12-letter words with T as the 2nd letter

The pattern matches 449 12-letter words with T as the second letter, and 349 of them open with ST.

449 wordsTop pick STRENGTHENEDHighest score STOCKJOBBERY 32

9 of 449 are everyday words (2%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

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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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Best words to play first 449 · most-used first

STRENGTHENED₁₇
STORYTELLING₁₆
STANDARDIZED₂₄
STAKEHOLDERS₂₀
STRAWBERRIES₁₇
ATTRIBUTABLE₁₆
STRUCTURALLY₁₇
STRAIGHTENED₁₇
STOCKHOLDERS₂₂
ETHNOGRAPHIC₂₃
STEREOTYPING₁₈
STANDARDISED₁₅
STRATOSPHERE₁₇
STATISTICIAN₁₄
STREAMLINING₁₅
OTHERWORLDLY₂₂
STUBBORNNESS₁₆
STEPDAUGHTER₁₉
STIPULATIONS₁₄
STORYTELLERS₁₅
STRAIGHTAWAY₂₂
STRATIGRAPHY₂₁
STEEPLECHASE₁₉
STRANGLEHOLD₁₇
STEREOSCOPIC₁₈
ATTRACTIVELY₂₀
STENOGRAPHER₁₈
STEELWORKERS₁₉
ETYMOLOGICAL₂₀
STREETLIGHTS₁₆
ATTRIBUTIONS₁₄
STAGGERINGLY₁₈
STRAITJACKET₂₅
ATHLETICALLY₂₀
STOCKBROKERS₂₄
STONEWALLING₁₆
STEPCHILDREN₂₀
STIGMATIZING₂₅
STRAIGHTENER₁₆
ETHNOLOGICAL₁₈
STRATEGIZING₂₃
STREPTOMYCES₂₁
ETHNOCENTRIC₁₉
ATMOSPHERICS₂₁
STEWARDESSES₁₆
STREPTOMYCIN₂₁
STEREOTACTIC₁₆
ETHNOGRAPHER₂₁

