13-letter words with X as the 2nd letter

184 13-letter words with X as the 2nd letter match this pattern, led by familiar forms such as extraordinary and exceptionally.

184 wordsTop pick EXTRAORDINARYHighest score EXTEMPORIZING 34

5 of 184 are everyday words (3%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

2nd letter
A
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.

Length
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Best words to play first 184 · most-used first

EXTRAORDINARY₂₄
EXCEPTIONALLY₂₇
EXPERIMENTING₂₅
EXPONENTIALLY₂₅
EXTERMINATION₂₂
EXTRACELLULAR₂₂
EXPEDITIONARY₂₆
EXTRAJUDICIAL₃₀
EXPROPRIATION₂₄
EXTINGUISHERS₂₄
EXTINGUISHING₂₅
EXPRESSIONISM₂₄
EXTERNALITIES₂₀
EXTRAPOLATION₂₂
EXPRESSIONIST₂₂
EXPEDITIOUSLY₂₆
EXTRAPOLATING₂₃
EXTERMINATING₂₃
EXTRAVAGANTLY₂₇
EXAGGERATIONS₂₂
EXHIBITIONIST₂₅
EXPERIMENTERS₂₄
EXHIBITIONISM₂₇
EXCOMMUNICATE₂₈
EXTERMINATORS₂₂
EXACERBATIONS₂₄
EXPLOSIVENESS₂₅
EXTENSIBILITY₂₅
EXISTENTIALLY₂₃
EXTRAGALACTIC₂₅
EXTERNALIZING₃₀
EXTRAVAGANZAS₃₃
EXTRAVAGANCES₂₆
EXCLUSIVENESS₂₅
EXTORTIONISTS₂₀
EXAGGERATEDLY₂₆
EXTRAVASATION₂₃
EXPANSIVENESS₂₅
EXPROPRIATING₂₅
EXTRATROPICAL₂₄
EXPANDABILITY₂₈
EXTREMOPHILES₂₇
AXIOMATICALLY₂₇
EXPLOITATIONS₂₂
EXQUISITENESS₂₉
EXCESSIVENESS₂₅
EXTRINSICALLY₂₅
EXPANSIONISTS₂₂

