10-letter words with D as the 2nd letter

There are 217 10-letter words with D as the second letter, and 142 of them begin with A.

222 wordsTop pick ADDITIONALHighest score ADVERTIZED 24

26 of 222 are everyday words (12%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

2nd letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

E is the most common 2nd letter in 10-letter words (5,844 words); J is the rarest (8). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Common words 26 · most-used first

ADDITIONAL₁₂
IDENTIFIED₁₅
ADVENTURES₁₄
ADVANTAGES₁₅
ADDRESSING₁₃
ADAPTATION₁₃
ADJUSTMENT₂₀
IDENTITIES₁₁
ADMISSIONS₁₃
ADVERTISED₁₅
IDENTIFIES₁₄
ADEQUATELY₂₃
ADVOCATING₁₇
ADJUSTABLE₂₀
ADMIRATION₁₃
ADOLESCENT₁₃
ADMINISTER₁₃
ADMITTEDLY₁₇
ADRENALINE₁₁
ADVERTISER₁₄
IDEOLOGIES₁₂
ADJECTIVES₂₃
ADVENTURER₁₄
IDEALISTIC₁₃
IDENTIFIER₁₄
ADDICTIONS₁₄

All valid words 222

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

ADACTYLOUS₁₆
ADAMANCIES₁₅
ADAMANTEAN₁₃
ADAMANTINE₁₃
ADAPTATION₁₃
ADAPTATIVE₁₆
ADAPTIVELY₁₉
ADAPTIVITY₁₉
ADAPTOGENS₁₄
ADBLOCKERS₁₉
ADDERSTONE₁₂
ADDERWORTS₁₅
ADDICTIONS₁₄
ADDITAMENT₁₄
ADDITIONAL₁₂
ADDITIVELY₁₈
ADDITIVITY₁₈
ADDLEMENTS₁₄
ADDLEPATED₁₅
ADDRESSEES₁₂
ADDRESSERS₁₂
ADDRESSING₁₃
ADDRESSORS₁₂
ADDUCEABLE₁₆
ADDUCTIONS₁₄
ADELANTADO₁₂
ADEMPTIONS₁₅
ADENECTOMY₁₈
ADENITISES₁₁
ADENOPATHY₁₉
ADENOSINES₁₁
ADENOVIRAL₁₄
ADENOVIRUS₁₄
ADENYLATES₁₄
ADEQUACIES₂₂
ADEQUATELY₂₃
ADEQUATIVE₂₃
ADHERENCES₁₆
ADHERENTLY₁₇
ADHESIONAL₁₄
ADHESIVELY₂₀
ADHIBITING₁₇
ADHIBITION₁₆
ADIABATICS₁₅
ADIACTINIC₁₅
ADIAPHORON₁₆
ADIPOCERES₁₅
ADIPOCYTES₁₈
ADIPOGENIC₁₆
ADJACENCES₂₂
ADJACENTLY₂₃
ADJECTIVAL₂₃
ADJECTIVES₂₃
ADJOURNING₁₉
ADJUDGMENT₂₂
ADJUDICATE₂₁
ADJUNCTION₂₀
ADJUNCTIVE₂₃
ADJURATION₁₈
ADJURATORY₂₁
ADJUSTABLE₂₀
ADJUSTABLY₂₃
ADJUSTMENT₂₀
ADMEASURED₁₄
ADMEASURES₁₃
ADMINICLES₁₅
ADMINISTER₁₃
ADMIRANCES₁₅
ADMIRATION₁₃
ADMIRATIVE₁₆
ADMIRAUNCE₁₅
ADMIRINGLY₁₇
ADMISSIBLE₁₅
ADMISSIONS₁₃
ADMITTABLE₁₅
ADMITTANCE₁₅
ADMITTEDLY₁₇
ADMIXTURES₂₀
