Level 2 · Question 6

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THE QUESTION

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Give only the answer and no other words.
Compute the average length of words in the given list. Give your answer as a float.
words = ["apple", "banana", "strawberry", "grape", "pineapple", "orange", "blueberry",
"watermelon", "kiwi", "mango", "peach", "apricot", "blackberry", "coconut", "cranberry",
"dragonfruit", "elderberry", "fig", "gooseberry", "guava", "honeydew", "jackfruit",
"kiwifruit", "lemon", "lime", "lychee", "mandarin", "mulberry", "nectarine", "olive",
"papaya", "passionfruit", "pear", "persimmon", "plum", "pomegranate", "quince",
"raspberry", "redcurrant", "starfruit", "tamarillo", "tangerine", "tomato", "ugli", "vanilla",
"watermelon", "yuzu", "zucchini", "boysenberry", "cloudberry"]

CHECK YOUR ANSWER

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Your output

7.5

Divide the sum of all word lengths by the number of entries.

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Expected output

7.5

Source: GIC 2025 Beginner Questions and the supplied Beginner answer key, March 2025 archive.