The Scrabble Word Finder searches through the entire English language to determine the best word to play at the best position on the board. The engine is written in C++ and is designed from the ground up to run with the absolute fastest execution time possible, while still considering every single last possible play. The word returned will always be the highest point value possible for that particular move. This is because it knows how to make use of all six types of moves in Scrabble:

1. Initial word generation when the board is empty.
2. Forming a word that is adjacent to another word(s) with no direct intersection.
3. Forming a word that intersects another word.
4. Forming a word that intersects multiple parallel words.
5. Extending a previously played word.
6. Combinations of the above.  ex: Intersecting a word and extending another.

Furthermore, any invalid words on the board will be flagged, informing you that a challenge should be issued.

The only concept not factored in is that of tactical advantage. i.e., the word finding engine will happily setup your opponent for an easy "triple word value" on the next move if it allows the engine to play the highest word possible on the current move! In these situations, you should use the [more...] feature and choose an alternate word, particularly if the an alternate word's value is only a few points less. This judgement is best performed by a human, not a computer.

A lexicon is a list of words containing the vocabulary of a language. If you want to know what words are searched through to determine results, these are the actual lexicon files used by the engine:

Acronym	Name	Words
TWL	Tournament Word List	178,691
SOWPODS	OSW+OSPD (Official Scrabble Words / Player's Dictionary)	267,751
ENABLE	Enhanced North American Benchmark LExicon	172,823

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