12-letter words with C as the 2nd letter

12-letter words with C as the 2nd letter total 405, from OCCASIONALLY to SCHOLARSHIPS.

405 wordsTop pick OCCASIONALLYHighest score SCHEMOZZLING 38

19 of 405 are everyday words (5%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

2nd letter
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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 12-letter words (3,489 words); J is the rarest (1). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 19 · most-used first

OCCASIONALLY₁₉
ACCIDENTALLY₂₀
ACCOMPLISHED₂₄
ACKNOWLEDGED₂₄
ACHIEVEMENTS₂₂
ACCOMPANYING₂₄
ECONOMICALLY₂₁
SCHOLARSHIPS₂₂
ACCELERATION₁₆
OCCUPATIONAL₁₈
ACQUISITIONS₂₃
ACCUMULATION₁₈
ACQUAINTANCE₂₅
ACKNOWLEDGES₂₃
ACCELERATING₁₇
ACCUMULATING₁₉
ACADEMICALLY₂₂
SCREENWRITER₁₇
ACCOMMODATED₂₂

All valid words 405

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

ACADEMICALLY₂₂
ACADEMICIANS₁₉
ACADEMICISMS₂₁
ACANTHACEOUS₁₉
ACARIDOMATIA₁₇
ACARODOMATIA₁₇
ACAROLOGISTS₁₅
ACAROPHILIES₁₉
ACATALECTICS₁₈
ACATALEPSIES₁₆
ACATALEPTICS₁₈
ACCELERANDOS₁₇
ACCELERATING₁₇
ACCELERATION₁₆
ACCELERATIVE₁₉
ACCELERATORS₁₆
ACCELERATORY₁₉
ACCENTUALITY₁₉
ACCENTUATING₁₇
ACCENTUATION₁₆
ACCEPTANCIES₂₀
ACCEPTATIONS₁₈
ACCESSIONING₁₇
ACCESSORISED₁₇
ACCESSORISES₁₆
ACCESSORIZED₂₆
ACCESSORIZES₂₅
ACCIACCATURA₂₀
ACCIACCATURE₂₀
ACCIDENTALLY₂₀
ACCIPITRINES₁₈
ACCLAMATIONS₁₈
ACCLIMATABLE₂₀
ACCLIMATIONS₁₈
ACCLIMATISED₁₉
ACCLIMATISER₁₈
ACCLIMATISES₁₈
ACCLIMATIZED₂₈
ACCLIMATIZER₂₇
ACCLIMATIZES₂₇
ACCOMMODABLE₂₃
ACCOMMODATED₂₂
ACCOMMODATES₂₁
ACCOMMODATOR₂₁
ACCOMPANIERS₂₀
ACCOMPANISTS₂₀
ACCOMPANYING₂₄
ACCOMPANYIST₂₃
ACCOMPLISHED₂₄
ACCOMPLISHER₂₃
ACCOMPLISHES₂₃
ACCORDANCIES₁₉
ACCORDIONIST₁₇
ACCOUCHEMENT₂₃
ACCOUCHEUSES₂₁
ACCOUPLEMENT₂₀
ACCOUTERMENT₁₈