ADMONISHED₁₇
ADMONISHER₁₆
ADMONISHES₁₆
ADMONITION₁₃
ADMONITIVE₁₆
ADMONITORS₁₃
ADMONITORY₁₆
ADNOMINALS₁₃
ADOLESCENT₁₃
ADOPTIVELY₁₉
ADORATIONS₁₁
ADORNMENTS₁₃
ADPRESSING₁₄
ADRENALINE₁₁
ADRENALINS₁₁
ADRENERGIC₁₄
ADRIAMYCIN₁₈
ADROITNESS₁₁
ADSORBABLE₁₅
ADSORBATES₁₃
ADSORBENTS₁₃
ADSORPTION₁₃
ADSORPTIVE₁₆
ADULATIONS₁₁
ADULTERANT₁₁
ADULTERATE₁₁
ADULTERERS₁₁
ADULTERESS₁₁
ADULTERIES₁₁
ADULTERINE₁₁
ADULTERISE₁₁
ADULTERIZE₂₀
ADULTEROUS₁₁
ADULTHOODS₁₅
ADULTICIDE₁₄
ADUMBRATED₁₆
ADUMBRATES₁₅
ADUNCITIES₁₃
ADVANTAGED₁₆
ADVANTAGES₁₅
ADVECTIONS₁₆
ADVENTITIA₁₄
ADVENTIVES₁₇
ADVENTURED₁₅
ADVENTURER₁₄
ADVENTURES₁₄
ADVERBIALS₁₆
ADVERSARIA₁₄
ADVERTENCE₁₆
ADVERTENCY₁₉
ADVERTISED₁₅
ADVERTISER₁₄
ADVERTISES₁₄
ADVERTIZED₂₄
ADVERTIZER₂₃
ADVERTIZES₂₃
ADVISATORY₁₇
ADVISEMENT₁₆
ADVISORATE₁₄
ADVISORIES₁₄
ADVOCACIES₁₈
ADVOCATING₁₇
ADVOCATION₁₆
ADVOCATIVE₁₉
ADVOCATORS₁₆
ADVOCATORY₁₉
ADVOUTRERS₁₄
ADVOUTRIES₁₄
EDACIOUSLY₁₆
EDAPHOLOGY₂₀
EDENTULATE₁₁
EDENTULOUS₁₁
EDGINESSES₁₂
EDIBLENESS₁₃
EDIFYINGLY₂₁
EDITIONING₁₂
EDITORIALS₁₁
EDITORSHIP₁₆
EDITRESSES₁₁
EDUCATABLE₁₅
EDUCATIONS₁₃
EDUCEMENTS₁₅
EDULCORANT₁₃
EDULCORATE₁₃
EDUSKUNTAS₁₅
IDEALISERS₁₁
IDEALISING₁₂
IDEALISTIC₁₃
IDEALITIES₁₁
IDEALIZERS₂₀
IDEALIZING₂₁
IDEALOGIES₁₂
IDEALOGUES₁₂
IDEATIONAL₁₁
IDEMPOTENT₁₅
IDENTIFIED₁₅
IDENTIFIER₁₄
IDENTIFIES₁₄
IDENTIKITS₁₅
IDENTITIES₁₁
IDEOGRAMIC₁₆
IDEOGRAPHS₁₇
IDEOGRAPHY₂₀
IDEOLOGIES₁₂
IDEOLOGISE₁₂
IDEOLOGIST₁₂
IDEOLOGIZE₂₁
IDEOLOGUES₁₂
IDEOPHONES₁₆
IDIOBLASTS₁₃
IDIOGRAPHS₁₇
IDIOLECTAL₁₃
IDIOLECTIC₁₅
IDIOPATHIC₁₈
IDIOPHONES₁₆
IDIOPHONIC₁₈
IDIOPLASMS₁₅
IDIOTICONS₁₃
IDIOTPROOF₁₆
IDLENESSES₁₁
IDOLATRESS₁₁
IDOLATRIES₁₁
IDOLATRISE₁₁
IDOLATRIZE₂₀
IDOLATROUS₁₁
IDOLOCLAST₁₃
IDONEITIES₁₁
ODALISQUES₂₀
ODDSMAKERS₁₈
ODIOUSNESS₁₁
ODOMETRIES₁₃
ODONATISTS₁₁
ODONTALGIA₁₂
ODONTALGIC₁₄
ODONTOCETE₁₃
ODONTOGENY₁₅
ODONTOLITE₁₁
ODONTOLOGY₁₅
ODONTOMATA₁₃
ODORIMETRY₁₆
ODORIPHORE₁₆
SDEIGNFULL₁₅
SDRUCCIOLA₁₅
UDOMETRIES₁₃

Letters by positionIn 66% of these words the 1st letter is A.

