13-letter words with C as the 2nd letter

There are 273 13-letter words with C as the 2nd letter; accommodation and SCHIZOMYCETIC show the range from familiar to high-scoring.

273 wordsTop pick ACCOMMODATIONHighest score SCHIZOMYCETIC 36

10 of 273 are everyday words (4%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

2nd letter
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J
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M
N
O
P
Q
R
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T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

E is the most common 2nd letter in 13-letter words (2,456 words); Z is the rarest (1). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
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Best words to play first 273 · most-used first

ACCOMMODATION₂₂
ACKNOWLEDGING₂₅
SCHIZOPHRENIA₃₂
ACCREDITATION₁₈
ACCESSIBILITY₂₂
ACQUAINTANCES₂₆
ACCOMMODATING₂₃
ACCOMPLISHING₂₅
ACCOMPANIMENT₂₃
SCHIZOPHRENIC₃₄
SCHOOLTEACHER₂₃
OCEANOGRAPHIC₂₃
SCREENWRITING₁₉
ACIDIFICATION₂₁
ACETAMINOPHEN₂₂
SCREENWRITERS₁₈
ACCEPTABILITY₂₄
SCINTILLATING₁₆
ACETYLCHOLINE₂₃
ACCELEROMETER₁₉
ACCUMULATIONS₁₉
ACTUALIZATION₂₄
SCHADENFREUDE₂₃
ACCULTURATION₁₇
ACCOUTREMENTS₁₉
OCEANOGRAPHER₂₁
SCINTILLATION₁₅
ACCELERATIONS₁₇
SCHEMATICALLY₂₅
ACCOMMODATIVE₂₅
SCRIPTWRITERS₂₀
SCREENSHOTTED₁₉
ACRYLONITRILE₁₈
ACUPUNCTURIST₁₉
SCHOLASTICISM₂₂
SCARIFICATION₂₀
SCRIPTWRITING₂₁
ECCENTRICALLY₂₂
SCHOOLMASTERS₂₀
ACCOUTERMENTS₁₉
ACCESSORIZING₂₇
ECCLESIASTICS₁₉
ECTOPARASITES₁₇
SCLEROTHERAPY₂₃
ACRIMONIOUSLY₂₀
ACTUALISATION₁₅
ACETAZOLAMIDE₂₇
OCTOGENARIANS₁₆

