4-letter words
Our word list has 3,885 four-letter words, 2,284 of them in SCOWL size ≤ 50 (marked common). Below are the 458 most common four-letter words by first letter. Type a start, an ending, a pattern or letters to include or exclude, and the filter searches all 3,885.
Showing the 458 most common 4-letter words. Type a filter to search all 3,885.
Bold = in SCOWL size ≤ 50 (common).
Starting with A 10
- able
- acts
- adds
- ages
- aims
- also
- area
- army
- asks
- away
Starting with B 29
- back
- ball
- band
- bank
- bars
- base
- bear
- been
- best
- bets
- bids
- bill
- bind
- bite
- bits
- blow
- blue
- boat
- body
- book
- boot
- bore
- both
- bugs
- bulk
- bury
- busy
- buys
- byte
Starting with C 21
- call
- came
- card
- care
- case
- cell
- cent
- char
- chip
- city
- club
- clue
- code
- cold
- come
- cope
- copy
- core
- cost
- cure
- cuts
Starting with D 25
- dare
- dark
- data
- date
- days
- dead
- deal
- dear
- deem
- deep
- desk
- died
- dies
- disc
- disk
- does
- done
- door
- down
- draw
- drew
- drop
- dumb
- dump
- duty
Starting with E 12
- each
- ease
- east
- easy
- eats
- edge
- edit
- else
- ends
- even
- ever
- eyes
Starting with F 37
- face
- fact
- fail
- fair
- fall
- farm
- fast
- fate
- fear
- feed
- feel
- feet
- fell
- felt
- file
- fill
- film
- find
- fine
- fire
- firm
- fish
- fits
- five
- flag
- flat
- flew
- flow
- folk
- food
- foot
- form
- four
- free
- from
- full
- fund
Starting with G 14
- gain
- game
- gave
- gets
- girl
- give
- glad
- goes
- gone
- good
- gray
- grew
- grey
- grow
Starting with H 31
- hack
- hair
- half
- hall
- hand
- hang
- hard
- harm
- hate
- have
- head
- hear
- heat
- held
- hell
- help
- here
- hide
- high
- hill
- hint
- hits
- hold
- hole
- home
- hope
- host
- hour
- huge
- hung
- hunt
Starting with I 5
- idea
- inch
- info
- into
- item
Starting with J 6
- jobs
- join
- joke
- jump
- junk
- just
Starting with K 9
- keen
- keep
- kept
- keys
- kill
- kind
- king
- knew
- know
Starting with L 37
- lack
- lady
- lain
- land
- last
- late
- laws
- lazy
- lead
- leaf
- left
- legs
- lend
- less
- lets
- lied
- lies
- life
- lift
- like
- line
- link
- list
- live
- load
- loan
- lock
- logs
- long
- look
- loop
- lose
- loss
- lost
- lots
- love
- luck
Starting with M 21
- made
- main
- make
- many
- mark
- mass
- mean
- meet
- mere
- mess
- mile
- mind
- mine
- miss
- mode
- more
- most
- move
- much
- must
Starting with N 11
- name
- near
- neck
- need
- news
- next
- nice
- nine
- none
- note
- numb
Starting with O 12
- obey
- odds
- omit
- once
- ones
- only
- onto
- open
- ours
- over
- owed
- owes
Starting with P 34
- pack
- page
- paid
- pain
- pair
- park
- part
- pass
- past
- path
- pays
- peak
- pick
- pile
- pint
- pipe
- plan
- play
- plea
- plot
- plug
- plus
- poem
- poet
- poll
- pool
- poor
- port
- post
- pull
- pure
- push
- puts
- putt
Starting with Q 1
- quit
Starting with R 21
- race
- rain
- rare
- rate
- read
- real
- rely
- rest
- ride
- rids
- ring
- rise
- risk
- road
- role
- roll
- room
- root
- rule
- runs
- rush
Starting with S 41
- safe
- said
- sake
- saki
- sale
- same
- save
- says
- scan
- seek
- seem
- seen
- sees
- self
- sell
- send
- sent
- sets
- ship
- shop
- show
- shut
- side
- sign
- site
- sits
- size
- slip
- slow
- soft
- sold
- some
- soon
- sort
- spot
- stay
- step
- stop
- such
- suit
- sure
Starting with T 33
- take
- talk
- tank
- tape
- task
- team
- tell
- tend
- term
- test
- text
- than
- that
- them
- then
- they
- thin
- this
- thus
- tied
- ties
- till
- time
- told
- took
- town
- trap
- tree
- trip
- true
- tune
- turn
- type
Starting with U 6
- ugly
- unit
- upon
- used
- user
- uses
Starting with V 7
- vans
- vary
- vast
- very
- vice
- view
- vote
Starting with W 32
- wait
- walk
- wall
- want
- warm
- warn
- wash
- ways
- wear
- week
- well
- went
- were
- west
- what
- when
- whom
- wide
- wife
- wild
- will
- wind
- wine
- wins
- wire
- wise
- wish
- with
- word
- wore
- work
- worn
Starting with Y 2
- year
- your
Starting with Z 1
- zero
In numbers
| Four-letter words in our list | 3,885 |
|---|---|
| Common (SCOWL ≤ 50) | 2,284 (58.8%) |
| Most common words (SCOWL 10) | 458 |
| Ending in S | 811 (20.9%) |
| Letters in most common words | E 36.3%, S 34.5%, A 33.9%, O 26.5%, L 22.1% |
| Most frequent first letters | S (349), P (255), B (251) |
About this list
“Most common” means the word is in SCOWL size 10, the smallest and most frequent level of the Spell Checker Oriented Word Lists. The percentages in the table say how many common four-letter words contain each letter at least once – useful when you choose a guess or a play.
Our list includes inflected forms, so 811 four-letter words (20.9%) end in S. Tick “Common words only” to hide rare ones, or exclude S in the filter.
Questions people ask
How many 4-letter words are there?
Our list has 3,885 four-letter words. 2,284 of them are common (SCOWL size 50 or less), and 458 are among the most common English words (SCOWL size 10), listed on this page.
What are good 4-letter words that start with a certain letter?
Type the letter in Starts with: the filter switches from the common-word list to all 3,885 four-letter words. Most four-letter words start with S (349), P (255) or B (251).
Are four-letter words always swear words?
No. “Four-letter word” is a nickname for a few rude words, but our list has 3,885 four-letter words and the vast majority are ordinary – LOVE, WORK, HOME. We hide slurs and explicit terms everywhere on the site.
Are there 4-letter words without vowels?
Yes, 26 if Y does not count as a vowel, for example CYST, DRYS, GYMS, HYMN, LYNX, MYTH. See words without vowels.
Sources
Updated by Daniel Gavalec. Every number on this page is calculated from our word list by a script – see how the word list is built. Found an error? Tell us.
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