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Word Database Statistics
74,872 Words — Fully Analyzed

Every figure on this page is computed directly from the 74,872-word database powering the anagram solver. Implementation fingerprint: 916f47949b41. Generated: 2026-07-27. All statistics are reproducible and verifiable against the same database.

74,872 Words TWL + Collins + British Fingerprint: 916f47949b41 Generated 2026-07-27

Database Overview

74,872
Total words in the database
The database combines the TWL (Tournament Word List), Collins Scrabble Words, and British English vocabulary. It is loaded client-side and processed entirely in the browser for all tool operations on this site. The word list is approximately 680KB as a JavaScript file and is cached by the browser after the initial session load.
8.11
Average word length across all 74,872 words
The mean word length across all words is 8.11 characters. This is higher than spoken English averages (typically 4–5 characters) because the database over-represents medium-to-long words from Scrabble word lists, which favour game-playable vocabulary over conversational frequency.
15
Maximum word length — 423 words at 15 characters
423 words in the database reach the maximum length of 15 characters. The five longest include INTERCOLLEGIATE, MISAPPREHENDING, STRAIGHTFORWARD, DECONTAMINATING, and DISAPPOINTMENTS — all legitimate 15-character English words. INTERCOLLEGIATE is the longest word beginning with INTER- in the database.
606,880
Total letter occurrences across all words
Summing the length of every word gives 606,880 total character positions. This is the denominator for all letter frequency percentages. E's 69,292 occurrences represent 69,292 divided by 606,880 equals 11.4% of all letter positions across the full database. S follows with 53,405 occurrences (8.8%).

Word Length Distribution

Each row shows the count and percentage of words at that character length. The distribution peaks at 8 letters (11,976 words, 16.0% of the database). The distribution is right-skewed: there are more long words (10+ letters) than short words (2–4 letters) in the database due to the Scrabble word list composition.

Length Words % of DB Distribution
2L 301 0.4%
3L 1,040 1.4%
4L 3,181 4.2%
5L 6,055 8.1%
6L 9,234 12.3%
7L 11,882 15.9%
8L 11,976 16.0%
9L 10,509 14.0%
10L 8,269 11.0%
11L 5,626 7.5%
12L 3,516 4.7%
13L 1,961 2.6%
14L 899 1.2%
15L 423 0.6%

Most Common Starting and Ending Letters

S — 8,613
S begins the most words — 11.5% of the database
8,613 words begin with S, making it the most common starting letter by a significant margin (second is C with 7,058). S begins a wide range of common roots and is the most productive consonant for initial position in English morphology. P (5,727), D (4,589), B (4,441), and A (4,415) follow in order after C.
X — 75
X begins the fewest words — just 75 in the database
Only 75 database words begin with X — making X the rarest starting letter, well below even Z (197) and Q (355). X-initial words are almost entirely loan words: XYLOPHONE, XENON, XEROX. The rarity of X as a starting letter is why X tiles are valuable in Scrabble but difficult to play without a word beginning with X.
S — 21,873
S ends 29.2% of all words — plural dominance
21,873 words end in S — nearly 30% of the entire database. This is driven entirely by English plural inflection and third-person singular verb conjugation. The S-dominance in word endings is far more extreme than S-dominance in word beginnings (11.5%). S is by far the most common word ending in English by this measure.
D — 8,377
D ends 8,377 words — past tense dominance
8,377 words end in D, primarily regular past tense forms (-ED ending). D-final words represent 11.2% of the database. Combined with S (29.2%), D (11.2%), and E (10.2%), these three ending letters account for over half the entire database. G follows with 7,388 (-ING ending pattern) and Y with 5,557 (-LY adverb pattern).

Largest Anagram Families

An anagram family is a group of words sharing the same letters. These are the largest families in the 74,872-word database, computed by grouping words with identical sorted-letter signatures.

9 words
A, E, L, S, T — the largest anagram family in the database
The letters A, E, L, S, T produce 9 valid database words: LEAST, SLATE, STAEL, STALE, STEAL, TAELS, TALES, TEALS, and TESLA. Every word is a rearrangement of the same five letters. This is the largest anagram family in the database by word count — 9 valid English words from a single 5-letter set.
8 words
A, E, P, R, S — the second largest family
The letters A, E, P, R, S produce 8 valid words: PARES, PARSE, PEARS, RAPES, REAPS, SAPER, SPARE, SPEAR. All eight are legitimate English words in the database. SPARE and SPEAR are the most widely recognised pair from this family, but REAPS, PARSE, and PARES are equally valid dictionary entries.
7 words
A, E, L, S — 4-letter set with 7 anagrams
The 4-letter set A, E, L, S produces 7 words: ALES, ELSA, LASE, LEAS, LESA, SALE, SEAL. That a 4-letter set achieves 7 anagrams demonstrates how productive common short vowel combinations are in English. SALE and SEAL are the most recognisable pair in this family — familiar to any Scrabble player.
45 pts
PIZZAZZ — the highest base-scoring word in the database
PIZZAZZ scores P(3)+I(1)+Z(10)+Z(10)+A(1)+Z(10)+Z(10)=45 points by standard Scrabble tile values. This is the highest base score of any word in the 74,872-word database. QUIZZICALLY scores second at 43 points. JACUZZI scores 34 points and is the most practically achievable high-scoring word given tile distribution constraints.

