Is This An AI Grader?

No — and that is deliberate. The scoring is a fixed, published set of rules with curated word lists, so results are consistent, explainable and comparable between drafts.

What Are Power And Emotional Words?

Power words strengthen the promise (proven, essential, ultimate); emotional words pull feeling into the line (fear, joy, unbelievable). Headlines that blend a little of both with substantive uncommon words tend to perform best.

What Is The Ideal Headline Length?

Six to twelve words and roughly 40 to 65 characters survives search results, social cards and feed layouts without truncation.

Does A High Score Guarantee Clicks?

No score can. It measures craft signals that correlate with performance — the topic, audience and placement still decide the outcome.

Headline Analyzer

Score a headline out of 100 with word-balance bars, power and emotional word highlighting and clear checks — all rule-based, all local.

Headline

Deterministic, rule-based analysis — the same headline always scores the same.

Your Headline44 Characters · 8 Words · List Headline

7 proven ways to write headlines people love

Common13% · 20–40%

Uncommon63% · 10–50%

Emotional13% · 8%+

Power13% · 1+ word

Google Result44 / 60

7 Proven Ways to Write Headlines People Love

X Post Card44 / 70

7 Proven Ways to Write Headlines People Love

Word Ideas To Try

Power:cheatcolossalcompletecomprehensiveconfidentialcrucial

Emotional:trustunbelievableupliftingworryadorableafraid

Balance targets follow long-running headline studies: mostly substance (uncommon words), enough connective tissue (common words), and a spark of emotion or power. Scores are guidance, not a guarantee of clicks.

Headline Score

Strong

Rule-based editorial score out of 100

Word Count8 words — 6 to 12 reads best in feeds and search results.
Character Count44 characters — 40 to 65 avoids truncation in most placements.
Common Words13% common words — 20 to 40% keeps the headline readable.
Uncommon Words63% uncommon words — the substance that makes it specific.
Emotional Words13% emotional words pull readers in.
Power Words1 power word strengthen the promise.
Uses A NumberNumbers set clear expectations and lift clicks.
Headline TypeList headlines set clear expectations.

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What Is the Headline Analyzer?

The Headline Analyzer scores a headline out of 100 using deterministic editorial rules: word and character counts against proven ranges, the balance of common, uncommon, emotional and power words, whether it uses a number, and its format (how-to, list, question or statement). The headline renders with each word color-coded by category, and every check explains what it found and why it matters.

How It Works

Type or paste a headline. The score ring, balance bars and check list update instantly, and the highlighted preview shows which words are doing the emotional and persuasive work. Iterate until the balance bars land in their target ranges — the same headline always produces the same score, so comparisons between drafts are fair.

When to Use It

Use it when writing blog titles, YouTube titles, landing page headers and ad headlines — anywhere one line decides whether anyone reads the rest.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is This An AI Grader?: No — and that is deliberate. The scoring is a fixed, published set of rules with curated word lists, so results are consistent, explainable and comparable between drafts.
What Are Power And Emotional Words?: Power words strengthen the promise (proven, essential, ultimate); emotional words pull feeling into the line (fear, joy, unbelievable). Headlines that blend a little of both with substantive uncommon words tend to perform best.
What Is The Ideal Headline Length?: Six to twelve words and roughly 40 to 65 characters survives search results, social cards and feed layouts without truncation.
Does A High Score Guarantee Clicks?: No score can. It measures craft signals that correlate with performance — the topic, audience and placement still decide the outcome.

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