WordMaster Word Stats
These are the counts WordMaster has made in its own word pool, gathered on one page. Each table names the post that first published the figures, its date, and exactly what was counted.
The word pool keeps changing, so every figure is as of its post's date. Page updated 2026-10-21.
Where 767 English words came from
The 767 etymology chains on WordMaster word pages (Etymological Wordnet data).
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Words with a traced etymology chain | 767 |
| Passed through French | 260 |
| …of which have Latin behind the French | 129 |
| Passed through Old English | 176 |
| Words in both the French and the Old English group | 0 |
| Came from Old Norse | 14 |
Source: We Traced 767 English Words to Their Roots: More Came from French Than from English (2026-09-23)
Five-letter answers
All 884 five-letter answers in the WordMaster pool, 4,420 letters, counted position by position.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Five-letter answers counted | 884 |
| End in E | 203 (23%) |
| Contain E anywhere | 462 |
| Most common first letter | S — 135 (15%) |
| Repeat a letter | 230 (26%) |
| Have exactly one vowel | 313 (35%) |
| Contain Y | 94, more than X, Z, Q and J together (56) |
Source: The Hardest 5-Letter Words to Guess (Ranked from 884 Answers) (2026-09-24)
Six-letter answers
All 313 six-letter answers in the WordMaster pool.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Six-letter answers counted | 313 |
| Repeat a letter | 153 (48%) |
| Contain at least one of J, Q, X, Z, K, V, W, Y | 103 (32%) |
| Occurrences of E | 260 of 1,878 letters |
| Contain Y | 36 |
Source: The Hardest 6-Letter Words to Guess (Ranked from 313 Answers) (2026-09-10)
The Daily Challenge deck
The 29 Daily Challenge answers from 2026-09-06 to 2026-10-04, dealt from a shuffled 103-word deck.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Words in the deck | 103 |
| Days without a repeat, guaranteed | 103 days |
| Answers starting with S | 34% |
| Answers ending in E | 34% |
| Days with exactly two vowels | 26 of 29 (90%) |
| Answers that reuse a letter | 7 of 29 (24%) |
| J, Q, X or Z in any answer | 0 |
Source: 29 Days Into the New Daily Deck: What the Answers Actually Look Like (2026-10-05)
How these were counted
Answer figures cover the full list of words the WordMaster games draw from, not a sample. Etymology figures follow each word to the deepest stage recorded in Etymological Wordnet (Gerard de Melo, CC BY-SA 3.0); they describe the 767 chains on our word pages, not English as a whole.
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