Essay word count

<p>I was just wondering whether essays are restricted to their word count or does it matter if it is more? Like my essay is "supposed" to be 500 words but is it ok if it ends up to be like 600 or so?</p>

<p>In my opinion, i would go 50 + or -
100 words over is fine, but try to cut it down if u can. It won't hurt you to have 600, but it might help you to have 550 or lower
i know thats really unclear, but hope that helped :0</p>