10-letter words with S as the 2nd letter

10-letter words with S as the 2nd letter number 427; especially, psychology, and assistance show the pattern in familiar forms.

427 wordsTop pick ESPECIALLYHighest score PSYCHOPOMP 26

30 of 427 are everyday words (7%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

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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.

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Common words 30 · most-used first

ESPECIALLY₁₇
ASSOCIATED₁₃
ASSISTANCE₁₂
ASSESSMENT₁₂
PSYCHOLOGY₂₄
ASSIGNMENT₁₃
ASSOCIATES₁₂
ASSUMPTION₁₄
ASSISTANTS₁₀
ESSENTIALS₁₀
PSYCHIATRY₂₃
ASSEMBLIES₁₄
ASTRONAUTS₁₀
ESTIMATION₁₂
ASTOUNDING₁₂
ASSAULTING₁₁
OSTENSIBLY₁₅
ASSEMBLING₁₅
ESTIMATING₁₃
USEFULNESS₁₃
ASSURANCES₁₂
ESCALATION₁₂
PSYCHOPATH₂₅
ASPIRATION₁₂
ASSERTIONS₁₀
ASTONISHED₁₄
ESCALATING₁₃
ASSORTMENT₁₂
ASTRONOMER₁₂
ASYMMETRIC₁₉