1st letter

A66%
I19%
E8%

4th letter

O19%
E14%
I12%

6th letter

T20%
I18%
A12%

8th letter

I26%
E13%
O13%

9th letter

E27%
N14%
L10%

10th letter

S42%
E16%
Y12%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 11 in Scrabble; ADVERTIZED tops the list with 24. Scores before board bonuses.

1111 points: 32 words
12 points: 16 words
1313 points: 30 words
14 points: 26 words
1515 points: 31 words
16 points: 29 words
1717 points: 10 words
18 points: 10 words
1919 points: 9 words
20 points: 11 words
2121 points: 5 words
22 points: 3 words
2323 points: 9 words
24 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
ADVERTIZED	24	25	All three
ADEQUATELY	23	24	All three
ADJECTIVES	23	27	All three
ADJECTIVAL	23	28	All three
ADJUNCTIVE	23	29	All three
ADJACENTLY	23	27	All three
ADJUSTABLY	23	27	Collins only
ADVERTIZES	23	24	All three
ADVERTIZER	23	24	Collins only
ADEQUATIVE	23	25	Collins only
ADJUDGMENT	22	28	Collins · NWL
ADEQUACIES	22	24	All three

This list holds 217 ten-letter words with D second, and 177 of them have a definition on file. The first letter is the biggest clue, since A opens 142 of the 217. The sections below cover first letters, endings and scores.

A is the first letter for most of them

A opens 142 of the 217 words, about two in three. I is a distant second with 41, followed by E with 17 and O with 14.

The A group includes ADDITIONAL, ADVENTURES and ADMISSIONS, while the I group starts with IDENTIFIED and IDENTITIES. S starts only 2 words and U starts 1.

For crosswords, the D in the second square narrows the field faster than the length alone. With A first, 142 answers remain to test; with I first, only 41 remain.

Once the first two letters are fixed, check the final square against the common endings, since S and E cover 125 of the 217 words.

Endings where S finishes 91 of them

S ends 91 words, about two in five.
E ends 34, as in ADJUSTABLE.
Y ends 26, including ADMITTEDLY.
N ends 11 and T ends 10, so those finishes are rarer.

The highest-scoring words in this set

ADVERTIZED scores 24 points, the top of the list. ADEQUATELY, ADJECTIVES, ADJACENTLY, ADJECTIVAL, ADJUNCTIVE and ADVERTIZER follow at 23 points each.

The average word in this set scores 15.2 points, so a long word does much of the scoring for you. Most of the top scorers start with AD, which makes the opening square a reliable guide.

Only 18 of the 217 words are common, so this list rewards a good dictionary more than everyday vocabulary. Check each candidate before you commit to it.

Narrow the field by last letter

Tip

Check the last letter first. S gives 91 options, E gives 34 and Y gives 26, so one check narrows the field fast.

Questions people ask

Which 10-letter word with D second scores highest?

ADVERTIZED scores 24 points, the highest in this set. ADEQUATELY, ADJECTIVES, ADJACENTLY, ADJECTIVAL and ADJUNCTIVE follow at 23 points each, so the top of the list is crowded with AD words.

How many of these words start with A?

142 of the 217 words start with A, about two in three. I starts 41 and E starts 17, so the A group dominates this pattern. Fill the first square with A before you test anything else.

Do most 10-letter D-second words end in S?

Not quite. 91 of the 217 end in S, about two in five, which is still the top ending. E ends 34 words and Y ends 26, so an S finish is the most common choice.

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10-letter words with D as the 2nd letter

Common words 26 · most-used first

Highest-scoring words

A is the first letter for most of them

Endings where S finishes 91 of them

The highest-scoring words in this set

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