# Word Lookup Pro — Word Finder for Games > Word finder, anagram solver, and dictionary for word games. (iPhone/iPad app by Peter Hunt.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/word-lookup-pro/id406150030 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Peter Hunt](https://appshunter.io/developer/398184574) - Category: Games, Reference, Puzzle, Word - Price: $4.99 - Rating: 4.80/5 from 6,427 App Store ratings · 328 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 15.6 · 66 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2011-02-18 - Data updated: 2026-09-01 - Monetization: freemium - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/word-lookup-pro/id406150030/reviews.md ## What is Word Lookup Pro? Word Lookup Pro is the ultimate Anagram, Word Finder and Dictionary for word games like Words With Friends, SCRABBLE®, Wordle, Letterpress, WordFeud, WELDER and crossword puzzles. Use it to resolve a ‘challenge’, improve your game, find the highest points score, and learn new words and their meanings. Improvements on the free edition: + No Ads + Enhanced Anagram Finder supports up to 11 letters and 2 blanks (highlighted in red) Features: ◆ 170,000+ word English dictionary (as used in Words With Friends Classic / WWF2) ◆ Anagram Finder — enter up to 11 letters with 2 blanks to find all valid words (and sub-words) ◆ Dictionary definitions. Bookmark words and definitions to save them for later ◆ FAST ! Searches and displays the point score as you type ◆ Useful Word Lists to improve your knowledge: Bookmarks, 2 letter words, 3 letter words, Q not followed by U, All vowels, All consonants except Y, High scoring words, WWF Tile distribution (the quantity of each letter tile available in WWF) * * * * * Advanced Search examples (Search Tab): Use ? or [space] as a wildcard for one letter, and - as a wildcard for any number of letters. Example: l??kup returns linkup, lockup, lookup Example: -gry returns angry, hangry, hungry, puggry Example: fi?d-ing returns finding, fiddling Advanced Anagrams examples (Anagrams Tab): (1) Use a ? or space as a blank letter Example: XZ? returns ZAX, ZA, AX … (2) Use () around letters for a group Example: PG(OU)RTS only show words containing OU together. ie. GROUPS, GROUP, SPROUT, GROUTS … * * * * * Some user feedback: “It’s great! Definitely improved my game!” — S.R. “Word Lookup is easy to navigate. I now also use it as my everyday dictionary. Well done.” — A.C. “Great vocabulary builder! Helps when you have a mind block — without cheating!” — R.V. “Love this App. Awesome App! When I’m all out of words and need just that one, I check the words app and whala! That one word pops up! Love love this app!” - Happyasalark, 2019. “Great app. Fun to use. Teaches you new words.” - Terry, 2019. ## Key features - Anagram Finder (up to 11 letters, 2 blanks) - Extensive English dictionary (170,000+ words) - Dictionary definitions with bookmarking - Fast search with point score display - Useful word lists (2-letter, 3-letter, high-scoring) - Advanced search with wildcards ## Chart rankings - #31 in Top Paid · Word (US App Store) ## What do users think of Word Lookup Pro? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Excellent - 👍 Love it! - 👍 Maximize Crossword Fun! - 👍 Fantastic tool for logophiles - 👍 Great app - 👍 Incredible! - 👍 Levels the playing field! - 👍 Quick and easy - 👍 Wonderful Words!!!! - 👍 Encourages me to keeping striving for the answer - 👍 Excellent game - 👍 Superb app - 👍 Handy - 👍 Great resource - 👍 Fantastic! - 👍 Love this game! - 👍 Excellent! - 👍 Great help - 👍 Brilliant - 👍 Excellent app - 👍 Helpful and quick - 👍 Reliable app - 👍 Saved me! - 👍 Terrific and fun! - 👍 Awesome - 👍 Super Word App - 👍 Awesome - 👍 A Scrabble 'Must Have' **Cons** - 🐛 Constant freezing - 🐛 Blocked words - 🐛 Incomplete word lists - 🐛 Unacceptable words - 🐛 Too many inconsistency in acceptable words - 🐛 Missing a lot of words - 🐛 Misses words - 🐛 Not liking the highlighted buttons - 🐛 Except for all the time-consuming interruptions! - 🐛 Ioo - 🐛 We - 🐛 It quit working - 🐛 Left side cut off on iPad - 🐛 This was a useful app but now it's useless. - 🐛 Needs better instructions - 🐛 Crashing problems - 🐛 Screen problem. - 🐛 Problems on iOS that I can't fix **Commonly reported bugs** - Login screen freezes - Incompatible with older devices - Words that are not excepted by the game - The keyboard appears and disappears when it likes, not when I want it - The screen shifts to the left so that about half of each word is visible **Most requested features** - More on positions and more that two blanks - Pronunciation and a way to say words ending in ( up or u) in certain letters - Increase the anagram length to 12 or 13 - Dark mode option - Advanced analytics dashboard ## Recent user reviews (10 of 328) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/word-lookup-pro/id406150030/reviews.md ### 5/5 — Great mind exercise *2026-08-15, version 2026.1* I love this game! ### 5/5 — So Helpful! *2026-08-15, version 2026.1* I have learned so many new words