11-letter words with M as the 2nd letter

I, E or A opens 473 of the 534 eleven-letter words with M as the 2nd letter.

534 wordsTop pick IMMEDIATELYHighest score EMPHASIZING 28

22 of 534 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 22 · most-used first

  • IMMEDIATELY19
  • IMPROVEMENT20
  • IMMIGRATION16
  • IMPLEMENTED18
  • IMAGINATION14
  • IMPORTANTLY18
  • EMBARRASSED16
  • EMOTIONALLY16
  • IMPRESSIONS15
  • SMARTPHONES18
  • IMPEACHMENT22
  • EMERGENCIES16
  • IMPLICATION17
  • AMBASSADORS16
  • EMPOWERMENT20
  • IMAGINATIVE17
  • IMMORTALITY18
  • IMPERIALISM17
  • EMPHASIZING28
  • EMBROIDERED17
  • IMPRACTICAL19
  • IMPERIALIST15
All valid words 534

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

  • AMALGAMATED17
  • AMALGAMATES16
  • AMALGAMATOR16
  • AMANTADINES14
  • AMARANTHINE16
  • AMARYLLISES16
  • AMATEURISMS15
  • AMATEURSHIP18
  • AMATIVENESS16
  • AMATORIALLY16
  • AMAZONSTONE22
  • AMBASSADORS16
  • AMBERGRISES16
  • AMBIDENTATE16
  • AMBIDEXTERS23
  • AMBIGUITIES16
  • AMBIGUOUSLY19
  • AMBILATERAL15
  • AMBISEXUALS22
  • AMBITIONING16
  • AMBITIOUSLY18
  • AMBIVALENCE20
  • AMBIVALENCY23
  • AMBIVERSION18
  • AMBLYGONITE19
  • AMBOCEPTORS19
  • AMBROSIALLY18
  • AMBULATIONS15
  • AMBUSCADERS18
  • AMBUSCADING19
  • AMBUSCADOES18
  • AMBUSHMENTS20
  • AMELIORABLE15
  • AMELIORANTS13
  • AMELIORATED14
  • AMELIORATES13
  • AMELIORATOR13
  • AMELOBLASTS15
  • AMENABILITY18
  • AMENORRHEAS16
  • AMENORRHEIC18
  • AMENORRHOEA16
  • AMENTACEOUS15
  • AMERCEMENTS17
  • AMERCIAMENT17
  • AMETABOLISM17
  • AMETABOLOUS15
  • AMETHYSTINE19
  • AMIABLENESS15
  • AMIANTHUSES16
  • AMICABILITY20
  • AMINOBUTENE15
  • AMINOPHENOL18
  • AMINOPTERIN15
  • AMINOPYRINE18
  • AMMONIACUMS19
  • AMMONIATING16
  • AMMONIATION15
  • AMMONIFYING22
  • AMMONOLYSES18
  • AMMONOLYSIS18
  • AMMOPHILOUS20
  • AMMUNITIONS15
  • AMNIOTOMIES15
  • AMOBARBITAL17
  • AMOEBOCYTES20
  • AMONTILLADO14
  • AMORALITIES13
  • AMOROSITIES13
  • AMOROUSNESS13
  • AMORPHOUSLY21
  • AMORTISABLE15
  • AMORTIZABLE24
  • AMOXICILLIN22
  • AMOXYCILLIN25
  • AMPHETAMINE20
  • AMPHIASTERS18
  • AMPHIBIOTIC22
  • AMPHIBOLIES20
  • AMPHIBOLITE20
  • AMPHIBOLOGY24
  • AMPHIBOLOUS20
  • AMPHIBRACHS25
  • AMPHICHROIC25
  • AMPHICTYONS23
  • AMPHICTYONY26
  • AMPHIGORIES19
  • AMPHIGOURIS19
  • AMPHIMACERS22
  • AMPHIMICTIC24
  • AMPHIOXUSES25
  • AMPHIPATHIC25
  • AMPHIPHILES23
  • AMPHIPHILIC25
  • AMPHIPLOIDS21
  • AMPHIPLOIDY24
  • AMPHIPODOUS21
  • AMPHIPROTIC22
  • AMPHISBAENA20
  • AMPHISCIANS20
  • AMPHISTYLAR21
  • AMPHITHECIA23
  • AMPHITRICHA23
  • AMPICILLINS17
  • AMPLENESSES15
  • AMPLEXICAUL24
  • AMPLIATIONS15
  • AMPLIFIABLE20
  • AMPULLACEAL17
  • AMPULLOSITY18
  • AMPUTATIONS15
  • AMRITATTVAS16
  • AMUSINGNESS14
  • AMUSIVENESS16
  • AMYGDALOIDS19
  • AMYLOIDOSES17
  • AMYLOIDOSIS17
  • AMYLOPECTIN20
  • AMYLOPLASTS18
  • AMYOTROPHIC23
