How long does it take to read The Random House Dictionary of the English Language?
Laurence Urdang
The Random House Dictionary of the English Language by Laurence Urdang takes about 28 hours 45 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 28 hours 45 minutes
A long haul
First published 1968. 1,568 pages, about 431,200 words.
58 days (about 9 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 47 hours 55 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 28 hours 45 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 17 hours 58 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Dictionaries, Engels