ACCOUTREMENT₁₈
ACCREDITABLE₁₉
ACCRESCENCES₂₀
ACCRETIONARY₁₉
ACCULTURATED₁₇
ACCULTURATES₁₆
ACCUMBENCIES₂₂
ACCUMULATING₁₉
ACCUMULATION₁₈
ACCUMULATIVE₂₁
ACCUMULATORS₁₈
ACCURATENESS₁₆
ACCURSEDNESS₁₇
ACCUSATIVELY₂₂
ACCUSATORIAL₁₆
ACCUSTREMENT₁₈
ACETALDEHYDE₂₂
ACETANILIDES₁₅
ACETONAEMIAS₁₆
ACETONITRILE₁₄
ACETYLATIONS₁₇
ACHAENOCARPS₂₁
ACHIEVEMENTS₂₂
ACHLAMYDEOUS₂₃
ACHLORHYDRIA₂₄
ACHLORHYDRIC₂₆
ACHROMATISED₂₀
ACHROMATISES₁₉
ACHROMATISMS₂₁
ACHROMATIZED₂₉
ACHROMATIZES₂₈
ACIDANTHERAS₁₈
ACIDIMETRIES₁₇
ACIDOPHILOUS₂₀
ACIDULATIONS₁₅
ACKNOWLEDGED₂₄
ACKNOWLEDGER₂₃
ACKNOWLEDGES₂₃
ACOLOUTHITES₁₇
ACOLOUTHOSES₁₇
ACOUSTICALLY₁₉
ACOUSTICIANS₁₆
ACQUAINTANCE₂₅
ACQUIESCENCE₂₇
ACQUIESCENTS₂₅
ACQUIREMENTS₂₅
ACQUISITIONS₂₃
ACQUITTANCED₂₆
ACQUITTANCES₂₅
ACRIFLAVINES₂₀
ACROAMATICAL₁₈
ACROCENTRICS₁₈
ACROCYANOSES₁₉
ACROCYANOSIS₁₉
ACROGENOUSLY₁₈
ACROMEGALICS₁₉
ACROMEGALIES₁₇
ACRONYCHALLY₂₅
ACRONYMANIAS₁₉
ACROPHONETIC₂₁
ACROSTICALLY₁₉
ACTABILITIES₁₆
ACTINOMETERS₁₆
ACTINOMETRIC₁₈
ACTINOMORPHY₂₄
ACTINOMYCETE₂₁
ACTINOMYCINS₂₁
ACTIVENESSES₁₇
ACUMINATIONS₁₆
ACUPRESSURES₁₆
ACUPUNCTURAL₁₈
ACUPUNCTURES₁₈
ECCALEOBIONS₁₈
ECCENTRICITY₂₁
ECCLESIARCHS₂₁
ECCLESIASTIC₁₈
ECCLESIOLOGY₂₀
ECHINOCOCCUS₂₃
ECHINODERMAL₂₀
ECHOGRAPHIES₂₃
ECHOLOCATING₂₀
ECHOLOCATION₁₉
ECLECTICALLY₂₁
ECLECTICISMS₂₀
ECLIPTICALLY₂₁
ECOFEMINISMS₂₁
ECOFEMINISTS₁₉
ECOLOGICALLY₂₀
ECONOMETRICS₁₈
ECONOMETRIST₁₆
ECONOMICALLY₂₁
ECONOMIZINGS₂₆
ECOTERRORISM₁₆
ECOTERRORIST₁₄
ECOTYPICALLY₂₄
ECSTATICALLY₁₉
ECTOMORPHIES₂₁
ECTOPARASITE₁₆
ECTYPOGRAPHY₂₈
ECUMENICALLY₂₁
ECUMENICISMS₂₀
ECUMENICISTS₁₈
ICEBREAKINGS₂₁
ICHNOFOSSILS₂₀
ICHNOGRAPHIC₂₅
ICHNOLOGICAL₂₀
ICHTHYOCOLLA₂₅
ICHTHYOFAUNA₂₆
ICHTHYOLATRY₂₆
ICHTHYOLITES₂₃
ICHTHYOLITIC₂₅
ICHTHYOLOGIC₂₆
ICHTHYOPHAGY₃₂
ICHTHYOPSIDS₂₆
ICHTHYOSAURI₂₃
ICHTHYOSAURS₂₃
