Word intelligence
4 Letter Word Statistics
Explore exact letter frequencies and word shapes across 3,350 verified US-English 4-letter words. Every figure is calculated from the same versioned word data used by the Finder.
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Letter intelligence
Which letters appear most often?
Counted across 3,350 verified words
“Words containing” counts each word once, even when the letter repeats. This makes the ranking more useful than a raw tile count when choosing letters to test.
- 1A1,16834.9%
- 2E1,14134.1%
- 3S1,10733.0%
- 4O92827.7%
- 5I75322.5%
- 6R70321.0%
- 7L70020.9%
- 8T67320.1%
- 9N58017.3%
- 10U50115.0%
- 11D49714.8%
- 12P46213.8%
- 13M43312.9%
- 14C39411.8%
- 15H37011.0%
- 16B35910.7%
- 17G35810.7%
- 18K35210.5%
- 19W2938.7%
- 20Y2878.6%
- 21F2708.1%
- 22V1384.1%
- 23J722.1%
- 24X692.1%
- 25Z641.9%
- 26Q140.4%
Position heatmap
Where each letter appears
Each percentage uses all 3,350 words as its denominator
Darker cells represent more words. Every cell also shows its exact verified count, so the visualization remains meaningful without relying on color alone.
| Letter | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1504.5% | 63619.0% | 2928.7% | 1544.6% |
| B | 2296.8% | 190.6% | 802.4% | 521.6% |
| C | 2186.5% | 381.1% | 1253.7% | 200.6% |
| D | 1955.8% | 230.7% | 1143.4% | 1875.6% |
| E | 872.6% | 44413.3% | 2928.7% | 44813.4% |
| F | 1654.9% | 60.2% | 631.9% | 682.0% |
| G | 1695.0% | 180.5% | 972.9% | 862.6% |
| H | 1634.9% | 1013.0% | 220.7% | 892.7% |
| I | 471.4% | 44113.2% | 2166.4% | 792.4% |
| J | 672.0% | 10.0% | 50.1% | 10.0% |
| K | 1003.0% | 210.6% | 702.1% | 1705.1% |
| L | 1875.6% | 1544.6% | 2587.7% | 1614.8% |
| M | 1865.6% | 280.8% | 1384.1% | 932.8% |
| N | 812.4% | 662.0% | 2918.7% | 1574.7% |
| O | 892.7% | 62218.6% | 2176.5% | 1093.3% |
| P | 2276.8% | 361.1% | 1013.0% | 1203.6% |
| Q | 130.4% | 10.0% | 00.0% | 00.0% |
| R | 1594.7% | 1705.1% | 2868.5% | 982.9% |
| S | 3029.0% | 130.4% | 1785.3% | 69420.7% |
| T | 2086.2% | 341.0% | 1795.3% | 2938.7% |
| U | 220.7% | 34010.1% | 1213.6% | 250.7% |
| V | 611.8% | 160.5% | 551.6% | 90.3% |
| W | 1414.2% | 381.1% | 651.9% | 521.6% |
| X | 130.4% | 260.8% | 190.6% | 230.7% |
| Y | 481.4% | 561.7% | 371.1% | 1464.4% |
| Z | 230.7% | 20.1% | 290.9% | 160.5% |
Position leaders
Most common letter in each position
302 words · 9.0%
636 words · 19.0%
292 words · 8.7%
694 words · 20.7%
Word shape
Vowels and repeated letters
The average word has 1.44 vowels and 3.79 unique letters.
Vowels per word
- 0 vowels190.6%
- 1 vowel1,87956.1%
- 2 vowels1,40441.9%
- 3 vowels481.4%
- 4 vowels00.0%
contain a repeated letter
672 words repeat at least one letter; 2,678 use 4 unique letters.
Word boundaries
Most common starting and ending letters
Starting letters
- S302 · 9.0%
- B229 · 6.8%
- P227 · 6.8%
- C218 · 6.5%
- T208 · 6.2%
- D195 · 5.8%
- L187 · 5.6%
- M186 · 5.6%
Ending letters
- S694 · 20.7%
- E448 · 13.4%
- T293 · 8.7%
- D187 · 5.6%
- K170 · 5.1%
- L161 · 4.8%
- N157 · 4.7%
- A154 · 4.6%
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Calculation notes
A reproducible statistical snapshot
This snapshot was generated on September 9, 2026. Counts use normalized lowercase US-English4-letter records after format, duplicate, length, and abbreviation checks.
CORE and EXTENDED are product coverage tiers, not precise popularity scores. This page does not claim official Wordle-answer or Scrabble-word status.
Use the 4 Letter Words page to search the records behind these aggregates, compare the calculation rules in the methodology, review new visitor features in Product Updates, or apply a custom pattern in Word Finder.
Data-backed FAQ
Questions about the statistics
What is the most common letter in these 4-letter words?
A appears in 1,168 of 3,350 verified words (34.9%). Each word is counted once even if the letter repeats.
What is the most common final letter in 4-letter words?
S is the most common final letter, appearing at the end of 694 verified 4-letter words.
How many 4-letter words contain repeated letters?
672 words (20.1%) contain at least one repeated letter in this dataset.