11-letter words with C as the 2nd letter

S or A opens 429 of the 535 eleven-letter words that have C as the 2nd letter.

535 wordsTop pick ACHIEVEMENTHighest score SCHEMOZZLED 37

21 of 535 are everyday words (4%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

E is the most common 2nd letter in 11-letter words (4,891 words); J is the rarest (7). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Common words 21 · most-used first

  • ACHIEVEMENT21
  • ACQUISITION22
  • ACCOMPANIED20
  • ACKNOWLEDGE22
  • SCHOLARSHIP21
  • ACCOMMODATE20
  • ACCORDINGLY20
  • ACCESSORIES15
  • ACCOUNTABLE17
  • ACCUSATIONS15
  • ACCELERATED16
  • ACCUMULATED18
  • SCREENSHOTS16
  • ACCOUNTANTS15
  • OCCUPATIONS17
  • ACCELERATOR15
  • OCCURRENCES17
  • ACCOMPANIES19
  • SCREWDRIVER20
  • ACCOUNTANCY20
  • SCAFFOLDING21
All valid words 535

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

  • ACADEMICALS18
  • ACADEMICIAN18
  • ACADEMICISM20
  • ACAROLOGIES14
  • ACAROLOGIST14
  • ACARPELLOUS15
  • ACATALECTIC17
  • ACATALEPTIC17
  • ACAULESCENT15
  • ACCELERABLE17
  • ACCELERANDO16
  • ACCELERANTS15
  • ACCELERATED16
  • ACCELERATES15
  • ACCELERATOR15
  • ACCENTUALLY18
  • ACCENTUATED16
  • ACCENTUATES15
  • ACCEPTANCES19
  • ACCEPTATION17
  • ACCEPTINGLY21
  • ACCEPTIVITY23
  • ACCESSARIES15
  • ACCESSARILY18
  • ACCESSIONAL15
  • ACCESSIONED16
  • ACCESSORIAL15
  • ACCESSORIES15
  • ACCESSORILY18
  • ACCESSORISE15
  • ACCESSORIUS15
  • ACCESSORIZE24
  • ACCIDENTALS16
  • ACCIPITRINE17
  • ACCLAMATION17
  • ACCLAMATORY20
  • ACCLIMATING18
  • ACCLIMATION17
  • ACCLIMATISE17
  • ACCLIMATIZE26
  • ACCLIVITIES18
  • ACCLIVITOUS18
  • ACCOMMODATE20
  • ACCOMPANIED20
  • ACCOMPANIER19
  • ACCOMPANIES19
  • ACCOMPANIST19
  • ACCOMPLICES21
  • ACCOMPTABLE21
  • ACCOMPTANTS19
  • ACCORDANCES18
  • ACCORDANTLY19
  • ACCORDINGLY20
  • ACCOUCHEURS20
  • ACCOUCHEUSE20
  • ACCOUNTABLE17
  • ACCOUNTABLY20
  • ACCOUNTANCY20
  • ACCOUNTANTS15
  • ACCOUNTINGS16
  • ACCOURAGING17
  • ACCOUTERING16
  • ACCREDITING17
  • ACCRESCENCE19
  • ACCRUEMENTS17
  • ACCUBATIONS17
  • ACCULTURATE15
  • ACCUMULABLE19
  • ACCUMULATED18
  • ACCUMULATES17
  • ACCUMULATOR17
  • ACCUSATIONS15
  • ACCUSATIVAL18
  • ACCUSATIVES18
  • ACCUSEMENTS17
  • ACCUSTOMARY20
  • ACCUSTOMING18
  • ACERBICALLY20
  • ACERVATIONS16
  • ACESCENCIES17
  • ACESULFAMES18
  • ACETABULUMS17
  • ACETANILIDE14
  • ACETANILIDS14
  • ACETOMETERS15
  • ACETONAEMIA15
  • ACETONEMIAS15
  • ACETONURIAS13
  • ACETYLATING17
  • ACETYLATION16
  • ACETYLATIVE19
  • ACHAENOCARP20
  • ACHIEVEMENT21
  • ACHONDRITES17
  • ACHONDRITIC19
  • ACHROMATINS18
  • ACHROMATISE18
  • ACHROMATISM20
  • ACHROMATIZE27
  • ACHROMATOUS18
  • ACIDANTHERA17
  • ACIDIFIABLE19
  • ACIDIMETERS16
  • ACIDIMETRIC18
  • ACIDOMETERS16
  • ACIDOPHILES19
  • ACIDOPHILIC21
  • ACIDOPHILUS19
  • ACIDULATING15
  • ACIDULATION14
  • ACIERATIONS13
  • ACINACIFORM20
  • ACKNOWLEDGE22
  • ACOELOMATES15
  • ACOLOUTHITE16
  • ACOTYLEDONS17
  • ACOUSTICIAN15
