13-letter words with P as the 2nd letter

The 300 13-letter words with P as the second letter include approximately and opportunities, plus high-scoring sphygmography.

300 wordsTop pick APPROXIMATELYHighest score SPHYGMOGRAPHY 33

7 of 300 are everyday words (2%). 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 13-letter words (2,456 words); Z is the rarest (1). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 300 · most-used first

APPROXIMATELY₂₉
OPPORTUNITIES₁₇
SPECIFICATION₂₂
APPROPRIATELY₂₂
APPROPRIATION₁₉
SPONTANEOUSLY₁₈
APPROXIMATION₂₆
OPPORTUNISTIC₁₉
SPECTACULARLY₂₂
SPORTSMANSHIP₂₂
OPHTHALMOLOGY₂₇
APPLICABILITY₂₄
APPROPRIATING₂₀
SPECTROSCOPIC₂₃
OPERATIONALLY₁₈
OPTIMIZATIONS₂₆
APPORTIONMENT₁₉
APPROXIMATING₂₇
APPREHENSIONS₂₀
UPPERCLASSMEN₂₁
SPECTROMETERS₁₉
EPISCOPALIANS₁₉
SPOKESPERSONS₂₁
EPIDEMIOLOGIC₂₁
SPIRITUALISTS₁₅
SPECIFICITIES₂₂
SPECULATIVELY₂₃
SPIRITUALIZED₂₅
SPORTSWRITERS₁₈
APPRECIATIONS₁₉
APPURTENANCES₁₉
SPORTSMANLIKE₂₁
UPPERCLASSMAN₂₁
SPECTROMETRIC₂₁
APPROPRIATORS₁₉
EPIDERMOLYSIS₂₁
SPEECHWRITERS₂₃
SPORTSPERSONS₁₇
SPASMODICALLY₂₃
SPORTSCASTERS₁₇
SPERMATOGONIA₁₈
OPTIMISATIONS₁₇
SPECTROGRAPHS₂₃
SPHINGOMYELIN₂₄
APPROPRIATIVE₂₂
SPLENDIFEROUS₁₉
SPECTATORSHIP₂₂
OPPOSITIONIST₁₇

