10-letter words with X as the 2nd letter

10-letter words with X as the 2nd letter number 366, led by familiar EX- words and topped at 31 points by three entries.

366 wordsTop pick EXPERIENCEHighest score EXCHEQUERS 31

38 of 366 are everyday words (10%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

2nd letter
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O
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W
X
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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.

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Common words 38 · most-used first

EXPERIENCE₂₁
EXPRESSION₁₉
EXPERIMENT₂₁
EXHIBITION₂₂
EXPLAINING₂₀
EXCITEMENT₂₁
EXCELLENCE₂₁
EXECUTIVES₂₂
EXPEDITION₂₀
EXPRESSING₂₀
EXCEPTIONS₂₁
EXPLICITLY₂₄
EXTENSIONS₁₇
EXTRACTION₁₉
EXPLOSIVES₂₂
EXTINCTION₁₉
EXERCISING₂₀
EXPLOSIONS₁₉
EXHAUSTING₂₁
EXPOSITION₁₉
EXHAUSTION₂₀
EXPECTANCY₂₆
EXPIRATION₁₉
EXPLOITING₂₀
EXTREMISTS₁₉
EXCAVATION₂₂
EXCELLENCY₂₄
EXECUTIONS₁₉
EXPRESSIVE₂₂
EXHIBITING₂₃
EXCHANGING₂₄
EXEMPTIONS₂₁
EXHAUSTIVE₂₃
EXTERNALLY₂₀
EXTRACTING₂₀
EXPANSIONS₁₉
EXCURSIONS₁₉
EXAGGERATE₁₉