Showing the top 48 of 184 words. See every valid word

All valid words 184

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

AXIOLOGICALLY₂₆
AXIOMATICALLY₂₇
AXISYMMETRIES₂₇
EXACERBATIONS₂₄
EXAGGERATEDLY₂₆
EXAGGERATIONS₂₂
EXALTEDNESSES₂₁
EXAMINABILITY₂₇
EXAMINATIONAL₂₂
EXAMINERSHIPS₂₇
EXANTHEMATOUS₂₅
EXASPERATEDLY₂₆
EXASPERATIONS₂₂
EXCEPTIONABLE₂₆
EXCEPTIONABLY₂₉
EXCEPTIONALLY₂₇
EXCEPTIONLESS₂₄
EXCESSIVENESS₂₅
EXCITABLENESS₂₄
EXCITEDNESSES₂₃
EXCLAMATIONAL₂₄
EXCLAMATORILY₂₇
EXCLUDABILITY₂₈
EXCLUSIONISMS₂₄
EXCLUSIONISTS₂₂
EXCLUSIVENESS₂₅
EXCLUSIVITIES₂₅
EXCOGITATIONS₂₃
EXCOMMUNICATE₂₈
EXCORTICATING₂₅
EXCORTICATION₂₄
EXCRESCENCIES₂₆
EXCRESCENTIAL₂₄
EXCRUCIATIONS₂₄
EXCURSIONISED₂₃
EXCURSIONISES₂₂
EXCURSIONISTS₂₂
EXCURSIONIZED₃₂
EXCURSIONIZES₃₁
EXCURSIVENESS₂₅
EXCUSABLENESS₂₄
EXECRABLENESS₂₄
EXECUTORSHIPS₂₇
EXEMPLARINESS₂₄
EXEMPLARITIES₂₄
EXEMPLIFIABLE₂₉
EXENTERATIONS₂₀
EXERCITATIONS₂₂
EXFILTRATIONS₂₃
EXHAUSTLESSLY₂₆
EXHEREDATIONS₂₄
EXHIBITIONERS₂₅
EXHIBITIONISM₂₇
EXHIBITIONIST₂₅
EXHILARATIONS₂₃
EXISTENTIALLY₂₃
EXOBIOLOGICAL₂₅
EXOBIOLOGISTS₂₃
EXOPEPTIDASES₂₅
EXOPHTHALMIAS₃₀
EXORABILITIES₂₂
EXORBITANCIES₂₄
EXOTHERMICITY₃₀
EXOTICIZATION₃₁
EXPANDABILITY₂₈
EXPANSIBILITY₂₇
EXPANSIONISMS₂₄
EXPANSIONISTS₂₂
EXPANSIVENESS₂₅
EXPANSIVITIES₂₅
EXPATRIATIONS₂₂
EXPATRIATISMS₂₄
EXPECTATIONAL₂₄
EXPECTORATING₂₅
EXPECTORATION₂₄
EXPECTORATIVE₂₇
EXPECTORATORS₂₄
EXPEDITATIONS₂₃
EXPEDITIONARY₂₆
EXPEDITIONERS₂₃
EXPEDITIONIST₂₃
EXPEDITIOUSLY₂₆
EXPENDABILITY₂₈
EXPENSIVENESS₂₅
EXPERIMENTERS₂₄
EXPERIMENTING₂₅
EXPERIMENTIST₂₄
EXPLANATIVELY₂₈
EXPLANATORILY₂₅
EXPLANTATIONS₂₂
EXPLICATIVELY₃₀
EXPLOITATIONS₂₂
EXPLORATIONAL₂₂
EXPLORATIVELY₂₈
EXPLOSIVENESS₂₅
EXPONENTIALLY₂₅
EXPORTABILITY₂₇
EXPOSEDNESSES₂₃
EXPOSITRESSES₂₂
EXPOSTULATING₂₃
EXPOSTULATION₂₂
EXPOSTULATIVE₂₅
EXPOSTULATORS₂₂
EXPOSTULATORY₂₅
EXPRESSIONISM₂₄
EXPRESSIONIST₂₂
EXPRESSNESSES₂₂
EXPROBRATIONS₂₄
EXPROMISSIONS₂₄
EXPROPRIATING₂₅
EXPROPRIATION₂₄
EXPROPRIATORS₂₄
EXPURGATORIAL₂₃
EXQUISITENESS₂₉
EXSANGUINATED₂₂
EXSANGUINATES₂₁
EXSANGUINEOUS₂₁
EXSUFFLATIONS₂₆
EXTEMPORARILY₂₇
EXTEMPORISERS₂₄
EXTEMPORISING₂₅
EXTEMPORIZERS₃₃
EXTEMPORIZING₃₄
EXTENDABILITY₂₆
EXTENDIBILITY₂₆
EXTENSIBILITY₂₅
EXTENSIMETERS₂₂
EXTENSIONALLY₂₃
EXTENSIONISTS₂₀
EXTENSIVENESS₂₃
EXTENSOMETERS₂₂
EXTENUATINGLY₂₄
EXTERIORISING₂₁
EXTERIORITIES₂₀
EXTERIORIZING₃₀
EXTERMINATING₂₃
EXTERMINATION₂₂
EXTERMINATIVE₂₅
EXTERMINATORS₂₂
EXTERMINATORY₂₅
EXTERNALISING₂₁
EXTERNALITIES₂₀
EXTERNALIZING₃₀
EXTEROCEPTIVE₂₇
EXTEROCEPTORS₂₄
EXTERRITORIAL₂₀
EXTINGUISHANT₂₄
EXTINGUISHERS₂₄
EXTINGUISHING₂₅
EXTORTIONISTS₂₀
EXTRACELLULAR₂₂
EXTRAGALACTIC₂₅
EXTRAJUDICIAL₃₀
EXTRALIMITARY₂₅
EXTRALITERARY₂₃
EXTRAMETRICAL₂₄
EXTRAORDINARY₂₄
EXTRAPOLATING₂₃
EXTRAPOLATION₂₂
EXTRAPOLATIVE₂₅
EXTRAPOLATORS₂₂
EXTRAPOLATORY₂₅
EXTRAPOSITION₂₂
EXTRASYSTOLES₂₃
EXTRATROPICAL₂₄
EXTRAVAGANCES₂₆
EXTRAVAGANTLY₂₇
EXTRAVAGANZAS₃₃
EXTRAVAGATING₂₅
EXTRAVAGATION₂₄
EXTRAVASATING₂₄
EXTRAVASATION₂₃
EXTRAVASCULAR₂₅
EXTRAVERSIONS₂₃
EXTREMENESSES₂₂
EXTREMOPHILES₂₇
EXTRINSICALLY₂₅
EXTROVERSIONS₂₃
EXTRUDABILITY₂₆
EXULCERATIONS₂₂
OXALOACETATES₂₂
OXYACETYLENES₂₈
OXYHEMOGLOBIN₃₁
OXYRHYNCHUSES₃₄

Letters by positionIn 96% of these words the 1st letter is E.