Showing the top 48 of 300 words. See every valid word

All valid words 300

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

APATHETICALLY₂₃
APATOSAURUSES₁₅
APERIODICALLY₂₁
APFELSTRUDELS₁₉
APHANIPTEROUS₂₀
APHELIOTROPIC₂₂
APHRODISIACAL₂₁
APICULTURISTS₁₇
APLANATICALLY₂₀
APLANOGAMETES₁₈
APOCALYPTICAL₂₄
APOCALYPTISMS₂₄
APOCALYPTISTS₂₂
APOCATASTASES₁₇
APOCATASTASIS₁₇
APOCHROMATISM₂₄
APODICTICALLY₂₃
APOGEOTROPISM₂₀
APOLITICALITY₂₀
APOMICTICALLY₂₄
APOPHLEGMATIC₂₅
APOSTOLICALLY₂₀
APOSTOLICISMS₁₉
APOSTROPHISED₂₁
APOSTROPHISES₂₀
APOSTROPHIZED₃₀
APOSTROPHIZES₂₉
APOSTROPHUSES₂₀
APOTHEGMATISE₂₁
APOTHEGMATIST₂₁
APOTHEGMATIZE₃₀
APOTHEOSISING₁₉
APOTHEOSIZING₂₈
APPEALABILITY₂₂
APPEALINGNESS₁₈
APPELLATIONAL₁₇
APPELLATIVELY₂₃
APPENDICULATE₂₀
APPERCEPTIONS₂₁
APPERTAINANCE₁₉
APPERTAINMENT₁₉
APPETEEZEMENT₂₈
APPETISEMENTS₁₉
APPLICABILITY₂₄
APPLICATIVELY₂₅
APPOGGIATURAS₁₉
APPORTIONABLE₁₉
APPORTIONMENT₁₉
APPRAISEMENTS₁₉
APPRECIATIONS₁₉
APPREHENSIBLE₂₂
APPREHENSIBLY₂₅
APPREHENSIONS₂₀
APPROPINQUATE₂₈
APPROPINQUING₂₉
APPROPINQUITY₃₁
APPROPRIACIES₂₁
APPROPRIATELY₂₂
APPROPRIATING₂₀
APPROPRIATION₁₉
APPROPRIATIVE₂₂
APPROPRIATORS₁₉
APPROXIMATELY₂₉
APPROXIMATING₂₇
APPROXIMATION₂₆
APPROXIMATIVE₂₉
APPURTENANCES₁₉
APTITUDINALLY₁₉
EPANADIPLOSES₁₈
EPANADIPLOSIS₁₈
EPEIROGENESES₁₆
EPEIROGENESIS₁₆
EPEIROGENETIC₁₈
EPENCEPHALONS₂₂
EPHEBOPHILIAS₂₅
EPHEMERALNESS₂₀
EPICONDYLITIS₂₁
EPICUREANISMS₁₉
EPIDEMICITIES₂₀
EPIDEMIOLOGIC₂₁
EPIDERMOLYSES₂₁
EPIDERMOLYSIS₂₁
EPIDOTISATION₁₆
EPIDOTIZATION₂₅
EPIGENETICIST₁₈
EPIGRAMMATISE₂₀
EPIGRAMMATISM₂₂
EPIGRAMMATIST₂₀
EPIGRAMMATIZE₂₉
EPILEPTICALLY₂₂
EPILEPTOGENIC₂₀
EPINASTICALLY₂₀
EPIPHENOMENAL₂₂
EPIPHENOMENON₂₂
EPIPHYTICALLY₂₈
EPISCOPALIANS₁₉
EPISCOPALISMS₂₁
EPISTEMICALLY₂₂
EPISTOLARIANS₁₅
EPITHALAMIUMS₂₂
EPITHELIALISE₁₈
EPITHELIALIZE₂₇
EPITHELIOMATA₂₀
EPITOMISATION₁₇
EPITOMIZATION₂₆
EPITRACHELION₂₀
EPIZOOTICALLY₂₉
EPIZOOTIOLOGY₂₈
IPSILATERALLY₁₈
OPACIFICATION₂₂
OPENABILITIES₁₇
OPENHEARTEDLY₂₂
OPENMOUTHEDLY₂₄
OPERABILITIES₁₇
OPERATIONALLY₁₈
OPERATIONISMS₁₇
OPERATIONISTS₁₅
OPERATIVENESS₁₈
OPERATIVITIES₁₈
OPEROSENESSES₁₅
OPHIDIOPHOBES₂₆
OPHIDIOPHOBIA₂₆
OPHIDIOPHOBIC₂₈
OPHIOMORPHOUS₂₅
OPHIOPHILISTS₂₃
OPHTHALMOLOGY₂₇
OPINIONATEDLY₁₉
OPISTHOBRANCH₂₅
OPISTHOGRAPHS₂₄
OPISTHOGRAPHY₂₇
OPISTHOSOMATA₂₀
OPPIGNERATING₁₉
OPPIGNORATING₁₉
OPPIGNORATION₁₈
OPPORTUNENESS₁₇
OPPORTUNISTIC₁₉
OPPORTUNITIES₁₇
OPPOSITIONIST₁₇
OPPROBRIOUSLY₂₂
OPSONISATIONS₁₅
OPSONIZATIONS₂₄
OPTIMISATIONS₁₇
OPTIMIZATIONS₂₆
OPTIONALITIES₁₅
SPACEWALKINGS₂₅
SPADICIFLORAL₂₁
SPAGHETTILIKE₂₃
SPARINGNESSES₁₆
SPARKPLUGGING₂₄
SPASMODICALLY₂₃
SPATCHCOCKING₂₉
SPATHIPHYLLUM₂₈
SPATTERDASHES₁₉
SPEAKERPHONES₂₄
SPEARFISHINGS₂₂
SPECIALNESSES₁₇
SPECIFICATING₂₃
SPECIFICATION₂₂
SPECIFICATIVE₂₅
SPECIFICITIES₂₂
SPECKSIONEERS₂₁
SPECKTIONEERS₂₁
SPECTACULARLY₂₂
SPECTATORSHIP₂₂
SPECTATRESSES₁₇
SPECTINOMYCIN₂₄
SPECTRALITIES₁₇
SPECTROGRAPHS₂₃
SPECTROGRAPHY₂₆
SPECTROLOGIES₁₈
SPECTROMETERS₁₉
SPECTROMETRIC₂₁
SPECTROSCOPES₂₁
SPECTROSCOPIC₂₃
SPECULARITIES₁₇
SPECULATIVELY₂₃
SPECULATRICES₁₉
SPECULATRIXES₂₄
SPEECHFULNESS₂₃
SPEECHMAKINGS₂₇
SPEECHWRITERS₂₃
SPEEDBALLINGS₁₉
SPEEDBOATINGS₁₉
SPEEDRUNNINGS₁₇
SPEEDSKATINGS₂₁
SPELAEOLOGIES₁₆
SPELAEOLOGIST₁₆
SPELEOLOGICAL₁₈
SPELEOLOGISTS₁₆
SPELEOTHERAPY₂₃
SPELLCHECKERS₂₆
SPERMATICALLY₂₂
SPERMATOBLAST₁₉
SPERMATOCELES₁₉
SPERMATOCIDAL₂₀
SPERMATOCIDES₂₀
SPERMATOCYTES₂₂
SPERMATOGENIC₂₀
SPERMATOGONIA₁₈
SPERMATOPHORE₂₂
SPERMATOPHYTE₂₅
SPERMATORRHEA₂₀
SPERMATOTHECA₂₂
SPERMATOZOANS₂₆
SPERMATOZOIDS₂₇
SPERMICIDALLY₂₃
SPHACELATIONS₂₀
SPHAGNICOLOUS₂₁
SPHAGNOLOGIES₂₀
SPHAGNOLOGIST₂₀
SPHAIRISTIKES₂₂
SPHERICALNESS₂₀
SPHERISTERION₁₈
SPHEROCYTOSES₂₃
SPHEROCYTOSIS₂₃
SPHEROIDICITY₂₄
SPHEROIDISING₂₀
SPHEROIDIZING₂₉
SPHINGOLIPIDS₂₂
SPHINGOMYELIN₂₄
SPHYGMOGRAPHS₃₀
SPHYGMOGRAPHY₃₃
SPHYGMOLOGIES₂₅
SPHYGMOMETERS₂₆
SPHYGMOPHONES₂₉
SPHYGMOSCOPES₂₈
SPIEGELEISENS₁₆
SPIFFLICATING₂₄
SPIFFLICATION₂₃
SPIFLICATIONS₂₀
SPINDLESHANKS₂₃
SPINELESSNESS₁₅
SPINSTERHOODS₁₉
SPINSTERSHIPS₂₀
SPINULIFEROUS₁₈
SPIRITOUSNESS₁₅
SPIRITUALISED₁₆
SPIRITUALISER₁₅
SPIRITUALISES₁₅
SPIRITUALISMS₁₇
SPIRITUALISTS₁₅
SPIRITUALIZED₂₅
SPIRITUALIZER₂₄
SPIRITUALIZES₂₄
SPIRITUALNESS₁₅
SPIRITUALTIES₁₅
SPIROCHETOSES₂₀
SPIROCHETOSIS₂₀
SPIROGRAPHIES₂₁
SPITCHCOCKING₂₉
SPLANCHNOCELE₂₂
SPLANCHNOLOGY₂₄
SPLASHINESSES₁₈
SPLATTERPUNKS₂₁
SPLAYFOOTEDLY₂₅
SPLENDIFEROUS₁₉
SPLENECTOMIES₁₉
SPLENECTOMISE₁₉
SPLENECTOMIZE₂₈
SPLENETICALLY₂₀
SPLENISATIONS₁₅
SPLENIZATIONS₂₄
SPLODGINESSES₁₇
SPLUTTERINGLY₁₉
SPOKESMANSHIP₂₆
SPOKESPERSONS₂₁
SPONDYLITIDES₂₀
SPONDYLITISES₁₉
SPONDYLOLYSES₂₂
SPONDYLOLYSIS₂₂
SPONGIOBLASTS₁₈
SPONGOLOGISTS₁₇
SPONTANEITIES₁₅
SPONTANEOUSLY₁₈
SPOROPHYLLARY₂₆
SPOROPOLLENIN₁₇
SPORTFISHINGS₂₂
SPORTSCASTERS₁₇
SPORTSCASTING₁₈
SPORTSMANLIKE₂₁
SPORTSMANSHIP₂₂
SPORTSPERSONS₁₇
SPORTSWRITERS₁₈
SPORTSWRITING₁₉
SPOTTEDNESSES₁₆
SPRACHGEFUHLS₂₇
SPREADABILITY₂₁
SPRECHGESANGS₂₂
SPRECHSTIMMES₂₄
SPRIGHTLINESS₁₉
SPRINGBOARDED₂₀
SPRINGINESSES₁₆
SPRINGKEEPERS₂₂
UPGRADABILITY₂₂
UPHOLSTRESSES₁₈
UPPERCLASSMAN₂₁
UPPERCLASSMEN₂₁
UPRIGHTEOUSLY₂₂
UPRIGHTNESSES₁₉
UPTIGHTNESSES₁₉