Showing the top 48 of 449 words. See every valid word

All valid words 449

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

ATHEOLOGICAL₁₈
ATHEORETICAL₁₇
ATHERMANCIES₁₉
ATHEROMATOUS₁₇
ATHLETICALLY₂₀
ATHLETICISMS₁₉
ATHROCYTOSES₂₀
ATHROCYTOSIS₂₀
ATHWARTSHIPS₂₃
ATMOSPHERICS₂₁
ATOMISATIONS₁₄
ATOMIZATIONS₂₃
ATORVASTATIN₁₅
ATTAINTMENTS₁₄
ATTEMPERMENT₁₈
ATTENDANCIES₁₅
ATTENDEMENTS₁₅
ATTENUATIONS₁₂
ATTESTATIONS₁₂
ATTITUDINISE₁₃
ATTITUDINIZE₂₂
ATTORNEYDOMS₁₈
ATTORNEYISMS₁₇
ATTORNEYSHIP₂₀
ATTRACTANCES₁₆
ATTRACTINGLY₁₈
ATTRACTIVELY₂₀
ATTRIBUTABLE₁₆
ATTRIBUTIONS₁₄
ATTRIBUTIVES₁₇
CTENOPHORANS₁₉
ETEPIMELETIC₁₈
ETERNALISING₁₃
ETERNALITIES₁₂
ETERNALIZING₂₂
ETERNISATION₁₂
ETERNIZATION₂₁
ETHANOLAMINE₁₇
ETHEOSTOMINE₁₇
ETHEREALISED₁₆
ETHEREALISES₁₅
ETHEREALIZED₂₅
ETHEREALIZES₂₄
ETHEREALNESS₁₅
ETHERISATION₁₅
ETHERIZATION₂₄
ETHEROMANIAC₁₉
ETHEROMANIAS₁₇
ETHICALITIES₁₇
ETHIONAMIDES₁₈
ETHNOBIOLOGY₂₁
ETHNOCENTRIC₁₉
ETHNOGENISTS₁₆
ETHNOGRAPHER₂₁
ETHNOGRAPHIC₂₃
ETHNOHISTORY₂₁
ETHNOLOGICAL₁₈
ETHNOLOGISTS₁₆
ETHNOMEDICAL₂₀
ETHNOSCIENCE₁₉
ETHOXYETHANE₂₈
ETHYLBENZENE₂₉
ETONOGESTREL₁₃
ETYMOLOGICAL₂₀
ETYMOLOGICON₂₀
ETYMOLOGICUM₂₂
ETYMOLOGISED₁₉
ETYMOLOGISES₁₈
ETYMOLOGISTS₁₈
ETYMOLOGIZED₂₈
ETYMOLOGIZES₂₇
ITACOLUMITES₁₆
ITALIANATING₁₃
ITALIANISING₁₃
ITALIANIZING₂₂
ITEMISATIONS₁₄
ITEMIZATIONS₂₃
ITHYPHALLICS₂₅
ITINERANCIES₁₄
ITINERATIONS₁₂
OTHERWORLDLY₂₂
OTIOSENESSES₁₂
OTOSCLEROSES₁₄
OTOSCLEROSIS₁₄
PTERIDOMANIA₁₇
PTERIDOPHYTE₂₃
PTERIDOSPERM₁₉
PTERODACTYLE₂₀
PTERODACTYLS₂₀
PTEROSAURIAN₁₄
PTYALAGOGUES₁₉
STABILISATOR₁₄
STABILIZATOR₂₃
STABLENESSES₁₄
STABLISHMENT₁₉
STACTOMETERS₁₆
STADDLESTONE₁₄
STADIOMETERS₁₅
STADTHOLDERS₁₇
STAGECOACHES₂₀
STAGFLATIONS₁₆
STAGGERINGLY₁₈
STAINABILITY₁₇
STAIRCASINGS₁₅
STAIRCLIMBER₁₈
STAIRSTEPPED₁₇
STAKEHOLDERS₂₀
STAKEHOLDING₂₁
STAKHANOVISM₂₄
STAKHANOVITE₂₂
STAKTOMETERS₁₈
STALACTIFORM₁₉
STALKINESSES₁₆
STALLHOLDERS₁₆
STALLMASTERS₁₄
STALWARTNESS₁₅
STAMMERINGLY₂₀
STANCHELLING₁₈
STANCHIONING₁₈
STANCHNESSES₁₇
STANDARDBRED₁₇
STANDARDISED₁₅
STANDARDISER₁₄
STANDARDISES₁₄
STANDARDIZED₂₄
STANDARDIZER₂₃
STANDARDIZES₂₃
STANDARDLESS₁₄
STANDPATTERS₁₅
STANDPATTISM₁₇
STANNIFEROUS₁₅
STAPEDECTOMY₂₂
STAPHYLINIDS₂₁
STAPHYLOMATA₂₂
STARBOARDING₁₆
STARCHEDNESS₁₈
STARFUCKINGS₂₂
STARRINESSES₁₂
STARTLEMENTS₁₄
STATEMENTING₁₅
STATESPEOPLE₁₆
STATESPERSON₁₄
STATIONARIES₁₂
STATIONARILY₁₅