Showing the top 48 of 273 words. See every valid word

All valid words 273

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

ACADEMICALISM₂₂
ACARIDOMATIUM₂₀
ACARODOMATIUM₂₀
ACATAMATHESIA₂₀
ACCELERATIONS₁₇
ACCELEROMETER₁₉
ACCENTUATIONS₁₇
ACCEPTABILITY₂₄
ACCEPTILATION₁₉
ACCEPTINGNESS₂₀
ACCEPTIVITIES₂₂
ACCESSARINESS₁₇
ACCESSIBILITY₂₂
ACCESSORINESS₁₇
ACCESSORISING₁₈
ACCESSORIZING₂₇
ACCIACCATURAS₂₁
ACCIDENTALISM₂₀
ACCIDENTALITY₂₁
ACCIDENTOLOGY₂₂
ACCLIMATATION₁₉
ACCLIMATISERS₁₉
ACCLIMATISING₂₀
ACCLIMATIZERS₂₈
ACCLIMATIZING₂₉
ACCOMMODATING₂₃
ACCOMMODATION₂₂
ACCOMMODATIVE₂₅
ACCOMMODATORS₂₂
ACCOMPANIMENT₂₃
ACCOMPANYISTS₂₄
ACCOMPLISHERS₂₄
ACCOMPLISHING₂₅
ACCORDIONISTS₁₈
ACCOUCHEMENTS₂₄
ACCOUNTANCIES₁₉
ACCOUPLEMENTS₂₁
ACCOUSTREMENT₁₉
ACCOUTERMENTS₁₉
ACCOUTREMENTS₁₉
ACCREDITATION₁₈
ACCULTURATING₁₈
ACCULTURATION₁₇
ACCULTURATIVE₂₀
ACCUMULATIONS₁₉
ACCUSTOMATION₁₉
ACCUSTREMENTS₁₉
ACETALDEHYDES₂₃
ACETAMINOPHEN₂₂
ACETAZOLAMIDE₂₇
ACETIFICATION₂₀
ACETONITRILES₁₅
ACETYLCHOLINE₂₃
ACHLORHYDRIAS₂₅
ACHROMATICITY₂₅
ACHROMATISING₂₁
ACHROMATIZING₃₀
ACHROMATOPSIA₂₂
ACIDIFICATION₂₁
ACIDIMETRICAL₂₀
ACIDOPHILUSES₂₁
ACKNOWLEDGERS₂₄
ACKNOWLEDGING₂₅
ACOTYLEDONOUS₁₉
ACQUAINTANCES₂₆
ACQUIESCENCES₂₈
ACQUIESCENTLY₂₉
ACQUIESCINGLY₃₀
ACQUIRABILITY₂₉
ACQUISITIONAL₂₄
ACQUISITIVELY₃₀
ACQUITTANCING₂₇
ACRIMONIOUSLY₂₀
ACROBATICALLY₂₂
ACRONYMICALLY₂₅
ACRYLONITRILE₁₈
ACTINOBACILLI₁₉
ACTINOBIOLOGY₂₁
ACTINOMETRIES₁₇
ACTINOMORPHIC₂₄
ACTINOMYCETES₂₂
ACTINOMYCOSES₂₂
ACTINOMYCOSIS₂₂
ACTINOMYCOTIC₂₄
ACTINOTHERAPY₂₃
ACTINOURANIUM₁₇
ACTUALISATION₁₅
ACTUALIZATION₂₄
ACUPUNCTURING₂₀
ACUPUNCTURIST₁₉
ECCENTRICALLY₂₂
ECCLESIASTICS₁₉
ECCLESIOLATER₁₇
ECCLESIOLATRY₂₀
ECCREMOCARPUS₂₃
ECCRINOLOGIES₁₈
ECHOLOCATIONS₂₀
ECONOMETRICAL₁₉
ECONOMETRISTS₁₇
ECONOMISATION₁₇
ECONOMIZATION₂₆
ECOPHYSIOLOGY₂₇
ECOTERRORISMS₁₇
ECOTERRORISTS₁₅
ECOTOXICOLOGY₂₈
ECTOGENICALLY₂₁
ECTOPARASITES₁₇
ECTOPARASITIC₁₉
ECUMENICALISM₂₁
ECUMENICITIES₁₉
ICHNOGRAPHIES₂₄
ICHTHYOCOLLAS₂₆
ICHTHYOFAUNAE₂₇
ICHTHYOFAUNAL₂₇
ICHTHYOFAUNAS₂₇
ICHTHYOLOGIES₂₅
ICHTHYOLOGIST₂₅
ICHTHYOPSIDAN₂₇
ICHTHYORNISES₂₄
ICHTHYOSAURUS₂₄
ICONOGRAPHERS₂₁
ICONOGRAPHIES₂₁
ICONOMACHISTS₂₂
ICONOMATICISM₂₁
ICONOPHILISMS₂₂
ICONOPHILISTS₂₀
OCCASIONALISM₁₉
OCCASIONALIST₁₇
OCCASIONALITY₂₀
OCCIDENTALISE₁₈
OCCIDENTALISM₂₀
OCCIDENTALIST₁₈
