7 Letter Words

There are 23,046 seven-letter words in our word list. The most common are BECAUSE, NOTHING and THOUGHT. The highest-scoring in Scrabble is ZYZZYVA (43 points).

Words: 23,046
Top Scrabble word: ZYZZYVA, 43 pts
Top Words With Friends word: ZYZZYVA, 42 pts
Common words: 6,693

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Common seven-letter words

The 50 most used in spoken English (SUBTLEX-US), with a short meaning.

because 11/14
nothing 11/13 a quantity of no importance
thought 14/14 the content of cognition
believe 12/15 accept as true
through 14/14 from beginning to end
another 10/10 any of various alternatives
talking 12/15 an exchange of ideas via conversation
getting 9/12 (form of get) come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
someone 9/11 a human being
morning 10/14 the time period between dawn and noon
looking 12/15 (form of look) perceive with attention
tonight 11/12 the present or immediately coming night
without 13/13
problem 13/17 a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
already 11/11 prior to a specified or implied time
friends 11/12 (form of friend) a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
brother 12/12 a male with the same parents as someone else
minutes 9/12 a written account of what transpired at a meeting
working 15/17 actively engaged in paid work
exactly 19/20 indicating exactness or preciseness
married 10/11 joined in matrimony
anybody 16/16
trouble 9/12 a source of difficulty
waiting 11/13 the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
captain 11/14 an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
against 8/10
husband 13/15 a married man
telling 8/12 (form of tell) express in words
anymore 12/13 at the present or from now on
started 8/8 (form of start) take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
welcome 14/17 accept gladly
between 12/14 in the interval
brought 13/15
outside 8/9 relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
feeling 11/14 the experiencing of affective and emotional states
country 12/14 a politically organized body of people under a single government
perfect 14/16 make perfect or complete
running 8/13 (form of run) move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
promise 11/13 make a promise or commitment
special 11/14 unique or specific to a person or thing or category
serious 7/8 concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
playing 13/16 (form of play) participate in games or sport
company 16/19 an institution created to conduct business
leaving 11/15 (form of leave) go away from a place
parents 9/11 (form of parent) a father or mother
himself 15/16
picture 11/14 a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
happens 14/16 (form of happen) come to pass
perhaps 14/15 by chance
kidding 14/16 (form of kidd) Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and…

The 1,000 most common of 23,046 seven-letter words

Numbers are Scrabble points, then Words With Friends points. Use the search box above to filter the full list.

