Which answer is correct?

Use a for loop: `counts = {}; for w in words: counts[w] = counts.get(w, 0) + 1`.

— explicit_coder

Use `collections.Counter(words)`. It's a specialized dict subclass designed for counting. Supports `most_common()`, arithmetic between counters, and more.

— stdlib_advocate

Use `{w: words.count(w) for w in words}`. Dict comprehension — clean and readable.

— comprehension_fan

Use `pandas.Series(words).value_counts().to_dict()`. Pandas handles this in one line.

— data_scientist