  • EMACIATIONS15
  • EMANATIONAL13
  • EMANCIPATED18
  • EMANCIPATES17
  • EMANCIPATOR17
  • EMANCIPISTS17
  • EMARGINATED15
  • EMARGINATES14
  • EMASCULATED16
  • EMASCULATES15
  • EMASCULATOR15
  • EMBALMMENTS19
  • EMBANKMENTS21
  • EMBARCADERO18
  • EMBARCATION17
  • EMBARKATION19
  • EMBARKMENTS21
  • EMBARRASSED16
  • EMBARRASSES15
  • EMBASEMENTS17
  • EMBASSADORS16
  • EMBELLISHED19
  • EMBELLISHER18
  • EMBELLISHES18
  • EMBIGGENING18
  • EMBITTERERS15
  • EMBITTERING16
  • EMBLAZONERS24
  • EMBLAZONING25
  • EMBLEMATISE17
  • EMBLEMATIST17
  • EMBLEMATIZE26
  • EMBLEMISING18
  • EMBLEMIZING27
  • EMBLOSSOMED18
  • EMBODIMENTS18
  • EMBOITEMENT17
  • EMBOLDENERS16
  • EMBOLDENING17
  • EMBOLECTOMY22
  • EMBONPOINTS17
  • EMBORDERING17
  • EMBOSSMENTS17
  • EMBOTHRIUMS20
  • EMBOUCHURES20
  • EMBOWELLING19
  • EMBOWELMENT20
  • EMBOWERMENT20
  • EMBRACEABLE19
  • EMBRACEMENT19
  • EMBRACERIES17
  • EMBRACINGLY21
  • EMBRANGLING17
  • EMBREATHING19
  • EMBRITTLING16
  • EMBROCATING18
  • EMBROCATION17
  • EMBROIDERED17
  • EMBROIDERER16
  • EMBROILMENT17
  • EMBRUEMENTS17
  • EMBRYECTOMY25
  • EMBRYOGENIC21
  • EMBRYOLOGIC21
  • EMBRYONATED19
  • EMBRYOPHYTE26
  • EMBRYULCIAS20
  • EMENDATIONS14
  • EMERGENCIES16
  • EMETOPHOBIA20
  • EMIGRATIONS14
  • EMMENAGOGIC19
  • EMMENAGOGUE17
  • EMMETROPIAS17
  • EMOLLIATING14
  • EMOLLIENCES15
  • EMOLLITIONS13
  • EMOLUMENTAL15
  • EMOTIONABLE15
  • EMOTIONALLY16
  • EMOTIONLESS13
  • EMOTIVENESS16
  • EMOTIVITIES16
  • EMPACKETING22
  • EMPALEMENTS17
  • EMPANELLING16
  • EMPANELMENT17
  • EMPANOPLIED18
  • EMPANOPLIES17
  • EMPARADISED17
  • EMPARADISES16
  • EMPARLAUNCE17
  • EMPASSIONED16
  • EMPATHISING19
  • EMPATHIZERS27
  • EMPATHIZING28
  • EMPATRONING16
  • EMPERISHING19
  • EMPERORSHIP20
  • EMPHASISING19
  • EMPHASIZING28
  • EMPHRACTICS22
  • EMPHYSEMICS25
  • EMPHYTEUSES21
  • EMPHYTEUSIS21
  • EMPHYTEUTIC23
  • EMPIECEMENT19
  • EMPIRICALLY20
  • EMPIRICISMS19
  • EMPIRICISTS17
  • EMPIRICUTIC19
  • EMPLACEMENT19
  • EMPLASTERED16
  • EMPLASTRONS15
  • EMPLASTRUMS17
  • EMPLEACHING21
  • EMPLOYABLES20
  • EMPLOYMENTS20
  • EMPOISONING16
  • EMPOLDERING17
  • EMPOWERMENT20
  • EMPTINESSES15
  • EMPYREUMATA20
  • EMULATIVELY19
  • EMULOUSNESS13
  • EMULSIFIERS16
  • EMULSIFYING20
  • EMULSIONISE13
  • EMULSIONIZE22
  • EMUNCTORIES15
  • IMAGINARIES14
  • IMAGINARILY17
  • IMAGINATION14
  • IMAGINATIVE17
  • IMAGINEERED15
  • IMBIBITIONS17
  • IMBITTERING16
  • IMBOLDENING17
  • IMBORDERING17
  • IMBRANGLING17
  • IMBRICATELY20
  • IMBRICATING18
  • IMBRICATION17
  • IMBROCCATAS19
  • IMBRUEMENTS17
  • IMIPRAMINES17
  • IMITABILITY18
  • IMITATIONAL13
  • IMITATIVELY19
  • IMMANACLING18
  • IMMANATIONS15
  • IMMANENCIES17
  • IMMANENTISM17
  • IMMANENTIST15
  • IMMARGINATE16
  • IMMEDIACIES18
  • IMMEDIATELY19
  • IMMEDIATISM18
  • IMMEDICABLE20
  • IMMEDICABLY23
  • IMMENSENESS15
