How many words in a novel?

Question: How many words in a novel!?

Roughly how many words are there in a 400 page paperback novel!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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The average novel has 80!.000 words according to the writers bureau!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

There are hundreds of thousands of words in a 400 page novel, depending on the font used!.
As for the number of words in a novel, especially after there was some fuss about Hemingway getting a big prize (Pulitzer) for The Old Man and The Sea, one reserved for 'novels' though his book is a novella, a general consensus has been made regarding what number of words are necessary to make a novel!.
That number begins (short novel) at 50,000 words!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

it really depends on the font, size of paperback, and margins and such!. But you can safely assume around 100,000 wordsWww@QuestionHome@Com

Don't know, but 50,000 words is roughly 175 pages, to give you an idea of how much writing that would be!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

as many as you like (print size!?)Www@QuestionHome@Com