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Common Six-Letter Words

There are 5,325 words in this list; 5,325 of them are common words.

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Six-letter words are the sweet spot for many players: long enough to score well and reach premium squares, short enough that a rack of seven letters will usually contain one. This list shows the six-letter words in our dictionary that appear in everyday English, leaving out the rare and technical entries so the page stays readable. The words are sorted alphabetically. Use the list to review vocabulary, to check whether a word you half-remember is real, or as a starting point for the unscrambler: type any six or seven of your letters into the search box and you will see which of these words you can actually form, with scores. Six-letter daily puzzles exist too, and the word finder accepts a six-character pattern with question marks for the unknown positions if you want to narrow this list down.

The first 600 of 5,325 words

Quick facts

  • Total words: 5,325
  • By usage: 5,325 very common, 0 common, 0 rare

Highest scoring (classic tiles)

  1. jazzed 32
  2. jazzes 31
  3. frizzy 30
  4. fizzed 28
  5. fuzzed 28
  6. buzzed 27
  7. fezzes 27
  8. fizzes 27
  9. fizzle 27
  10. fuzzes 27

Most common

  1. cheque
  2. checks
  3. except
  4. expect
  5. fixing
  6. object
  7. church
  8. dozens
  9. expand
  10. highly

Definitions

cheque (noun)
A written order directing a bank to pay money.
except (verb)
Object to.
expect (verb)
Regard something as probable or likely.
fixing (noun)
The act of putting something in working order again.

How to use this page

This is a reference list, complete and computed. To turn it into a tool, type your letters into the search box and the results show only the words here that you can actually spell.

Tips

A blank tile is the most powerful piece on your rack because it stands in for any letter. When you search this list with a blank, the tool underlines the letter the blank replaced so you know which tile to lay down. Spend a blank only when it unlocks a long word or a premium square; using it for a three-letter play is almost always a waste. If you hold two blanks, look for a word from this list that needs both, because a seven-tile play with the bonus outscores nearly everything else.

Questions

How many common six-letter words are there?

Our dictionary has 5,325 common six-letter words, of which 5,325 are common English words. The count comes from the public-domain ENABLE list, so it can differ slightly from the dictionary a particular game uses.

What is the highest-scoring word among the common six-letter words?

JAZZED scores 32 points with classic tile values, ignoring board multipliers. The full top ten is in the quick facts above; switch the tile set on the search tool if you play with different letter values.

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