ICONOCLASTIC₁₈
ICONOGRAPHER₂₀
ICONOGRAPHIC₂₂
ICONOLATRIES₁₄
ICONOLATROUS₁₄
ICONOLOGICAL₁₇
ICONOLOGISTS₁₅
ICONOMACHIES₂₁
ICONOMACHIST₂₁
ICONOMETRIES₁₆
ICONOPHILISM₂₁
ICONOPHILIST₁₉
ICOSAHEDRONS₁₈
OCCASIONALLY₁₉
OCCIDENTALLY₂₀
OCCULTATIONS₁₆
OCCULTNESSES₁₆
OCCUPATIONAL₁₈
OCEANOGRAPHY₂₃
OCEANOLOGIES₁₅
OCEANOLOGIST₁₅
OCHLOCRACIES₂₁
OCHLOPHOBIAC₂₆
OCHLOPHOBIAS₂₄
OCHROLEUCOUS₁₉
OCTAHEDRALLY₂₁
OCTAHEDRITES₁₈
OCTAPEPTIDES₁₉
OCTAPLOIDIES₁₇
OCTASTICHONS₁₉
OCTASTICHOUS₁₉
OCTASTROPHIC₂₁
OCTILLIONTHS₁₇
OCTOGENARIAN₁₅
OCTOGENARIES₁₅
OCTOPETALOUS₁₆
OCTOSEPALOUS₁₆
OCTOSTICHOUS₁₉
OCTOSYLLABIC₂₁
OCTOSYLLABLE₁₉
OCTUPLICATES₁₈
SCABBARDLESS₁₉
SCABBINESSES₁₈
SCABRIDITIES₁₇
SCABROUSNESS₁₆
SCAFFOLDAGES₂₂
SCAFFOLDINGS₂₂
SCALABLENESS₁₆
SCALDBERRIES₁₇
SCALENOHEDRA₁₈
SCAMBAITINGS₁₉
SCAMPISHNESS₂₁
SCANDALISERS₁₅
SCANDALISING₁₆
SCANDALIZERS₂₄
SCANDALIZING₂₅
SCANDALOUSLY₁₈
SCANTINESSES₁₄
SCAPEGALLOWS₂₀
SCAPEGOATERS₁₇
SCAPEGOATING₁₈
SCAPEGOATISM₁₉
SCAPULIMANCY₂₃
SCAPULOMANCY₂₃
SCARABAEISTS₁₆
SCARABAEOIDS₁₇
SCARABAEUSES₁₆
SCARAMOUCHES₂₁
SCARCENESSES₁₆
SCAREMONGERS₁₇
SCARIFICATOR₁₉
SCARIFYINGLY₂₄
SCATOLOGICAL₁₇
SCATOLOGISTS₁₅
SCATOPHAGIES₂₀
SCATOPHAGOUS₂₀
SCATTERATION₁₄
SCATTERBRAIN₁₆
SCATTERGOODS₁₆
SCATTERGRAMS₁₇
SCATTERINGLY₁₈
SCATTERLINGS₁₅
SCATTERMOUCH₂₁
SCATTINESSES₁₄
SCAVENGERIES₁₈
SCAVENGERING₁₉
SCENESHIFTER₂₀
SCENOGRAPHER₂₀
SCENOGRAPHIC₂₂
SCHECKLATONS₂₃
SCHEMATISING₂₀
SCHEMATIZING₂₉
SCHEMOZZLING₃₈
SCHILLERISED₁₈
SCHILLERISES₁₇
SCHILLERIZED₂₇
SCHILLERIZES₂₆
SCHINDYLESES₂₁
SCHINDYLESIS₂₁
SCHINDYLETIC₂₃
SCHISMATICAL₂₁
SCHISMATISED₂₀
SCHISMATISES₁₉
SCHISMATIZED₂₉
SCHISMATIZES₂₈
SCHISTOSOMAL₁₉
SCHISTOSOMES₁₉
SCHIZOCARPIC₃₂
SCHIZOGONIES₂₇
SCHIZOGONOUS₂₇
SCHIZOMYCETE₃₃
SCHIZOPHRENE₃₁
SCHIZOPHYTES₃₄
SCHIZOPHYTIC₃₆
SCHIZOPODOUS₂₉
SCHIZOTHYMIA₃₄
