Word intelligence

7 Letter Word Statistics

Explore exact letter frequencies and word shapes across 16,760 verified US-English 7-letter words. Every figure is calculated from the same versioned word data used by the Finder.

16,760verified words
117,320letter positions counted
66.8%with repeated letters
6.10average unique letters

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Which letters appear most often?

Counted across 16,760 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.

  1. 1E11,23667.0%
  2. 2S8,87753.0%
  3. 3I7,91047.2%
  4. 4A7,75446.3%
  5. 5R7,70746.0%
  6. 6N6,23937.2%
  7. 7T5,96135.6%
  8. 8L5,69033.9%
  9. 9O5,61033.5%
  10. 10D4,48826.8%
  11. 11U4,03124.1%
  12. 12C3,91823.4%
  13. 13G3,45520.6%
  14. 14P3,11618.6%
  15. 15M2,87517.2%
  16. 16H2,55915.3%
  17. 17B2,41514.4%
  18. 18Y1,79610.7%
  19. 19F1,5929.5%
  20. 20K1,4068.4%
  21. 21W1,2957.7%
  22. 22V1,0366.2%
  23. 23Z3762.2%
  24. 24X3492.1%
  25. 25J2921.7%
  26. 26Q2231.3%

Position heatmap

Where each letter appears

Each percentage uses all 16,760 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 counts and percentages for positions one through 7
Letter1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th
A8955.3%2,76416.5%1,5459.2%1,1496.9%1,3978.3%9405.6%3752.2%
B1,2067.2%1030.6%4552.7%5623.4%3101.8%560.3%200.1%
C1,5559.3%2761.6%7394.4%7284.3%3772.2%3702.2%2241.3%
D9565.7%920.5%5633.4%8094.8%4332.6%3081.8%1,90611.4%
E6153.7%2,49114.9%1,0506.3%1,0646.3%2,25913.5%5,01629.9%1,74810.4%
F7984.8%510.3%3011.8%3682.2%1651.0%1190.7%390.2%
G7044.2%460.3%5453.3%6513.9%3472.1%3181.9%1,3057.8%
H6043.6%6603.9%1460.9%3882.3%4572.7%1590.9%2431.4%
I3692.2%1,73910.4%1,1076.6%1,3037.8%3,55621.2%8425.0%790.5%
J2131.3%40.0%460.3%230.1%80.0%30.0%00.0%
K2031.2%570.3%710.4%5483.3%3041.8%1090.7%1701.0%
L6183.7%8535.1%1,1056.6%1,1346.8%1,1366.8%1,1376.8%4812.9%
M8625.1%2421.4%6704.0%5513.3%3932.3%2281.4%2141.3%
N3292.0%7604.5%1,3628.1%9635.7%7454.4%2,20913.2%6864.1%
O3872.3%2,24113.4%1,0776.4%8194.9%1,2787.6%6634.0%1210.7%
P1,2837.7%3702.2%5863.5%6914.1%3372.0%1480.9%940.6%
Q870.5%430.3%360.2%420.3%150.1%00.0%00.0%
R9765.8%1,2917.7%1,6389.8%1,0796.4%7074.2%1,5369.2%1,5659.3%
S1,92611.5%1621.0%1,0426.2%8955.3%5933.5%8104.8%5,35632.0%
T9775.8%3512.1%1,0616.3%1,5379.2%9975.9%9945.9%9915.9%
U3071.8%1,6069.6%7494.5%6143.7%5283.2%4362.6%290.2%
V2641.6%960.6%2481.5%2541.5%1190.7%900.5%00.0%
W5123.1%1210.7%2041.2%2741.6%830.5%900.5%450.3%
X110.1%1130.7%910.5%370.2%500.3%70.0%450.3%
Y470.3%2151.3%2251.3%1310.8%840.5%1170.7%1,0196.1%
Z560.3%130.1%980.6%1460.9%820.5%550.3%50.0%

Position leaders

Most common letter in each position

1st positionS

1,926 words · 11.5%

2nd positionA

2,764 words · 16.5%

3rd positionR

1,638 words · 9.8%

4th positionT

1,537 words · 9.2%

5th positionI

3,556 words · 21.2%

6th positionE

5,016 words · 29.9%

7th positionS

5,356 words · 32.0%

Word shape

Vowels and repeated letters

The average word has 2.58 vowels and 6.10 unique letters.

Vowels per word

  1. 0 vowels10.0%
  2. 1 vowel3312.0%
  3. 2 vowels7,64745.6%
  4. 3 vowels7,61145.4%
  5. 4 vowels1,1506.9%
  6. 5 vowels200.1%
  7. 6 vowels00.0%
  8. 7 vowels00.0%
66.8%

contain a repeated letter

11,204 words repeat at least one letter; 5,556 use 7 unique letters.

Word boundaries

Most common starting and ending letters

Starting letters

  1. S1,926 · 11.5%
  2. C1,555 · 9.3%
  3. P1,283 · 7.7%
  4. B1,206 · 7.2%
  5. T977 · 5.8%
  6. R976 · 5.8%
  7. D956 · 5.7%
  8. A895 · 5.3%

Ending letters

  1. S5,356 · 32.0%
  2. D1,906 · 11.4%
  3. E1,748 · 10.4%
  4. R1,565 · 9.3%
  5. G1,305 · 7.8%
  6. Y1,019 · 6.1%
  7. T991 · 5.9%
  8. N686 · 4.1%

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Calculation notes

A reproducible statistical snapshot

This snapshot was generated on September 9, 2026. Counts use normalized lowercase US-English7-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 7 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 7-letter words?

E appears in 11,236 of 16,760 verified words (67.0%). Each word is counted once even if the letter repeats.

What is the most common final letter in 7-letter words?

S is the most common final letter, appearing at the end of 5,356 verified 7-letter words.

How many 7-letter words contain repeated letters?

11,204 words (66.8%) contain at least one repeated letter in this dataset.