Word list

4 letter words

3,874 four-letter words in our dictionary. 1,910 of them are everyday words, such as THAT, THIS, WITH, FROM.

3,874 words. Showing the 1,200 most common; use the filters or Show all for the rest.

Small numbers are tile values added up (Scrabble). Bold border: everyday word. Tap a word to copy it.

At a glance

Highest-scoring words you could spell from one bag of Scrabble tiles (blanks count as zero):

  • QUIZ 22
  • JEEZ 20
  • FOZY 19
  • HAZY 19
  • JAZZ 19
  • WHIZ 19
  • CHEZ 18
  • COZY 18

First letter

  • S
    347
  • P
    253
  • B
    251
  • T
    245
  • D
    229
  • C
    226
  • L
    208
  • M
    208

Use this list

1Stuck on a rack?

Put your tiles in the word finder or the Scrabble word finder.

2Solving a crossword?

Fill in the squares you know in the crossword solver.

3Want a puzzle?

Try the word searches or the daily games below.

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TOWER is a daily word ladder. Each step is a 4-letter word one letter away from the last.

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Questions

How many 4 letter words are there?

Our dictionary has 3,874, and 1,910 of them are everyday words. The dictionary is the open word list our games use (ENABLE plus SCOWL), so a few words from tournament Scrabble lists may be missing.

What is the highest-scoring word on this list in Scrabble?

QUIZ, worth 22 points from tile values alone, and the standard tile bag has enough tiles to spell it. Board bonuses can change the real score.

What are some common 4 letter words?

THAT, THIS, WITH, FROM, YOUR are among the most common in everyday writing.

How do I filter the list?

Use Must include to require letters (repeat a letter to require it twice), Leave out to exclude letters, or Pattern with ? for one unknown letter and * for any run of letters, for example s???.