Hooking with -END words
Endings like -END let you tack a word onto a tile already on the board, often turning a small play into a big one. Look for the high-value entries above to maximise points.
A quick statistical tour
Inside this list: 102 words spanning 4–12 letters. The biggest cluster sits at 7 letters (27 words), 9 entries are Wordle-sized at five letters, and 27 run to seven — bingo length if you can empty the rack. For points, the ceiling is HYPEREXTEND, worth 27.
For quick reference, the top of the score table reads: HYPEREXTEND (27), MISAPPREHEND (22), OVEREXTEND (21), COMPREHEND (20), BACKBEND (19). The longest entry is COUNTERTREND at 12 letters, and the average word here is worth about 12 points. Letter-wise, D is the workhorse — it appears in 102 of these words, ahead of N (102) and E (102).
Three words worth learning first
- ATTEND is easy to keep in memory: 6 letters, 7 points, and no awkward tiles to hunt for.
- INTEND earns 7 points from just 6 tiles — and it is a word few opponents will bother to challenge.
- Playing RELEND across a double-word square turns its base 7 points into 14 — solid value for 6 tiles.
Once those stick, file away the next tier too: RESEND (7), TREND (6), LEND (5), REND (5), SEND (5).
-END as a board weapon
When the board tightens up late in a Scrabble game, -END words keep you scoring: they attach to existing letters instead of needing seven clean tiles. Crossword solvers use the same trick in reverse — if the grid gives you the last letters, this list is the candidate pool. Check the length filter in the Word Finder to match your open squares exactly.
More endings
Narrow it down
Pair an ending with a length or starting letter in the Word Finder.