All valid words 427

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

ASAFETIDAS₁₄
ASAFOETIDA₁₄
ASARABACCA₁₆
ASBESTOSES₁₂
ASBESTOSIS₁₂
ASBESTUSES₁₂
ASCARIASES₁₂
ASCARIASIS₁₂
ASCENDABLE₁₅
ASCENDANCE₁₅
ASCENDANCY₁₈
ASCENDANTS₁₃
ASCENDENCE₁₅
ASCENDENCY₁₈
ASCENDENTS₁₃
ASCENDEURS₁₃
ASCENDIBLE₁₅
ASCENSIONS₁₂
ASCERTAINS₁₂
ASCETICISM₁₆
ASCLEPIADS₁₅
ASCOCARPIC₁₈
ASCOGONIUM₁₅
ASCOMYCETE₁₉
ASCORBATES₁₄
ASCOSPORES₁₄
ASCOSPORIC₁₆
ASCRIBABLE₁₆
ASCRIPTION₁₄
ASCRIPTIVE₁₇
ASEPTICISE₁₄
ASEPTICISM₁₆
ASEPTICIZE₂₃
ASEXUALITY₂₀
ASHINESSES₁₃
ASHLARINGS₁₄
ASHLERINGS₁₄
ASHRAMITES₁₅
ASPARAGINE₁₃
ASPARTAMES₁₄
ASPARTATES₁₂
ASPECTABLE₁₆
ASPERATING₁₃
ASPERGESES₁₃
ASPERGILLA₁₃
ASPERGILLI₁₃
ASPERGILLS₁₃
ASPERITIES₁₂
ASPERSIONS₁₂
ASPERSOIRS₁₂
ASPERSORIA₁₂
ASPHALTERS₁₅
ASPHALTING₁₆
ASPHALTITE₁₅
ASPHALTUMS₁₇
ASPHERICAL₁₇
ASPHYXIANT₂₅
ASPHYXIATE₂₅
ASPIDISTRA₁₃
ASPIRATING₁₃
ASPIRATION₁₂
ASPIRATORS₁₂
ASPIRATORY₁₅
ASPIRINGLY₁₆
ASPLENIUMS₁₄
ASSAFETIDA₁₄
ASSAGAIING₁₂
ASSAILABLE₁₂
ASSAILANTS₁₀
ASSAILMENT₁₂
ASSAULTERS₁₀
ASSAULTING₁₁
ASSAULTIVE₁₃
ASSEGAAIED₁₂
ASSEGAIING₁₂
ASSEMBLAGE₁₅
ASSEMBLERS₁₄
ASSEMBLIES₁₄
ASSEMBLING₁₅
ASSENTATOR₁₀
ASSENTIENT₁₀
ASSERTABLE₁₂
ASSERTEDLY₁₄
ASSERTIBLE₁₂
ASSERTIONS₁₀
ASSERTORIC₁₂
ASSESSABLE₁₂
ASSESSMENT₁₂
ASSEVERATE₁₃
ASSEVERING₁₄
ASSIBILATE₁₂
ASSIGNABLE₁₃
ASSIGNABLY₁₆
ASSIGNMENT₁₃
ASSIMILATE₁₂
ASSISTANCE₁₂
ASSISTANTS₁₀
ASSOCIABLE₁₄
ASSOCIATED₁₃
ASSOCIATES₁₂
ASSOCIATOR₁₂
ASSOILMENT₁₂
ASSOILZIED₂₀
ASSOILZIES₁₉
ASSONANCES₁₂
ASSONANTAL₁₀
ASSONATING₁₁
ASSORTMENT₁₂
ASSUAGINGS₁₂
ASSUETUDES₁₁
ASSUMINGLY₁₆
ASSUMPSITS₁₄
ASSUMPTION₁₄
ASSUMPTIVE₁₇
ASSURANCES₁₂
ASSURGENCY₁₆
ASSYTHMENT₁₈
ASTACOLOGY₁₆
ASTARBOARD₁₃
ASTATICISM₁₄
ASTERIATED₁₁
ASTERIDIAN₁₁
ASTERISKED₁₅
ASTEROIDAL₁₁
ASTHENOPIA₁₅
ASTHENOPIC₁₇
ASTHMATICS₁₇
ASTIGMATIC₁₅
ASTOMATOUS₁₂
ASTONISHED₁₄
ASTONISHES₁₃
ASTOUNDING₁₂
ASTRACHANS₁₅
ASTRAGALUS₁₁
ASTRAKHANS₁₇
ASTRANTIAS₁₀
ASTRICTING₁₃
ASTRICTION₁₂
