14-letter words with H as the 2nd letter

14-letter words with H as the 2nd letter number 455, including pharmaceutical, thermodynamics, and the high-scoring photooxidizing.

455 wordsTop pick CHARACTERISTICHighest score PHOTOOXIDIZING 37

5 of 455 are everyday words (1%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

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E is the most common 2nd letter in 14-letter words (1,611 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 455 · most-used first

CHARACTERISTIC₂₃
PHARMACEUTICAL₂₅
WHOLEHEARTEDLY₂₇
PHILANTHROPIST₂₄
THERMODYNAMICS₂₇
PHOTOSYNTHESIS₂₅
CHROMATOGRAPHY₃₀
WHISTLEBLOWERS₂₅
CHARACTERIZING₃₁
PHOTOSYNTHETIC₂₇
CHOREOGRAPHERS₂₅
THOUGHTFULNESS₂₄
PHOSPHORYLATED₂₈
THERMOELECTRIC₂₃
WHISTLEBLOWING₂₆
CHRYSANTHEMUMS₂₉
PHOTOSENSITIVE₂₂
PHOSPHORESCENT₂₆
PHOTOGRAMMETRY₂₇
CHOREOGRAPHING₂₆
PHOTORECEPTORS₂₃
PHOTOREALISTIC₂₁
CHARACTERISING₂₂
PHILANTHROPIES₂₄
RHEUMATOLOGIST₂₀
PHILOSOPHIZING₃₄
PHYTOCHEMICALS₃₁
THERMOPLASTICS₂₃
PHOTOCHEMISTRY₂₉
CHOREOGRAPHIES₂₅
RHABDOMYOLYSIS₂₈
CHANCELLORSHIP₂₆
PHANTASMAGORIA₂₂
PHARMACOLOGIST₂₄
CHLORPROMAZINE₃₂
PHOTOCATALYTIC₂₆
THERMOCHEMICAL₂₈
PHENOTYPICALLY₂₉
CHOLINESTERASE₁₉
WHIPPERSNAPPER₂₈
PHONOLOGICALLY₂₅
PHTHALOCYANINE₂₇
PHYTOESTROGENS₂₃
PHOTODETECTORS₂₂
THROMBOEMBOLIC₂₇
PHOSPHORYLATES₂₇
CHROMODYNAMICS₂₉
THUNDERSHOWERS₂₄