  • IMMENSITIES15
  • IMMERGENCES18
  • IMMERSIVELY21
  • IMMIGRATING17
  • IMMIGRATION16
  • IMMIGRATORS16
  • IMMIGRATORY19
  • IMMINENCIES17
  • IMMINUTIONS15
  • IMMISERATED16
  • IMMISERATES15
  • IMMISERISED16
  • IMMISERISES15
  • IMMISERIZED25
  • IMMISERIZES24
  • IMMITIGABLE18
  • IMMITIGABLY21
  • IMMITTANCES17
  • IMMOBILISED18
  • IMMOBILISER17
  • IMMOBILISES17
  • IMMOBILISMS19
  • IMMOBILIZED27
  • IMMOBILIZER26
  • IMMOBILIZES26
  • IMMODESTEST16
  • IMMODESTIES16
  • IMMOLATIONS15
  • IMMOMENTOUS17
  • IMMORALISMS17
  • IMMORALISTS15
  • IMMORTALISE15
  • IMMORTALITY18
  • IMMORTALIZE24
  • IMMORTELLES15
  • IMMOVEABLES20
  • IMMUNOASSAY18
  • IMMUNOBLOTS17
  • IMMUNOGENIC18
  • IMMUNOLOGIC18
  • IMMUNOTOXIC24
  • IMMUNOTOXIN22
  • IMMUREMENTS17
  • IMPAIRMENTS17
  • IMPALEMENTS17
  • IMPALUDISMS18
  • IMPANATIONS15
  • IMPANELLING16
  • IMPANELMENT17
  • IMPANNELLED16
  • IMPARADISED17
  • IMPARADISES16
  • IMPARKATION19
  • IMPARLANCES17
  • IMPARTATION15
  • IMPARTIALLY18
  • IMPARTMENTS17
  • IMPASSIONED16
  • IMPASSIVELY21
  • IMPASSIVITY21
  • IMPASTATION15
  • IMPATIENCES17
  • IMPATIENSES15
  • IMPATIENTLY18
  • IMPEACHABLE22
  • IMPEACHMENT22
  • IMPECUNIOUS17
  • IMPEDIMENTA18
  • IMPEDIMENTS18
  • IMPENDENCES18
  • IMPENETRATE15
  • IMPENITENCE17
  • IMPENITENCY20
  • IMPENITENTS15
  • IMPERATIVAL18
  • IMPERATIVES18
  • IMPERCEABLE19
  • IMPERFECTER20
  • IMPERFECTLY23
  • IMPERFORATE18
  • IMPERIALISE15
  • IMPERIALISM17
  • IMPERIALIST15
  • IMPERIALITY18
  • IMPERIALIZE24
  • IMPERILLING16
  • IMPERILMENT17
  • IMPERIOUSLY18
  • IMPERMANENT17
  • IMPERMEABLE19
  • IMPERMEABLY22
  • IMPERSONATE15
  • IMPERTINENT15
  • IMPERVIABLE20
  • IMPETIGINES16
  • IMPETRATING16
  • IMPETRATION15
  • IMPETRATIVE18
  • IMPETRATORS15
  • IMPETRATORY18
  • IMPETUOSITY18
  • IMPETUOUSLY18
  • IMPIGNORATE16
  • IMPINGEMENT18
  • IMPIOUSNESS15
  • IMPLACENTAL17
  • IMPLANTABLE17
  • IMPLAUSIBLE17
  • IMPLAUSIBLY20
  • IMPLEACHING21
  • IMPLEADABLE18
  • IMPLEMENTAL17
  • IMPLEMENTED18
  • IMPLEMENTER17
  • IMPLEMENTOR17
  • IMPLICATING18
  • IMPLICATION17
  • IMPLICATIVE20
  • IMPLICATURE17
  • IMPLICITIES17
  • IMPLORATION15
  • IMPLORATORS15
  • IMPLORATORY18
  • IMPLORINGLY19
  • IMPLOSIVELY21
  • IMPOCKETING22
  • IMPOLDERING17
  • IMPOLITICAL17
  • IMPOLITICLY20
  • IMPONDEROUS16
  • IMPORTANCES17
  • IMPORTANTLY18
  • IMPORTATION15
  • IMPORTUNACY20
  • IMPORTUNATE15
  • IMPORTUNELY18
  • IMPORTUNERS15
  • IMPORTUNING16
  • IMPORTUNITY18
  • IMPOSITIONS15
  • IMPOSSIBLES17
  • IMPOSTHUMED21
  • IMPOSTHUMES20
  • IMPOSTOROUS15
  • IMPOSTUMATE17
  • IMPOSTUROUS15
  • IMPOTENCIES17
  • IMPOUNDABLE18
  • IMPOUNDAGES17
  • IMPOUNDMENT18
  • IMPRACTICAL19
  • IMPRECATING18
  • IMPRECATION17
  • IMPRECATORY20
  • IMPRECISELY20
  • IMPRECISION17
  • IMPREGNABLE18
  • IMPREGNABLY21
  • IMPREGNANTS16
  • IMPREGNATED17
  • IMPREGNATES16
