Word Counts by Length
The ENABLE tournament dictionary contains 168,548 English words from 2 to 15 letters. The most common length is 8 letters (28,420 words).
Words per length
| Length | Word count | Share of dictionary | Browse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 letters | 96 | 0.1% | Word finder → |
| 3 letters | 972 | 0.6% | Full list → |
| 4 letters | 3,903 | 2.3% | Full list → |
| 5 letters | 8,636 | 5.1% | Full list → |
| 6 letters | 15,232 | 9.0% | Full list → |
| 7 letters | 23,109 | 13.7% | Full list → |
| 8 letters | 28,420 | 16.9% | Full list → |
| 9 letters | 24,873 | 14.8% | Word finder → |
| 10 letters | 20,300 | 12.0% | Word finder → |
| 11 letters | 15,504 | 9.2% | Word finder → |
| 12 letters | 11,357 | 6.7% | Word finder → |
| 13 letters | 7,827 | 4.6% | Word finder → |
| 14 letters | 5,127 | 3.0% | Word finder → |
| 15 letters | 3,192 | 1.9% | Word finder → |
Source: ENABLE public-domain tournament dictionary (words of 2-15 letters).
Some of the longest words
A few 15-letter entries (with their face-value Scrabble scores):
- oxyphenbutazone41
- benzodiazepines38
- psychoanalyzing38
- cyclohexylamine37
- hyperimmunizing37
- hypnotizability37
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Frequently asked questions
How many words are in the English dictionary?
The public-domain ENABLE tournament dictionary — the word list used by competitive Scrabble and by this site's tools — contains 168,548 words between 2 and 15 letters. Larger dictionaries like the OED list more forms, but ENABLE is the standard for word games.
What is the most common word length in English?
8 letters. There are 28,420 8-letter words — 16.9% of the entire dictionary.
How many 5-letter words are there (Wordle words)?
There are 8,636 five-letter words (5.1% of the dictionary). Wordle's official answer list is a curated subset of roughly 2,300 of them.
How many 2-letter words are there?
96 two-letter words are valid — essential knowledge for Scrabble players, where words like QI, ZA, and XU turn difficult tiles into points.