STATIONERIES₁₂
STATISTICIAN₁₄
STATOLATRIES₁₂
STATUESQUELY₂₄
STAUROSCOPES₁₆
STAUROSCOPIC₁₈
STAYCATIONER₁₇
STAYSTITCHED₂₁
STAYSTITCHES₂₀
STEADINESSES₁₃
STEALTHINESS₁₅
STEAMFITTERS₁₇
STEAMINESSES₁₄
STEAMROLLERS₁₄
STEAMROLLING₁₅
STEAROPTENES₁₄
STEATOMATOUS₁₄
STEATOPYGIAS₁₈
STEATOPYGOUS₁₈
STEATORRHEAS₁₅
STEATORRHOEA₁₅
STEDFASTNESS₁₆
STEELHEADERS₁₆
STEELHEADING₁₇
STEELINESSES₁₂
STEELMAKINGS₁₉
STEELWORKERS₁₉
STEELWORKING₂₀
STEEPINESSES₁₄
STEEPLECHASE₁₉
STEEPLEJACKS₂₇
STEERAGEWAYS₁₉
STEGANOGRAMS₁₆
STEGANOGRAPH₁₉
STEGOCARPOUS₁₇
STEGOPHILIST₁₈
STEGOSAURIAN₁₃
STELLARATORS₁₂
STELLERIDANS₁₃
STELLIFEROUS₁₅
STELLIFYINGS₁₉
STELLIONATES₁₂
STENCILLINGS₁₅
STENOCARDIAS₁₅
STENOCHROMES₁₉
STENOGRAPHED₁₉
STENOGRAPHER₁₈
STENOGRAPHIC₂₀
STENOPHAGOUS₁₈
STENOTHERMAL₁₇
STENOTYPISTS₁₇
STENTMASTERS₁₄
STEPBROTHERS₁₉
STEPCHILDREN₂₀
STEPDANCINGS₁₈
STEPDAUGHTER₁₉
STEPFAMILIES₁₉
STEPMOTHERLY₂₂
STERCORANISM₁₆
STERCORANIST₁₄
STERCORATING₁₅
STEREOACUITY₁₇
STEREOCHROME₁₉
STEREOCHROMY₂₂
STEREOGNOSES₁₃
STEREOGNOSIS₁₃
STEREOGRAPHS₁₈
STEREOGRAPHY₂₁
STEREOISOMER₁₄
STEREOLOGIES₁₃
STEREOMETERS₁₄
STEREOMETRIC₁₆
STEREOPHONIC₁₉
STEREOPSIDES₁₅
STEREOPTICON₁₆
STEREOSCOPES₁₆
STEREOSCOPIC₁₈
STEREOTACTIC₁₆
STEREOTAXIAS₁₉
STEREOTOMIES₁₄
STEREOTROPIC₁₆
STEREOTYPERS₁₇
STEREOTYPIES₁₇
STEREOTYPING₁₈
STEREOTYPIST₁₇
STEREOVISION₁₅
STERILISABLE₁₄
STERILIZABLE₂₃
STERLINGNESS₁₃
STERNOCOSTAL₁₄
STERNUTATION₁₂
STERNUTATIVE₁₅
STERNUTATORS₁₂
STERNUTATORY₁₅
STERNWHEELER₁₈
STERTOROUSLY₁₅
STETHOSCOPES₁₉
STETHOSCOPIC₂₁
STEVEDORINGS₁₇
STEVENGRAPHS₂₁
STEWARDESSES₁₆
STEWARDSHIPS₂₁
STICHOLOGIES₁₈
STICHOMETRIC₂₁
STICHOMYTHIA₂₅
STICHOMYTHIC₂₇
STICKABILITY₂₃
STICKHANDLED₂₃
STICKHANDLER₂₂
STICKHANDLES₂₂
STICKINESSES₁₈
STICKLEADERS₁₉
STICKLEBACKS₂₆
STICKYBEAKED₂₈
STIGMASTEROL₁₅
STIGMATISERS₁₅
STIGMATISING₁₆
STIGMATIZERS₂₄
STIGMATIZING₂₅
STILBESTROLS₁₄
STILBOESTROL₁₄
STILLATORIES₁₂
STILTINESSES₁₂
STIMULANCIES₁₆
STIMULATIONS₁₄
STIMULATIVES₁₇
STINGINESSES₁₃
STINGINGNESS₁₄
STINKINGNESS₁₇
STIPENDIATED₁₆
STIPENDIATES₁₅
STIPULACEOUS₁₆
STIPULATIONS₁₄
STITCHCRAFTS₂₂
STOCKBREEDER₂₁
STOCKBROKERS₂₄
STOCKBROKING₂₅
STOCKHOLDERS₂₂
STOCKHOLDING₂₃
STOCKINESSES₁₈
STOCKINETTES₁₈
STOCKINGLESS₁₉
STOCKISHNESS₂₁
STOCKJOBBERS₂₉
STOCKJOBBERY₃₂
STOCKJOBBING₃₀
STOCKKEEPERS₂₄
STOCKMANSHIP₂₅
STOCKPILINGS₂₁
STOCKPUNISHT₂₃
STOCKTAKINGS₂₃
STODGINESSES₁₄