  • IMPREGNATOR16
  • IMPRESARIOS15
  • IMPRESSIBLE17
  • IMPRESSIONS15
  • IMPRESSMENT17
  • IMPRESSURES15
  • IMPRIMATURS17
  • IMPRINTINGS16
  • IMPRISONERS15
  • IMPRISONING16
  • IMPROBATION17
  • IMPROBITIES17
  • IMPROPEREST17
  • IMPROPRIATE17
  • IMPROPRIETY20
  • IMPROVEMENT20
  • IMPROVIDENT19
  • IMPROVINGLY22
  • IMPROVISATE18
  • IMPROVISERS18
  • IMPROVISING19
  • IMPROVISORS18
  • IMPRUDENCES18
  • IMPRUDENTLY19
  • IMPUDENCIES18
  • IMPUGNATION16
  • IMPUGNMENTS18
  • IMPUISSANCE17
  • IMPULSIVELY21
  • IMPULSIVITY21
  • IMPUTATIONS15
  • OMBROGENOUS16
  • OMBROMETERS17
  • OMBROPHILES20
  • OMBROPHOBES22
  • OMEPRAZOLES24
  • OMINOUSNESS13
  • OMMATOPHORE20
  • OMNIFARIOUS16
  • OMNIFICENCE20
  • OMNIFORMITY21
  • OMNIPATIENT15
  • OMNIPOTENCE17
  • OMNIPOTENCY20
  • OMNIPOTENTS15
  • OMNIPRESENT15
  • OMNISCIENCE17
  • OMNISEXUALS20
  • SMALLHOLDER17
  • SMALLMOUTHS18
  • SMALLNESSES13
  • SMALLSWORDS17
  • SMARAGDITES15
  • SMARTMOUTHS18
  • SMARTNESSES13
  • SMARTPHONES18
  • SMARTYPANTS18
  • SMATTERINGS14
  • SMICKERINGS20
  • SMIFLIGATED18
  • SMIFLIGATES17
  • SMILINGNESS14
  • SMITHCRAFTS21
  • SMITHEREENS16
  • SMITHSONITE16
  • SMOKEBOARDS20
  • SMOKEBUSHES22
  • SMOKEHOUSES20
  • SMOKELESSLY20
  • SMOKESCREEN19
  • SMOKESTACKS23
  • SMOKINESSES17
  • SMOOTHBORED19
  • SMOOTHBORES18
  • SMOOTHENING17
  • SMOOTHPATES18
  • SMORGASBORD17
  • SMORREBRODS16
  • SMOTHERINGS17
  • SMOULDERING15
  • UMBELLATELY18
  • UMBELLIFERS18
  • UMBELLULATE15
  • UMBILICALLY20
  • UMBILICATED18
  • UMBILICUSES17
  • UMBONATIONS15
  • UMBRACULATE17
  • UMBRATILOUS15
  • UMBRELLAING16
  • UMBRIFEROUS18
  • UMPIRESHIPS20
Letters by positionIn 42% of these words the 3rd letter is P.
1st letter
  1. I42%
  2. E24%
  3. A22%
3rd letter
  1. P42%
  2. B19%
  3. M13%
4th letter
  1. R17%
  2. O14%
  3. L13%
9th letter
  1. I26%
  2. E13%
  3. O10%
10th letter
  1. E23%
  2. N19%
  3. T11%
11th letter
  1. S41%
  2. Y12%
  3. E11%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 17 in Scrabble; EMPHASIZING tops the list with 28. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 1313 points: 15 words
  2. 14 points: 12 words
  3. 1515 points: 75 words
  4. 16 points: 65 words
  5. 1717 points: 108 words
  6. 18 points: 81 words
  7. 1919 points: 41 words
  8. 20 points: 52 words
  9. 2121 points: 24 words
  10. 22 points: 19 words
  11. 2323 points: 11 words
  12. 24 points: 11 words
  13. 2525 points: 10 words
  14. 26 points: 5 words
  15. 2727 points: 3 words
  16. 28 points: 2 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
EMPHASIZING2831All three
EMPATHIZING2831All three
IMMOBILIZED2731All three
EMPATHIZERS2728NWL only
EMBLEMIZING2733Collins · NWL
IMMOBILIZER2630All three
IMMOBILIZES2630All three
EMBLEMATIZE2630All three
EMBRYOPHYTE2626All three
AMPHICTYONY2627All three
AMPHIPHILIC2528All three
AMPHIPATHIC2527All three

