are not supported: the solver needs a full rectangle with equal-length rows, so enter the closest rectangular grid you can.

The built-in dictionary is a compact English list, so it finds common words but not every rare or specialist one. Paste the missing words (or a fuller word list) into the extra-dictionary field and they are searched too.

Not with the built-in dictionary, which is English only. There is no French, Spanish, German, Japanese or other-language word list included, but you can paste your own words for any language into the extra-dictionary field and the solver will look for those.

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