4-letter words (5,033)
A list of 4-letter words from our open word list (English), the same list the word tools use, with the most common words first. Offensive words are left out, definitions are not shown, and the list can differ from the dictionary of a particular game.
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Common words
The most frequently used words on this list, most common first.
- that
- what
- this
- have
- your
- know
- with
- just
- here
- they
- like
- come
- well
- yeah
- will
- want
- good
- from
- when
- time
- okay
- back
- look
- them
- were
- take
- then
- been
- tell
- some
- need
- more
- down
- make
- very
- only
- over
- love
- mean
- said
- give
- even
- much
- sure
- help
- into
- find
- life
- work
- must
- wait
- stop
- call
- talk
- away
- than
- home
- last
- told
- keep
- long
- does
- name
- ever
- feel
- guys
- made
- done
- nice
- girl
- fine
- kind
- stay
- left
- came
- hear
- same
- show
- else
- kill
- next
- care
- went
- dead
- many
- mind
- best
- real
- baby
- room
- move
- most
- seen
- live
- miss
- both
- once
- head
- used
- idea
4-letter words by starting letter
Short lists
Letters with fewer than 10 words have no page of their own, so their words are listed here.
- Starting with X
- xyst
Facts about this list
- Words with no repeated letter
- 3,932 (78%)
- Most common letters by position
- Letter 1 S (442)T (329)P (323)
- Letter 2 A (949)O (920)E (678)
- Letter 3 E (457)R (436)A (427)
- Letter 4 S (1,004)E (651)T (392)
- Opening words that cover the most frequent letters
- ares
- toil
- dunk
- hemp
- bevy
Other word lengths
Tools for these words
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Sources
The words on this page come from these open-licensed projects.
- SCOWL (Spell Checker Oriented Word Lists), version 1Word list · License: LicenseRef-SCOWL · Modified from the original: filtered, folded and deduplicated.
- ENABLE (Enhanced North American Benchmark LExicon), enable1 word listWord list · License: LicenseRef-PublicDomain-ENABLE · Modified from the original: filtered, folded and deduplicated.
- FrequencyWords, English (content/2018/en/en_50k.txt)Word frequencies · License: CC-BY-SA-4.0 · Modified from the original: filtered, folded and deduplicated.