abandon 10/13
ability 12/13
absence 11/14
academy 15/16
account 11/15
accused 12/15
achieve 15/16
actions 9/11
actress 9/10
address 9/9
admiral 10/12
adopted 11/12
advance 13/16
advised 12/13
affairs 13/13
against 8/10
airline 7/9
airport 9/10
alcohol 12/14
allowed 11/13
already 11/11
alright 11/12
amateur 9/11
amazing 19/22
amongst 10/13
amusing 10/14
ancient 9/12
angelus 8/12
animals 9/12
another 10/10
answers 10/11
antique 16/18
anxiety 17/17
anxious 14/16
anybody 16/16
anymore 12/13
anytime 12/13
anyways 16/15
apology 13/15
appears 11/13
applied 12/15
approve 14/17
arguing 9/13
arrange 8/10
arrival 10/12
arrived 11/12
arrives 10/11
article 9/11
artists 7/7
ashamed 13/13
aspirin 9/11
assault 7/9
assumed 10/12
assured 8/9
attaboy 12/12
attacks 13/14
attempt 11/13
attract 9/10
auction 9/12
autopsy 12/13
average 11/13
awesome 12/13
awfully 16/18
awkward 18/18
backing 16/20
baggage 12/16
balance 11/15
balcony 14/17
balloon 9/13
bananas 9/12
banging 11/16
banquet 18/21
bargain 10/13
barking 14/17
bathing 13/15
bathtub 14/16
battery 12/12
battles 9/11
bearing 10/13
beating 10/13
because 11/14
becomes 13/16
bedroom 12/14
bedtime 12/14
beeping 12/16
begging 12/17
believe 12/15
belongs 10/14
beloved 13/16
beneath 12/13
benefit 12/14
besides 10/11
betting 10/13
between 12/14
bicycle 16/19
biggest 11/14
billion 9/13
bizarre 18/19
blaming 12/17
blanket 13/16
blessed 10/12
blocked 16/19
blowing 13/17
bombing 14/19
bothers 12/12
bottles 9/11
bourbon 11/15
bowling 13/17
breasts 9/10
breathe 12/12
brother 12/12
brought 13/15
bruises 9/11
bubbles 13/18
buddies 11/13
buffalo 15/18
bullets 9/13
bullock 15/20
burglar 10/14
burning 10/15
busting 10/14
butcher 14/16
buttons 9/12
cabinet 11/14
calling 10/15
cameras 11/13
camping 14/19
candles 10/13
capable 13/17
capital 11/14
captain 11/14
capture 11/14
careful 12/15
carried 10/11
carrier 9/10
carries 9/10
catches 14/15
causing 10/14
caution 9/12
cavalry 15/17
ceiling 10/14
central 9/12
century 12/14
certain 9/11
chamber 16/18
chances 14/16
changed 14/16
changes 13/15
channel 12/15
chapter 14/15
charged 14/15
charges 13/14
charity 15/14
charley 15/15
charlie 12/13
charmed 15/16
chasing 13/15
cheated 13/13
checked 19/20
chewing 16/18
chicken 18/20
choices 14/15
choking 17/19
chopper 16/18
circles 11/14
circuit 11/14
citizen 18/20
claimed 12/15
classes 9/11
classic 11/14
cleaned 10/13
cleaner 9/12
cleared 10/12
clearly 12/14
clients 9/12
closely 12/14
closest 9/11
closing 10/14
clothes 12/13
cocaine 11/14
collect 11/15
college 10/14
collins 9/13
colonel 9/13
colored 10/12
comfort 14/16
command 14/18
comment 13/17
company 16/19
compare 13/16
compete 13/16
complex 20/24
comrade 12/14
concept 13/17
concern 11/15
concert 11/14
conduct 12/16
confess 12/14
confirm 14/17
connect 11/15
consent 9/12
consult 9/13
contact 11/14
contain 9/12
content 9/12
contest 9/11
control 9/12
convict 14/18
cookies 13/14
cooking 14/17
corners 9/11
coroner 9/11
correct 11/13
corrupt 11/14
costume 11/14
cottage 10/12
council 11/16
counsel 9/13
counted 10/13
counter 9/12
country 12/14
couples 11/15
courage 10/13
cousins 9/12
covered 13/15
cracked 16/18
cracker 15/17
crashed 13/13
created 10/11
crooked 14/15
crossed 10/11
crowded 14/15
crushed 13/14
crystal 12/13
culture 9/13
curious 9/12
current 9/12
curtain 9/12
custody 13/14
customs 11/14
cutting 10/14
damaged 12/14
dancers 10/12
dancing 11/15
darling 9/12
dealers 8/9
dealing 9/12
dearest 8/8
decided 12/13
decides 11/12
declare 10/12
defence 13/15
defense 11/12
degrees 9/10
delayed 12/12
delight 12/13
