13-letter words with W as the 2nd letter

Only 15 tournament-listed entries fit this pattern, and none fall in the common-word group; the examples run from SWASHBUCKLING to the less familiar AWESOMENESSES. Collins contains all 15, while ENABLE and NWL2023 each contain nine. That dictionary split matters when you take a word to the board, because a match for the clue is not automatically legal in every game.

13-letter words with W as the 2nd letter at a glance

• The full set has 15 entries, including SWASHBUCKLING and SWORDSMANSHIP.
• Nine words begin with S; three begin with A and three with T.
• Nine words end in S, while four finish in G.
• SWITCHBACKING leads the score list at 30 points, ahead of SWASHBUCKLING at 28.
• The average score across the set is 21.9, and eight entries have definitions.

Which of these long words scores highest?

SWITCHBACKING is the top scorer at 30 points, followed by SWASHBUCKLING at 28 and SWASHBUCKLERS at 27. TWOPENCEWORTH takes fourth place at 26, breaking up the run of high-scoring “sw” words.

SWORDSMANSHIP and AWKWARDNESSES each score 24. The useful surprise is that the winner is not the longest-looking or most familiar entry: compare the actual letter values before committing a rack, and check that your game accepts the word. SWITCHGRASSES is the next best at 22, so the scores fall away quickly after the top four.

How do 13-letter words with W as the 2nd letter split up?

Nine of the 15 entries start with S, including SWINISHNESSES, SWITCHBACKING, and SWEETHEARTING. The other six divide evenly: AWKWARDNESSES, AWELESSNESSES, and AWESOMENESSES start with A; TWEEDLEDEEING, TWOFOLDNESSES, and TWOPENCEWORTH start with T.

The final letter is just as concentrated: nine entries end in S and four in G. Only TWEEDLEDEEING ends in H, and only TWOPENCEWORTH ends in P. With no common entries in the set, treat this as a specialist pattern rather than everyday vocabulary, and confirm the word list your game uses.