Wordfinder information and tips

The Wordfinder searches for words that fit what you actually write in the text field.

It will only find those words that are available:

The Lite version includes only the most frequently used words. Often these are not what one might think. This version is not supposed to come up with at lot of complex and rare words. You can shift easily to test with some other languages.
In the English Wordfinder all commonly used words are available. It will find words from other languages if they are part of standard English. The names of persons, or places, and many professional terms are not included here.

When there is "..." in the result, it shows that more words were found than can be displayed.

You may check that the intended word is available by writing it correctly (assuming that you are testing, of course).

In Yak-Yak itself one can work with all kinds of words and phrases. Also personal sets which you can prepare for each user.

Choose a test word (for instance "partnership"), and check that it is available. Delete some letters ("patnersip"), and insert some wrong ones ("bramtdersi"). The word becomes more and more difficult to recognize. But the Wordfinder keeps finding it, until you have changed it so much that you get closer to a different word.
Enter some letters at random, and see what the Wordfinder comes up with.

Example
- blalun: background, backgrounds, balance, balanced, balcony, balloon, balloons, blaming, blanking, blasting, blazing
- neutsar: mustard, neutral, restart, restarted, restarting, restarts, restaurant
- bijntus: brightness, paintbrush, paintbrushes
(This example uses the Basic English option in the Wordfinder Lite.)
In the English Wordfinder you may want to try the following. Enter a string of more or less random letters. Imagine what word they most resemble. Search with the Wordfinder. If you disagree, then enter (or delete) one letter at a time, so as to nudge the word in the right direction. Check after each change.

Anyone may use the Wordfinder on this site for serious work. The following tips may help:

One does not have to finish a word - often the beginning is enough. Mistakes are allowed even in an unfinished word.
Instead of guessing at a part of a word, try to insert a "." (period) - perhaps two or more.
If in doubt of letter-pairs, like for instance "m" and "n", write both, that is "mn".
One can tell the Wordfinder if a word is long or short. This is useful in searching for very short words.

If someone has a difficulty with dyslexia then the Wordfinder can almost certainly help.

A user with the aphasia disability should write his words exactly as he thinks best, even when others may not understand them.

It is not commonly known that, something which may look as random as the entries in the Example, that is

can actually be a part of an entirely reasonable shopping list: