13-letter words ending in L

There are 561 13-letter words ending in L, from familiar choices like international to high-scoring specialist terms.

561 wordsTop pick INTERNATIONALHighest score ZYGAPOPHYSEAL 36

31 of 561 are everyday words (6%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

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S ends the most 13-letter words (7,018); K ends the fewest (7). L ranks #7 of 26. The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 31 · most-used first

INTERNATIONAL₁₃
ENVIRONMENTAL₁₈
PSYCHOLOGICAL₂₆
CONTROVERSIAL₁₈
CONGRESSIONAL₁₆
TECHNOLOGICAL₂₁
INSTITUTIONAL₁₃
ARCHITECTURAL₂₀
PHILOSOPHICAL₂₅
DEVELOPMENTAL₂₁
INSPIRATIONAL₁₅
DISRESPECTFUL₂₁
COMPUTATIONAL₁₉
MULTINATIONAL₁₅
PHYSIOLOGICAL₂₄
INSTRUCTIONAL₁₅
GRAVITATIONAL₁₇
UNCONDITIONAL₁₆
CHRONOLOGICAL₂₁
MULTICULTURAL₁₇
INTERPERSONAL₁₅
DYSFUNCTIONAL₂₂
MITOCHONDRIAL₂₁
GUBERNATORIAL₁₆
INFORMATIONAL₁₈
TRANSNATIONAL₁₃
STEREOTYPICAL₂₀
MORPHOLOGICAL₂₃
HORTICULTURAL₁₈
OBSERVATIONAL₁₈
UNINTENTIONAL₁₃

All valid words 561

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

ABSTRACTIONAL₁₇
ACIDIMETRICAL₂₀
ACQUISITIONAL₂₄
AERODYNAMICAL₂₁
AGGRADATIONAL₁₆
AGGREGATIONAL₁₆
ALCHEMISTICAL₂₂
AMBASSADORIAL₁₈
AMPHISTOMATAL₂₂
AMPHITHEATRAL₂₃
ANATHEMATICAL₂₀
ANEMOMETRICAL₁₉
ANOMALISTICAL₁₇
ANTIBACTERIAL₁₇
ANTICLASSICAL₁₇
ANTIDIARRHEAL₁₇
ANTIMICROBIAL₁₉
ANTIPERSONNEL₁₅
ANTIPOLITICAL₁₇
APHRODISIACAL₂₁
APOCALYPTICAL₂₄
APPELLATIONAL₁₇
ARAEOMETRICAL₁₇
ARBITRATIONAL₁₅
ARCHEOLOGICAL₂₁
ARCHIDIACONAL₂₁
ARCHITECTURAL₂₀
ASSOCIATIONAL₁₅
ASTACOLOGICAL₁₈
ASTROMETRICAL₁₇
ASTRONAUTICAL₁₅
ASTROPHYSICAL₂₃
ATMOSPHERICAL₂₂
ATTRIBUTIONAL₁₅
AUTECOLOGICAL₁₈
AUTOGRAPHICAL₂₁
BACTERIOCIDAL₂₀
BALNEOLOGICAL₁₈
BATHYMETRICAL₂₅
BENEDICTIONAL₁₈
BENEFICENTIAL₂₀
BIBLIOLOGICAL₂₀
BIBLIOPOLICAL₂₁
BICONDITIONAL₁₈
BIDIRECTIONAL₁₈
BIOBEHAVIORAL₂₃
BIOECOLOGICAL₂₀
BIOELECTRICAL₁₉
BIOMECHANICAL₂₄
BIOPESTICIDAL₂₀
BISYMMETRICAL₂₄
CABBALISTICAL₂₁
CACOGRAPHICAL₂₅
CALCULATIONAL₁₇
CARDINALATIAL₁₆
CARDINALITIAL₁₆
CARDIOLOGICAL₁₉
CATECHISTICAL₂₂
CEREBROSPINAL₁₉
CEROGRAPHICAL₂₃
CHARLATANICAL₂₀
CHEMOSURGICAL₂₃
CHIROMANTICAL₂₂
CHLOROPLASTAL₂₀
CHONDRIOSOMAL₂₁
CHOREPISCOPAL₂₄
CHRONOLOGICAL₂₁
CLIMACTERICAL₂₁
CLINODIAGONAL₁₇
CLINOMETRICAL₁₉
CODICOLOGICAL₂₁
COEDUCATIONAL₁₈
COHOMOLOGICAL₂₃
COLLOCATIONAL₁₇
COLPOSCOPICAL₂₃
COMBINATIONAL₁₉
COMBINATORIAL₁₉
COMPARTMENTAL₂₁
COMPOSITIONAL₁₉
COMPOSITORIAL₁₉
COMPRESSIONAL₁₉
COMPROVINCIAL₂₄
COMPUTATIONAL₁₉
CONCHOLOGICAL₂₃
CONGRESSIONAL₁₆
CONJUGATIONAL₂₃
CONJUNCTIONAL₂₄
CONNOTATIONAL₁₅
CONSEQUENTIAL₂₄
CONTRACTIONAL₁₇
CONTRALATERAL₁₅
CONTROVERSIAL₁₈
CONVOCATIONAL₂₀
CONVOLUTIONAL₁₈
COREFERENTIAL₁₈
CORESIDENTIAL₁₆
COROLLIFLORAL₁₈
CORRELATIONAL₁₅
COSMECEUTICAL₂₁
COSMOCHEMICAL₂₆
COSMOTHETICAL₂₂
CRANIOLOGICAL₁₈
CRINICULTURAL₁₇
CRYPTOLOGICAL₂₃
CRYSTALLOIDAL₁₉
CYBERCRIMINAL₂₄
CYTOGENETICAL₂₁
DECLINATIONAL₁₆
