How Many Words of Each Length Are There? Our 168,352-Word Count
Eight-letter words are the most numerous in our game dictionary, with 28,397. Everyday words peak at seven letters. The full breakdown from 2 to 15 letters.
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The Most Vowels and Consonants in a Row in English Words
QUEUEING has five vowels in a row. LENGTHS and STRENGTHS pack five consonants together. Here are the record holders, from rare words to everyday ones.
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Isograms: The Longest Words With No Repeated Letters
DERMATOGLYPHICS and UNCOPYRIGHTABLE are 15-letter words with no letter used twice. Among everyday words, the record is 12 letters. Our analysis.
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Words You Can Type With One Hand (and One Keyboard Row)
SWEATERDRESSES is the longest word you can type with only your left hand. TYPEWRITER uses only the top row. Left-hand words outnumber right-hand words 8 to 1.
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The Longest Anagrams in English (Including Ones You Know)
ALGORITHMICALLY and LOGARITHMICALLY are a 15-letter anagram pair. For everyday words, CONSERVATION and CONVERSATION lead at 12 letters. The full list.
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Which Letters Make the Most Anagrams? The Record Is 12 Words
The letters A, E, P, R and S can be arranged into 12 different words, the record in our dictionary. 17% of all words have at least one anagram. Here is the full ranking.
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The Most Common Letters in English: Dictionary vs Everyday Use
E is the most common letter whichever way you count. But S comes second in a dictionary and only seventh in real text, while T, O and H move up. Our analysis of 168,352 words.
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How Many 5-Letter Words Are There in English?
Our 168,352-word game dictionary has 8,602 five-letter words, but only 2,666 of them are common in everyday English. Here is how they break down.