ASTRICTIVE₁₅
ASTRINGENT₁₁
ASTRINGERS₁₁
ASTRINGING₁₂
ASTROBLEME₁₄
ASTROCYTES₁₅
ASTROCYTIC₁₇
ASTRODOMES₁₃
ASTROFELLS₁₃
ASTROHATCH₁₈
ASTROLABES₁₂
ASTROLATRY₁₃
ASTROLOGER₁₁
ASTROLOGIC₁₃
ASTROMETRY₁₅
ASTRONAUTS₁₀
ASTRONOMER₁₂
ASTRONOMIC₁₄
ASTROPHELS₁₅
ASTUCITIES₁₂
ASTUTENESS₁₀
ASYMMETRIC₁₉
ASYMPTOTES₁₇
ASYMPTOTIC₁₉
ASYNARTETE₁₃
ASYNCHRONY₂₁
ASYNDETONS₁₄
ASYNERGIAS₁₄
ASYNERGIES₁₄
ASYNTACTIC₁₇
ASYSTOLISM₁₅
ESCADRILLE₁₃
ESCALADERS₁₃
ESCALADING₁₄
ESCALADOES₁₃
ESCALATING₁₃
ESCALATION₁₂
ESCALATORS₁₂
ESCALATORY₁₅
ESCALLONIA₁₂
ESCALLOPED₁₅
ESCALOPING₁₅
ESCAMOTAGE₁₅
ESCAPADOES₁₅
ESCAPELESS₁₄
ESCAPEMENT₁₆
ESCAPOLOGY₁₈
ESCARPMENT₁₆
ESCHAROTIC₁₇
ESCHEATAGE₁₆
ESCHEATING₁₆
ESCHEATORS₁₅
ESCLANDRES₁₃
ESCOPETTES₁₄
ESCORTAGES₁₃
ESCRIBANOS₁₄
ESCRITOIRE₁₂
ESCUTCHEON₁₇
ESOPHAGEAL₁₆
ESOTERICAS₁₂
ESOTERISMS₁₂
ESOTROPIAS₁₂
ESPADRILLE₁₃
ESPAGNOLES₁₃
ESPALIERED₁₃
ESPECIALLY₁₇
ESPERANCES₁₄
ESPIONAGES₁₃
ESPLANADES₁₃
ESPRESSIVO₁₅
ESSAYETTES₁₃
ESSAYISTIC₁₅
ESSENTIALS₁₀
ESTAFETTES₁₃
ESTAMINETS₁₂
ESTANCIERO₁₂
ESTATESMAN₁₂
ESTATESMEN₁₂
ESTERIFIED₁₄
ESTERIFIES₁₃
ESTHESISES₁₃
ESTHETICAL₁₅
ESTIMATING₁₃
ESTIMATION₁₂
ESTIMATIVE₁₅
ESTIMATORS₁₂
ESTIPULATE₁₂
ESTIVATING₁₄
ESTIVATION₁₃
ESTIVATORS₁₃
ESTOPPAGES₁₅
ESTRADIOLS₁₁
ESTRANGELO₁₁
ESTRANGERS₁₁
ESTRANGING₁₂
ESTRAPADES₁₃
ESTREATING₁₁
ESTRILDIDS₁₂
ESTROGENIC₁₃
ESURIENCES₁₂
ESURIENTLY₁₃
ISABELLINE₁₂
ISALLOBARS₁₂
ISCHAEMIAS₁₇
ISCHURETIC₁₇
ISEIKONIAS₁₄
ISENTROPIC₁₄
ISLOMANIAS₁₂
ISOAMINILE₁₂
ISOANTIGEN₁₁
ISOBARISMS₁₄
ISOBUTANES₁₂
ISOBUTENES₁₂
ISOCALORIC₁₄
ISOCHASMIC₁₉
ISOCHEIMAL₁₇
ISOCHEIMIC₁₉
ISOCHIMALS₁₇
ISOCHRONAL₁₅
ISOCHRONES₁₅
ISOCHROOUS₁₅
ISOCLINALS₁₂
ISOCLINICS₁₄
ISOCRACIES₁₄
ISOCRYMALS₁₇
ISOCYANATE₁₅
ISOCYANIDE₁₆
ISODONTALS₁₁
ISODYNAMIC₁₈
ISOENZYMES₂₄
ISOENZYMIC₂₆
ISOFLAVONE₁₆
ISOGAMETES₁₃
ISOGAMETIC₁₅
ISOGENETIC₁₃
ISOGLOSSAL₁₁
ISOGLOSSES₁₁
ISOGLOSSIC₁₃
ISOGLOTTAL₁₁
ISOGLOTTIC₁₃
ISOGRAFTED₁₅
ISOHYETALS₁₆
ISOKINETIC₁₆
ISOKONTANS₁₄
ISOLATABLE₁₂
