Word List Reference 2026
What This Count Actually Means
RandomWordGeneratorTool's built-in word pool has 120 entries in its source code, but only 119 of them are unique: the word "yellow" is listed twice. Of the 119 unique words, lengths run from 4 to 9 letters, averaging 5.6 letters, and every letter of the alphabet is represented at least three times as a starting letter.
This page counts the tool's own data. Nobody sampled the output or guessed at a round figure: the WORDS array in the site's live JavaScript was read on July 2, 2026, and every entry was tallied programmatically. That is also why the duplicate shows up here and nowhere else on the site: a real count surfaces it, an invented one would not.
Summary Table
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Total entries in the array | 120 |
| Unique words | 119 |
| Duplicate entries | 1 ("yellow", listed twice) |
| Shortest word | 4 letters (e.g. "dusk," "iris," "jade") |
| Longest word | 9 letters ("xylophone") |
| Average word length | 5.62 letters |
Words by exact length
| Length | Count | Share of 120 |
|---|---|---|
| 4 letters | 14 | 11.7% |
| 5 letters | 33 | 27.5% |
| 6 letters | 62 | 51.7% |
| 7 letters | 7 | 5.8% |
| 8 letters | 3 | 2.5% |
| 9 letters | 1 | 0.8% |
Words by size class
Grouping the exact lengths into three practical bands (short 4-5 letters, medium 6-7, long 8-9) shows the pool leans toward medium-length words, which keeps generated batches easy to read aloud in games like Pictionary or Taboo.
| Size class | Count | Share of 120 |
|---|---|---|
| Short (4-5 letters) | 47 | 39.2% |
| Medium (6-7 letters) | 69 | 57.5% |
| Long (8-9 letters) | 4 | 3.3% |
Words by starting letter
| Letter | Count | Letter | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 4 | N | 5 |
| B | 5 | O | 5 |
| C | 5 | P | 5 |
| D | 5 | Q | 3 |
| E | 4 | R | 5 |
| F | 5 | S | 5 |
| G | 5 | T | 5 |
| H | 5 | U | 4 |
| I | 5 | V | 5 |
| J | 5 | W | 5 |
| K | 5 | X | 3 |
| L | 5 | Y | 4 |
| M | 5 | Z | 3 |
Every entry counts once here, including the duplicate "yellow," so the letter counts sum to 120, not 119.
Things to Know Before You Cite This
The pool is fixed at 120 entries in the site's own code, not pulled from an outside dictionary or a live database, so these counts will only drift if the word list itself changes. The "yellow" duplicate is intentional in the source and is included in every count above rather than quietly removed. This is a general-English word list built for games and prompts, not a linguistic corpus, so treat the averages as a description of one small tool's vocabulary rather than a claim about English as a whole.
How Are These Counts Calculated?
The numbers on this page come directly from the tool's own source, not from an outside estimate. The live WORDS array embedded in RandomWordGeneratorTool's homepage JavaScript was parsed programmatically, and every entry was counted by exact character length and by first letter on July 2, 2026. This is the same array the Generate button samples from in your browser, so the counts match exactly what the tool can produce. The "Updated" date above will move whenever the word list itself changes.
Related Reading
For the mechanics behind the sampling itself, see how the generator works step by step. For a look at what these words are used for once picked, see what a random noun brings to a game or a page.
Download the Data
The full breakdown, including the raw counts behind every table above, is available as a CSV: word-list-reference-2026.csv.