DEFORMATIONAL₁₉
DEMOGRAPHICAL₂₄
DEMONOLOGICAL₁₉
DENDROLOGICAL₁₈
DEONTOLOGICAL₁₇
DESTRUCTIONAL₁₆
DETERMINANTAL₁₆
DEVELOPMENTAL₂₁
DIALOGISTICAL₁₇
DINITROPHENOL₁₉
DIOTHELETICAL₁₉
DIPSOMANIACAL₂₀
DISCONTENTFUL₁₉
DISFUNCTIONAL₁₉
DISPOSITIONAL₁₆
DISRESPECTFUL₂₁
DISSEPIMENTAL₁₈
DOLICHOCEPHAL₂₆
DRAMATURGICAL₁₉
DYOTHELETICAL₂₂
DYOTHELITICAL₂₂
DYSFUNCTIONAL₂₂
DYSMENORRHEAL₂₂
ECONOMETRICAL₁₉
ELECTRODERMAL₁₈
EMBRYOLOGICAL₂₃
ENCOMIASTICAL₁₉
ENTOMOLOGICAL₁₈
ENVIRONMENTAL₁₈
ENZYMOLOGICAL₃₀
EPIPHENOMENAL₂₂
EQUIPOTENTIAL₂₄
ETHNOCULTURAL₁₈
EUCHARISTICAL₂₀
EUDIOMETRICAL₁₈
EXAMINATIONAL₂₂
EXCLAMATIONAL₂₄
EXCRESCENTIAL₂₄
EXOBIOLOGICAL₂₅
EXPECTATIONAL₂₄
EXPLORATIONAL₂₂
EXPURGATORIAL₂₃
EXTERRITORIAL₂₀
EXTRAJUDICIAL₃₀
EXTRAMETRICAL₂₄
EXTRATROPICAL₂₄
FLORICULTURAL₁₈
FLUCTUATIONAL₁₈
FLUVIOGLACIAL₂₂
FORAMINIFERAL₂₁
FUTUROLOGICAL₁₉
GAMOGENETICAL₁₉
GASTROLOGICAL₁₇
GASTRONOMICAL₁₈
GERATOLOGICAL₁₇
GLACIOLOGICAL₁₉
GLOSSOLOGICAL₁₇
GONIOMETRICAL₁₈
GRANDPARENTAL₁₇
GRAPHOLOGICAL₂₂
GRAVIMETRICAL₂₁
GRAVITATIONAL₁₇
GUBERNATORIAL₁₆
GYNECOLOGICAL₂₂
HAEMORRHOIDAL₂₂
HELIOMETRICAL₂₀
HELIOTROPICAL₂₀
HELISPHERICAL₂₃
HEMATOLOGICAL₂₁
HEMATOTHERMAL₂₃
HEMISPHERICAL₂₅
HEORTOLOGICAL₁₉
HEPTAMETRICAL₂₂
HERESTHETICAL₂₁
HERMENEUTICAL₂₀
HETEROTHERMAL₂₁
HETEROTYPICAL₂₃
HIEROCRATICAL₂₀
HISTOCHEMICAL₂₅
HOMOEOTHERMAL₂₃
HOMOEOTYPICAL₂₅
HOMOGENETICAL₂₁
HOMOIOTHERMAL₂₃
HORTICULTURAL₁₈
HYDROMETRICAL₂₄
HYDROPATHICAL₂₇
HYDROSCOPICAL₂₆
HYDROSTATICAL₂₂
HYGROMETRICAL₂₄
HYGROSCOPICAL₂₆
HYPERBOLOIDAL₂₄
HYPERCRITICAL₂₅
HYPERMETRICAL₂₅
HYPERPHYSICAL₃₁
HYPERPYREXIAL₃₃
HYPERRATIONAL₂₁
HYPOCYCLOIDAL₂₉
HYPSOMETRICAL₂₅
IATROCHEMICAL₂₂
ICHTHYOFAUNAL₂₇
IDEOGRAPHICAL₂₂
IMAGINATIONAL₁₆
IMMIGRATIONAL₁₈
IMMUNOLOGICAL₂₀
IMPLICATIONAL₁₉
INCANTATIONAL₁₅
INCARNATIONAL₁₅
INCLINATIONAL₁₅
INFINITESIMAL₁₈
INFORMATIONAL₁₈
INQUISITIONAL₂₂
INQUISITORIAL₂₂
INSCRIPTIONAL₁₇
INSPIRATIONAL₁₅