ISOLATIONS₁₀
ISOLEUCINE₁₂
ISOMERASES₁₂
ISOMERISED₁₃
ISOMERISES₁₂
ISOMERISMS₁₄
ISOMERIZED₂₂
ISOMERIZES₂₁
ISOMETRICS₁₄
ISOMETRIES₁₂
ISOMORPHIC₁₉
ISONIAZIDE₂₀
ISONIAZIDS₂₀
ISONITRILE₁₀
ISOOCTANES₁₂
ISOPACHYTE₂₀
ISOPIESTIC₁₄
ISOPLETHIC₁₇
ISOPRENOID₁₃
ISOPROPYLS₁₇
ISOPTEROUS₁₂
ISOPYCNALS₁₇
ISOPYCNICS₁₉
ISOSEISMAL₁₂
ISOSEISMIC₁₄
ISOSPORIES₁₂
ISOSPOROUS₁₂
ISOSTACIES₁₂
ISOSTASIES₁₀
ISOTHERALS₁₃
ISOTHERMAL₁₅
ISOTROPIES₁₂
ISOTROPISM₁₄
ISOTROPOUS₁₂
ISPAGHULAS₁₆
OSCILLATED₁₃
OSCILLATES₁₂
OSCILLATOR₁₂
OSCITANCES₁₄
OSCITANTLY₁₅
OSCITATING₁₃
OSCITATION₁₂
OSCULATING₁₃
OSCULATION₁₂
OSCULATORY₁₅
OSMETERIUM₁₄
OSMIDROSES₁₃
OSMIDROSIS₁₃
OSMIRIDIUM₁₅
OSMOLALITY₁₅
OSMOLARITY₁₅
OSMOMETERS₁₄
OSMOMETRIC₁₆
OSMOPHOBIA₁₉
OSMUNDINES₁₃
OSSIFEROUS₁₃
OSSIFRAGAS₁₄
OSSIFRAGES₁₄
OSSIVOROUS₁₃
OSTEITIDES₁₁
OSTEITISES₁₀
OSTENSIBLE₁₂
OSTENSIBLY₁₅
OSTENSORIA₁₀
OSTEOBLAST₁₂
OSTEOCLAST₁₂
OSTEOCOLLA₁₂
OSTEOCYTES₁₅
OSTEODERMS₁₃
OSTEOGENIC₁₃
OSTEOPATHS₁₅
OSTEOPATHY₁₈
OSTEOPHYTE₁₈
OSTEOSISES₁₀
OSTEOTOMES₁₂
OSTRACEOUS₁₂
OSTRACISED₁₃
OSTRACISER₁₂
OSTRACISES₁₂
OSTRACISMS₁₄
OSTRACIZED₂₂
OSTRACIZER₂₁
OSTRACIZES₂₁
OSTRACODAN₁₃
OSTRACODES₁₃
OSTRICHISM₁₇
PSALMBOOKS₂₀
PSALMODIES₁₅
PSALMODISE₁₅
PSALMODIST₁₅
PSALMODIZE₂₄
PSALTERIAN₁₂
PSALTERIES₁₂
PSALTERIUM₁₄
PSAMMOPHIL₂₁
PSELLISMUS₁₄
PSEPHOLOGY₂₁
PSEUDERIES₁₃
PSEUDIMAGO₁₆
PSEUDOACID₁₆
PSEUDOBULB₁₇
PSEUDOCARP₁₇
PSEUDOCODE₁₆
PSEUDOCOEL₁₅
PSEUDOLOGY₁₇
PSEUDONYMS₁₈
PSEUDOPODS₁₆
PSILOCYBIN₁₉
PSILOPHYTE₂₀
PSITTACINE₁₄
PSORIATICS₁₄
PSYCHIATER₂₀
PSYCHIATRY₂₃
PSYCHICISM₂₄
PSYCHICIST₂₂
PSYCHOGONY₂₄
PSYCHOGRAM₂₃
PSYCHOLOGY₂₄
PSYCHOPATH₂₅
PSYCHOPOMP₂₆
PSYCHOTICS₂₂
TSAREVITCH₁₈
TSESAREVNA₁₃
TSORRISSES₁₀
TSOTSITAAL₁₀
USABLENESS₁₂
USEABILITY₁₅
USEFULNESS₁₃
USHERESSES₁₃
USHERETTES₁₃
USHERSHIPS₁₈
USQUEBAUGH₂₅
USTULATION₁₀
USUCAPIENT₁₄
USUCAPIONS₁₄
USUCAPTING₁₅
USUCAPTION₁₄
USUFRUCTED₁₆
USURIOUSLY₁₃
USURPATION₁₂
USURPATIVE₁₅
USURPATORY₁₅
USURPATURE₁₂
USURPINGLY₁₆

