How many four-letter words are there?

Our dictionary contains 4,030 four-letter words, the same list the solvers on this site use.

What is the highest-scoring four-letter word?

JAZZ, worth 29 points in Scrabble and 31 in Words With Friends on tile values alone, before any board multipliers.

Which letters appear most often in four-letter words?

A (35% of words), E (34% of words), S (33% of words), O (27% of words), I (23% of words).

4-Letter Words

All 4,030 four-letter words in our dictionary, split into lists by first letter, last letter and the letters they contain. The highest scorer is JAZZ (29 points in Scrabble, 31 in Words With Friends).

By first letter

By last letter

By letter contained

Highest-scoring four-letter words

Tile values only, before double and triple squares. Scrabble points first, Words With Friends second.

JAZZ29·31
FIZZ25·25
FUZZ25·26
BUZZ24·26
QUIZ22·23
RAZZ22·22
HAJJ21·24
JEEZ20·22
FOZY19·18
HAZY19·17

Which letters appear most

Most common letters

A — in 1,424 words (35%)
E — in 1,370 words (34%)
S — in 1,329 words (33%)
O — in 1,092 words (27%)
I — in 911 words (23%)
R — in 843 words (21%)
L — in 812 words (20%)
T — in 792 words (20%)

Most common letter by position

Position 1: S, P, B, T, D
Position 2: A, O, E, I, U
Position 3: E, R, A, N, L
Position 4: S, E, T, D, A

Questions

How many four-letter words are there?: Our dictionary contains 4,030 four-letter words, the same list the solvers on this site use.
What is the highest-scoring four-letter word?: JAZZ, worth 29 points in Scrabble and 31 in Words With Friends on tile values alone, before any board multipliers.
Which letters appear most often in four-letter words?: A (35% of words), E (34% of words), S (33% of words), O (27% of words), I (23% of words).

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