Thursday, May 22, 2008

Number of Words in Scrabble Dictionary

In OWL, there are 120,302 2 - 9 letter words equivalent to Scrabble Dictionary Third Edition.

In the Scrabble Dictionary Third Edition and Mike Baron's The Complete Wordbook For Game Players there are about 82,000 2 - 8 letter words.

A breakdown of words in Scrabble Dictionary Third Edition:

2 letters 96 1.2 82 word days
3 letters 960 11.7 82 word days
4 letters 3900 47.6 82 word days
5 letters 8600 104.9 82 word days
6 letters 15400 187.8 82 word days
7 letters 23600 287.8 82 word days
8 letters 29400 358.6 82 word days
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81956 999.6 82 word days

2, 3 and 4 letter words 75 percent of words formed 48 percent of total score
bingos 6 percent of words formed 28 percent of total score

Day 1 82 words May 22, 2008

AA AA
AB AB
AB BA
AD AD
AE AE
AF FA
AG AG
AH AH
AH HA
AI AI
AK KA
AL AL
AL LA
AM AM
AM MA
AN AN
AN NA
AP PA
AR AR
AS AS
AT AT
AT TA
AW AW
AX AX
AY AY
AY YA
BE BE
BI BI
BO BO
BY BY
DE DE
DE ED
DI ID
DO DO
DO OD
EF EF
EH EH
EH HE
EL EL
EM EM
EM ME
EN EN
EN NE
EO OE
EP PE
ER ER
ER RE
ES ES
ET ET
EW WE
EX EX
EY YE
FI IF
FO OF
GO GO
HI HI
HM HM
HO HO
HO OH
HS SH
HU UH
IL LI
IM MI
IN IN
IP PI
IS IS
IS SI
IT IT
IT TI
IX XI
JO JO
LO LO
MM MM
MO MO
MO OM
MU MU
MU UM
MY MY
NO NO
NO ON
NU NU
NU UN