deliver 11/13
demands 11/13
dentist 8/9
depends 11/13
deposit 10/11
deserve 11/12
despair 10/11
despite 10/11
dessert 8/8
destiny 11/11
destroy 11/10
details 8/9
develop 13/16
devoted 12/13
diamond 11/13
diapers 10/11
digging 11/15
digital 9/11
dignity 12/13
discuss 10/12
disease 8/8
dismiss 10/11
display 13/14
distant 8/9
disturb 10/12
divorce 13/15
doctors 10/11
dollars 8/10
dragged 11/13
drawing 12/14
dreamed 11/12
dressed 9/9
dresses 8/8
drivers 11/12
driving 12/15
dropped 13/15
drowned 12/13
drunken 12/15
earlier 7/8
eastern 7/8
economy 14/16
effects 15/16
efforts 13/13
elected 10/12
elegant 8/11
element 9/12
embassy 14/15
embrace 13/16
emotion 9/11
emperor 11/13
endless 8/10
enemies 9/11
engaged 10/13
engines 8/11
english 11/13
enjoyed 18/20
entered 8/9
episode 10/11
equally 19/21
escaped 12/14
essence 9/11
eternal 7/9
evening 11/15
exactly 19/20
examine 16/18
example 18/21
excited 17/18
excuses 16/18
execute 16/18
exhibit 19/19
existed 15/15
expense 16/18
experts 16/17
explain 16/19
explode 17/19
explore 16/18
exposed 17/18
express 16/17
extreme 16/17
factory 15/15
failing 11/14
failure 10/12
falling 11/15
fantasy 13/13
farther 13/12
fashion 13/13
fastest 10/10
fathers 13/12
feather 13/12
feature 10/11
federal 11/12
feeding 12/14
feeling 11/14
fellows 13/15
fiction 12/14
fifteen 13/14
fighter 14/14
figured 12/14
figures 11/13
filling 11/15
finally 13/15
finance 12/15
finding 12/15
fingers 11/13
fishing 14/15
fitting 11/13
flowers 13/14
focused 13/15
follows 13/15
fooling 11/14
foolish 13/13
footage 11/12
forcing 13/16
foreign 11/13
foreman 12/14
forever 13/14
forgive 14/16
formula 12/15
fortune 10/12
forward 14/14
fragile 11/13
frankly 17/18
freaked 15/15
freedom 13/14
freeway 16/15
freezer 19/19
friends 11/12
funeral 10/13
furious 10/12
further 13/13
gallery 11/13
garbage 11/14
general 8/11
genetic 10/13
genuine 8/12
germans 10/13
gesture 8/10
getting 9/12
gilbert 10/13
glasses 8/10
goddamn 12/15
goddess 10/11
goodbye 14/15
gorilla 8/11
grabbed 13/16
grandma 11/14
grandpa 11/14
granted 9/11
gravity 14/15
greater 8/9
griffin 14/16
grocery 13/14
grounds 9/12
growing 12/15
guessed 9/11
gunfire 11/14
gunshot 11/13
haircut 12/13
halfway 19/18
hallway 16/16
handful 14/16
handled 12/13
hanging 12/15
happens 14/16
happier 14/15
happily 17/18
hardest 11/10
harmony 15/15
haunted 11/12
heading 12/13
healing 11/13
healthy 16/14
hearing 11/12
heather 13/11
heavens 13/14
heavily 16/16
heights 14/13
helpful 15/18
helping 13/16
herself 13/13
hideous 11/11
highest 14/13
highway 20/18
himself 15/16
history 13/11
hitting 11/12
holding 12/14
holiday 14/13
holland 11/13
honesty 13/12
honored 11/11
hostage 11/11
hostile 10/10
hottest 10/9
however 16/16
hundred 12/13
hunting 11/14
hurting 11/13
husband 13/15
ignored 9/11
illegal 8/12
illness 7/10
imagine 10/13
impress 11/13
improve 14/17
impulse 11/15
include 10/14
initial 7/9
injured 15/19
instant 7/9
instead 8/9
intense 7/9
invited 11/13
involve 13/17
jackass 20/23
janitor 14/17
jasmine 16/20
jealous 14/18
jewelry 20/22
joining 15/20
journal 14/19
journey 17/20
judging 17/23
jumping 19/26
justice 16/20
justify 20/22
keeping 14/17
ketchup 18/20
kicking 18/21
kidding 14/16
killers 11/13
killing 12/16
kingdom 15/18
kissing 12/14
kitchen 16/17
knights 15/16
knocked 18/20
knowing 15/18
landing 9/13
largest 8/10
laughed 12/14
laundry 11/13
lawsuit 10/12
lawyers 13/13
leaders 8/9
leading 9/12
learned 8/10
leather 10/10
leaving 11/15
lecture 9/12
legally 11/14
leopard 10/12
lesbian 9/12
lessons 7/9
letters 7/8
letting 8/11