M holds second place in 534 eleven-letter words, almost exactly the same count as C at 535. I opens 223, E 130 and A 120, so the IM-, EM- and AM- prefixes carry most of the list. S ends 220 words and 22 count as common.

Eleven-letter M-second words at a glance

  • 534 eleven-letter words place M second.
  • I opens 223 of them, E 130 and A 120.
  • S closes 220 words; Y closes 63 and E 61.
  • 22 of the 534 are common words.
  • Emphasizing leads at 28 points, on an average of 18.
  • NWL2023 carries 339 of them; Collins carries 522.

IM-, EM- and AM- open 473 words

I starts 223 words, so the IM- shape leads. Improvement, immigration, implemented, imagination and impeachment all open that way.

E and A follow with the EM- and AM- groups. Embarrassed, emotionally and impressions sit on EM-, while ambassadors and amphictyony sit on AM-.

S opens just 32 words, all in the SM- pattern such as smartphones.

The pattern is so regular that the first two tiles usually settle the shape: an IM- word rarely turns out to be anything else.

M second nearly matches C second

The two letters are twins at this length: 534 words for M against 535 for C, a single-word gap. That is a narrow margin for two letters with such different frequency elsewhere.

Both sit well behind the vowels. E leads with 4,891 words and O follows at 3,627, so M and C share the middle of the ranking rather than the top.

That balance makes the list easy to browse but hard to guess from the first letter alone, since more than a dozen openings appear.

Z-heavy -IZING words top the table

Tip

Emphasizing and empathizing tie at 28 points, then immobilized, empathizers and emblemizing at 27. Eight of the top ten entries contain a Z, and the rarest sit outside NWL2023.

Questions people ask

How many eleven-letter words carry M in second place?
There are 534 of them, one fewer than the C-second group at the same length. I alone opens 223, and S closes 220, so the two groups sit almost level.
Which eleven-letter word with M second scores highest?
Emphasizing and empathizing tie at 28 points. Immobilized, empathizers and emblemizing reach 27, and eight of the top ten carry a Z. Immobilizer and emblematize score 26.
Which prefixes dominate eleven-letter M-second words?
I opens 223 words, E 130 and A 120, so the three vowels cover 473 of the 534. The IM-, EM- and AM- shapes account for nearly nine in ten.

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