15,235 words
6 letter words
There are 15,235 words of exactly 6 letters in the word list, and 4,080 of those are words you would use in conversation. Six is where a rack starts to feel productive. Add an S or a common ending and you are one tile from a bonus. The highest scoring is BEZAZZ at 35 points.
- 15,235
- Words of exactly 6 letters
- 4,080
- Everyday words among them
- 35 pts
- Best Scrabble score, from BEZAZZ
- 27%
- Share you would recognise without a dictionary
Highest scoring 6 letter words
Face value on plain squares, before any premium square or bonus.
Where these come from
The top of any length band is always doubled J, Q, X and Z. That is worth knowing because it tells you what to look for the moment one of those tiles lands on your rack, rather than hunting for a long word that will score less.
The list
Most familiar words first. Click any word for everything else its letters can make.
6 letter words
15,235
abacus 10
abbots 10
abduct 11
ablaze 17
aboard 9
abound 9
abroad 9
abrupt 10
absent 8
absorb 10
absurd 9
abused 9
abuser 8
accent 10
accept 12
access 10
accord 11
accuse 10
aching 12
across 8
acting 9
action 8
active 11
actors 8
actual 8
addict 10
adding 9
addled 9
adhere 10
adjust 14
admire 9
admits 9
adored 8
adores 7
adults 7
advent 10
advert 10
advice 12
advise 10
aerial 6
affair 12
affect 14
affirm 14
afford 13
afloat 9
afraid 10
ageing 8
agency 12
agenda 8
agents 7
agreed 8
agrees 7
aiding 8
ailing 7
aiming 9
airing 7
airman 8
airmen 8
airway 12
aisles 6
alarms 8
alaska 10
albino 8
albums 10
alcove 11
alerts 6
alibis 8
aliens 6
alight 10
alleys 9
allies 6
allows 9
allure 6
almond 9
almost 8
alpine 8
alters 6
alumni 8
always 12
amazed 18