Comparison

The Word Finder vs Word Solver+

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

The Word Finder

This app helps solve various word and puzzle games, offering hints and answers for popular titles like Wordle, Connections, and Sudoku. It provides tools to find playable words, suggest best moves on game boards, and check definitions. Users can customize their experience by pinning favorite tools and accessing past puzzles.

Highlights
  • Word finder with letter input and filters
  • Board solver with screenshot analysis
  • Word checker with definitions and points
  • Solver for Wordle, Connections, Spelling Bee
  • Tools for Sudoku, Queens, and other puzzles
  • Daily built-in games
  • Customizable favorite tools
Features
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Stuck on a rack of letters, a full board, or today's puzzle? The Word Finder solves every big word game in one app, and reveals only as much as you ask it to. WORD TOOLS • Word Finder — enter your letters, blanks included, and get every playable word with points for Scrabble, Words With Friends, and Crossplay dictionaries, with filters for starts-with, ends-with, contains, and length. • Board Solver — take a screenshot of your Scrabble GO, Words With Friends, or Crossplay game, upload it, and get the best move for the whole board, ranked by points. Save each game and come back next turn. No screenshot? Enter the tiles yourself, or solve the rack alone. • Word Check — is it playable? Definition, point value, and where it's accepted. • Wordle Solver (with screenshot upload) — smart guesses, deep filters, letter odds, and today's answer when you want it. NYT GAMES SOLVERS • Connections — today's groups, hints, and a practice board • Spelling Bee — today's answers, pangrams, and hints • Strands — theme words, the spangram, and every path • Pips — every domino placed, constraint by constraint • Sudoku — Easy, Medium, and Hard, revealed cell by cell LINKEDIN GAMES SOLVERS • Queens — reveal today's board, cell by cell or zone by zone • Tango — balance suns and moons on the grid • Zip — trace the path through every cell • Crossclimb — the word ladder, rung by rung • Pinpoint — the category from five clues • Mini Sudoku — today's 6×6, digit by digit • Patches — fit every patch to its clue • Wend — every word's path through today's grid DAILY GAMES, BUILT IN • Lingle — the daily word guessing game, with hints • Word Connection — find the two words in between • Daily Anagram — four scrambled words, one clue, and a result to share • Sudoku Six — a 6×6 every day, easy on Mondays • Crossherd — a 5×5 mini crossword, with the archive HINTS FIRST, ANSWERS WHEN YOU WANT THEM Every puzzle solver is built to spoil as little as possible: reveal a single cell, one group, one rung — or the whole board when you're done fighting it. A new puzzle lands every day, and you can flip back through past dates. MADE FOR WORD LOVERS • Tap any word for its definition • Pin your go-to tools to Favorites and drag them into your order • Works beautifully on iPhone and iPad • No account needed GO AD-FREE The Word Finder is free with ads. One subscription removes every ad across every solver — monthly or annual, cancel anytime. The Word Finder is an unofficial fan-made companion. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by The New York Times, LinkedIn, Hasbro, Mattel, or Zynga. Scrabble, Words With Friends, Wordle, Connections, Spelling Bee, Strands, Pips, Queens, Tango, Zip, Crossclimb, Pinpoint, and related marks are trademarks of their respective owners. Questions or ideas? Tell us what to build next from Settings → Send Feedback, or visit thewordfinder.com.

About

Word Solver+

This tool helps you find the perfect word for word games like Scrabble or Words With Friends. It can solve anagrams, handle blank letters, and offers advanced search options. Look up definitions and hear pronunciations.

Highlights
  • Anagram solver up to 16 letters
  • Supports blank letters
  • Letter score calculation
  • Advanced search (starts, contains, ends)
  • Definition lookup
  • Audio pronunciation
  • Multiple dictionaries
Features
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Word Solver+ is a new powerful and easy-to-use free anagram solver that will help you find the perfect word to play in games like Scrabble or Words With Friends! Whether you're stumped on a stubborn jumble or just looking for an extra edge to get the highest score possible, Word Solver+ is here to help! Features - Solve Anagrams up to 16 Letters Long - Up to 2 Blank Letters - Letter Score - Advanced Searching with Starts, Contains, and Ends - Definition Lookup - Audio Pronunciation - 9 Dictionaries to Choose From (Including Spanish and French) - Customizable Sorting Options - Works Great for both Online and Offline Word Games With our ultra-quick searching algorithm and streamlined UI, we strive to provide you with the best modern word solver app possible. Please do not hesitate to share any thoughts or feedback you may have. Thank you, and give Word Solver+ a try today!

Screenshots

The Word Finder4 screens
Word Solver+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Word Solver+ at 5.0 against The Word Finder's 4.6. Word Solver+ also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). The Word Finder's advantage is ratings volume (13K vs 10). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. The Word Finder sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Word Solver+ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Word Solver+ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Word Finder has 13K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Word Finder ships an update every 9 days, Word Solver+ every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
The Word Finder versus Word Solver+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Word FinderWord Solver+
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (13K ratings)5.0 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings13K — better10
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMPL Ventures, LLCColin Keith

Customer experience

The Word Finder

All ratings13,339 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral3.5%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews321 reviews
Positive43.6%
Neutral11.8%
Negative44.5%

Word Solver+

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

The Word Finder

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Black screen when checking word definitions
  • Letters stay in search bar after closing app
  • App freezes when using advanced search

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow longer word lengths
  • Add more dictionary words
  • Improve compatibility with word games
  • Provide option to remove ads permanently

Word Solver+

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

The Word Finder

Subscriptions2
  • Ad Free Version$1.991 Month
  • Ad Free Version (annual)$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • The Word Finder Premium$0.99
1 purchases

Word Solver+

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is The Word Finder free?
The Word Finder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Word Solver+ free?
Word Solver+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, The Word Finder or Word Solver+?
Word Solver+ is rated higher. The Word Finder averages 4.6 out of 5 from 13K ratings, while Word Solver+ averages 5.0 from 10 ratings.
Do The Word Finder or Word Solver+ have ads?
Both The Word Finder and Word Solver+ show ads.
Which is updated more often, The Word Finder or Word Solver+?
The Word Finder ships an update every 9 days, and Word Solver+ every 3 days. Most recently, The Word Finder was updated on October 29, 2026 and Word Solver+ on October 24, 2026.

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