  • ACQUAINTING23
  • ACQUIESCENT24
  • ACQUIESCING25
  • ACQUIGHTING27
  • ACQUIREMENT24
  • ACQUISITION22
  • ACQUISITIVE25
  • ACQUISITORS22
  • ACQUITMENTS24
  • ACQUITTANCE24
  • ACRIDNESSES14
  • ACRIFLAVINE19
  • ACRIFLAVINS19
  • ACRIMONIOUS15
  • ACROBATISMS17
  • ACROCARPOUS17
  • ACROCENTRIC17
  • ACRODROMOUS16
  • ACROMEGALIC18
  • ACRONICALLY18
  • ACRONYCALLY21
  • ACRONYMANIA18
  • ACROPETALLY18
  • ACROPHOBIAS20
  • ACROPHONIES18
  • ACROPOLISES15
  • ACROTERIUMS15
  • ACRYLAMIDES19
  • ACTINICALLY18
  • ACTINOLITES13
  • ACTINOMERES15
  • ACTINOMETER15
  • ACTINOMETRY18
  • ACTINOMYCES20
  • ACTINOMYCIN20
  • ACTIVATIONS16
  • ACTIVEWEARS19
  • ACTOMYOSINS18
  • ACTUALISING14
  • ACTUALITIES13
  • ACTUALIZING23
  • ACTUARIALLY16
  • ACUMINATING16
  • ACUMINATION15
  • ACUPRESSURE15
  • ACUPUNCTURE17
  • ACUTENESSES13
  • ECBLASTESES15
  • ECBLASTESIS15
  • ECCALEOBION17
  • ECCENTRICAL17
  • ECCLESIARCH20
  • ECCLESIASTS15
  • ECCOPROTICS19
  • ECCRINOLOGY19
  • ECHINOCOCCI22
  • ECHINODERMS19
  • ECHOLOCATED19
  • ECHOLOCATES18
  • ECHOPRAXIAS25
  • ECHOVIRUSES19
  • ECLECTICISM19
  • ECOCLIMATES17
  • ECOFEMINISM20
  • ECOFEMINIST18
  • ECOFRIENDLY20
  • ECONOMETRIC17
  • ECONOMISERS15
  • ECONOMISING16
  • ECONOMISTIC17
  • ECONOMIZERS24
  • ECONOMIZING25
  • ECOSPECIFIC22
  • ECOTOURISMS15
  • ECOTOURISTS13
  • ECPHRACTICS22
  • ECSTASISING14
  • ECSTASIZING23
  • ECTOBLASTIC17
  • ECTOENZYMES27
  • ECTOGENESES14
  • ECTOGENESIS14
  • ECTOGENETIC16
  • ECTOMORPHIC22
  • ECTOPICALLY20
  • ECTOPLASMIC19
  • ECTOPLASTIC17
  • ECTOSARCOUS15
  • ECTOTHERMIC20
  • ECTOTROPHIC20
  • ECUMENICISM19
  • ECUMENICIST17
  • ECUMENICITY20
  • ICEBOATINGS16
  • ICEBREAKERS19
  • ICEBREAKING20
  • ICHNOFOSSIL19
  • ICHNOGRAPHY25
  • ICHNOLOGIES17
  • ICHTHYOIDAL23
  • ICHTHYOLITE22
  • ICHTHYOLOGY26
  • ICHTHYOPSID25
  • ICHTHYORNIS22
  • ICHTHYOSAUR22
  • ICONICITIES15
  • ICONOCLASMS17
  • ICONOCLASTS15
  • ICONOGRAPHY22
  • ICONOLATERS13
  • ICONOLOGIES14
  • ICONOLOGIST14
  • ICONOMETERS15
  • ICONOSCOPES17
  • ICONOSTASES13
  • ICONOSTASIS13
  • ICOSAHEDRAL17
  • ICOSAHEDRON17
  • ICOSANDRIAN14
  • ICOSANDROUS14
  • ICTERITIOUS13
  • OCCASIONERS15
  • OCCASIONING16
  • OCCIDENTALS16
  • OCCIPITALLY20
  • OCCULTATION15
  • OCCUPANCIES19
  • OCCUPATIONS17
  • OCCURRENCES17
  • OCEANARIUMS15
  • OCEANFRONTS16
  • OCELLATIONS13
  • OCHLOCRATIC20
  • OCHLOPHOBIA23
  • OCHLOPHOBIC25
  • OCTACHORDAL19
  • OCTAGONALLY17
  • OCTAHEDRITE17
  • OCTAHEDRONS17
  • OCTANEDIOIC16
  • OCTAPEPTIDE18
  • OCTASTICHON18
  • OCTENNIALLY16
  • OCTILLIONTH16
  • OCTINGENARY17
  • OCTODECIMOS18
  • OCTOHEDRONS17
  • OCTONARIANS13
  • OCTONOCULAR15
  • OCTOPUSHERS18
  • OCTOTHORPES18
  • OCTUPLICATE17
  • SCABBARDING19
  • SCABBEDNESS18
  • SCABERULOUS15
  • SCAFFOLAGES20
  • SCAFFOLDAGE21
  • SCAFFOLDERS20
  • SCAFFOLDING21
  • SCALABILITY18
  • SCALARIFORM18
  • SCALDFISHES20
  • SCALEBOARDS16
  • SCALINESSES13
  • SCALLOPINGS16
  • SCALLOPINIS15