1st letter

E96%
O2%
A2%

3rd letter

T33%
P27%
C15%

4th letter

E27%
R24%
L10%

7th letter

I26%
A17%
O12%

11th letter

I36%
O17%
E13%

13th letter

S47%
Y21%
G9%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 24 in Scrabble; EXTEMPORIZING tops the list with 34. Scores before board bonuses.

2020 points: 6 words
21 points: 5 words
2222 points: 30 words
23 points: 22 words
2424 points: 36 words
25 points: 33 words
2626 points: 13 words
27 points: 15 words
2828 points: 7 words
29 points: 3 words
3030 points: 6 words
31 points: 3 words
3232 points: 1 words
33 points: 2 words
3434 points: 2 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
EXTEMPORIZING	34	38	All three
OXYRHYNCHUSES	34	33	Collins only
EXTRAVAGANZAS	33	36	All three
EXTEMPORIZERS	33	35	All three
EXCURSIONIZED	32	35	Collins only
OXYHEMOGLOBIN	31	34	All three
EXCURSIONIZES	31	34	Collins only
EXOTICIZATION	31	33	NWL only
EXTRAJUDICIAL	30	35	All three
EXTERNALIZING	30	34	All three
EXTERIORIZING	30	32	All three
EXOTHERMICITY	30	30	All three

A second-position X is a narrow clue: just five entries meet the site’s frequency threshold for common English words. Most matches begin EX, and many finish with S or Y. That mix makes endings a quick way to narrow the candidates, while dictionary coverage matters if you plan to play one on a board.

X in second place at a glance

The pattern contains 184 thirteen-letter words in at least one tournament dictionary.
Collins includes 179 matches; NWL2023 includes 141, and ENABLE includes 130.
Only five matches meet the common-word frequency threshold.
The average tile score is 24.7 points.
EXTEMPORIZING and OXYRHYNCHUSES share the top score at 34 points each.

How many 13-letter words with X as the 2nd letter?

There are 184 matches, and their first letters are strikingly lopsided: 177 begin with E. Just four start with O and three with A. That makes EX the most productive opening to test when your clue fixes X in the second slot.

Recognizable examples include extraordinary, exceptionally, and exponentially. The endings narrow the field too: 87 words finish in S, while 38 finish in Y. If your final letter is known, start with those groups before scanning less frequent endings such as G, which appears on 16 matches.

How should you use these long X words?

For a word game, treat the examples as candidates, not automatic plays. EXTEMPORIZING scores 34 points, tied with OXYRHYNCHUSES; EXTRAVAGANZAS follows at 33. Those totals make the X-heavy pattern attractive for scoring, but a long word still needs a legal placement on your board.

The list is not equally playable in every dictionary. Collins has 179 matches, compared with 141 in NWL2023, so a word accepted in one setting may fail in another. Check your game’s word list once before committing, especially for unfamiliar terms such as OXYRHYNCHUSES.

Use the fixed letters first, then sort mentally by familiar endings: S and Y account for 125 matches together. For 13-letter words with X as the 2nd letter, that ending check is often faster than trying to recall every EX word you have seen.

Questions people ask

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

There are 184 13-letter words with X in the second position. Most begin with E: 177 start EX, while four begin OX and three begin AX. The pattern is much narrower than many other second-letter groups at this length.

What is the highest-scoring word in this group?

EXTEMPORIZING and OXYRHYNCHUSES tie for the highest score, at 34 points apiece. EXTRAVAGANZAS and EXTEMPORIZERS follow at 33. Those are tile-score totals, so a board’s premium squares can change the points you actually earn.

Are all 184 words accepted in every word game?

No, acceptance depends on the dictionary your game uses. Collins lists 179 matches, NWL2023 has 141, and ENABLE has 130. Check the specific game list before playing an unfamiliar entry; tournament dictionaries do not contain identical sets.

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