INSTITUTIONAL₁₃
INSTRUCTIONAL₁₅
INSUBSTANTIAL₁₅
INTERACTIONAL₁₅
INTERCOLONIAL₁₅
INTERCOMMUNAL₁₉
INTERCORTICAL₁₇
INTERCULTURAL₁₅
INTERFAMILIAL₁₈
INTERHOSPITAL₁₈
INTERJECTURAL₂₂
INTERMARGINAL₁₆
INTERNATIONAL₁₃
INTERNEURONAL₁₃
INTERPARIETAL₁₅
INTERPERSONAL₁₅
INTERPROXIMAL₂₄
INTERREGIONAL₁₄
INTERSIDEREAL₁₄
INTERSOCIETAL₁₅
INTERTERMINAL₁₅
INTERTROPICAL₁₇
INTRACEREBRAL₁₇
INTRANATIONAL₁₃
INTRAPARIETAL₁₅
INTRAPERSONAL₁₅
IRREVERENTIAL₁₆
ISOGEOTHERMAL₁₉
ISOPROTERENOL₁₅
LABYRINTHICAL₂₃
LACKADAISICAL₂₂
LEGISLATORIAL₁₄
LEXICOLOGICAL₂₅
LEXIGRAPHICAL₂₈
LOGARITHMICAL₂₁
LOGOGRAPHICAL₂₂
LUBRICATIONAL₁₇
MACRODIAGONAL₁₉
MAGISTRATICAL₁₈
MALACOLOGICAL₂₀
MANGOLDWURZEL₂₉
MANNERISTICAL₁₇
MAXILLOFACIAL₂₇
MENINGOCOCCAL₂₂
MENSURATIONAL₁₅
METACERCARIAL₁₉
METAFICTIONAL₂₀
METALLURGICAL₁₈
METAPOLITICAL₁₉
METAPSYCHICAL₂₇
MICROCHEMICAL₂₆
MICROCOSMICAL₂₃
MICROCULTURAL₁₉
MICROFILARIAL₂₀
MICROMETRICAL₂₁
MICROPHYSICAL₂₇
MICROSCOPICAL₂₃
MICROSURGICAL₂₀
MINERALOGICAL₁₈
MITOCHONDRIAL₂₁
MOLLUSCICIDAL₂₀
MONOCHROMICAL₂₄
MONOGRAPHICAL₂₃
MONOPHTHONGAL₂₄
MORPHOLOGICAL₂₃
MULTICULTURAL₁₇
MULTIHOSPITAL₂₀
MULTINATIONAL₁₅
MULTIREGIONAL₁₆
MULTISPECTRAL₁₉
MULTITERMINAL₁₇
MUSICOLOGICAL₂₀
MYCOBACTERIAL₂₄
MYOELECTRICAL₂₂
MYTHOPOETICAL₂₅
NECROMANTICAL₁₉
NECROSCOPICAL₂₁
NEMATOLOGICAL₁₈
NEOLOGISTICAL₁₆
NEPHROLOGICAL₂₁
NEUROCHEMICAL₂₂
NEUROHORMONAL₁₈
NEUROPATHICAL₂₀
NEUROSURGICAL₁₆
NOMENCLATURAL₁₇
NOMOGRAPHICAL₂₃
NONACCIDENTAL₁₈
NONANALYTICAL₁₈
NONANATOMICAL₁₇
NONBEHAVIORAL₂₁
NONBIOLOGICAL₁₈
NONCOMMERCIAL₂₁
NONCONCEPTUAL₁₉
NONCONSENSUAL₁₅
NONELECTRICAL₁₇
NONFUNCTIONAL₁₈
NONGONOCOCCAL₂₀
NONHISTORICAL₁₈
NONHOMOSEXUAL₂₅
NONHYSTERICAL₂₁
NONINDIVIDUAL₁₈
NONINDUSTRIAL₁₄
NONJUDGMENTAL₂₄
NONMANAGERIAL₁₆
NONMEANINGFUL₁₉
NONMECHANICAL₂₂
NONPURPOSEFUL₂₀
NONRECIPROCAL₁₉
NONSEQUENTIAL₂₂
NONSTRUCTURAL₁₅
NONTHEATRICAL₁₈
NONVOCATIONAL₁₈
NUMEROLOGICAL₁₈