SCHIZOTHYMIC₃₆
SCHMALTZIEST₂₈
SCHMOOZEFEST₃₁
SCHNORKELING₂₂
SCHNORKELLED₂₂
SCHOLARLIEST₁₇
SCHOLARSHIPS₂₂
SCHOLASTICAL₁₉
SCHOOLBOYISH₂₅
SCHOOLCRAFTS₂₂
SCHOOLFELLOW₂₃
SCHOOLGOINGS₁₉
SCHOOLHOUSES₂₀
SCHOOLMASTER₁₉
SCHORLACEOUS₁₉
SCHORLOMITES₁₉
SCHOTTISCHES₂₂
SCHUSSBOOMER₂₁
SCHWARMEREIS₂₂
SCIENTIFICAL₁₉
SCINCOIDIANS₁₇
SCINDAPSUSES₁₇
SCINTIGRAPHY₂₃
SCINTILLATED₁₅
SCINTILLATES₁₄
SCINTILLATOR₁₄
SCISSIPARITY₁₉
SCISSORTAILS₁₄
SCITAMINEOUS₁₆
SCLERENCHYMA₂₄
SCLERODERMAS₁₇
SCLERODERMIA₁₇
SCLERODERMIC₁₉
SCLEROMETERS₁₆
SCLEROMETRIC₁₈
SCLEROPHYLLS₂₂
SCLEROPHYLLY₂₅
SCLEROTISING₁₅
SCLEROTIZING₂₄
SCLEROTOMIES₁₆
SCOLOPACEOUS₁₈
SCOLOPENDRAS₁₇
SCOLOPENDRID₁₈
SCOPOLAMINES₁₈
SCOPOPHILIAC₂₃
SCOPOPHILIAS₂₁
SCOPOPHOBIAS₂₃
SCOPTOPHILIA₂₁
SCOPTOPHOBIA₂₃
SCOREKEEPERS₂₀
SCOREKEEPING₂₁
SCORNFULNESS₁₇
SCORPAENOIDS₁₇
SCOUNDRELISM₁₇
SCOUTHERINGS₁₈
SCOUTMASTERS₁₆
SCRAGGEDNESS₁₇
SCRAMBLINGLY₂₂
SCRAPBOOKERS₂₂
SCRAPBOOKING₂₃
SCRAPERBOARD₁₉
SCRATCHBACKS₂₇
SCRATCHBOARD₂₂
SCRATCHBUILD₂₂
SCRATCHBUILT₂₁
SCRATCHCARDS₂₂
SCRATCHINESS₁₉
SCRATCHINGLY₂₃
SCRATCHPLATE₂₁
SCRATCHPROOF₂₄
SCREENCRAFTS₁₉
SCREENSAVERS₁₇
SCREENWRITER₁₇
SCREWBALLERS₁₉
SCREWDRIVERS₂₁
SCREWINESSES₁₇
SCRIBBLEMENT₂₀
SCRIBBLINGLY₂₂
SCRIEVEBOARD₂₀
SCRIMPNESSES₁₈
SCRIMSHANDER₂₀
SCRIMSHANKED₂₄
SCRIMSHAWING₂₃
SCRIMSHONERS₁₉
SCRIPOPHILES₂₁
SCRIPTORIUMS₁₈
SCRIPTURALLY₁₉
SCRIPTURISMS₁₈
SCRIPTURISTS₁₆
SCRIPTWRITER₁₉
SCRIVEBOARDS₂₀
SCROBICULATE₁₈
SCROFULOUSLY₂₀
SCROPHULARIA₁₉
SCRUPULOSITY₁₉
SCRUPULOUSLY₁₉
SCRUTABILITY₁₉
SCRUTINISERS₁₄
SCRUTINISING₁₅
SCRUTINIZERS₂₃
SCRUTINIZING₂₄
SCRUTINOUSLY₁₇
SCULDUDDRIES₁₇
SCULPTRESSES₁₆
SCULPTURALLY₁₉
SCULPTURINGS₁₇
SCUPPERNONGS₁₉
SCURFINESSES₁₇
SCURRILITIES₁₄
SCURRILOUSLY₁₇
SCURVINESSES₁₇
SCUTELLATION₁₄
SCUTTLEBUTTS₁₆
SCUZZINESSES₃₂
SCYPHISTOMAE₂₄
SCYPHISTOMAS₂₄