and it has definitely improved my scores. ### 5/5 — Great tool! *2026-08-02, version 2026.1* Super for anagrams and playing scrabble and doing crosswords. It also gives word meanings. It’s a great app. I paid for the Pro version which wasn’t very expensive and it was well worth the cost. ### 5/5 — Very Useful Tool *2026-07-24, version 2026.1* Perfect app, easy to use. Just wish you could use 3 blanks. ### 5/5 — Very helpful *2026-07-17, version 2026.1* I appreciate the suggestions and guidance. ### 5/5 — Words *2026-06-22, version 2026.1* The one problem is the number of foreign words used by words. It’s data base is endless so how can you compete evenly when playing words itself. ### 5/5 — Don't Leave (Or Stay) Home Without It. *2026-06-04, version 2026.1* Without a doubt, this is the best word-game dictionary available. It's actually far more than a dictionary; it's a nimble, lightning-fast, multi-featured, web-scouring, extraordinarily perspicacious word-finding wizard - like your brain, only 500-billion-times faster. You may have some ethical compunctions about using this app because it CAN be used to cheat (which I do not advocate or recommend) but it can also be used in a perfectly acceptable manner, both while playing a game and between games. Check out the word lists in this app, like 2-letter words, 3-letter words (etc), words without vowels, words containing Q w/o U, and many more. Study them to increase your vocabulary and become a better player. (Cheating won’t grow your brain at all; learning new words will.) Check out the anagram feature and learn to unscramble words that could be hiding in your letter rack. Don’t do this while you’re playing a game, which would be cheating, but do it to exercise and challenge your brain to learn new skills you can employ while playing a game. Enter a string of random letters and see just how many words can be made from them. [You could also start playing Boggle, although Boggle won’t teach you new words, like (for example) the names of foreign currencies, coins and bills, and those come in very handy when you’re playing word games. Still Boggle will give you practice unscrambling words.] This app is indispensable for anyone interested in playing well, playing smart, and scoring big, but it's also a fascinating app for discovering little surprises, sparkling gems of meaning and sound from the language in which we blithely declare ourselves fluent. Many, many of the words in word game lists will not show up in Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary app, so if you’re looking for definitions, you can either search online or open this app. This dictionary - or word lookup - attempts to give as much documentation as possible to legitimize the inclusion of each word in its collection. I must say it has opened my eyes to the considerable breadth of English usage across time and national boundaries, as word games now seem to allow any English words, including slang, that appear in publication – whether by Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, by Zadie Smith, J.K. Rowling, Stephen King, those used by bloggers, rap artists, lyricists, or in the flood of so-called “street novels” - as well as words in colloquial and/or formal usage not just throughout the UK and America, but everywhere that the political or cultural influence of those nations has reached. An extensive territory indeed. If I were to be critical of anything, it would be of these four things: 1.) (My #1 pet peeve) After a word’s definition, this app gives a series of usage examples, but often NONE of those examples actually uses the word they are supposed to be clarifying! They use a synonym instead. For example, for clarification on how to use the word “allot,” this app will use something like “The coach said we each get two jerseys.” “Mr Daniels said we are allowed 20 minutes to complete each task.” “The government budgeted two million dollars for the project.” How does that explain to anyone how to use the word “allot”? [Learning English as a second language? This won’t help!] It’s completely baffling! It should go without saying that all sample sentences clarifying how to use a given word should actually INCLUDE that word! If further clarification were ever needed, a synonym could appear inside [brackets] or (parentheses.) But this app doesn’t even indicate where or how the given word could be substituted for the synonymous words or phrases in their sample sentences. 2.) One can still come across words for which "no definition is available." That's really not good. Sometimes it’s just a plural form of a word that IS listed (with definition) but you wouldn’t know this unless you a) know Latin, or b) searched the internet. 3.) Simple pronunciation guides would be really helpful. 