Showing the top 48 of 455 words. See every valid word

All valid words 455

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

AHISTORICITIES₁₉
CHALCOGRAPHERS₂₇
CHALCOGRAPHIES₂₇
CHALCOGRAPHIST₂₇
CHANCELLORSHIP₂₆
CHANGEABLENESS₂₂
CHANGELESSNESS₂₀
CHANNELISATION₁₉
CHANNELIZATION₂₈
CHAPTALISATION₂₁
CHAPTALIZATION₃₀
CHARACTERISERS₂₁
CHARACTERISING₂₂
CHARACTERISTIC₂₃
CHARACTERIZERS₃₀
CHARACTERIZING₃₁
CHARACTEROLOGY₂₅
CHARGEABLENESS₂₂
CHARITABLENESS₂₁
CHARLATANISTIC₂₁
CHARTERPARTIES₂₁
CHARTOGRAPHERS₂₅
CHARTOGRAPHIES₂₅
CHATEAUBRIANDS₂₂
CHECKERBERRIES₂₇
CHEERFULNESSES₂₂
CHEERISHNESSES₂₂
CHEMAUTOTROPHS₂₆
CHEMISORPTIONS₂₃
CHEMOAUTOTROPH₂₆
CHEMORECEPTION₂₅
CHEMORECEPTIVE₂₈
CHEMORECEPTORS₂₅
CHEMOSURGERIES₂₂
CHEMOSYNTHESES₂₇
CHEMOSYNTHESIS₂₇
CHEMOSYNTHETIC₂₉
CHEMOTAXONOMIC₃₂
CHEMOTHERAPIES₂₆
CHEMOTHERAPIST₂₆
CHIAROSCURISMS₂₃
CHIAROSCURISTS₂₁
CHICKENHEARTED₂₉
CHIEFTAINESSES₂₂
CHIEFTAINSHIPS₂₇
CHILDISHNESSES₂₃
CHIMERICALNESS₂₃
CHIMNEYBREASTS₂₆
CHINCHERINCHEE₂₉
CHINKERINCHEES₂₈
CHIROGRAPHICAL₂₇
CHIROGRAPHISTS₂₅
CHIVALROUSNESS₂₂
CHLAMYDOSPORES₂₇
CHLORARGYRITES₂₃
CHLORENCHYMATA₂₉
CHLORHEXIDINES₃₀
CHLORITISATION₁₉
CHLORITIZATION₂₈
CHLOROARGYRITE₂₃
CHLOROBENZENES₃₀
CHLOROBROMIDES₂₄
CHLOROCRUORINS₂₁
CHLOROFORMISTS₂₄
CHLOROMETHANES₂₄
CHLOROPHYLLOID₂₈
CHLOROPHYLLOUS₂₇
CHLOROTHIAZIDE₃₂
CHLORPROMAZINE₃₂
CHLORPROPAMIDE₂₆
CHLORPYRIFOSES₂₇
CHLORTHALIDONE₂₃
CHOLANGIOGRAMS₂₃
CHOLECYSTOTOMY₂₉
CHOLELITHIASES₂₂
CHOLELITHIASIS₂₂
CHOLESTYRAMINE₂₄
CHOLINESTERASE₁₉
CHONDRICHTHYAN₃₁
CHONDROCRANIUM₂₄
CHONDROGENESES₂₁
CHONDROGENESIS₂₁
CHONDROMATOSES₂₂
CHONDROMATOSIS₂₂
CHONDROPHORINE₂₅
CHORDAMESODERM₂₅
CHOREOGRAPHERS₂₅
CHOREOGRAPHIES₂₅
CHOREOGRAPHING₂₆
CHOROGRAPHICAL₂₇
CHRESTOMATHIES₂₄
CHRISTIANISERS₁₉
CHRISTIANISING₂₀
CHRISTIANIZERS₂₈
CHRISTIANIZING₂₉
CHRISTOPHANIES₂₄
CHROMATICITIES₂₃
CHROMATOGRAPHS₂₇
CHROMATOGRAPHY₃₀
CHROMATOLOGIES₂₂
CHROMATOLOGIST₂₂
CHROMATOPHORES₂₆
CHROMATOPHORIC₂₈
CHROMATOSPHERE₂₆
CHROMODYNAMICS₂₉
CHROMOPROTEINS₂₃
CHRONOBIOLOGIC₂₄
CHRONOGRAPHERS₂₅