All valid words 366

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

AXENICALLY₂₂
AXIALITIES₁₇
AXILLARIES₁₇
AXINOMANCY₂₄
AXIOLOGIES₁₈
AXIOLOGIST₁₈
AXIOMATICS₂₁
AXIOMATISE₁₉
AXIOMATIZE₂₈
AXOLEMMATA₂₁
AXONOMETRY₂₂
AXOPLASMIC₂₃
EXACERBATE₂₁
EXACTINGLY₂₃
EXACTITUDE₂₀
EXACTMENTS₂₁
EXAGGERATE₁₉
EXAHERTZES₂₉
EXALTATION₁₇
EXAMINABLE₂₁
EXAMINANTS₁₉
EXAMINATES₁₉
EXAMINATOR₁₉
EXANTHEMAS₂₂
EXAPTATION₁₉
EXARATIONS₁₇
EXARCHATES₂₂
EXARCHISTS₂₂
EXASPERATE₁₉
EXCAMBIONS₂₃
EXCAMBIUMS₂₅
EXCARNATED₂₀
EXCARNATES₁₉
EXCAVATING₂₃
EXCAVATION₂₂
EXCAVATORS₂₂
EXCEEDABLE₂₂
EXCEEDANCE₂₂
EXCEEDENCE₂₂
EXCELLENCE₂₁
EXCELLENCY₂₄
EXCELSIORS₁₉
EXCENTRICS₂₁
EXCEPTANTS₂₁
EXCEPTIONS₂₁
EXCEPTIOUS₂₁
EXCEPTLESS₂₁
EXCERPTERS₂₁
EXCERPTING₂₂
EXCERPTION₂₁
EXCERPTORS₂₁
EXCHANGERS₂₃
EXCHANGING₂₄
EXCHEQUERS₃₁
EXCIPIENTS₂₁
EXCISIONAL₁₉
EXCITATION₁₉
EXCITATIVE₂₂
EXCITATORY₂₂
EXCITEMENT₂₁
EXCITINGLY₂₃
EXCLAIMERS₂₁
EXCLAIMING₂₂
EXCLOSURES₁₉
EXCLUDABLE₂₂
EXCLUDIBLE₂₂
EXCLUSIONS₁₉
EXCLUSIVES₂₂
EXCOGITATE₂₀
EXCORIATED₂₀
EXCORIATES₁₉
EXCREMENTA₂₁
EXCREMENTS₂₁
EXCRESCENT₂₁
EXCRETIONS₁₉
EXCRUCIATE₂₁
EXCULPABLE₂₃
EXCULPATED₂₂
EXCULPATES₂₁
EXCURSIONS₁₉
EXCURSUSES₁₉
EXCUSATORY₂₂
EXECRATING₂₀
EXECRATION₁₉
EXECRATIVE₂₂
EXECRATORS₁₉
EXECRATORY₂₂
EXECUTABLE₂₁
EXECUTANCY₂₄
EXECUTANTS₁₉
EXECUTIONS₁₉
EXECUTIVES₂₂
EXECUTRESS₁₉
EXECUTRIES₁₉
EXEGETICAL₂₀
EXEGETISTS₁₈
EXEMPTIONS₂₁
EXENTERATE₁₇
EXEQUATURS₂₆
EXERCISERS₁₉
EXERCISING₂₀
EXERCYCLES₂₄
EXERTIONAL₁₇
EXFILTRATE₂₀
EXFOLIANTS₂₀
EXFOLIATED₂₁
EXFOLIATES₂₀
EXFOLIATOR₂₀
EXHALATION₂₀
EXHAUSTERS₂₀
EXHAUSTING₂₁
EXHAUSTION₂₀
EXHAUSTIVE₂₃
EXHEREDATE₂₁
EXHIBITERS₂₂
EXHIBITING₂₃
EXHIBITION₂₂
EXHIBITIVE₂₅
EXHIBITORS₂₂
EXHIBITORY₂₅
EXHILARANT₂₀
EXHILARATE₂₀
EXHUMATING₂₃
EXHUMATION₂₂
EXIGENCIES₂₀
EXIGUITIES₁₈
EXIGUOUSLY₂₁
EXILEMENTS₁₉
EXIMIOUSLY₂₂
EXISTENCES₁₉
EXOBIOLOGY₂₃
EXOCENTRIC₂₁
EXOCUTICLE₂₁
EXOCYTOSED₂₃
EXOCYTOSES₂₂
EXOCYTOSIS₂₂
EXOCYTOTIC₂₄
EXODONTIAS₁₈
EXODONTICS₂₀
EXODONTIST₁₈
EXOENZYMES₃₁
EXOGENETIC₂₀
EXOGENISMS₂₀
EXONERATED₁₈
EXONERATES₁₇
EXONERATOR₁₇
EXONUMISTS₁₉
EXOPHAGIES₂₃
EXOPHAGOUS₂₃
EXOPLANETS₁₉
EXOPODITES₂₀
EXOPODITIC₂₂
EXORATIONS₁₇
EXORBITANT₁₉
EXORBITATE₁₉
EXORCISERS₁₉
EXORCISING₂₀
EXORCISTIC₂₁
EXORCIZERS₂₈
EXORCIZING₂₉
EXOSPHERES₂₂
EXOSPHERIC₂₄
EXOSPORIUM₂₁
EXOSPOROUS₁₉
EXOTERICAL₁₉
EXOTHERMAL₂₂
EXOTHERMIC₂₄
EXOTICALLY₂₂
EXOTICISMS₂₁
EXOTICISTS₁₉
EXOTICIZED₂₉
EXOTICIZES₂₈
EXOTICNESS₁₉
EXOTROPIAS₁₉
EXPANDABLE₂₂
EXPANSIBLE₂₁
EXPANSIBLY₂₄
EXPANSIONS₁₉
EXPATIATED₂₀
EXPATIATES₁₉
