8 Letter Words

8 Letter Words With These Letters

Highest scoring 8 letter word in Scrabble

How many 8-letter words are there?

TWL dictionary contains 31475 eight-letter words, that is 16.78% of all words.
Collins dictionary contains 40161 eight-letter words, that is 15% of all words.

Frequency of all letters in 8 letter words

 
  • 68.28% contains E
  • 58.25% contains S
  • 54.28% contains I
  • 50.84% contains A
  • 49.29% contains R
  • 42.45% contains N
  • 41.43% contains T
  • 40.17% contains O
  • 38.61% contains L
  • 27.99% contains D
  • 27.15% contains C
  • 25.77% contains U
  • 21.04% contains G
  • 20.35% contains M
  • 20.33% contains P
  • 18.08% contains H
  • 16.01% contains B
  • 11.83% contains Y
  • 10.16% contains F
  • 9.59% contains K
  • 8.25% contains W
  • 7.33% contains V
  • 2.79% contains Z
  • 2.27% contains X
  • 1.46% contains Q

Eight-letter words most frequently contain these letters E, S, I, A, R and least often the letter X. Letter distributions in 8-letter words are an useful resource for word game players.

Starting letter frequency in 8 letter words

  • 12.36% starts with S
  • 9.22% starts with C
  • 7.75% starts with P
  • 6.57% starts with B
  • 5.79% starts with R
  • 5.48% starts with A
  • 5.44% starts with D
  • 5.42% starts with T
  • 5.23% starts with M
  • 4.59% starts with F
  • 3.83% starts with E
  • 3.53% starts with G
  • 3.48% starts with H
  • 3.32% starts with O
  • 3.18% starts with L
  • 2.89% starts with U
  • 2.63% starts with W
  • 2.47% starts with I
  • 1.95% starts with N
  • 1.7% starts with V
  • 1.16% starts with K
  • 0.78% starts with J
  • 0.55% starts with Q
  • 0.31% starts with Z
  • 0.28% starts with Y
  • 0.07% starts with X

Eight-letter words most frequently begin with these letters S, C, P, B and R.

Ending letter frequency in 8 letter words

  • 34.27% ends in S
  • 11.25% ends in E
  • 10.85% ends in D
  • 7.09% ends in G
  • 7.07% ends in R
  • 6.17% ends in T
  • 5.85% ends in Y
  • 3.62% ends in N
  • 3.14% ends in L
  • 2.04% ends in C
  • 1.84% ends in M
  • 1.82% ends in A
  • 1.51% ends in H
  • 1.2% ends in K
  • 0.54% ends in O
  • 0.49% ends in P
  • 0.41% ends in I
  • 0.26% ends in W
  • 0.25% ends in X
  • 0.15% ends in F
  • 0.09% ends in B
  • 0.08% ends in U
  • 0.02% ends in V
  • 0.01% ends in Z
  • 0% ends in Q
  • 0% ends in J

Eight letter words most frequently end with these letters S, E, D, G and R.

Vowel and consonant frequency in 8 letter words

Letter frequency for 8-letter words with vowels: 23.56% of words(7414) contain 2 vowels, 53.73% of words(16912) contain 3 vowels, 21.1% of words(6642) contain 4 vowels, 1.05% of words(329) contain 5 vowels, 0.02% of words(5) contain 6 vowels, 0% of words(0) contain 7 vowels.
Letter frequency for 8-letter words with consonants: 0.02% of words(5) contain 2 consonants, 1.05% of words(329) contain 3 consonants, 21.1% of words(6642) contain 4 consonants, 53.72% of words(16909) contain 5 consonants, 23.56% of words(7414) contain 6 consonants, 0.56% of words(176) contain 7 consonants.