  • SCALOPPINES17
  • SCALPRIFORM20
  • SCAMBAITING18
  • SCAMBLINGLY21
  • SCAMMONIATE17
  • SCAMPERINGS18
  • SCANDALISED15
  • SCANDALISER14
  • SCANDALISES14
  • SCANDALIZED24
  • SCANDALIZER23
  • SCANDALIZES23
  • SCANDALLING15
  • SCANTNESSES13
  • SCAPEGOATED17
  • SCAPEGOATER16
  • SCAPEGRACES18
  • SCAPEWHEELS21
  • SCAPIGEROUS16
  • SCAPULARIES15
  • SCARABAEANS15
  • SCARABAEIDS16
  • SCARABAEIST15
  • SCARABAEOID16
  • SCARAMOUCHE20
  • SCARCEMENTS17
  • SCAREMONGER16
  • SCARINESSES13
  • SCARLATINAL13
  • SCARLATINAS13
  • SCATOLOGIES14
  • SCATOLOGIST14
  • SCATTERABLE15
  • SCATTEREDLY17
  • SCATTERGOOD15
  • SCATTERGRAM16
  • SCATTERGUNS14
  • SCATTERINGS14
  • SCATTERLING14
  • SCATTERSHOT16
  • SCAVENGERED18
  • SCAVENGINGS18
  • SCENARISING14
  • SCENARIZING23
  • SCENOGRAPHY22
  • SCEPTERLESS15
  • SCEPTICALLY20
  • SCEPTICISMS19
  • SCEPTRELESS15
  • SCEUOPHYLAX28
  • SCHALSTEINS16
  • SCHECHITAHS24
  • SCHECKLATON22
  • SCHEDULINGS18
  • SCHEFFLERAS22
  • SCHEMATICAL20
  • SCHEMATISED19
  • SCHEMATISES18
  • SCHEMATISMS20
  • SCHEMATISTS18
  • SCHEMATIZED28
  • SCHEMATIZES27
  • SCHEMOZZLED37
  • SCHEMOZZLES36
  • SCHERZANDOS26
  • SCHILLERISE16
  • SCHILLERIZE25
  • SCHIPPERKES24
  • SCHISMATICS20
  • SCHISMATISE18
  • SCHISMATIZE27
  • SCHISTOSITY19
  • SCHISTOSOME18
  • SCHIZANTHUS28
  • SCHIZOCARPS29
  • SCHIZOGENIC28
  • SCHIZOGONIC28
  • SCHIZOPHYTE33
  • SCHIZOPODAL28
  • SCHIZOTYPAL30
  • SCHIZOTYPES30
  • SCHLEPPIEST20
  • SCHLIMAZELS27
  • SCHLOCKIEST22
  • SCHLUMPIEST20
  • SCHMALTZIER27
  • SCHMALZIEST27
  • SCHMOOZIEST27
  • SCHMUCKIEST24
  • SCHNORKELED21
  • SCHNOZZOLAS34
  • SCHOLARLIER16
  • SCHOLARSHIP21
  • SCHOLASTICS18
  • SCHOLIASTIC18
  • SCHOOLBOOKS22
  • SCHOOLCHILD22
  • SCHOOLCRAFT21
  • SCHOOLERIES16
  • SCHOOLGIRLS17
  • SCHOOLGOING18
  • SCHOOLHOUSE19
  • SCHOOLMAIDS19
  • SCHOOLMARMS20
  • SCHOOLMATES18
  • SCHOOLROOMS18
  • SCHOOLTIDES17
  • SCHOOLTIMES18
  • SCHOOLWARDS20
  • SCHOOLWORKS23
  • SCHOOLYARDS20
  • SCHORLOMITE18
  • SCHOTTISCHE21
  • SCHRECKLICH27
  • SCHWARMEREI21
  • SCHWARZLOTS28
  • SCIAMACHIES20
  • SCIENTISING14
  • SCIENTISTIC15
  • SCIENTIZING23
  • SCINCOIDIAN16
  • SCINTIGRAMS16
  • SCINTILLANT13
  • SCINTILLATE13
  • SCINTILLONS13
  • SCINTISCANS15
  • SCIOMACHIES20
  • SCIOMANCERS17
  • SCIOMANCIES17
  • SCIOSOPHIES18
  • SCIRRHOSITY19
  • SCISSORTAIL13
  • SCISSORWISE16
  • SCLERITISES13
  • SCLEROCAULY18
  • SCLERODERMA16
  • SCLERODERMS16
  • SCLEROMETER15
  • SCLEROPHYLL21
  • SCLEROTIOID14
  • SCLEROTISED14
  • SCLEROTISES13
  • SCLEROTITIS13
  • SCLEROTIZED23
  • SCLEROTIZES22
  • SCOLECIFORM20
  • SCOLOPENDRA16
  • SCOMFISHING22
  • SCOOTERISTS13
  • SCOPOLAMINE17
  • SCOPOPHILIA20
  • SCOPOPHILIC22
  • SCOPOPHOBIA22
  • SCORCHINGLY22
  • SCORDATURAS14
  • SCOREBOARDS16
  • SCOREKEEPER19
  • SCORESHEETS16
  • SCORIACEOUS15
  • SCORPAENIDS16
  • SCORPAENOID16
  • SCORZONERAS22
  • SCOTODINIAS14
  • SCOTOMATOUS15
  • SCOTOMETERS15
  • SCOUNDRELLY17
  • SCOUTCRAFTS18
