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Common 4-letter words
The 60 most common, with their Scrabble points: the 16 most used that have a meaning, with a short one, then the rest, most used first. Every word links to its full meaning.
- more 6used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
- home 9where you live at a particular time
- page 7one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written…
- free 7not subject to restriction or control
- time 6an instance or single occasion for some event
- site 4the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)
- news 7a report about a recent event of interest
- only 7with nothing or no one else
- help 9to give assistance to
- view 10a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
- like 8to find pleasant
- find 8to discover
- date 5the specified day of the month
- back 12in or to or toward a former location
- list 4a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
- name 6a language unit by which a person or thing is known
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Highest-scoring 4-letter words
zizz and zzzs share the top score (31), then jazz (29), then four words on 25, in Scrabble points before bonus squares.
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| zizz | 31 | 31 | to make a buzzing sound |
| zzzs | 31 | 31 | |
| jazz | 29 | 31 | to enliven |
| fuzz | 25 | 26 | to become fuzzy |
| fizz | 25 | 25 | to make a hissing or sputtering sound |
| hizz | 25 | 24 | |
| wazz | 25 | 25 | |
| then seven words on 24 | |||
Among everyday words, jazz scores the most (29), then buzz (24), then quiz (22).
4-letter words by the numbers
- 5,638 4-letter words are in at least one of the three word lists we use: 4,218 in NWL2023 (Scrabble in the US and Canada), 5,629 in Collins Scrabble Words (most other countries) and 3,873 in ENABLE (the list Words With Friends started from).
- S starts the most of them (490), then B (357) and T (356). S ends the most (1,128).
- A is in more 4-letter words than any other letter: 2,000, or 35%.
- 1,237 words (22%) use a letter twice or more, and 51 have no A, E, I, O or U, 10 of them not even a Y, such as brrr, cwms, grrl.
Questions
How many 4-letter words are there?
5,638 across the three word lists, 4,218 of them good in North American Scrabble. About 1,112 are everyday words.
Which letter do most 4-letter words start with?
S, with 490 words. The fewest start with X (2).
Where do the words come from?
From NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words and ENABLE, as on the rest of Unscramble ME (see How It Works). A word that only one game accepts is still listed; its page shows which games take it.