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Cold Email Grader & Spam Checker

Paste your subject line and body, get a 0–100 score with a breakdown of nine deliverability and reply-rate checks. Runs entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded.

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Paste a subject and body, then hit “Grade my email”.

How the grader works

What does this cold email grader check?

Nine signals that correlate with deliverability and replies: spam trigger words, subject line length, body word count, whether you ask a question, link count, unfilled personalization tokens, ALL-CAPS words, exclamation marks, and average sentence length. Everything runs in your browser — your email never leaves the page.

What is a good cold email score?

Anything 80+ (a B or better) is solid. A perfect 100 isn't the goal — a natural, specific email with one flagged word will outperform a sterile one. Treat fails as must-fix and warns as judgment calls.

Why do spam trigger words matter?

Spam filters score emails on many signals, and salesy phrases like “act now”, “risk-free” or “limited time” are among the oldest. One occurrence rarely sinks you, but each additional trigger word stacks the odds against reaching the inbox.

How long should a cold email be?

Between 50 and 125 words is the range most outbound studies land on. Shorter and you haven't established relevance; longer and you've lost a skimming reader. One idea, one question, one clear ask.

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