OCCIDENTALIZE₂₇
OCCLUSIVENESS₂₀
OCEANOGRAPHER₂₁
OCEANOGRAPHIC₂₃
OCEANOLOGICAL₁₈
OCEANOLOGISTS₁₆
OCHLOCRATICAL₂₂
OCHLOPHOBIACS₂₇
OCTINGENARIES₁₆
OCTOCENTENARY₂₀
OCTODECILLION₁₈
OCTOGENARIANS₁₆
OCTOSYLLABICS₂₂
OCTOSYLLABLES₂₀
SCABBEDNESSES₂₀
SCALABILITIES₁₇
SCALARIFORMLY₂₃
SCALENOHEDRON₁₉
SCALPELLIFORM₂₂
SCANDALMONGER₁₉
SCAPEGOATINGS₁₉
SCAPEGOATISMS₂₀
SCAPHOCEPHALI₂₇
SCAPHOCEPHALY₃₀
SCAPULIMANTIC₂₁
SCAPULOMANTIC₂₁
SCARIFICATION₂₀
SCARIFICATORS₂₀
SCATHEFULNESS₂₁
SCATTERATIONS₁₅
SCATTERBRAINS₁₇
SCAVENGERINGS₂₀
SCENARISATION₁₅
SCENARIZATION₂₄
SCENESHIFTERS₂₁
SCENOGRAPHERS₂₁
SCENOGRAPHIES₂₁
SCENTLESSNESS₁₅
SCEUOPHYLACIA₂₅
SCEUOPHYLAXES₃₀
SCHADENFREUDE₂₃
SCHEMATICALLY₂₅
SCHILLERISING₁₉
SCHILLERIZING₂₈
SCHISMATICALS₂₂
SCHISMATISING₂₁
SCHISMATIZING₃₀
SCHISTOSITIES₁₈
SCHIZAEACEOUS₂₉
SCHIZANTHUSES₃₀
SCHIZOCARPOUS₃₁
SCHIZOGENESES₂₈
SCHIZOGENESIS₂₈
SCHIZOGENETIC₃₀
SCHIZOMYCETES₃₄
SCHIZOMYCETIC₃₆
SCHIZOPHRENES₃₂
SCHIZOPHRENIA₃₂
SCHIZOPHRENIC₃₄
SCHIZOTHYMIAS₃₅
SCHLUMBERGERA₂₃
SCHMOOZEFESTS₃₂
SCHNORKELLING₂₃
SCHOLARLINESS₁₈
SCHOLASTICATE₂₀
SCHOLASTICISM₂₂
SCHOOLFELLOWS₂₄
SCHOOLGIRLISH₂₂
SCHOOLMARMISH₂₅
SCHOOLMARMISM₂₄
SCHOOLMASTERS₂₀
SCHOOLTEACHER₂₃
SCHUSSBOOMERS₂₂
SCHUTZSTAFFEL₃₃
SCHWARMERISCH₂₈
SCINTIGRAPHIC₂₃
SCINTILLANTLY₁₈
SCINTILLATING₁₆
SCINTILLATION₁₅
SCINTILLATORS₁₅
SCINTILLISCAN₁₇
SCINTISCANNER₁₇
SCIRRHOSITIES₁₈
SCLERENCHYMAS₂₅
SCLEROCAULIES₁₇
SCLEROCAULOUS₁₇
SCLERODERMATA₁₈
SCLERODERMIAS₁₈
SCLERODERMITE₁₈
SCLERODERMOUS₁₈
SCLEROMALACIA₁₉
SCLEROPROTEIN₁₇
SCLEROTHERAPY₂₃
SCLEROTITISES₁₅
SCOLOPENDRIDS₁₉
SCOLOPENDRINE₁₈
SCOLOPENDRIUM₂₀
SCOPOPHILIACS₂₄
SCOPTOPHILIAS₂₂
SCOPTOPHOBIAS₂₄
SCORBUTICALLY₂₂
SCORCHINGNESS₂₁
SCOREKEEPINGS₂₂
SCORIFICATION₂₀
SCOUNDRELISMS₁₈
SCRAGGINESSES₁₇
SCRAPBOOKINGS₂₄
SCRAPEPENNIES₁₉
SCRAPERBOARDS₂₀
SCRAPPINESSES₁₉
SCRATCHBOARDS₂₃
SCRATCHBUILDS₂₃
SCRATCHPLATES₂₂
SCRAWNINESSES₁₈
SCREENSHOTTED₁₉
SCREENWRITERS₁₈
SCREENWRITING₁₉
SCRIBBLEMENTS₂₁
SCRIEVEBOARDS₂₁
SCRIMPINESSES₁₉
SCRIMSHANDERS₂₁
SCRIMSHANDIED₂₂
SCRIMSHANDIES₂₁
SCRIMSHANKING₂₅
SCRIPOPHILIES₂₂
SCRIPOPHILIST₂₂
SCRIPTURALISM₁₉
SCRIPTURALIST₁₇
SCRIPTWRITERS₂₀
SCRIPTWRITING₂₁
SCRIVENERSHIP₂₃
SCROBICULATED₂₀
SCROPHULARIAS₂₀
SCRUBBINESSES₁₉
SCRUFFINESSES₂₁
SCRUMPTIOUSLY₂₂
SCULDUDDERIES₁₈
SCULDUGGERIES₁₈
SCULPTURESQUE₂₆
SCUTCHEONLESS₂₀
SCUTELLATIONS₁₅