CHRONOGRAPHIES₂₅
CHRONOLOGISING₂₁
CHRONOLOGIZING₃₀
CHRONOMETRICAL₂₃
CHRYSANTHEMUMS₂₉
CHRYSOPHILITES₂₇
CHURCHIANITIES₂₄
CHURCHLINESSES₂₄
CHURCHMANSHIPS₃₁
CHURLISHNESSES₂₂
CHURRIGUERESCO₂₂
CHYLIFICATIONS₂₇
CHYMIFICATIONS₂₉
GHETTOISATIONS₁₈
GHETTOIZATIONS₂₇
GHOULISHNESSES₂₁
PHALANSTERISMS₂₁
PHALANSTERISTS₁₉
PHALLOCENTRISM₂₃
PHANTASMAGORIA₂₂
PHANTASMAGORIC₂₄
PHANTASMICALLY₂₆
PHARMACEUTICAL₂₅
PHARMACEUTISTS₂₃
PHARMACOLOGIES₂₄
PHARMACOLOGIST₂₄
PHARMACOPOEIAL₂₅
PHARMACOPOEIAN₂₅
PHARMACOPOEIAS₂₅
PHARMACOPOEIST₂₅
PHARMACOPOLIST₂₅
PHARYNGOLOGIES₂₄
PHARYNGOLOGIST₂₄
PHARYNGOSCOPES₂₇
PHARYNGOSCOPIC₂₉
PHARYNGOTOMIES₂₅
PHELLOPLASTICS₂₃
PHENCYCLIDINES₂₇
PHENETHYLAMINE₂₇
PHENMETRAZINES₃₀
PHENOBARBITALS₂₃
PHENOBARBITONE₂₃
PHENOLOGICALLY₂₅
PHENOMENALISED₂₂
PHENOMENALISES₂₁
PHENOMENALISMS₂₃
PHENOMENALISTS₂₁
PHENOMENALIZED₃₁
PHENOMENALIZES₃₀
PHENOTHIAZINES₃₁
PHENOTYPICALLY₂₉
PHENYLALANINES₂₂
PHENYLBUTAZONE₃₃
PHENYLEPHRINES₂₇
PHENYLTHIOUREA₂₅
PHILADELPHUSES₂₅
PHILANTHROPIES₂₄
PHILANTHROPIST₂₄
PHILANTHROPOID₂₅
PHILATELICALLY₂₄
PHILHELLENISMS₂₄
PHILHELLENISTS₂₂
PHILOLOGICALLY₂₅
PHILOSOPHASTER₂₄
PHILOSOPHERESS₂₄
PHILOSOPHESSES₂₄
PHILOSOPHISERS₂₄
PHILOSOPHISING₂₅
PHILOSOPHISTIC₂₆
PHILOSOPHIZERS₃₃
PHILOSOPHIZING₃₄
PHLEBOGRAPHIES₂₇
PHLEBOTOMISING₂₄
PHLEBOTOMIZING₃₃
PHLEGMATICALLY₂₇
PHLEGMATICNESS₂₄
PHLOGISTICATED₂₃
PHLOGISTICATES₂₂
PHONAUTOGRAPHS₂₅
PHONEMATICALLY₂₆
PHONENDOSCOPES₂₄
PHONETISATIONS₁₉
PHONETIZATIONS₂₈
PHONOCHEMISTRY₂₉
PHONOGRAPHISTS₂₅
PHONOLOGICALLY₂₅
PHOSPHOCREATIN₂₆
PHOSPHOKINASES₂₈
PHOSPHOLIPASES₂₆
PHOSPHOPROTEIN₂₆
PHOSPHORESCENT₂₆
PHOSPHORESCING₂₇
PHOSPHOROLYSES₂₇
PHOSPHOROLYSIS₂₇
PHOSPHOROLYTIC₂₉
PHOSPHOROSCOPE₂₈
PHOSPHORYLASES₂₇
PHOSPHORYLATED₂₈
PHOSPHORYLATES₂₇
PHOTOAUTOTROPH₂₄
PHOTOBIOLOGIES₂₂
PHOTOBIOLOGIST₂₂
PHOTOCATALYSES₂₄
PHOTOCATALYSIS₂₄
PHOTOCATALYTIC₂₆
PHOTOCHEMISTRY₂₉
PHOTOCHROMISMS₂₈
PHOTOCOMPOSERS₂₅
PHOTOCOMPOSING₂₆
PHOTOCONDUCTOR₂₄
PHOTODETECTORS₂₂
PHOTODUPLICATE₂₄
PHOTOELECTRODE₂₂
PHOTOELECTRONS₂₁
PHOTOEMISSIONS₂₁
PHOTOENGRAVERS₂₃
