r/sixwordstories
Six Word Stories
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"For sale: baby shoes, never worn." - Ernest Hemingway A story told in only six words - Hemingway called this his best work. Can you do better?
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January 9, 2010
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Total Submissions
125,219
Total Comments
194,934
Earliest Submission
May 31, 2011
Earliest Comment
May 31, 2011
Rank↕ | Word↕ | Occurrences in Subreddit | Total Occurrences | Rate in Subreddit (per 1M words) | Rate in Reddit (per 1M words) | Ratio (Sub Rate / Reddit Rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 155 | 24,133 | 36.6 | 0.2 | 181.66 | |
| #2 | 101 | 24,914 | 23.8 | 0.2 | 114.66 | |
| #3 | 102 | 30,014 | 24.1 | 0.3 | 96.12 | |
| #4 | 78 | 24,033 | 18.4 | 0.2 | 91.79 | |
| #5 | 41 | 16,210 | 9.7 | 0.1 | 71.54 | |
| #6 | 53 | 24,628 | 12.5 | 0.2 | 60.87 | |
| #7 | 245 | 113,998 | 57.8 | 1.0 | 60.79 | |
| #8 | 522 | 264,650 | 123.1 | 2.2 | 55.79 | |
| #9 | 31 | 18,812 | 7.3 | 0.2 | 46.61 | |
| #10 | 35 | 21,927 | 8.3 | 0.2 | 45.15 | |
| #11 | 37 | 23,741 | 8.7 | 0.2 | 44.08 | |
| #12 | 32 | 22,275 | 7.5 | 0.2 | 40.63 | |
| #13 | 51 | 41,110 | 12.0 | 0.3 | 35.09 | |
| #14 | 103 | 83,128 | 24.3 | 0.7 | 35.04 | |
| #15 | 56 | 45,396 | 13.2 | 0.4 | 34.89 | |
| #16 | 72 | 62,633 | 17.0 | 0.5 | 32.51 | |
| #17 | 48 | 43,703 | 11.3 | 0.4 | 31.06 | |
| #18 | 177 | 166,358 | 41.7 | 1.4 | 30.09 | |
| #19 | 84 | 92,165 | 19.8 | 0.8 | 25.78 | |
| #20 | 43 | 52,636 | 10.1 | 0.4 | 23.11 | |
| #21 | 55 | 74,717 | 13.0 | 0.6 | 20.82 | |
| #22 | 122 | 168,374 | 28.8 | 1.4 | 20.49 | |
| #23 | 58 | 81,623 | 13.7 | 0.7 | 20.10 | |
| #24 | 41 | 59,563 | 9.7 | 0.5 | 19.47 | |
| #25 | 68 | 98,988 | 16.0 | 0.8 | 19.43 | |
| #26 | 581 | 849,544 | 137.0 | 7.1 | 19.34 | |
| #27 | 54 | 82,973 | 12.7 | 0.7 | 18.41 | |
| #28 | 88 | 136,065 | 20.8 | 1.1 | 18.29 | |
| #29 | 41 | 63,461 | 9.7 | 0.5 | 18.27 | |
| #30 | 182 | 286,458 | 42.9 | 2.4 | 17.97 | |
| #31 | 39 | 62,187 | 9.2 | 0.5 | 17.74 | |
| #32 | 30 | 48,451 | 7.1 | 0.4 | 17.51 | |
| #33 | 72 | 116,831 | 17.0 | 1.0 | 17.43 | |
| #34 | 331 | 537,716 | 78.1 | 4.5 | 17.41 | |
| #35 | 71 | 116,480 | 16.7 | 1.0 | 17.24 | |
| #36 | 33 | 54,329 | 7.8 | 0.5 | 17.18 | |
| #37 | 39 | 64,784 | 9.2 | 0.5 | 17.03 | |
| #38 | 299 | 505,543 | 70.5 | 4.2 | 16.73 | |
| #39 | 138 | 235,300 | 32.5 | 2.0 | 16.59 | |
| #40 | 116 | 199,212 | 27.4 | 1.7 | 16.47 | |
| #41 | 137 | 242,546 | 32.3 | 2.0 | 15.98 | |
| #42 | 67 | 119,027 | 15.8 | 1.0 | 15.92 | |
| #43 | 94 | 167,973 | 22.2 | 1.4 | 15.83 | |
| #44 | 122 | 221,595 | 28.8 | 1.8 | 15.57 | |
| #45 | 42 | 76,509 | 9.9 | 0.6 | 15.53 | |
| #46 | 31 | 56,534 | 7.3 | 0.5 | 15.51 | |
| #47 | 43 | 78,740 | 10.1 | 0.7 | 15.45 | |
| #48 | 71 | 131,435 | 16.7 | 1.1 | 15.28 | |
| #49 | 60 | 112,715 | 14.2 | 0.9 | 15.06 | |
| #50 | 563 | 1,118,292 | 132.8 | 9.3 | 14.24 |