STOECHIOLOGY₂₁
STOICHIOLOGY₂₁
STOLIDNESSES₁₃
STOMACHACHES₂₄
STOMATITIDES₁₅
STOMATITISES₁₄
STOMATODAEUM₁₇
STONEBRASHES₁₇
STONECUTTERS₁₄
STONECUTTING₁₅
STONEMASONRY₁₇
STONEWALLERS₁₅
STONEWALLING₁₆
STONEWASHING₁₉
STONEWORKERS₁₉
STONYHEARTED₁₉
STOREKEEPERS₁₈
STOREKEEPING₁₉
STORIOLOGIES₁₃
STORIOLOGIST₁₃
STORMFULNESS₁₇
STORMINESSES₁₄
STORYBOARDED₁₉
STORYTELLERS₁₅
STORYTELLING₁₆
STOUTHEARTED₁₆
STRABISMICAL₁₈
STRABISMUSES₁₆
STRABOMETERS₁₆
STRABOTOMIES₁₆
STRADDLEBACK₂₂
STRAGGLINGLY₁₈
STRAIGHTAWAY₂₂
STRAIGHTBRED₁₉
STRAIGHTEDGE₁₈
STRAIGHTENED₁₇
STRAIGHTENER₁₆
STRAIGHTNESS₁₆
STRAIGHTWAYS₂₂
STRAITJACKET₂₅
STRAITNESSES₁₂
STRANDEDNESS₁₄
STRANDWOLVES₁₉
STRANGLEHOLD₁₇
STRANGLEMENT₁₅
STRANGULATED₁₄
STRANGULATES₁₃
STRAPHANGERS₁₈
STRAPHANGING₁₉
STRAPPADOING₁₈
STRATEGISING₁₄
STRATEGIZING₂₃
STRATICULATE₁₄
STRATIGRAPHY₂₁
STRATOCRATIC₁₆
STRATOCUMULI₁₆
STRATOPAUSES₁₄
STRATOSPHERE₁₇
STRATOTANKER₁₆
STRAWBERRIES₁₇
STRAWFLOWERS₂₁
STRAWWEIGHTS₂₂
STREAMLINERS₁₄
STREAMLINING₁₅
STREETKEEPER₁₈
STREETLIGHTS₁₆
STREETPROOFS₁₇
STREETSCAPES₁₆
STREETWALKER₁₉
STRENGTHENED₁₇
STRENGTHENER₁₆
STRENGTHLESS₁₆
STREPITATION₁₄
STREPTOCARPI₁₈
STREPTOCOCCI₂₀
STREPTOLYSIN₁₇
STREPTOMYCES₂₁
STREPTOMYCIN₂₁
STREPTOSOLEN₁₄
STRESSBUSTER₁₄
STRETCHERING₁₈
STRETCHINESS₁₇
STRETCHMARKS₂₃
STRICTNESSES₁₄
STRIDELEGGED₁₆
STRIDULANCES₁₅
STRIDULANTLY₁₆
STRIDULATING₁₄
STRIDULATION₁₃
STRIDULATORS₁₃
STRIDULATORY₁₆
STRIDULOUSLY₁₆
STRIKINGNESS₁₇
STRINGBOARDS₁₆
STRINGCOURSE₁₅
STRINGENCIES₁₅
STRINGHALTED₁₇
STRINGPIECES₁₇
STRINGYBARKS₂₂
STRIPINESSES₁₄
STRIPPERGRAM₁₉
STRIPTEASERS₁₄
STROBILATING₁₅
STROBILATION₁₄
STROBILIFORM₁₉
STROBOSCOPES₁₈
STROBOSCOPIC₂₀
STROMATOLITE₁₄
STRONGARMING₁₆
STRONGNESSES₁₃
STRONGPOINTS₁₅
STRONGYLOIDS₁₇
STRONGYLOSES₁₆
STRONGYLOSIS₁₆
STRONTIANITE₁₂
STROPHANTHIN₂₀
STROPHANTHUS₂₀
STROPHIOLATE₁₇
STRUCTURALLY₁₇
STRUGGLINGLY₁₈
STRYCHNINING₂₁
STRYCHNINISM₂₂
STUBBINESSES₁₆
STUBBORNNESS₁₆
STUDDINGSAIL₁₅
STUDENTSHIPS₁₈
STUDIOUSNESS₁₃
STUFFINESSES₁₈
STUMPINESSES₁₆
STUNTPERSONS₁₄
STUPEFACIENT₁₉
STUPEFACTION₁₉
STUPEFACTIVE₂₂
STUPEFYINGLY₂₄
STUPENDOUSLY₁₈
STUPIDNESSES₁₅
STURDINESSES₁₃
STUTTERINGLY₁₆
STYLISATIONS₁₅
STYLIZATIONS₂₄
STYLOGRAPHIC₂₃
STYLOMETRIES₁₇
STYPTICITIES₁₉
STYRACACEOUS₁₉
UTERECTOMIES₁₆
UTILISATIONS₁₂
UTILITARIANS₁₂
UTILIZATIONS₂₁
UTOPIANISERS₁₄
UTOPIANISING₁₅
UTOPIANIZERS₂₃
UTOPIANIZING₂₄
UTRICULARIAS₁₄

