The Scrabble Dictionary Analyzed: 267,751 Words by Length, Letter Frequency & High Scores

Ran a full analysis of the official SOWPODS dictionary. Here are the highlights:

📊 Word Length Distribution

• Most words are 8-9 letters long (30% of the dictionary)
• 32,909 seven-letter words = 50-pt bingo opportunities
• Only 124 two-letter words — memorize them all

🔤 Letter Frequency

• E dominates at 11.3% of all letters
• S is 9.6% — underrated because only 4 tiles exist
• J (0.16%) and Q (0.17%) are almost equally rare
• The top 5 letters (E, S, I, A, R) account for 44.7% of all letters

💎 Highest Scoring Words by Length
Len | Word | Pts | Len | Word | Pts
2 | QI | 11 | 9 | BEZZAZZES | 47
3 | ZZZ | 30 | 10 | RAZZMATAZZ | 48
4 | ZIZZ | 31 | 11 | RAZZAMATAZZ | 49
5 | PZAZZ | 34 | 12 | RAZZMATAZZES | 50
6 | QUAZZY | 36 | 13 | RAZZAMATAZZES | 51
7 | BEZZAZZ | 45 | 14 | QUIZZIFICATION | 46
8 | PIZZAZZY | 49 | 15 | QUIZZIFICATIONS | 47

🎯 70 words with Q but no U — including QAT (12), FAQIR (17), QAWWALI (22)

Full breakdown: https://wordhelper.me/blog/scrabble-data-analysis