PHOTOENGRAVING₂₄
PHOTOFINISHERS₂₅
PHOTOFINISHING₂₆
PHOTOGENICALLY₂₅
PHOTOGEOLOGIES₂₁
PHOTOGEOLOGIST₂₁
PHOTOGRAMMETRY₂₇
PHOTOGRAPHABLE₂₇
PHOTOGRAPHICAL₂₇
PHOTOGRAPHISTS₂₅
PHOTOINDUCTION₂₂
PHOTOINDUCTIVE₂₅
PHOTOLUMINESCE₂₃
PHOTOLYTICALLY₂₇
PHOTOOXIDATION₂₇
PHOTOOXIDATIVE₃₀
PHOTOOXIDISING₂₈
PHOTOOXIDIZING₃₇
PHOTOPERIODISM₂₄
PHOTOREACTIONS₂₁
PHOTOREALISTIC₂₁
PHOTORECEPTION₂₃
PHOTORECEPTIVE₂₆
PHOTORECEPTORS₂₃
PHOTOREDUCTION₂₂
PHOTOSENSITISE₁₉
PHOTOSENSITIVE₂₂
PHOTOSENSITIZE₂₈
PHOTOSYNTHATES₂₅
PHOTOSYNTHESES₂₅
PHOTOSYNTHESIS₂₅
PHOTOSYNTHETIC₂₇
PHOTOTELEGRAPH₂₅
PHOTOTHERAPIES₂₄
PHOTOTHERMALLY₂₇
PHOTOTYPICALLY₂₉
PHRASEOGRAPHIC₂₇
PHRASEOLOGICAL₂₂
PHRASEOLOGISTS₂₀
PHRENOLOGISING₂₁
PHRENOLOGIZING₃₀
PHRONTISTERIES₁₉
PHTHALOCYANINE₂₇
PHTHALOCYANINS₂₇
PHYCOERYTHRINS₃₀
PHYLLOQUINONES₃₁
PHYLLOSILICATE₂₄
PHYLLOTACTICAL₂₆
PHYSHARMONICAS₂₉
PHYSICALNESSES₂₄
PHYSICIANSHIPS₂₉
PHYSIOGNOMICAL₂₇
PHYSIOGNOMISTS₂₅
PHYSIOGRAPHERS₂₈
PHYSIOGRAPHIES₂₈
PHYSOSTIGMINES₂₅
PHYTOBENTHOSES₂₇
PHYTOCHEMICALS₃₁
PHYTOCHEMISTRY₃₂
PHYTOESTROGENS₂₃
PHYTOGENETICAL₂₅
PHYTOGEOGRAPHY₃₂
PHYTOLOGICALLY₂₈
PHYTONUTRIENTS₂₂
PHYTOPATHOGENS₂₈
PHYTOPATHOLOGY₃₁
PHYTOPLANKTERS₂₈
PHYTOPLANKTONS₂₈
PHYTOSOCIOLOGY₂₈
PHYTOTHERAPIES₂₇
RHABDOMANTISTS₂₂
RHABDOMYOLYSES₂₈
RHABDOMYOLYSIS₂₈
RHEUMATICKIEST₂₅
RHEUMATOIDALLY₂₃
RHEUMATOLOGIES₂₀
RHEUMATOLOGIST₂₀
RHINENCEPHALIC₂₆
RHINENCEPHALON₂₄
RHINOSCLEROMAS₂₁
RHIZOCEPHALANS₃₃
RHIZOCEPHALOUS₃₃
RHODOCHROSITES₂₃
RHODOMONTADING₂₂
RHOMBENCEPHALA₂₈
RHOMBENPORPHYR₃₁
RHYNCHOPHOROUS₃₀
RHYPAROGRAPHER₂₈
RHYPAROGRAPHIC₃₀
RHYTHMISATIONS₂₅
RHYTHMIZATIONS₃₄
RHYTIDECTOMIES₂₅
SHADOWCASTINGS₂₄
SHADOWGRAPHIES₂₇
SHAMEFACEDNESS₂₅
SHAMEFULNESSES₂₂
SHAREABILITIES₁₉
SHARECROPPINGS₂₄
SHARPSHOOTINGS₂₃
SHEEPISHNESSES₂₂
SHEEPSHEARINGS₂₃
SHELLFISHERIES₂₃
SHERARDISATION₁₈
SHERARDIZATION₂₇
SHILLINGSWORTH₂₄
SHILLYSHALLIED₂₄
SHILLYSHALLIER₂₃
SHILLYSHALLIES₂₃
SHLOCKMEISTERS₂₅
SHOCKABILITIES₂₅
SHOCKINGNESSES₂₄
SHOOTABILITIES₁₉
SHORTCOVERINGS₂₃
SHORTSIGHTEDLY₂₅
SHOWERPROOFING₂₆