NUTRACEUTICAL₁₇
NUTRICEUTICAL₁₇
OBSERVATIONAL₁₈
OBSTRUCTIONAL₁₇
OCEANOLOGICAL₁₈
OCHLOCRATICAL₂₂
ODONTOLOGICAL₁₇
OREOGRAPHICAL₂₁
ORGANOLOGICAL₁₇
ORIENTATIONAL₁₃
ORISMOLOGICAL₁₈
OROPHARYNGEAL₂₂
ORTHODIAGONAL₁₈
ORTHOPAEDICAL₂₁
OSCILLATIONAL₁₅
OSTEOMALACIAL₁₇
OVEREMOTIONAL₁₈
OVIPOSITIONAL₁₈
PALINDROMICAL₂₀
PALYNOLOGICAL₂₁
PANDEMONIACAL₂₀
PANTHEISTICAL₂₀
PAPYROLOGICAL₂₃
PARAGRAPHICAL₂₃
PARALLACTICAL₁₉
PARAPOPHYSIAL₂₅
PARAPSYCHICAL₂₇
PARASITICIDAL₁₈
PARENTHETICAL₂₀
PASIGRAPHICAL₂₃
PENTABARBITAL₁₉
PENTHEMIMERAL₂₂
PENTOBARBITAL₁₉
PERICHONDRIAL₂₁
PERIPATETICAL₁₉
PERISSODACTYL₂₁
PERMACULTURAL₁₉
PERMUTATIONAL₁₇
PESSIMISTICAL₁₉
PETROCHEMICAL₂₄
PETROPHYSICAL₂₅
PHARMACOPEIAL₂₄
PHENOBARBITAL₂₂
PHILOMATHICAL₂₅
PHILOSOPHICAL₂₅
PHLEBOTOMICAL₂₄
PHONOMETRICAL₂₂
PHOTOCHEMICAL₂₇
PHRENOLOGICAL₂₁
PHYLACTERICAL₂₅
PHYSIOLOGICAL₂₄
PHYTOCHEMICAL₃₀
PISCICULTURAL₁₉
PLANIMETRICAL₁₉
PLUTOCRATICAL₁₉
POLYRIBOSOMAL₂₂
POLYTECHNICAL₂₅
POSTCLASSICAL₁₉
POSTEMBRYONAL₂₂
POSTINAUGURAL₁₆
POSTMENSTRUAL₁₇
POSTULATIONAL₁₅
POTAMOLOGICAL₂₀
PRAEFECTORIAL₂₀
PRAXEOLOGICAL₂₅
PREBIOLOGICAL₂₀
PREDICAMENTAL₂₀
PREHISTORICAL₂₀
PREINDUSTRIAL₁₆
PREMENOPAUSAL₁₉
PREMILLENNIAL₁₇
PREPOSITIONAL₁₇
PRETERNATURAL₁₅
PREVOCATIONAL₂₀
PROBLEMATICAL₂₁
PROCREATIONAL₁₇
PROCTOLOGICAL₂₀
PROCURATORIAL₁₇
PROGENITORIAL₁₆
PROGRESSIONAL₁₆
PROPAGATIONAL₁₈
PROPOSITIONAL₁₇
PROPRAETORIAL₁₇
PROPRIETORIAL₁₇
PROSECUTORIAL₁₇
PROSOPOPOEIAL₁₉
PROTONOTARIAL₁₅
PSEPHOLOGICAL₂₃
PSYCHIATRICAL₂₅
PSYCHOLOGICAL₂₆
PYROTECHNICAL₂₅
QUADRAGESIMAL₂₆
QUADRICIPITAL₂₇
QUADRIGEMINAL₂₆
QUADRILATERAL₂₃
QUADRILINGUAL₂₄
QUADRILITERAL₂₃
QUINDECENNIAL₂₅
QUODLIBETICAL₂₇
RADIOCHEMICAL₂₃
RAREFACTIONAL₁₈
REFORMATIONAL₁₈
RESPIRATIONAL₁₅
SCHUTZSTAFFEL₃₃
SEGREGATIONAL₁₅
SEISMOLOGICAL₁₈
SELENOLOGICAL₁₆
SEMEIOLOGICAL₁₈
SEMICLASSICAL₁₉
SEMIEMPIRICAL₂₁
SEMIMENSTRUAL₁₇
SEMIOCHEMICAL₂₄
SEMIPOLITICAL₁₉
