Port 2026Scrabble

IANA registers TCP and UDP port 2026 as scrabble; widespread use or a standard protocol is not established.

transport: tcp · udp
in transit: cleartext
assignment: official
risk: 3/10
lookups: 0

Technical Details

what runs on :2026

Scrabble uses port :2026 over tcp and udp. We don't have a technical write-up for it yet.

find what's listening on :2026

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :2026'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :2026

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :2026

another host

nmap -sV -p T:2026 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:2026 <host>

run it? the handshake, the implementations you meet in the wild and the flags that matter come from the engineers who do.

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Security Information

exposure of :2026

risk score

3/ 10caution

worth attention. how exposed you are depends on configuration — don't leave it reachable from the internet without a reason.

gaming averages 3.4 across 168 ports — this one sits 0.4 below.

in transit

cleartext

credentials and payloads are readable by anyone on path

assignment

official

registered with iana for this service — scanners fingerprint it by number

reachable over

tcp · udp

udp is connectionless — source addresses are trivially spoofed and it is a reflection favourite

security overview

The registration alone does not document authentication, encryption, or a protocol-specific vulnerability. If traffic appears on this port, identify the process and protocol before allowing it through an internet-facing firewall.

Record

iana registry entry

port: :2026
service: Scrabble
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 3/10caution
category: Gaming
usage: IANA lists port 2026 under the service name scrabble. That registration does not establish that Scrabble servers commonly use it, and I cannot verify a widely deployed implementation.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-11-09
updated: 2026-11-09
references: IANA Service Name and Transport Protocol Port Number Registry

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 2026. Every field on it is editable — change what's wrong, say how you know, and a reviewer publishes it, usually within a minute. Last touched 2026-11-09.

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risk mix of the 8 listed

caution100%

0 of 8 encrypted

Port :2026Scrabble

Technical Details

Security Information

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Port 2026Scrabble