6-Letter Words
There are 15,232 six-letter words in our dictionary; 8,089 of them are common words. This page shows the most common ones and the top scorers; the full list is split by letter below.
Type your own letters to find only the 6-letter words you can make, or leave it empty to open this list in the word finder.
Most common six-letter words
- cheque20 points
- checks17 points
- except17 points
- expect17 points
- fixing17 points
- object17 points
- church16 points
- dozens16 points
- expand16 points
- highly16 points
- knocks16 points
- mixing16 points
- quoted16 points
- syntax16 points
- anyway15 points
- backed15 points
- excess15 points
- excuse15 points
- expert15 points
- modify15 points
- occupy15 points
- picked15 points
- quotes15 points
- reject15 points
- square15 points
- unique15 points
- worthy15 points
- adjust14 points
- affect14 points
- behalf14 points
- behave14 points
- bucket14 points
- buffer14 points
- coffee14 points
- effect14 points
- extend14 points
- family14 points
- firmly14 points
- french14 points
- hereby14 points
- joined14 points
- kindly14 points
- myself14 points
- office14 points
- packet14 points
- pocket14 points
- switch14 points
- walked14 points
- worked14 points
- afford13 points
- branch13 points
- breach13 points
- chance13 points
- choice13 points
- cycles13 points
- differ13 points
- exists13 points
- extent13 points
- flight13 points
- flying13 points
- growth13 points
- happen13 points
- hardly13 points
- having13 points
- higher13 points
- lacked13 points
- likely13 points
- locked13 points
- making13 points
- marked13 points
- memory13 points
- policy13 points
- scheme13 points
- showed13 points
- simply13 points
- speech13 points
- supply13 points
- symbol13 points
- thanks13 points
- thinks13 points
- though13 points
- weight13 points
- widely13 points
- window13 points
- wished13 points
- worker13 points
- accept12 points
- advice12 points
- affair12 points
- agency12 points
- always12 points
- attack12 points
- became12 points
- become12 points
- behind12 points
- beyond12 points
- bought12 points
- breaks12 points
- bright12 points
- broken12 points
- buying12 points
- caught12 points
- change12 points
- charge12 points
- common12 points
- deeply12 points
- device12 points
- effort12 points
- fairly12 points
- father12 points
- favour12 points
- fewest12 points
- finish12 points
- fishes12 points
- flavor12 points
- follow12 points
- forced12 points
- formed12 points
- fourth12 points
- freely12 points
- health12 points
- helped12 points
- hoping12 points
- impact12 points
- market12 points
- member12 points
- method12 points
- moving12 points
- nobody12 points
- notify12 points
- offers12 points
- paying12 points
- played12 points
- prompt12 points
- proved12 points
- public12 points
- pushed12 points
- remark12 points
- review12 points
- safely12 points
- safety12 points
- slowly12 points
- speaks12 points
- spoken12 points
- sticks12 points
- struck12 points
- suffer12 points
- survey12 points
- theory12 points
- thrown12 points
- throws12 points
- ticket12 points
- tracks12 points
- trucks12 points
- twelve12 points
- twenty12 points
- typing12 points
- vastly12 points
- wheels12 points
- whilst12 points
- wishes12 points
- within12 points
- yellow12 points
- accord11 points
- active11 points
- asking11 points
- attach11 points
- before11 points
- binary11 points
- borrow11 points
- bother11 points
- choose11 points
- chosen11 points
- clever11 points
- coming11 points
- copied11 points
- county11 points
- covers11 points
- divide11 points
- factor11 points
- famous11 points
- fiscal11 points
- forces11 points
- formal11 points
- format11 points
- former11 points
- giving11 points
- habits11 points
- handed11 points
- hanged11 points
- headed11 points
- hidden11 points
- hiding11 points
- inches11 points
- inform11 points
- killed11 points
- liking11 points
- linked11 points
- looked11 points
- mainly11 points
Highest-scoring six-letter words
- bezazz35 points
- pazazz35 points
- pizazz35 points
- zizzle33 points
- jazzed32 points
- jazzer31 points
- jazzes31 points
- frizzy30 points
- huzzah30 points
- mizzly29 points
- scuzzy29 points
- fezzed28 points
- fizzed28 points
- fuzzed28 points
- muzjik28 points
- buzzed27 points
- fezzes27 points
- fizzer27 points
- fizzes27 points
- fizzle27 points
- fuzzes27 points
- hazzan27 points
- huzzas27 points
- queazy27 points
- snazzy27 points
- wizzen27 points
- zizith27 points
- bizzes26 points
- buzzer26 points
- buzzes26 points
- cozzes26 points
- mezuza26 points
- mezzos26 points
- mizzen26 points
- mizzle26 points
- muzzle26 points
- piazza26 points
- piazze26 points
- pizzas26 points
- pizzle26 points
- puzzle26 points
- zigzag26 points
- dazzle25 points
- exequy25 points
- guzzle25 points
- izzard25 points
- paxwax25 points
- razzed25 points
- syzygy25 points
- frowzy24 points
All six-letter words by letter
Quick facts
- Total words: 15,232
- By usage: 5,325 very common, 2,764 common, 7,143 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- bezazz 35
- pazazz 35
- pizazz 35
- zizzle 33
- jazzed 32
- jazzer 31
- jazzes 31
- frizzy 30
- huzzah 30
- mizzly 29
Most common
- cheque
- checks
- except
- expect
- fixing
- object
- church
- dozens
- expand
- 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.
There are 15,232 words with exactly 6 letters in our dictionary. This page organises them: the most common six-letter words appear first, then the highest-scoring ones, then a link for each letter of the alphabet so you can browse the words that start with, end in, or contain it. The top scorer is BEZAZZ at 35 points. If you already have letters in hand, the search box will do the filtering for you.
How to use this page
Use the search box to filter this length to your own letters, with a question mark for each blank. Below it, the page shows the most common six-letter words, the highest scorers and an index of sub-lists by starting letter, ending letter and contained letter.
Tips
Longer words often grow from shorter ones on the board. A five-letter word with an S hook becomes six letters, a verb takes ED or ING, and many nouns take ER. When you scan this list, look for words that are extensions of common shorter words, because those are the plays you can actually make on a real board. Extending a word that already sits on a premium square can multiply your score even though you only laid down a few tiles.
Questions
How many six-letter words are there?
Our dictionary has 15,232 six-letter words, of which 8,089 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 six-letter words?
BEZAZZ scores 35 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.