Quiz question

cardiffjaguar some would say that ALL the threads on GN are for people with nothing else to do. There are lots of other ploys too for filling empty hours and providing things for idle hands to do - playing golf, reading novels, knitting egg-cosies, taking something apart and putting it together again, there is something for everyone.

See how many words are against each letter in a dictionary.

The question should have specified either a language or a dictionary. Or both!

Have you nerds got nothing better to do?
Yes, but have thought about this all day

(not )

^MIL used to do those blank puzzles where you filled in all the letters of the alphabet by starting off with a couple of clues.6
Codewords!

Once you had all the 'e's' you were away

Z
Unless you are looking at words in OED or in general fiction, in which case Q