  • SCOUTHERING17
  • SCOUTMASTER15
  • SCOWDERINGS18
  • SCOWTHERING20
  • SCRABBLIEST17
  • SCRABBLINGS18
  • SCRAGGINESS15
  • SCRAGGLIEST15
  • SCRAMBLINGS18
  • SCRAPBOOKER21
  • SCRAPEGOODS17
  • SCRAPEPENNY20
  • SCRAPPINESS17
  • SCRATCHBACK26
  • SCRATCHCARD21
  • SCRATCHIEST18
  • SCRATCHINGS19
  • SCRATCHLESS18
  • SCRAVELLING17
  • SCRAWLINGLY20
  • SCRAWNINESS16
  • SCREAMINGLY19
  • SCREECHIEST18
  • SCREENAGERS14
  • SCREENCRAFT18
  • SCREENLANDS14
  • SCREENPLAYS18
  • SCREENSAVER16
  • SCREENSHOTS16
  • SCREWBALLER18
  • SCREWDRIVER20
  • SCRIBACIOUS17
  • SCRIBBLIEST17
  • SCRIBBLINGS18
  • SCRIGGLIEST15
  • SCRIMMAGERS18
  • SCRIMMAGING19
  • SCRIMPINESS17
  • SCRIMSHANDY22
  • SCRIMSHANKS22
  • SCRIMSHAWED22
  • SCRIMSHONER18
  • SCRIPOPHILE20
  • SCRIPOPHILY23
  • SCRIPTORIAL15
  • SCRIPTORIUM17
  • SCRIPTURISM17
  • SCRIPTURIST15
  • SCRITCHINGS19
  • SCRIVEBOARD19
  • SCRIVENINGS17
  • SCROBICULAR17
  • SCROBICULES17
  • SCROLLWORKS20
  • SCROOTCHING19
  • SCROUNGIEST14
  • SCROUNGINGS15
  • SCRUBBINESS17
  • SCRUFFINESS19
  • SCRUMMAGERS18
  • SCRUMMAGING19
  • SCRUMPTIOUS17
  • SCRUNCHEONS18
  • SCRUNCHIEST18
  • SCRUNCHINGS19
  • SCRUNCHIONS18
  • SCRUPLELESS15
  • SCRUTINEERS13
  • SCRUTINISED14
  • SCRUTINISER13
  • SCRUTINISES13
  • SCRUTINIZED23
  • SCRUTINIZER22
  • SCRUTINIZES22
  • SCULDUDDERY19
  • SCULDUGGERY19
  • SCULPTURING16
  • SCUMFISHING22
  • SCUPPERNONG18
  • SCUTELLATED14
  • SCUTTLEBUTT15
  • SCUTTLEFULS16
  • SCYPHISTOMA23
  • SCYPHOZOANS30
  • TCHOUKBALLS22
Letters by positionIn 50% of these words the 1st letter is S.
1st letter
  1. S50%
  2. A31%
  3. E9%
3rd letter
  1. H18%
  2. R16%
  3. C15%
8th letter
  1. I19%
  2. A13%
  3. T10%
9th letter
  1. I27%
  2. E10%
  3. O9%
10th letter
  1. E20%
  2. N13%
  3. S9%
11th letter
  1. S44%
  2. E9%
  3. Y9%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 17 in Scrabble; SCHEMOZZLED tops the list with 37. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 1313 points: 28 words
  2. 14 points: 32 words
  3. 1515 points: 67 words
  4. 16 points: 53 words
  5. 1717 points: 73 words
  6. 18 points: 73 words
  7. 1919 points: 48 words
  8. 20 points: 51 words
  9. 2121 points: 18 words
  10. 22 points: 30 words
  11. 2323 points: 15 words
  12. 24 points: 10 words
  13. 2525 points: 8 words
  14. 26 points: 4 words
  15. 2727 points: 10 words
  16. 28 points: 7 words
  17. 2929 points: 1 words
  18. 30 points: 3 words
  19. 3131 points: 0 words
  20. 32 points: 0 words
  21. 3333 points: 1 words
  22. 34 points: 1 words
  23. 3535 points: 0 words
  24. 36 points: 1 words
  25. 3737 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
SCHEMOZZLED3739Collins only
SCHEMOZZLES3638Collins · NWL
SCHNOZZOLAS3436NWL only
SCHIZOPHYTE3332Collins only
SCHIZOTYPAL3031NWL only
SCHIZOTYPES3030NWL only
SCYPHOZOANS3031All three
SCHIZOCARPS2931All three
SCHEMATIZED2829All three
SCEUOPHYLAX2830Collins only
SCHIZOGONIC2831All three
SCHIZANTHUS2829Collins · NWL

