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6 Letter Words
Our dictionary has 15,823 six-letter words. 2,228 of them are common enough to be the answer in our daily 6-letter puzzle; the rest are accepted as guesses. Below you will find the most common ones, lists by first and last letter, and how often each letter turns up in each spot.
The most common letter is E: it appears in 61% of all six-letter words, ahead of S (45%) and A (43%). More words start with S than with any other letter (1,867), and the most common last letter is S (4,419 words, many of them plurals). S also starts the most common words, while E is their most common last letter. A six-letter word has 2.2 vowels on average, and 53% repeat a letter.
Search all 15,823 six-letter words
Type letters to filter as you go. Repeat a letter (EE) to ask for two of it.
The 120 most common 6-letter words
In order of how often they appear in everyday English.
- people
- should
- before
- around
- better
- little
- school
- family
- please
- second
- number
- public
- system
- person
- change
- enough
- though
- season
- course
- health
- within
- others
- social
- single
- become
- office
- almost
- anyone
- matter
- pretty
- friend
- saying
- series
- either
- future
- police
- reason
- report
- myself
- behind
- market
- former
- street
- chance
- father
- across
- action
- moment
- mother
- energy
- summer
- strong
- period
- record
- common
- likely
- center
- county
- couple
- happen
- inside
- online
- player
- return
- member
- middle
- result
- answer
- design
- policy
- church
- longer
- ground
- source
- follow
- amount
- league
- review
- cannot
- itself
- attack
- entire
- choice
- simple
- career
- figure
- modern
- forget
- listen
- access
- recent
- growth
- charge
- create
- effect
- except
- weight
- double
- expect
- island
- normal
- credit
- female
- region
- travel
- beyond
- minute
- nature
- unless
- income
- safety
- search
- author
- global
- leader
- letter
- nobody
- sister
- annual
- battle
For a Wordle-style game with six letters, our best everyday first guess is SATIRE: after it, about 22.4 of the 2,208 possible answers are left on average. A good second guess is COLUMN, which shares no letter with it. Stuck on a real puzzle? The word finder takes your green, yellow and gray letters and puts the likely answers first.
6-letter words by first letter
6-letter words by last letter
Letters in 6-letter words
How many six-letter words contain each letter, how many start or end with it, and the spot where it turns up most.
| Letter | Words | Share | First | Last | Most common spot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E | 9,603 | 61% | 463 | 1,812 | Fifth |
| S | 7,188 | 45% | 1,867 | 4,419 | Sixth |
| A | 6,847 | 43% | 853 | 468 | Second |
| R | 6,270 | 40% | 958 | 1,584 | Sixth |
| I | 5,734 | 36% | 299 | 164 | Fourth |
| O | 4,989 | 32% | 328 | 199 | Second |
| L | 4,667 | 29% | 659 | 574 | Fifth |
| N | 4,654 | 29% | 314 | 838 | Third |
| T | 4,511 | 29% | 947 | 871 | Fourth |
| D | 3,832 | 24% | 843 | 1,841 | Sixth |
| U | 3,461 | 22% | 354 | 31 | Second |
| C | 3,010 | 19% | 1,329 | 227 | First |
| M | 2,602 | 16% | 831 | 242 | First |
| P | 2,571 | 16% | 1,087 | 137 | First |
| G | 2,426 | 15% | 712 | 481 | First |
| H | 2,348 | 15% | 576 | 320 | Second |
| B | 2,055 | 13% | 1,122 | 39 | First |
| Y | 2,004 | 13% | 104 | 1,225 | Sixth |
| K | 1,398 | 8.8% | 297 | 120 | Fourth |
| F | 1,286 | 8.1% | 717 | 42 | First |
| W | 1,152 | 7.3% | 470 | 86 | First |
| V | 916 | 5.8% | 284 | 5 | First |
| Z | 435 | 2.7% | 86 | 19 | Fourth |
| X | 339 | 2.1% | 15 | 75 | Third |
| J | 317 | 2% | 223 | 3 | First |
| Q | 167 | 1.1% | 85 | 1 | First |
Frequently asked questions
How many six-letter words are there?
Our American English dictionary accepts 15,823 six-letter words. 2,228 of them are common everyday words, and those are the possible answers in our daily 6-letter puzzle. The rest, such as plurals and rare words, count as guesses.
What is the most common six-letter word?
Going by how often words appear in everyday English, people, then should, really and before. The list above has the 120 most common ones in order.
Which letter do most six-letter words start with?
S: 1,867 words, 12% of the total. The rarest first letter is X, with 15 words.
What is the best first guess with six letters?
Among everyday words, SATIRE: after it, about 22.4 of the 2,208 possible daily answers are left on average. SALTER and CARTEL come close. The how to play page explains how we measured it.