4-letter words
There are 3,903 four-letter words in our dictionary. The most common are PACK, PAIR, PALE, PALM and PATH.
4-letter words are long enough to reach bonus squares and, at seven letters, use a full rack. Common endings like -ED, -ER, -ES and -ING make up a large share of this list.
4-letter words
- pack12
- pair6
- pale6
- palm8
- path9
- pays9
- peak10
- peer6
- pets6
- pics8
- pile6
- pill6
- pine6
- pink10
- pipe8
- piss6
- plot6
- plug7
- plus6
- poem8
- poet6
- pole6
- poll6
- pool6
- pope8
- pork10
- porn6
- port6
- pose6
- pour6
- pray9
- prof9
- pull6
- pump10
- punk10
- pure6
- push9
- puts6
- quit13
- rage5
- raid5
- rail4
- rain4
- rank8
- rape6
- rare4
- rats4
- rays7
- rear4
- reed5
- rely7
- rent4
- rice6
- rich9
- rick10
- ride5
- ring5
- riot4
- rise4
- roll4
- roof7
- root4
- rope6
- rose4
- rude5
- ruin4
- rule4
- runs4
- rush7
- ruth7
- sail4
- sake8
- sale4
- salt4
- sand5
- sang5
- scan6
- seal4
- seat4
- seed5
- seek8
- sees4
- sell4
- semi6
- sept6
- sets4
- sexy14
- shaw10
- shed8
- ship9
- shoe7
- shop9
- shut7
- sick10
- silk8
- sing5
- sink8
- sins4
- sits4
- skin8
- skip10
- slam6
- slim6
- slip6
- slot4
- slow7
- snap6
- snow7
- soap6
- soda5
- soft7
- soil4
- sold5
- sole4
- solo4
- sons4
- soul4
- soup6
- span6
- spin6
- spot6
- stem6
- suck10
- suit4
- swim9
- tail4
- tale4
- tall4
- tank8
- tape6
- task8
- taxi11
- tear4
- teen4
- tend5
- tent4
- thee7
- thin7
- thou7
- thus7
- tide5
- tied5
- tier4
- ties4
- till4
- tiny7
- tips6
- tire4
- tits4
- toll4
- tone4
- tons4
- tony7
- tool4
- tops6
- torn4
- tour4
- toys7
- trap6
- tree4
- trip6
- tube6
- tune4
- twin7
- ugly8
- unit4
- urge5
- user4
- uses4
- vary10
- vast7
- vice9
- visa7
- void8
- wage8
- wake11
- ward8
- warm9
- warn7
- wars7
- wash10
- wave10
- weak11
- wear7
- weed8
- whip12
- whom12
- wide8
- wild8
- wind8
- wine7
- wing8
- wins7
- wipe9
- wire7
- wise7
- woke11
- wolf10
- wont7
- wood8
- wore7
- worn7
- wrap9
- yard8
- yoga8
- zero13
- zone13
- abba8
- aces6
- ache9
- acne6
- acre6
- aero4
- afar7
- agar5
- ahem9
- aide5
- airs4
- airy7
- akin8
- alas4
- alba6
- alec6
- alfa7
- alma6
- aloe4
- alps6
- alto4
- alum6
- amen6
- amid7
- amin6
- amir6
- ammo8
- amps8
- anal4
- anew7
- anil4
- anon4
- ante4
- ants4
- anus4
- apes6
- apex13
- aqua13
- arcs6
- ares4
- aria4
- arid5
- arse4
- atom6
- atop6
- aura4
- avid8
- axel11
- axes11
- axle11
- baba8
- bach11
- bait6
- bake10
- bald7
- bale6
- balm8
- bane6
- bans6
- barb8
- bard7
- bark10
- barn6
- bash9
- bats6
- bays9
- bead7
- beak10
- bean6
- beau6
- beck12
- beep8
- bees6
- beet6
- begs7
- bent6
- berg7
- beth9
- bets6
- bids7
- bile6
- bind7
- bins6
- bios6
- blah9
- bled7
- blob8
- bloc8
- blot6
- blur6
- boar6
- bode7
- boil6
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