list word length counts from 1 to 24

list-word-lengths.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

for i in {1..24}
do
  cat /usr/share/dict/words | grep -E "^.{$i}$" | wc -l
done

: '

OUTPUT:

      52
     160
    1420
    5272
   10230
   17706
   23869
   29989
   32403
   30878
   26013
   20462
   14939
    9765
    5925
    3377
    1813
     842
     428
     198
      82
      41
      17
       5

'