4.) Finally, I would note that the developers have more work to do in general to clarify some of their extensive efforts at documentation, as not all of it is clear. In particular, after the definition of a word, a list of links to synonyms is often given. It is not uncommon, however, for there to be no obvious connection between the original word and the link. Often that’s because the link is a synonym for a different definition of the word, which does not appear in the app, so to make sense of the link, you’d have to search a real dictionary. It may seem a formidable task, but all the definitions of a word really should be listed in the app, at least all those for which you provide a linked synonym. Check out, for example, at the word "scot." Still, this app has come a looong way since I started using it. The improvements are impressive. I have no reservations about giving this app 5 stars. If you use it a lot, as I do, it's definitely worth it to upgrade to the ad-free version. You get a LOT for your money with this app. ### 5/5 — Use it Every Day *2026-05-27, version 2026.1* This app is great for helping me with puzzles I do every day. And it works offline! Super useful app! ### 5/5 — Rare *2026-05-23, version 2026.1* Five star ### 5/5 — Quick to use ! *2026-05-20, version 2026.1* Not yet used the updated version ..... Can’t fault the earlier version .... very useful . ## Frequently asked questions about Word Lookup Pro ### What does Word Lookup Pro do? Word Lookup Pro is a comprehensive tool for word game players. It functions as an anagram solver, a word finder, and a dictionary, helping users discover valid words, find high-scoring combinations, and learn new vocabulary. It is particularly useful for games like Words With Friends, SCRABBLE, and crossword puzzles. ### What are the key features of Word Lookup Pro? Key features include an extensive English dictionary with over 170,000 words, an advanced anagram finder that supports up to 11 letters and blanks, dictionary definitions with bookmarking capabilities, and fast search functionality that displays point scores as you type. It also offers useful word lists and advanced search options with wildcards. ### How much does Word Lookup Pro cost? The application offers a free edition and an enhanced 'Pro' version. The Pro version removes advertisements and includes an enhanced anagram finder. Specific pricing for the Pro version is not detailed in the provided description, but it is implied to be a one-time purchase or a premium upgrade. ### What word games is this app compatible with? This app is designed to assist with a variety of popular word games and puzzles. It is explicitly mentioned as being useful for Words With Friends (including Classic and WWF2), SCRABBLE®, Wordle, Letterpress, WordFeud, WELDER, and general crossword puzzles. ### How can this app help improve my word game scores? The app helps improve scores by providing instant access to valid words and their highest possible point values based on the game's dictionary. The anagram finder can suggest words you might have missed, and the dictionary definitions can help you learn new words, expanding your vocabulary and strategic options during gameplay. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 2026.1 — 2026-03-15 ∙ Updated for the latest version of iOS ∙ Updated icons ∙ Updated word list Here's some of the added words that may be useful: ANTBIRD, BRACK, BRITH, DUPATTA, LATEISH, OUTRO, PALAK, SHORAN, VIEUX, VIVRE, YEAHS. Thanks to Janene, Jerel, Jonathan, Juanita, Marc, Mike, and Sherry for their submissions. If you have tips on any other new words that are valid in the Words With Friends game, please send them to feedback@appspired.com ### 2024.3 — 2024-09-09 ∙ Updated word list Here's some of the added words that may be useful: BOWSIE, BUTTLE, BRODERIE, CATFLAP, DALEK, DEIONISE, DIOCH, EBIKE, ENDIAN, FITNAH, FLOTEL, HOTKEY, KAIZEN, KAREZ, LOOKY, NATTERER, REHOMING, SARNIE, SEALION, STEVIA, SYNTAGM, TASER, TAJINE, TEASET, WEBPAGE. Thanks to Larry, Janene, Jonathan, and Robin for their submissions. If you have tips on any other new words that are valid in the Words With Friends game, please send them to feedback@appspired.com ### 2024.1 — 2024-03-03 ∙ Updated word list Here's some of the added words that may be useful: BHAJI, FADEOUT, HACKY, REFLAG, VERSA, VICTRIX, YAPPY. Thanks to Jonathan, Mel, Sharon, and Sherry for their submissions. If you have tips on any other new words that are valid in the Words With Friends game, please send them to feedback@appspired.com ∙ Added 'Send Feedback' button to About screen ### 2023.6 — 2023-12-07 ∙ Updated word list (80+ new words, removed 4 words) Here's some of the added words that may be useful: CENTREX, DIGIPAK, ECOTAX, FOXIE, LASQUE, SHTUM, SPAZA, SQUIRL, THINKO, PONZU. Thanks to Larry, Janene, and Charles for their submissions. If you have tips on any other new words that are valid in the Words With Friends game, please send them to feedback@appspired.com ### 2023.5 — 2023-09-13 ∙ Updated word list Here's some of the added words that may be useful: AUDAX, DOOSRA, FEROX, GATELEG, HENCH, KETTLEBELL, LOGIN, NITROX, TAIKO, YAJNA, WOWSE, ZILLA. Thanks to Larry, Mel, Janene, Anthony, and Jonathan for their submissions. 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