EXPATIATOR₁₉
EXPATRIATE₁₉
EXPECTABLE₂₃
EXPECTABLY₂₆
EXPECTANCE₂₃
EXPECTANCY₂₆
EXPECTANTS₂₁
EXPECTEDLY₂₅
EXPECTINGS₂₂
EXPEDIENCE₂₂
EXPEDIENCY₂₅
EXPEDIENTS₂₀
EXPEDITATE₂₀
EXPEDITELY₂₃
EXPEDITERS₂₀
EXPEDITING₂₁
EXPEDITION₂₀
EXPEDITIVE₂₃
EXPEDITORS₂₀
EXPELLABLE₂₁
EXPELLANTS₁₉
EXPELLENTS₁₉
EXPENDABLE₂₂
EXPENDABLY₂₅
EXPERIENCE₂₁
EXPERIMENT₂₁
EXPERTISED₂₀
EXPERTISES₁₉
EXPERTISMS₂₁
EXPERTIZED₂₉
EXPERTIZES₂₈
EXPERTNESS₁₉
EXPIATIONS₁₉
EXPIRATION₁₉
EXPIRATORY₂₂
EXPISCATED₂₂
EXPISCATES₂₁
EXPLAINERS₁₉
EXPLAINING₂₀
EXPLANTING₂₀
EXPLETIVES₂₂
EXPLICABLE₂₃
EXPLICABLY₂₆
EXPLICATED₂₂
EXPLICATES₂₁
EXPLICATOR₂₁
EXPLICITLY₂₄
EXPLODABLE₂₂
EXPLOITAGE₂₀
EXPLOITERS₁₉
EXPLOITING₂₀
EXPLOITIVE₂₂
EXPLOSIBLE₂₁
EXPLOSIONS₁₉
EXPLOSIVES₂₂
EXPORTABLE₂₁
EXPOSITING₂₀
EXPOSITION₁₉
EXPOSITIVE₂₂
EXPOSITORS₁₉
EXPOSITORY₂₂
EXPOSTURES₁₉
EXPOUNDERS₂₀
EXPOUNDING₂₁
EXPRESSAGE₂₀
EXPRESSERS₁₉
EXPRESSING₂₀
EXPRESSION₁₉
EXPRESSIVE₂₂
EXPRESSMAN₂₁
EXPRESSMEN₂₁
EXPRESSURE₁₉
EXPRESSWAY₂₅
EXPROBRATE₂₁
EXPUGNABLE₂₂
EXPULSIONS₁₉
EXPUNCTING₂₂
EXPUNCTION₂₁
EXPURGATED₂₁
EXPURGATES₂₀
EXPURGATOR₂₀
EXQUISITES₂₆
EXSANGUINE₁₈
EXSCINDING₂₁
EXSECTIONS₁₉
EXSERTIONS₁₇
EXSICCATED₂₂
EXSICCATES₂₁
EXSICCATOR₂₁
EXSOLUTION₁₇
EXSUFFLATE₂₃
EXTEMPORAL₂₁
EXTEMPORES₂₁
EXTENDABLE₂₀
EXTENDEDLY₂₂
EXTENDIBLE₂₀
EXTENSIBLE₁₉
EXTENSIONS₁₇
EXTENUATED₁₈
EXTENUATES₁₇
EXTENUATOR₁₇
EXTERIORLY₂₀
EXTERMINED₂₀
EXTERMINES₁₉
EXTERNALLY₂₀
EXTERNSHIP₂₂
EXTINCTING₂₀
EXTINCTION₁₉
EXTINCTIVE₂₂
EXTINCTURE₁₉
EXTINGUISH₂₁
EXTIRPABLE₂₁
EXTIRPATED₂₀
EXTIRPATES₁₉
EXTIRPATOR₁₉
EXTOLMENTS₁₉
EXTORTIONS₁₇
EXTRABOLDS₂₀
EXTRACTANT₁₉
EXTRACTING₂₀
EXTRACTION₁₉
EXTRACTIVE₂₂
EXTRACTORS₁₉
EXTRADITED₁₉
EXTRADITES₁₈
EXTRADOSES₁₈
EXTRADOTAL₁₈
EXTRADURAL₁₈
EXTRALEGAL₁₈
EXTRAMURAL₁₉
EXTRANEITY₂₀
EXTRANEOUS₁₇
EXTRAPOSED₂₀
EXTRAPOSES₁₉
EXTRASOLAR₁₇
EXTRAVERTS₂₀
EXTREMISMS₂₁
EXTREMISTS₁₉
EXTRICABLE₂₁
EXTRICATED₂₀
EXTRICATES₁₉
EXTROPIANS₁₉
EXTROVERTS₂₀
EXTRUDABLE₂₀
EXTRUSIBLE₁₉
EXTRUSIONS₁₇
EXTUBATING₂₀
EXUBERANCE₂₁
EXUBERANCY₂₄
EXUBERATED₂₀
EXUBERATES₁₉
EXUDATIONS₁₈
EXULCERATE₁₉
EXULTANCES₁₉
EXULTANTLY₂₀
EXULTATION₁₇
EXULTINGLY₂₁
EXURBANITE₁₉
EXUVIATING₂₁
EXUVIATION₂₀
OXACILLINS₁₉
OXIDATIONS₁₈
OXIDIMETRY₂₃
OXIDISABLE₂₀
OXIDIZABLE₂₉
OXIMETRIES₁₉
OXYCEPHALY₃₀
OXYCODONES₂₃
OXYGENASES₂₁
OXYGENATED₂₂
OXYGENATES₂₁
OXYGENATOR₂₁
OXYGENISED₂₂
OXYGENISER₂₁
OXYGENISES₂₁
OXYGENIZED₃₁
OXYGENIZER₃₀
OXYGENIZES₃₀
OXYGENLESS₂₁
OXYMORONIC₂₄
OXYURIASES₂₀
OXYURIASIS₂₀
UXORICIDAL₂₀
UXORICIDES₂₀
UXORILOCAL₁₉
UXORIOUSLY₂₀