liberty 12/13
library 12/13
license 9/12
lighten 11/13
lighter 11/12
limited 10/12
listens 7/9
lobster 9/11
located 10/12
logical 10/14
looking 12/15
lottery 10/10
loyalty 13/13
luckily 16/19
luggage 10/15
lunatic 9/13
machine 14/16
madness 10/12
madonna 10/13
magical 12/16
majesty 19/21
managed 11/14
manager 10/13
mankind 14/17
manners 9/12
mansion 9/12
marines 9/11
married 10/11
marshal 12/13
martial 9/11
martini 9/11
massage 10/12
massive 12/14
masters 9/10
matches 14/15
matters 9/10
maximum 20/24
maxwell 19/22
meaning 10/14
measure 9/11
medical 12/15
meeting 10/13
members 13/16
mention 9/12
message 10/12
messing 10/13
methods 13/13
million 9/13
minimum 13/18
minutes 9/12
miracle 11/14
missile 9/11
missing 10/13
mission 9/11
mistake 13/14
moments 11/14
monitor 9/11
monkeys 16/17
monster 9/11
morning 10/14
mothers 12/12
murders 10/12
muscles 11/15
musical 11/15
mustard 10/12
mystery 15/14
nations 7/9
natural 7/10
naughty 14/15
nearest 7/8
needing 9/12
needles 8/10
neither 10/10
nervous 10/13
network 14/15
noodles 8/10
nothing 11/13
noticed 10/12
nowhere 13/13
nuclear 9/13
numbers 11/15
nursing 8/12
objects 18/22
obliged 11/14
observe 12/14
obvious 12/15
offence 15/17
offense 13/14
offered 14/14
officer 15/16
offices 15/16
opening 10/14
operate 9/10
opinion 9/12
opposed 12/14
options 9/11
ordered 9/9
outside 8/9
pacific 16/19
package 16/19
packing 16/20
painful 12/16
painted 10/12
painter 9/11
pajamas 18/22
parents 9/11
parking 14/17
parties 9/10
partner 9/11
passage 10/12
passing 10/13
passion 9/11
patient 9/11
pattern 9/11
payment 14/16
payroll 12/14
peacock 17/20
peanuts 9/12
penalty 12/14
percent 11/14
perfect 14/16
perform 14/16
perfume 14/17
perhaps 14/15
persons 9/11
pervert 12/14
phoenix 19/20
physics 17/17
picking 16/20
picture 11/14
pirates 9/10
planned 10/14
planted 10/13
plastic 11/14
platoon 9/12
players 12/13
playing 13/16
pleased 10/12
pockets 15/17
pointed 10/12
popcorn 13/17
popping 14/19
popular 11/15
possess 9/10
pouring 10/14
prayers 12/12
praying 13/15
precise 11/13
prepare 11/13
present 9/11
pressed 10/11
presume 11/14
pretend 10/12
prevent 12/15
primary 14/15
printed 10/12
privacy 17/19
private 12/14
problem 13/17
proceed 12/14
process 11/13
produce 12/15
product 12/15
profile 12/14
profits 12/13
program 12/15
project 18/22
promise 11/13
prophet 14/15
propose 11/13
protect 11/13
protest 9/10
provide 13/15
psychic 19/20
publish 14/17
pudding 12/16
pulling 10/16
pumpkin 17/22
punched 15/18
puppies 13/17
purpose 11/14
pursuit 9/12
pushing 13/16
putting 10/14
quality 19/20
quantum 18/22
quarrel 16/18
quarter 16/17
quicker 22/24
quickly 25/27
quietly 19/20
rabbits 11/13
rainbow 12/14
raining 8/11
raising 8/10
reached 13/13
reaches 12/12
reading 9/11
realise 7/8
reality 10/10
realize 16/17
reasons 7/8
receipt 11/13
receive 12/14
records 10/11
recover 12/14
refused 11/12
regards 9/10
regrets 8/9
regular 8/11
related 8/9
relaxed 15/16
release 7/8
relieve 10/12
remains 9/11
reminds 10/12
removed 13/15
replace 11/14
reports 9/10
request 16/17
require 16/17
rescued 10/12
reserve 10/11
respect 11/13
respond 10/12
resting 8/10
results 7/9
retired 8/8
retreat 7/7
returns 7/9
reunion 7/10
revenge 11/14
reverse 10/11
ringing 9/13
robbery 14/15
robbing 12/16
rolling 8/12
romance 11/14
routine 7/9
rubbish 14/16
ruining 8/12
running 8/13
rushing 11/13
sailing 8/11
samples 11/14
satisfy 13/12
sausage 8/10
savings 11/14
scandal 10/13
scaring 10/13
schools 12/13
science 11/14
scratch 14/15
screams 11/13
screech 14/15
screwed 13/14
scumbag 14/19
seconds 10/12