SHREWISHNESSES₂₃
SHRINKFLATIONS₂₄
SHUTTLECOCKING₂₆
THALASSOGRAPHY₂₆
THANATOLOGICAL₂₀
THANATOLOGISTS₁₈
THANATOPHOBIAS₂₄
THANKFULNESSES₂₄
THANKWORTHIEST₂₇
THAUMATOGENIES₂₀
THAUMATOGRAPHY₂₈
THAUMATOLOGIES₂₀
THAUMATROPICAL₂₃
THAUMATURGICAL₂₂
THAUMATURGISMS₂₂
THAUMATURGISTS₂₀
THAUMATURGUSES₂₀
THEANTHROPISMS₂₄
THEANTHROPISTS₂₂
THEATRICALISED₂₀
THEATRICALISES₁₉
THEATRICALISMS₂₁
THEATRICALIZED₂₉
THEATRICALIZES₂₈
THEATRICALNESS₁₉
THEMATISATIONS₁₉
THEMATIZATIONS₂₈
THENCEFORWARDS₂₆
THEOCENTRICISM₂₃
THEOCENTRICITY₂₄
THEOCRATICALLY₂₄
THEOLOGISATION₁₈
THEOLOGIZATION₂₇
THEOLOGOUMENON₂₀
THEOSOPHICALLY₂₇
THERIANTHROPIC₂₄
THERIOMORPHISM₂₆
THERIOMORPHOUS₂₄
THERMAESTHESIA₂₂
THERMALISATION₁₉
THERMALIZATION₂₈
THERMESTHESIAS₂₂
THERMOBALANCES₂₃
THERMOCHEMICAL₂₈
THERMOCHEMISTS₂₆
THERMOCHROMIES₂₆
THERMOCHROMISM₂₈
THERMODYNAMICS₂₇
THERMOELECTRIC₂₃
THERMOELECTRON₂₁
THERMOELEMENTS₂₁
THERMOFORMABLE₂₆
THERMOGRAPHERS₂₅
THERMOGRAPHIES₂₅
THERMOJUNCTION₂₈
THERMOLABILITY₂₄
THERMOMAGNETIC₂₄
THERMOMETRICAL₂₃
THERMOPERIODIC₂₄
THERMOPHYLLOUS₂₇
THERMOPLASTICS₂₃
THERMORECEPTOR₂₃
THERMOREGULATE₂₀
THERMOREMANENT₂₁
THERMOSCOPICAL₂₅
THERMOSTATTING₂₀
THERMOTOLERANT₁₉
THERMOTROPISMS₂₃
THIABENDAZOLES₂₉
THIEVISHNESSES₂₃
THIGMOTROPISMS₂₄
THIMBLEBERRIES₂₃
THIMBLERIGGERS₂₃
THIMBLERIGGING₂₄
THINKINGNESSES₂₂
THIOCARBAMIDES₂₄
THORACOSTOMIES₂₁
THOROUGHBASSES₂₃
THOROUGHBRACED₂₆
THOROUGHBRACES₂₅
THOROUGHNESSES₂₁
THOUGHTFULNESS₂₄
THREADBARENESS₂₀
THRIFTLESSNESS₂₀
THRIVINGNESSES₂₁
THROMBOEMBOLIC₂₇
THROMBOKINASES₂₅
THROMBOPHILIAS₂₆
THROMBOPLASTIC₂₅
THROMBOPLASTIN₂₃
THUGGISHNESSES₂₂
THUNDERFLASHES₂₄
THUNDEROUSNESS₁₈
THUNDERSHOWERS₂₄
THUNDERSTRIKES₂₂
THUNDERSTROKES₂₂
THURIFICATIONS₂₂
THYMECTOMISING₂₇
THYMECTOMIZING₃₆
THYMELAEACEOUS₂₄
THYROGLOBULINS₂₃
THYROTOXICOSES₂₉
THYROTOXICOSIS₂₉
THYSANOPTEROUS₂₂
WHATABOUTERIES₂₂
WHATCHACALLITS₂₇
WHEELBARROWING₂₆
WHIMSICALITIES₂₄
WHIPPERSNAPPER₂₈
WHISTLEBLOWERS₂₅
WHISTLEBLOWING₂₆
WHITEPAINTINGS₂₃
WHOLEHEARTEDLY₂₇
WHOREMASTERIES₂₂
WHOREMONGERIES₂₃
WHORTLEBERRIES₂₂