Letters by positionIn 40% of these words the 10th letter is S.

1st letter

A40%
I19%
E16%

3rd letter

T22%
O18%
C15%

4th letter

E17%
R15%
A11%

8th letter

I26%
T11%
O9%

9th letter

E23%
N12%
I10%

10th letter

S40%
E13%
Y7%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 12 in Scrabble; PSYCHOPOMP tops the list with 26. Scores before board bonuses.

1010 points: 20 words
11 points: 20 words
1212 points: 95 words
13 points: 72 words
1414 points: 57 words
15 points: 55 words
1616 points: 29 words
17 points: 25 words
1818 points: 12 words
19 points: 10 words
2020 points: 8 words
21 points: 6 words
2222 points: 4 words
23 points: 3 words
2424 points: 5 words
25 points: 4 words
2626 points: 2 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
PSYCHOPOMP	26	29	Collins · NWL
ISOENZYMIC	26	28	All three
PSYCHOPATH	25	25	All three
ASPHYXIATE	25	24	All three
USQUEBAUGH	25	29	All three
ASPHYXIANT	25	25	Collins · NWL
PSYCHOLOGY	24	25	All three
ISOENZYMES	24	25	All three
PSALMODIZE	24	27	Collins only
PSYCHICISM	24	26	Collins only
PSYCHOGONY	24	25	Collins only
PSYCHIATRY	23	22	All three

That S can sit after A, E, I, O, P, U, or T in this set. The examples range from everyday words such as especially and assistance to specialist terms such as psychopomp. Only 30 entries are tagged common, so expect a substantial vocabulary challenge rather than a list of routine plays.

What stands out in this S-second-letter list?

The pattern contains 427 tournament-dictionary words, with S fixed in position two.
Especially, associated, and assistance are among the recognizable 10-letter examples.
Psychopomp and isoenzymic tie for the top score at 26 points.
Only 30 words are tagged common, making familiar vocabulary a small slice of the set.
Collins lists 423 matches, compared with 274 in NWL2023 and 238 in ENABLE.

Which 10-letter words with S as the 2nd letter score highest?

Psychopomp and isoenzymic lead at 26 points each. Psychology follows at 24, while psychopath and asphyxiate score 25. These are point totals, not a promise of an easy board play: long words still need room, and your rack must support the remaining letters.

The high scorers lean on unusual letter combinations. Psychopomp and psychology both begin with PS, while asphyxiate packs an X into the word.

For a more recognizable option, assistance and assessment are in the examples, but their scores fall below the top group. Check your game's word list once before relying on a specialist entry.

How does the S pattern change across word lengths?

The count climbs from 92 five-letter words to 498 nine-letter words, then falls to 427 at ten letters and 337 at eleven. Ten letters is not the peak; the neighboring nine-letter set has 71 more matches. That dip makes length a useful extra constraint when you already know the second tile.

Among 10-letter words, S is far less common in position two than E, which has 5,844 matches, or A and O, each with 4,669. The S set is also much larger than Q's 128 and Z's 15. If your rack suggests a long answer, the 10-letter words with S as the 2nd letter include both common-looking forms and obscure scoring chances.

Questions people ask

How many 10-letter words have S as the second letter?

There are 427 tournament-dictionary matches with S in the second position. Examples include especially, assistance, psychology, and estimation. The set spans several opening letters, so use both the known position and any confirmed first or final letters to narrow your search.

What is the highest-scoring 10-letter word with S second?

Psychopomp and isoenzymic tie for the highest score, at 26 points each. Psychology scores 24, while psychopath scores 25. These totals help compare letter value, but board premiums and placement affect a played word's actual score.

Are many of these 10-letter words common?

No. Only 30 of the 427 matches are tagged common. Especially, assistance, and assessment are more recognizable examples, while psychopomp and isoenzymic are specialist vocabulary. A word's presence in one tournament dictionary does not guarantee acceptance in another.

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