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The language with the most words is English, with over 170,000 in current use.

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English dictionaries list hundreds of thousands of entries, and estimates like 170,000+ “current use” words are often cited. Exact counts depend on what you include—technical terms, inflections, and proper nouns—but English is undeniably massive.

🤯 "The language with the most words is English, with over 170,000 in current use — and still invents new ones like “hangry.”"

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