Letters by positionIn 55% of these words the 14th letter is S.

1st letter

P37%
C26%
T22%

3rd letter

O25%
E22%
A15%

5th letter

O26%
M15%
A7%

12th letter

I32%
S18%
E10%

13th letter

E28%
N14%
I9%

14th letter

S55%
Y7%
E6%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 24 in Scrabble; PHOTOOXIDIZING tops the list with 37. Scores before board bonuses.

1818 points: 5 words
19 points: 16 words
2020 points: 16 words
21 points: 29 words
2222 points: 49 words
23 points: 49 words
2424 points: 61 words
25 points: 54 words
2626 points: 35 words
27 points: 51 words
2828 points: 33 words
29 points: 21 words
3030 points: 13 words
31 points: 9 words
3232 points: 5 words
33 points: 5 words
3434 points: 2 words
35 points: 0 words
3636 points: 1 words
37 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
PHOTOOXIDIZING	37	39	All three
THYMECTOMIZING	36	39	All three
PHILOSOPHIZING	34	37	All three
RHYTHMIZATIONS	34	33	All three
PHENYLBUTAZONE	33	37	All three
PHILOSOPHIZERS	33	34	All three
RHIZOCEPHALANS	33	35	Collins only
RHIZOCEPHALOUS	33	35	Collins only
PHLEBOTOMIZING	33	38	Collins · NWL
CHLORPROMAZINE	32	36	All three
PHYTOCHEMISTRY	32	31	All three
PHYTOGEOGRAPHY	32	32	All three

The H-second group is much smaller than several other 14-letter patterns: E-second has 1,611 entries, while H-second has 455. Its vocabulary leans technical, with familiar-looking clusters such as PH in pharmaceutical and photosynthesis, CH in characteristic, and TH in thermodynamics. Only 5 entries rank among the most common English words, so expect more specialist terms than everyday guesses.

H-second words at a glance

There are 455 tournament-dictionary words with H in position two.
P leads the first-letter counts with 170 words; C follows with 120 and T with 101.
A final S is the most frequent ending, appearing on 250 entries.
The average score is 24.8 points, while photooxidizing leads the top scorers at 37.
Only 5 entries are common by our frequency measure.

Which 14-letter words have H second?

PH is the standout opening pattern: pharmaceutical, philanthropist, and photosynthesis all put H immediately after P. That matches the first-letter counts, where P accounts for 170 entries, more than C or T.

Other recognizable starts include CH in characteristic and chromatography, TH in thermodynamics and thoughtfulness, and WH in wholeheartedly. These examples show why the position clue is more useful than searching for H anywhere in a long word.

Many entries are related forms rather than short everyday vocabulary. Photosynthesis, photosynthetic, and photosensitive share a visible family; whistleblowers and whistleblowing do the same for WH.

How to use 14-letter words with H as the 2nd letter

Start with the first letter you already know, then scan the matching cluster: P has 170 candidates, C has 120, and T has 101. If the final tile is also known, try S first because 250 words in this group end with S.

For a score-minded play, photooxidizing tops the high-score examples at 37 points; thymectomizing scores 36, and philosophizing scores 34. Those are specialist terms, not safe everyday guesses. Just 354 entries have definitions here, and only 5 are common, so check your game's dictionary before committing to an unfamiliar word.

Questions people ask

How many 14-letter words have H as the second letter?

There are 455 tournament-dictionary words with H in position two. Their first letters cluster around P, C, and T: those groups contain 170, 120, and 101 words, respectively. The examples range from pharmaceutical and characteristic to thermodynamics.

What is the highest-scoring 14-letter word with H second?

Photooxidizing is the highest-scoring example at 37 points. Thymectomizing follows at 36, while philosophizing and rhythmizations each score 34. These are demanding, specialist vocabulary, so confirm the word is accepted in your game's dictionary before playing it.

Do many common words have H as the second letter at this length?

No. Only 5 of the 455 entries qualify as common by our frequency measure. Familiar examples such as wholeheartedly sit beside technical words like chromatography and phosphorescent, so a matching pattern does not guarantee an everyday word.

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