Letters by positionIn 50% of these words the 12th letter is S.

1st letter

S47%
A32%
E7%

3rd letter

H19%
C18%
R14%

9th letter

I20%
A13%
T8%

10th letter

I24%
S13%
E10%

11th letter

E27%
N11%
L10%

12th letter

S50%
Y11%
D6%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 19 in Scrabble; SCHEMOZZLING tops the list with 38. Scores before board bonuses.

1414 points: 13 words
15 points: 14 words
1616 points: 37 words
17 points: 46 words
1818 points: 45 words
19 points: 58 words
2020 points: 36 words
21 points: 40 words
2222 points: 23 words
23 points: 28 words
2424 points: 16 words
25 points: 12 words
2626 points: 10 words
27 points: 7 words
2828 points: 5 words
29 points: 4 words
3030 points: 0 words
31 points: 2 words
3232 points: 3 words
33 points: 1 words
3434 points: 2 words
35 points: 0 words
3636 points: 2 words
37 points: 0 words
3838 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
SCHEMOZZLING	38	42	Collins only
SCHIZOPHYTIC	36	36	Collins only
SCHIZOTHYMIC	36	36	Collins only
SCHIZOPHYTES	34	33	Collins only
SCHIZOTHYMIA	34	33	Collins only
SCHIZOMYCETE	33	34	Collins only
ICHTHYOPHAGY	32	30	Collins only
SCHIZOCARPIC	32	35	Collins only
SCUZZINESSES	32	35	NWL only
SCHMOOZEFEST	31	32	NWL only
SCHIZOPHRENE	31	32	All three
ACHROMATIZED	29	30	All three

The strongest cluster starts with A: ACCIDENTALLY, ACCOMPLISHED, and ACKNOWLEDGED all put C in slot two. S accounts for 191 entries and A for 129, while every other starting letter trails well behind. The list spans different game profiles: 299 entries have definitions, but just 19 rank among the most common English words.

12-letter words with C as the 2nd letter at a glance

The 405 matches appear in at least one of Collins, NWL2023, or ENABLE.
S leads as the first letter with 191 words; A follows with 129.
A total of 203 entries end in S, making it the most common final letter.
OCCASIONALLY and ACCIDENTALLY are among the recognizable examples.
SCHEMOZZLING tops the high-scoring examples at 38 points.

Which C-second words are easiest to recognize?

Recognizable vocabulary clusters around the A-starting group: ACCIDENTALLY describes an unintended action, ACCOMPLISHED names completion, and ACKNOWLEDGED signals recognition. ECONOMICALLY and OCCUPATIONAL offer familiar forms too, though their meanings are more specialized. These examples show how one fixed letter position leads into different word families.

The common-word count is much narrower than the definition count: only 19 entries rank among the most common English words, while 299 have dictionary definitions. Treat familiar examples as starting points, not a promise that every match will feel familiar during a game.

Dictionary totals overlap, so they do not add up to the 405 unique matches: Collins includes 393, NWL2023 includes 223, and ENABLE includes 198. A word accepted in one list may not appear in another, so check the word list used by your game.

How do the endings and nearby letter patterns compare?

Among 12-letter words with C as the 2nd letter, endings tilt strongly toward S: 203 words finish with S, compared with 46 ending in Y and 23 in D. S also leads as an opening letter at 191, ahead of A at 129. Those two positions make S a strong clue when narrowing a candidate.

The count changes sharply in neighboring letter-position lists: 12-letter words with E second total 3,489, compared with 405 for C, 115 for B, and 8 for Z. C-second entries peak among 9-letter words at 867, then drop to 535 at 11 letters and 273 at 13. SCHEMOZZLING scores 38, but many matches are specialized and dictionary acceptance varies.

Questions people ask

How many 12-letter words have C as the second letter?

There are 405 12-letter words with C in position two. The set includes familiar entries such as ACCIDENTALLY and OCCASIONALLY, alongside less common matches such as SCHEMOZZLING.

Which 12-letter word with C second has the highest score?

SCHEMOZZLING is the top-scoring example at 38 points. SCHIZOPHYTIC and SCHIZOTHYMIC follow at 36 points each, so the less familiar SCH- words lead the scoring group.

Are all 405 words accepted in every word game?

No. The 405 matches are drawn from words found in at least one of Collins, NWL2023, or ENABLE, and those dictionaries do not contain identical entries. Their counts are 393, 223, and 198 respectively; check the word list for your game.

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