C in second place appears in 535 eleven-letter words. S opens 265 and A 164, so two letters carry four fifths of the list. Endings stay simple too: 234 words close with S and 46 with E, while a Z-heavy clutch of SCH- words pushes scores past 30.

Eleven-letter C-second words at a glance

  • 535 eleven-letter words put C in the second slot.
  • S starts 265 of them and A starts 164.
  • S also ends 234 words, with E and Y at 46 each.
  • 21 of the 535 are common words.
  • Schemozzled tops the scores at 37 points.
  • Collins lists 516 of them, and NWL2023 carries 323.

S and A carry four fifths of the list

S opens 265 and A opens 164, which together cover 429 of the 535 words. E adds 46, O 31 and I 28.

The S group splits between SCH- and SC- shapes. Scholarship, screenshots, screwdriver and scaffolding open with SC-, while schemozzled, schnozzolas and schizophyte pile letters behind SCH-.

An SC- start leaves the C tile free for a second C later, which is why the AC- group grows so large.

T is a curiosity: it opens just one of the 535, the outlier in an otherwise vowel-led list.

The AC- and SCH- clusters

Achievement, acquisition, accommodate, accounting and accusations all begin with AC-, the biggest familiar pattern here. The same cluster supplies accountancy, accumulated, accessories and accomplices.

SCH- is the other spine, and it explains the top scores. Sch- words stack S, C and H on premium tiles before the vowel even lands.

Schizocarps, schizotypes and schizotypal keep the same SCH-IS- front, so one guess can rule several in or out at once.

Z after CH tops the score table

Tip

Schemozzled reaches 37 points, then schemozzles at 36 and schnozzolas at 34. Schizophyte follows at 33. Several of these are Collins-only, so confirm the rarer ones in your dictionary.

Questions people ask

How many eleven-letter words have C as the second letter?
The list holds 535 words. S opens 265 and A opens 164, so those two letters cover most of them, and 21 count as common.
What is the highest-scoring eleven-letter word with C second?
Schemozzled leads at 37 points, with schemozzles at 36 and schnozzolas at 34. Schizophyte follows at 33, and each of those words carries a Z and a CH pair.
What letter ends most eleven-letter C-second words?
S closes 234 of the 535 words, then E and Y tie at 46 each. G ends 39, T 31 and D 28, so the endings stay concentrated on S.

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