SENSORINEURAL₁₃
SEPTENTRIONAL₁₅
SILVICULTURAL₁₈
SOCIOCULTURAL₁₇
SOMATOLOGICAL₁₈
SOMATOPLEURAL₁₇
SPADICIFLORAL₂₁
SPELEOLOGICAL₁₈
SPERMATOCIDAL₂₀
SQUIRARCHICAL₂₉
STALACTITICAL₁₇
STALAGMITICAL₁₈
STEREOLOGICAL₁₆
STEREOTYPICAL₂₀
STRATEGETICAL₁₆
STREPTOCOCCAL₂₁
SUBDIVISIONAL₁₉
SUBEQUATORIAL₂₄
SUBSEQUENTIAL₂₄
SUBSISTENTIAL₁₅
SUBSTRUCTURAL₁₇
SUBTERNATURAL₁₅
SUPERCOLOSSAL₁₇
SUPERCRIMINAL₁₉
SUPERCRITICAL₁₉
SUPERNATIONAL₁₅
SUPERPERSONAL₁₇
SUPERPHYSICAL₂₅
SUPERPOWERFUL₂₃
SUPERREGIONAL₁₆
SUPPOSITIONAL₁₇
SUPRANATIONAL₁₅
SUPRARATIONAL₁₅
SUPRATEMPORAL₁₉
SYCOPHANTICAL₂₅
SYLLOGISTICAL₁₉
SYLVICULTURAL₂₁
SYMBOLISTICAL₂₂
SYMPATHETICAL₂₅
SYMPTOMATICAL₂₄
SYNARTHRODIAL₂₀
SYNECDOCHICAL₂₆
SYNECOLOGICAL₂₁
TABLESPOONFUL₂₀
TACHOMETRICAL₂₂
TACHYMETRICAL₂₅
TAUTOMETRICAL₁₇
TAUTOPHONICAL₂₀
TECHNOLOGICAL₂₁
TEMPERAMENTAL₁₉
TERATOLOGICAL₁₆
TERCENTENNIAL₁₅
TERMINATIONAL₁₅
TERPSICHOREAL₂₀
TETARTOHEDRAL₁₇
THALAMIFLORAL₂₁
THEOREMATICAL₂₀
TOPOGRAPHICAL₂₃
TORTOISESHELL₁₆
TOXICOLOGICAL₂₅
TRANSACTIONAL₁₅
TRANSCULTURAL₁₅
TRANSFUSIONAL₁₆
TRANSLATIONAL₁₃
TRANSLATORIAL₁₃
TRANSNATIONAL₁₃
TRANSPERSONAL₁₅
TRANSURETHRAL₁₆
TRAPEZOHEDRAL₂₈
TRICENTENNIAL₁₅
TRICHOLOGICAL₂₁
TRICHOMONADAL₂₁
TRISYLLABICAL₂₀
TRITHEISTICAL₁₈
TROGLODYTICAL₂₀
TYPOGRAPHICAL₂₆
ULTRACRITICAL₁₇
ULTRANATIONAL₁₃
ULTRAPHYSICAL₂₃
ULTRAPOWERFUL₂₁
ULTRARATIONAL₁₃
UNAPOSTOLICAL₁₇
UNCONDITIONAL₁₆
UNDIALECTICAL₁₈
UNEVANGELICAL₁₉
UNEXCEPTIONAL₂₄
UNGRAMMATICAL₂₀
UNIDEOLOGICAL₁₇
UNINFLUENTIAL₁₆
UNINTENTIONAL₁₃
UNMINISTERIAL₁₅
UNMISTRUSTFUL₁₈
UNPROPHETICAL₂₂
UNREPROACHFUL₂₃
UNSENSATIONAL₁₃
UNSENTIMENTAL₁₅
UNSUBSTANTIAL₁₅
UNSYMMETRICAL₂₂
UNTERRESTRIAL₁₃
UNTHEOLOGICAL₁₉
UNTHEORETICAL₁₈
UNTRADITIONAL₁₄
VENOGRAPHICAL₂₄
VENTRILOQUIAL₂₅
VENTROLATERAL₁₆
VISCOMETRICAL₂₂
VIVISECTIONAL₂₁
XIPHIPLASTRAL₂₇
XYLOGRAPHICAL₃₁
ZOOSPORANGIAL₂₅
ZYGAPOPHYSEAL₃₆
ZYGAPOPHYSIAL₃₆
ZYMOTECHNICAL₃₄

