How does a crossword solver find missing letters?

Word puzzle players can find missing letters to words that have them stumped by visiting a word solver website. Many of these websites also provide solutions to cryptograms, anagrams and other word puzzles.

Solving word puzzles such as crossword puzzles, Boggle, word scrambles and hangman is a favorite pastime for many people. They become less fun, however, when the player gets stuck on a word they simply cannot figure out. Puzzle solvers allow the user to enter the letters they already know are contained in the word and the number of letters in the word, then provides a list of possible solutions. Such help sites include crosswordcheats.com, hanginghyena.com and crosswordsolver.org.