6-Letter Words

There are 23,033 words with 6 letters in English, and this page will list all of them. 6-letter words are widely used in word games, most of all Scrabble, and our WordFinder can help you get the most out of them.

List of 6-letter words

In the following sections, we look into a detailed analysis of the most common words with 6-letters and the most common letters in 6-letter words. We also look into the most likely starting and ending letters in 6-letter words and which 2-letter and 3-letter combinations appear the most in words with 6 letters.

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• List of 6-letter words
• Most common letters in 6-letter words
• Most common starting letters in 6-letter words
• Most common ending letters in 6-letter words
• Scrabble values of 6-letter words
• Most common 6-letter words in the English language

Most common letters in 6-letter words

• The letter E is the most common letter in 6-letter words. In total, 59.51% of 6-letter words contain at least one letter E. Also, this letter accounts for 12.17% of all letters in 6-letter words.
• 46.42% of all 6-letter words contain the letter S, which makes it the second most common letter in 6-letter words. Almost one in every 10 letters in these words is the letter S (9.25%).
• Letters E, S, A, R, I, O, and N account for over 55% of all letters in 6-letter words.
• On the other hand, the letter Q appears in only 1.04% of all 6-letter words, the least among all letters. This letter also accounts for less than 0.18% of all letters in 6-letter words.
• 2.02% of 6-letter words contain the letter X, 2.20% contain the letter J, and 3.12% contain Z. These are the least common letters in 6-letter words.

• When it comes to 2-letter combinations, most 6-letter words contain ER, 2,714 of them. This accounts for 11.78% of all 6-letter words.
• 10.35% of all 6-letter words contain ED, the second most common 2-letter combination within 6-letter words.
• 9.38% of 6-letter words contain 9.38%, making it the third most common 2-letter combination in this group.
• In total, there are 567 different 2-letter combinations appearing in 6-letter words, 524 of whom appear multiple times.
• Within double letters appearing in 6-letter words, the most common double-letter combination is EE, appearing in 604 words with 6 letters.
• It is followed by OO with 602 appearances in 6-letter words, and LL with 505 appearances.

• ING is the most frequent 3-letter combination appearing in words with 6 letters, with 655 appearances. 2.84% of all 6-letter words contain ING.
• The second most common 3-letter group is ERS, appearing in 401 words with 6 letters.
• It is followed by TER, which appears in 328 words, and TED, which appears in 276 words with 6 letters.
• There are 5,705 different 3-letter combinations in words with 6 letters, 4,544 of which appear in more than one word.

Most common starting letters in 6-letter words

• 12.07% of all words with 6 letters start with the letter S, around 2,779 of them. This is the most common starting letter in 6-letter words.
• 1,813 words with 6 letters start with the letter C, making it the second most common starting letter.
• 7.14% of all 6-letter words start with the letter B, 7.01% start with P, and 5.97% start with T.
• These letters, along with R and M, account for more than 50% of all starting letters in 6-letter words.
• On the other hand, X is the least common starting letter in words with 6 letters, as only 19 out of over 23,0000 words start with this letter.

Most common ending letters in 6-letter words

• 28.88% of words with 6 letters end with the letter S, making it the most common ending letter in 6-letter words.
• 11.78% of all 6-letter words end with the letter E, 11.11% end with D, and 8.90% end with R.
• These 3 letters account for over 51% of all ending letters in 6-letter words.
• Only 1 word with 6 letters ends with the letter Q, making it the least common ending letter in 6-letter words.
• 3 words end with the letter J, 4 words end with the letter V, and 25 words end with Z.

What are the most valuable 6-letter words for the game of Scrabble?

• The average 6-letter word is worth just over 10 points in Scrabble. The most valuable word(s) from this group is QUAZZY, which is worth 36 points.
• There are 21 words with 6 letters that will bring you more than 30 points in Scrabble.
• An additional 298 words with 6 letters are worth more than 20 Scrabble points.
• More than 10,000 6-letter words are worth less than 10 points in Scrabble.

Most common 6-letter words

• The most common 6-letter word is the word PEOPLE, accounting for 0.39% of all words used in the English language. This means that around 4 in every 1,000 words used in the everyday language is the word PEOPLE.
• It is followed by SHOULD and BEFORE (0.16%), CHANGE (0.15%), and MEMBER with 0.12%.
• In total, 6-letter words account for 8.98% of all words used in the everyday language.
•  Regarding word types, 43.35% of words with 6 letters are nouns and account for 53.01% of 6-letter words used in the everyday language.
• An additional 22.01% of words are proper nouns, accounting for an additional 5.57% of 6-letter words used.
• 17.06% of words with 6 letters are verbs, and 12.52% are adjectives.

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