Letters by positionIn 50% of these words the 1st letter is S.

1st letter

S50%
A23%
E13%

3rd letter

E23%
I21%
O15%

4th letter

R23%
E14%
C11%

11th letter

I26%
S17%
E10%

12th letter

E23%
L13%
N12%

13th letter

S50%
Y16%
E7%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 19 in Scrabble; SPHYGMOGRAPHY tops the list with 33. Scores before board bonuses.

1515 points: 15 words
16 points: 11 words
1717 points: 23 words
18 points: 23 words
1919 points: 38 words
20 points: 35 words
2121 points: 26 words
22 points: 36 words
2323 points: 18 words
24 points: 20 words
2525 points: 13 words
26 points: 11 words
2727 points: 7 words
28 points: 9 words
2929 points: 10 words
30 points: 3 words
3131 points: 1 words
32 points: 0 words
3333 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
SPHYGMOGRAPHY	33	34	Collins only
APPROPINQUITY	31	35	Collins only
APOSTROPHIZED	30	31	All three
SPHYGMOGRAPHS	30	32	All three
APOTHEGMATIZE	30	32	Collins only
APPROXIMATELY	29	32	All three
APPROXIMATIVE	29	33	All three
SPATCHCOCKING	29	34	Collins · NWL
SPHEROIDIZING	29	31	Collins only
SPHYGMOPHONES	29	31	Collins only
EPIGRAMMATIZE	29	33	All three
EPIZOOTICALLY	29	32	Collins only

A fixed P in the second position still leaves plenty of variety: approximately, specification, and sportsmanship all fit the pattern. The group spans several tournament dictionaries, but only seven entries rank among the most common English words. That makes familiar examples good starting points, while many remaining options are specialist or less-used vocabulary.

13-letter words with P as the second letter at a glance

The pattern matches 300 words across the tournament-dictionary sources.
Collins includes 287 matches; its count overlaps with the other dictionaries.
NWL2023 includes 171 matches, while ENABLE includes 145.
Only seven matches are among the commonest English words.
Sphygmography leads the high-score examples at 33 points.

Which words are easiest to recognize?

Start with recognizable word families. Approximately, approximation, and approximating share an approximate root; appropriately, appropriation, and appropriating provide another cluster. Spotting a familiar root can narrow a long pattern search faster than scanning every letter.

The initial and final letters show a striking tie: 149 matches begin with S, and 149 end with S. Other frequent first letters are A, E, and O, while Y is the second-most common ending. Use those patterns to test a candidate, not as a reason to discard less common forms.

How should you use this pattern in a word game?

For a score hunt, sphygmography reaches 33 points, ahead of appropinquity at 31 and apostrophized at 30. Those long, unusual words are scoring prospects, not everyday guesses; confirm that your game accepts a candidate before building a play around it.

The average score is 21.2, and only 220 of the 300 words carry a definition, so treat a pattern match and dictionary coverage as separate checks. After S, A starts 68 words, E starts 40, and O starts 35. Y closes 48 of the words, E closes 21, and N closes 18, so the final letter is another quick filter.

Questions people ask

What are some examples of 13-letter words with P as the second letter?

Examples include approximately, opportunities, specification, and sportsmanship. Each has P in the second position and contains 13 letters. For less familiar candidates, the high-score examples include sphygmography and appropinquity, so check your game’s dictionary before using an obscure entry.

Which 13-letter word with P as the second letter scores the most?

Sphygmography is the highest-scoring example, at 33 points. Appropinquity follows at 31, while apostrophized scores 30. These scores make the rarer terms worth checking for a word game, but dictionary acceptance can vary between tournament lists.

Are all 300 words common or defined?

No. Only seven matches are counted among common English words, and 220 have definitions. The remaining entries include specialist or uncommon vocabulary, so a valid tournament-dictionary match is not automatically familiar or defined in this collection.

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