Letters by positionIn 78% of these words the 1st letter is S.

1st letter

S78%
E9%
A7%

3rd letter

E24%
R22%
A15%

4th letter

R17%
E12%
N11%

10th letter

I24%
E15%
S12%

11th letter

E30%
N14%
R10%

12th letter

S51%
G8%
Y8%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 14 in Scrabble; STOCKJOBBERY tops the list with 32. Scores before board bonuses.

1212 points: 21 words
13 points: 22 words
1414 points: 57 words
15 points: 45 words
1616 points: 55 words
17 points: 47 words
1818 points: 44 words
19 points: 43 words
2020 points: 21 words
21 points: 24 words
2222 points: 22 words
23 points: 18 words
2424 points: 12 words
25 points: 7 words
2626 points: 1 words
27 points: 3 words
2828 points: 3 words
29 points: 2 words
3030 points: 1 words
31 points: 0 words
3232 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
STOCKJOBBERY	32	36	Collins only
STOCKJOBBING	30	37	All three
ETHYLBENZENE	29	31	All three
STOCKJOBBERS	29	34	All three
ETHOXYETHANE	28	26	Collins only
STICKYBEAKED	28	29	Collins only
ETYMOLOGIZED	28	30	All three
STEEPLEJACKS	27	32	All three
STICHOMYTHIC	27	27	All three
ETYMOLOGIZES	27	29	All three
STICKLEBACKS	26	30	All three
STRAITJACKET	25	28	All three

Because S supplies 349 of the 449 entries, this is really a list of ST words: strengthened, storytelling, standardized and their relatives. The third letter narrows it further, since E follows T in 109 words and R in 97. Average Scrabble is 17.6, low for a twelve-letter group.

Reading the T-second pattern

449 twelve-letter words keep T in position two.
349 start with ST, so the list is mostly ST vocabulary.
STE- covers 109 words and STR- 97; STA- adds 66 and STO- 54.
228 end in S, 37 in G and 34 in Y.
The average score is 17.6, against 19.0 for twelve-letter words as a whole.

The ST start explains most of the list

ST plus a vowel covers 326 of the 449 entries, so a clue that fixes T in second place is usually pointing at STE-, STR-, STA- or STO-. Names to try include strengthened, standardized, structurally and stakeholders.

Only 100 words break away from S entirely. E leads that smaller group with 40, A follows with 30, I and U have 9 each, and P holds 7.

The useful habit is to test the two letters together. If the clue gives you T but not S, you have cut the field to about a fifth of the list before you place a single tile.

The T-second words that pay best

stockjobbery tops the group at 32, with stockjobbing at 30 and stockjobbers at 29. All three lean on the J. ethylbenzene reaches 29 with a Z, and ethoxyethane is worth 28 with an X.

Rare tiles are close to absent elsewhere. Just 1 word in the group holds a Q, 2 carry an X and 5 a J, and the average sits at 17.6 against the 19.0 for twelve-letter words overall.

186 of the 449 appear in Collins but not in NWL2023, so the British list covers more of this group than the North American one. Everyday words such as strawberries and strengthened are safe in both.

Why the scores here sit low

Tip

T, S, E, A, R and N are all one-point letters, and those six fill most of the list. The big scores come from a single insert such as the J in stockjobbery, not from the pattern.

Questions people ask

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

449. The group is dominated by ST words, which account for 349 of them, so if a clue also fixes an S start you are choosing from roughly three quarters of the list.

Which letters most often follow T in twelve-letter words?

E follows in 109 words, R in 97, A in 66 and O in 54. Those four combinations alone cover 326 of the 449 entries, which is why STE and STR turn up so often.

What is the highest-scoring twelve-letter word with T second?

Stockjobbery scores 32, helped by its J. Stockjobbing and stockjobbers reach 30 and 29, and ethylbenzene is worth 29 with a Z instead of a J.

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12-letter words with T as the 2nd letter

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