Letters by positionIn 97% of these words the 12th letter is A.

7th letter

A21%
L15%
I9%

8th letter

T26%
O17%
E11%

9th letter

I20%
T16%
G14%

10th letter

I49%
O22%
R7%

11th letter

C46%
N22%
I12%

12th letter

A97%
U2%
E1%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 18 in Scrabble; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL tops the list with 36. Scores before board bonuses.

1313 points: 14 words
14 points: 5 words
1515 points: 49 words
16 points: 33 words
1717 points: 61 words
18 points: 64 words
1919 points: 60 words
20 points: 50 words
2121 points: 49 words
22 points: 43 words
2323 points: 34 words
24 points: 35 words
2525 points: 29 words
26 points: 10 words
2727 points: 10 words
28 points: 2 words
2929 points: 3 words
30 points: 3 words
3131 points: 2 words
32 points: 0 words
3333 points: 2 words
34 points: 1 words
3535 points: 0 words
36 points: 2 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
ZYGAPOPHYSEAL	36	37	Collins only
ZYGAPOPHYSIAL	36	37	Collins only
ZYMOTECHNICAL	34	37	Collins only
SCHUTZSTAFFEL	33	35	Collins only
HYPERPYREXIAL	33	33	Collins only
HYPERPHYSICAL	31	31	All three
XYLOGRAPHICAL	31	34	All three
EXTRAJUDICIAL	30	35	All three
PHYTOCHEMICAL	30	32	All three
ENZYMOLOGICAL	30	35	Collins only
HYPOCYCLOIDAL	29	31	Collins · NWL
MANGOLDWURZEL	29	35	Collins only

The endings are fixed, but the beginnings vary: P leads with 73 words, followed by C with 56 and S with 53. Only 31 entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so many options are technical or uncommon. The strongest play depends on your rack and the dictionary your game uses.

What stands out at a glance

The list contains 561 tournament-dictionary words ending in L.
P is the most common starting letter, with 73 entries.
C and S follow, with 56 and 53 words respectively.
Only 31 entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.

Which 13-letter words ending in L score highest?

Zygapophyseal and zygapophysial tie for the top score at 36 points. Zymotechnical follows at 34, while hyperpyrexial and schutzstaffel each score 33. These are specialist words, not everyday plays, so confirm your game accepts them before building a turn around one.

More recognizable examples include international, environmental, psychological, and controversial. Their score is lower than the leaders, but familiar letter patterns can make them easier to spot in a rack. The average score across the list is 19.9 points; premium board squares still change the final total.

What should you check before playing one?

Dictionary coverage differs: 315 entries appear in ENABLE, 547 in Collins, and 345 in NWL2023. Those totals overlap, so they are not separate groups to add together. Check your game's word list once before relying on a rare entry such as zygapophyseal.

The ending is less common here than it is among other thirteen-letter lists: 7,018 words end in S and 1,563 end in Y, compared with 561 ending in L. For a familiar option, look first at international or environmental; for points, scan for the unusual Z and Y combinations in the top scorers. Definitions cover 403 of the 561 words.

Questions people ask

How many 13-letter words end in L?

There are 561 tournament-dictionary words with thirteen letters ending in L. The source totals differ: 315 appear in ENABLE, 547 in Collins, and 345 in NWL2023. Those dictionaries share entries, so their counts should not be added together.

Which 13-letter word ending in L has the highest Scrabble score?

Zygapophyseal and zygapophysial tie at 36 points. Both outrank zymotechnical at 34 points and hyperpyrexial at 33. These unusual terms can be hard to recognize, so verify the spelling and your game's dictionary before playing.

Are many 13-letter words ending in L common?

No. Only 31 of the 561 entries fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency. International, environmental, and psychological are recognizable examples, while many other entries are technical or specialized vocabulary.

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