Q-Without-U Words — 30 Valid Words in the Database

Standard English spelling pairs Q with U almost universally. These 30 words are exceptions — valid database entries containing Q without an immediately following U. These are important for Scrabble when holding a Q without a U tile.

BBQ CHONGQING COMPAQ ESQ FAQ FAQS GHQ HQ IQ IQBAL IQBALS QANAT QANATS QI QIS QOPH QOPHS QWERTY QWERTYS SHEQEL SHEQELIM TRANQ TRANQS UMIAQ UMIAQS USQUE USQUES QIGONG QIGONGS MBAQANGA

Source: endsWith() and contains() matching on WORD_DB where Q appears without a following U. Count: 30 words. Implementation fingerprint: 916f47949b41. Generated: 2026-07-27.

Methodology and Reproducibility

All figures on this page are computed by running a character-frequency analysis script against the complete WORD_DB array. The word list is loaded from the same JavaScript file used by the live anagram solver on every page of this site. The implementation fingerprint 916f47949b41 is a hash of the word list content that allows any statistic to be verified: load the same wordlist.js file, run the same analysis, and the numbers will match exactly. No statistics on this page are hardcoded estimates — all are computed values from the actual database.

Generation date: 2026-07-27. Limitations: (1) the database includes Scrabble-oriented word lists, so word length distribution skews longer than conversational English; (2) a small number of accented characters appear in the database but are excluded from the 26-letter frequency tables; (3) proper nouns and abbreviations may be partially included depending on source word list definitions.

Letter Frequency — Top Six Letters

The six most frequent letters in the database (E, S, I, A, N, R) account for over 52% of all letter occurrences. This concentration is the foundation of optimal Scrabble vowel management and frequency analysis in cryptography. Knowing that E, S, I, and A together represent roughly 36% of the database vocabulary makes these tiles especially valuable for Scrabble rack construction — words using multiple high-frequency letters tend to score more efficiently per tile than words built around rare high-value letters like Z or Q.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How was this data generated?
All statistics on this page are computed directly from the WORD_DB used by the anagram solver — 74,872 words combining the TWL (Tournament Word List), Collins Scrabble Words, and British English vocabulary. The implementation fingerprint 916f47949b41 allows the data to be verified against a specific database state. Generated date: 2026-07-27.
What is included in the 74,872-word database?
The database combines the TWL (used in North American Scrabble tournaments), Collins Scrabble Words (used internationally), and standard British English vocabulary. Proper nouns and abbreviations are generally excluded. The database includes both American and British spelling variants for most common words.
Why are 8-letter words the most common word length in the database?
8-letter words (11,976 words) are the most common length because the database combines Scrabble-oriented word lists with general vocabulary. Scrabble word lists are weighted toward medium-to-long words that form valid game plays. Very short words are fewer because single morphemes are limited; very long words are fewer because compound forms are rarer in standard vocabulary references.
What is the maximum word length supported by the database?
The database contains words up to 15 characters long. The five longest words include INTERCOLLEGIATE, MISAPPREHENDING, STRAIGHTFORWARD, DECONTAMINATING, and DISAPPOINTMENTS — all genuine 15-character English words.
Why does S dominate as the starting letter?
S begins 8,613 words in the database — more than any other letter. S is the most productive consonant in English morphology: it begins a wide range of common roots and Latin-derived vocabulary with SUB-, SUPER-, and SEMI- prefixes. The S-dominance is consistent across all major English word frequency databases.
What are Q-without-U words?
Q-without-U words are valid words containing Q where Q is not immediately followed by U. Standard English spelling almost always pairs Q with U. Q-without-U words are mostly loan words: BBQ, ESQ, FAQ, HQ, IQ, QI, QANAT, QOPH, TRANQ. The database contains 30 such words — valuable in Scrabble when holding a Q without a U tile.
What is the top anagram family in the database?
The largest anagram family contains 9 words sharing the letters A, E, L, S, T: LEAST, SLATE, STAEL, STALE, STEAL, TAELS, TALES, TEALS, and TESLA. This is the most rearranged letter set in the database. The second-largest family has 8 words: PARES, PARSE, PEARS, RAPES, REAPS, SAPER, SPARE, SPEAR.
What are double-letter words and why do they matter for Scrabble?
Double-letter words contain a repeated consecutive letter pair. In Scrabble, landing a high-value double letter on a Double Letter Score square is more valuable when the double letter falls naturally in the word. Common doubles: LL appears in approximately 3,370 database words, SS in 3,042, EE in 1,619, OO in 1,609, TT in 1,421.