Letters by positionIn 47% of these words the 1st letter is S.

1st letter

S47%
A33%
E7%

3rd letter

C21%
H19%
R13%

9th letter

A22%
I15%
R9%

11th letter

I38%
S12%
E10%

12th letter

E20%
N12%
S10%

13th letter

S47%
Y10%
N8%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 20 in Scrabble; SCHIZOMYCETIC tops the list with 36. Scores before board bonuses.

1515 points: 10 words
16 points: 4 words
1717 points: 22 words
18 points: 24 words
1919 points: 32 words
20 points: 33 words
2121 points: 27 words
22 points: 30 words
2323 points: 17 words
24 points: 18 words
2525 points: 13 words
26 points: 4 words
2727 points: 11 words
28 points: 7 words
2929 points: 4 words
30 points: 8 words
3131 points: 1 words
32 points: 3 words
3333 points: 1 words
34 points: 2 words
3535 points: 1 words
36 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
SCHIZOMYCETIC	36	38	Collins only
SCHIZOTHYMIAS	35	34	Collins only
SCHIZOPHRENIC	34	36	All three
SCHIZOMYCETES	34	35	Collins only
SCHUTZSTAFFEL	33	35	Collins only
SCHIZOPHRENIA	32	33	All three
SCHIZOPHRENES	32	33	All three
SCHMOOZEFESTS	32	33	NWL only
SCHIZOCARPOUS	31	34	Collins only
SCAPHOCEPHALY	30	32	Collins only
SCEUOPHYLAXES	30	32	Collins only
ACHROMATIZING	30	33	All three

The second-letter C pattern is unusually small at this length: 273 entries qualify, compared with 2,456 for E and 1,953 for O. Most begin with S or A, so the most useful recognition trick is to scan those openings first. The vocabulary also skews technical: only 10 words count as common, despite 203 entries having definitions.

The pattern at a glance

The set contains 273 tournament-dictionary words, not every string in a broad word list.
S leads as the first letter with 127 entries; A follows with 90.
SCHIZOMYCETIC tops the score list at 36 points.
Only 10 entries are tagged common, while 203 have definitions.

Why do S and A lead the openings?

S and A dominate the opening slot: S leads with 127, and A is next with 90; every other reported opening letter has 20 or fewer. Try those two starts first when a clue gives you the second letter but no other positions.

The examples show how varied the S group is: SCHIZOPHRENIA, SCHOOLTEACHER, and SCREENWRITING all fit. On A, accommodation, accreditation, and accessibility offer recognizable alternatives, though many matches are specialized terms.

How to use 13-letter words with C as the 2nd letter

Use a fixed-slot scan: hold C in position two, then test the first letter and any known positions. The examples include accommodation, accreditation, schizophrenia, and screenwriting, but length and spelling still need to match.

For score-focused play, SCHIZOMYCETIC earns 36 points, ahead of SCHIZOTHYMIAS at 35 and SCHIZOPHRENIC at 34. These are specialist terms rather than everyday rack words, so treat them as score targets only when your rack supports them.

The count is a dictionary-filtered pool, not a promise that every entry appears in your game. Collins includes 264 matches, NWL2023 has 143, and ENABLE has 123. Check your game's word list before committing to an unfamiliar scientific term.

Questions people ask

How many 13-letter words have C as the second letter?

There are 273 13-letter words with C in the second position. The count includes words listed in at least one tournament dictionary, so it is narrower than an unrestricted collection of letter strings. S is the most common first letter in this group, followed by A.

Which word with C as its second letter scores the most?

SCHIZOMYCETIC is the highest scorer in this group at 36 points. SCHIZOTHYMIAS follows at 35, with SCHIZOPHRENIC at 34. These technical words can offer strong letter-value totals, but their acceptance depends on the word list used in your game.

Are most of these words common?

No. Only 10 entries are tagged common, although 203 have definitions. Familiar examples include accommodation and accessibility, while many other matches are technical or specialized. A definition does not guarantee that a word is familiar or accepted in every game's dictionary.

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