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4 letter words
Search 3,350 verified US-English words, including 2,658 CORE entries and 692 extended entries.
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4-letter word statistics
The most common letter is A, appearing in 34.9% of this list. The leading first and final letters are S and S.
- Most common letter
- A1,168 words
- Start with S
- 9.0%302 words
- End in S
- 20.7%694 words
- Repeated letters
- 20.1%672 words
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4 Letter Words Starting With ST16 CORE · 4 extendedstab, stag, star, stay4 Letter Words Starting With CO54 CORE · 10 extendedcoal, coat, coax, code4 Letter Words Starting With SH20 CORE · 5 extendedshoe, sham, shed, shin4 Letter Words Starting With CH20 CORE · 5 extendedchap, char, chat, chef4 Letter Words Ending In ED45 CORE · 2 extendedaced, aged, aped, awed4 Letter Words Ending In ER20 CORE · 9 extendeddoer, over, pier, tier4 Letter Words Ending In CH13 CORE · 3 extendedeach, ouch, arch, etch4 Letter Words Ending In LY12 CORE · 5 extendedoily, ably, duly, holy
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4-letter word guide
Search positions, letters, and exact sequences
Use the 4 tiles when a letter is known in an exact position. Contains requires entered letters anywhere in the word, while Excludes removes every word using a ruled-out letter.
Sequence pattern preserves order and spacing: AR is adjacent, A_R has one letter between A and R, and A__R has two. Recommended sorting places the more familiar CORE tier before extended entries.
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Questions about 4-letter words
How many verified 4-letter words are in this list?
Our verified word data contains 3,350 4-letter words: 2,658 CORE and 692 EXTENDED.
How should I search for a 4-letter word?
Use exact-position tiles for known places, Contains for required letters anywhere, Excludes for ruled-out letters, and Sequence pattern when order and exact gaps matter.
What do the numbers beside words mean?
They are base English Scrabble tile totals without board multipliers. Across the CORE list, the average is 7.5 points.