How many points each letter is worth with classic tile values and in Words With Friends, next to how often each letter appears in 168,412 game words.
| Letter | Classic | Words With Friends | Share of all letters | How common | Words containing it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 1 | 7.6% | 53.7% | |
| B | 3 | 4 | 1.87% | 15.3% | |
| C | 3 | 4 | 4.06% | 31.3% | |
| D | 2 | 2 | 3.46% | 27.2% | |
| E | 1 | 1 | 11.54% | 69.6% | |
| F | 4 | 4 | 1.26% | 10% | |
| G | 2 | 3 | 2.75% | 22% | |
| H | 4 | 3 | 2.31% | 19% | |
| I | 1 | 1 | 8.9% | 58.3% | |
| J | 8 | 10 | 0.16% | 1.4% | |
| K | 5 | 5 | 0.88% | 7.5% | |
| L | 1 | 2 | 5.32% | 39.1% | |
| M | 3 | 4 | 2.83% | 22.6% | |
| N | 1 | 2 | 6.79% | 47.9% | |
| O | 1 | 1 | 6.52% | 45.1% | |
| P | 3 | 4 | 2.92% | 23% | |
| Q | 10 | 10 | 0.17% | 1.5% | |
| R | 1 | 1 | 7.1% | 51.9% | |
| S | 1 | 1 | 9.48% | 59.6% | |
| T | 1 | 1 | 6.61% | 47.3% | |
| U | 1 | 2 | 3.29% | 26.6% | |
| V | 4 | 5 | 0.98% | 8.4% | |
| W | 4 | 4 | 0.78% | 6.6% | |
| X | 8 | 8 | 0.3% | 2.6% | |
| Y | 4 | 3 | 1.63% | 13.9% | |
| Z | 10 | 10 | 0.47% | 3.9% |
Highlighted rows score differently in the two systems. Share of letters and words containing each letter are our own counts over the ENABLE word list (words up to 15 letters).
Letter values roughly follow how rare a letter is. E is the most frequent letter in game words (11.54% of all letters, and in 69.6% of words) and is worth 1 point in both systems. Q is the rarest (0.17% of letters) and is worth 10.
The two systems disagree on 12 letters. Words With Friends makes B, C, G, L, M, N, P and U worth one point more, raises J from 8 to 10 and V from 4 to 5, and lowers H and Y by one. That is why the best word can change when you switch systems on our tools.
Points shown on WordUnscramblerPro are face values: the sum of the letters before any double or triple squares. Blank tiles are worth 0.
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