Letters by positionIn 90% of these words the 1st letter is E.

1st letter

E90%
O6%
A3%

3rd letter

P24%
T15%
C14%

7th letter

A23%
T22%
I20%

8th letter

I21%
T15%
O11%

9th letter

E22%
N14%
L13%

10th letter

S40%
E18%
Y10%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 19 in Scrabble; EXCHEQUERS tops the list with 31. Scores before board bonuses.

1717 points: 19 words
18 points: 16 words
1919 points: 81 words
20 points: 64 words
2121 points: 69 words
22 points: 56 words
2323 points: 22 words
24 points: 12 words
2525 points: 7 words
26 points: 5 words
2727 points: 0 words
28 points: 4 words
2929 points: 5 words
30 points: 3 words
3131 points: 3 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
EXCHEQUERS	31	32	All three
OXYGENIZED	31	32	Collins · NWL
EXOENZYMES	31	32	All three
OXYCEPHALY	30	30	Collins only
OXYGENIZER	30	31	Collins only
OXYGENIZES	30	31	Collins · NWL
OXIDIZABLE	29	31	All three
EXORCIZING	29	32	All three
EXPERTIZED	29	30	All three
EXAHERTZES	29	28	Collins · NWL
EXOTICIZED	29	30	NWL only
AXIOMATIZE	28	29	All three

The second position is usually X in an EX- word here: 328 entries begin with E, while O, A, and U account for the rest. Familiar choices include EXPERIENCE, EXPRESSION, and EXPERIMENT. The list also includes less common forms, so a long match is not automatically a playable one in every word game.

10-letter words with X as the 2nd letter at a glance

There are 366 qualifying words across the covered tournament dictionaries.
EXPERIENCE, EXPRESSION, and EXPERIMENT are among the recognizable examples.
A total of 145 entries end in S, the most frequent final letter.
The frequency measure marks 38 entries as common.
EXCHEQUERS, OXYGENIZED, and EXOENZYMES each score 31 in Scrabble.

Which letters begin and end these words?

E dominates the opening position: 328 of the 366 words start with that letter. O begins 22, A begins 12, and U begins four. That makes EX- the practical pattern to try first when you have a fixed second-letter clue.

The endings are more varied, but S leads at 145, followed by E at 67 and Y at 37. D and G each close 24 words. For a final-letter clue, S narrows the search much more sharply than the common E-start does.

The length comparison is unusual: the nine-letter X-second list has 361 entries, just five fewer than this one, while the eleven-letter list drops to 296. Adding a letter does not guarantee a larger pool.

Which 10-letter X words score highest?

EXCHEQUERS, OXYGENIZED, and EXOENZYMES lead the Scrabble scores at 31 points apiece. OXYCEPHALY, OXYGENIZER, and OXYGENIZES follow at 30. These are strong tile-score candidates, but the unusual vocabulary makes them poor guesses unless the board or clue supports them.

Dictionary coverage differs: 356 entries appear in Collins, 282 in NWL2023, and 247 in ENABLE. Those counts overlap, so adding them would not give the number of distinct words. Check your game's word list before relying on an obscure high scorer.

Among 10-letter words with X as the 2nd letter, 294 have definitions in the available reference. That still leaves many entries whose spellings are easier to recognize than their meanings; EXPERIENCE and EXCITEMENT are more familiar starting points than EXAHERTZES.

Questions people ask

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

There are 366 10-letter words with X in the second position. Most start with E: 328 begin EX-, compared with 22 starting OX, 12 starting AX, and four starting UX.

What are the highest-scoring 10-letter words with X second?

EXCHEQUERS, OXYGENIZED, and EXOENZYMES each score 31 points in Scrabble. OXYCEPHALY, OXYGENIZER, and OXYGENIZES are next at 30, though these less familiar words need a dictionary check in your game.

Do most 10-letter words with X second end in S?

S is the most common final letter, with 145 entries, but it does not describe most of the entire list. E is next with 67, then Y with 37; D and G each occur at the end of 24 words.

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