Word Lab
Every word in a US English dictionary, sorted by how your keyboard types it. Each list comes with a typing drill.
Left-Hand Words: QWERTY1,328 words, longest "abracadabra"Right-Hand Words: QWERTY374 words, longest "hypolimnion"Home Row Words: QWERTY122 words, longest "alfalfa"Top Row Words: QWERTY438 words, longest "perpetuity"Alternating-Hand Words: QWERTY653 words, longest "dismantlement"Left-Hand Words: Dvorak183 words, longest "jipijapa"Right-Hand Words: Dvorak122 words, longest "crwth"Home Row Words: Dvorak1,214 words, longest "instantaneousness"Top Row Words: Dvorak30 words, longest "cpl"Alternating-Hand Words: Dvorak4,419 words, longest "honorificabilitudinitatibus"Left-Hand Words: Colemak415 words, longest "abracadabra"Right-Hand Words: Colemak437 words, longest "millennium"Home Row Words: Colemak2,163 words, longest "disinterestedness"Top Row Words: Colemak51 words, longest "fluffy"Alternating-Hand Words: Colemak1,075 words, longest "chalcopyrite"Left-Hand Words: Workman513 words, longest "abracadabra"Right-Hand Words: Workman495 words, longest "jellylike"Home Row Words: Workman1,074 words, longest "assassination"Top Row Words: Workman47 words, longest "furfur"Alternating-Hand Words: Workman1,094 words, longest "heteromorphic"
What is Word Lab?
Word Lab checks 61,935 dictionary words against four keyboard layouts and sorts them into lists: words you can type with one hand, words that never leave the home row, words that live on the top row and words that switch hands on every letter. The lists are useful for one-handed practice, beginner drills, keyboard trivia and layout research.
Highlights
- On QWERTY, 1,328 words use only the left hand and 374 use only the right.
- Colemak has 2,163 home row words. QWERTY has 122.
- Dvorak has 4,419 words of five letters or more that alternate hands on every letter.
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