secrets 9/10
section 9/11
secured 10/12
seeking 12/14
selfish 13/13
selling 8/12
senator 7/8
sending 9/12
sensors 7/8
serious 7/8
servant 10/12
service 12/14
serving 11/14
session 7/8
setting 8/10
settled 8/9
seventh 13/14
several 10/12
shadows 14/13
shaking 15/16
shallow 13/14
sharing 11/12
shaving 14/16
shelter 10/10
sheriff 16/15
shields 11/11
shining 11/13
shocked 17/17
shooter 10/9
shorter 10/9
shortly 13/12
shotgun 11/13
showing 14/15
shuttle 10/11
signals 8/11
signing 9/13
silence 9/12
similar 9/11
sincere 9/11
singing 9/13
sisters 7/7
sitting 8/10
sixteen 14/15
skinner 11/13
skipped 16/18
skipper 15/17
slipped 12/15
smaller 9/12
smarter 9/10
smashed 13/13
smelled 10/13
smiling 10/14
smoking 14/17
sobbing 12/16
society 12/12
soldier 8/9
someday 13/13
somehow 15/15
someone 9/11
sounded 9/11
sources 9/11
speaker 13/14
special 11/14
species 11/13
spencer 11/14
spilled 10/13
spirits 9/10
spoiled 10/12
sponsor 9/11
spotted 10/11
springs 10/13
squeeze 25/26
stabbed 12/14
stadium 10/12
staring 8/10
started 8/8
station 7/8
staying 11/12
stepped 12/14
stomach 14/15
stopped 12/14
storage 8/9
stories 7/7
strange 8/10
streets 7/7
stretch 12/12
strikes 11/11
strings 8/10
stripes 9/10
student 8/10
studied 9/10
studies 8/9
stuffed 14/15
subject 18/23
succeed 12/15
success 11/14
suction 9/12
suggest 9/12
suicide 10/12
sunrise 7/9
support 11/14
suppose 11/14
supreme 11/14
surface 12/14
surgeon 8/11
surgery 11/12
survive 13/16
suspect 11/14
swallow 13/15
sweater 10/10
sweetie 10/10
synchro 15/15
systems 12/12
talking 12/15
targets 8/9
teacher 12/12
teaches 12/12
tearing 8/10
teenage 8/10
telling 8/12
tension 7/9
tequila 16/18
testify 13/12
testing 8/10
theater 10/9
theatre 10/9
therapy 15/14
thieves 13/13
thirsty 13/11
thought 14/14
threats 10/9
through 14/14
thunder 11/12
tickets 13/14
tiffany 16/16
tobacco 13/16
tonight 11/12
torpedo 10/11
torture 7/8
totally 10/11
touched 13/14
touches 12/13
tougher 11/12
towards 11/11
trading 9/11
traffic 15/16
tragedy 12/12
trailer 7/8
trained 8/9
trainer 7/8
traitor 7/7
trapped 12/14
travels 10/12
treason 7/8
treated 8/8
tribute 9/11
trigger 9/11
trouble 9/12
trusted 8/9
turning 8/12
twisted 11/11
typical 14/16
unhappy 17/19
uniform 12/15
unknown 14/18
unusual 7/12
useless 7/9
usually 10/13
vampire 14/17
variety 13/13
various 10/12
vehicle 15/17
verdict 13/15
version 10/12
vicious 12/15
victims 14/17
victory 15/16
village 11/15
violent 10/13
visions 10/12
visited 11/12
visitor 10/11
waiting 11/13
walking 15/18
wanting 11/14
warning 11/14
warrant 10/11
warrior 10/10
washing 14/15
wasting 11/13
watched 16/16
watches 15/15
wealthy 16/15
weapons 12/14
wearing 11/13
weather 13/12
webster 12/13
wedding 13/15
weekend 15/16
welcome 14/17
welfare 13/14
western 10/11
whether 16/14
whipped 18/19
whiskey 20/18
whisper 15/15
whistle 13/13
whoever 16/16
willing 11/15
windows 14/15
winners 10/12
winning 11/15
wishing 14/15
witches 15/15
without 13/13
witness 10/11
wonders 11/12
workers 14/14
working 15/17
worried 11/11
worries 10/10
worship 15/15
wounded 12/14
wrapped 15/17
wrecked 17/18
writers 10/10
writing 11/13
written 10/11
yelling 11/14
younger 11/13

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words are there?

Our word list has 23,046 seven-letter words.

Which seven-letter words score the most points?

In Scrabble it is ZYZZYVA with 43 points. In Words With Friends it is ZYZZYVA with 42 points. Bonus squares are not counted.

What are common seven-letter words?

The most used in everyday English are BECAUSE, NOTHING and THOUGHT.