14-letter words with T as the 2nd letter

14-letter words with T as the second letter number 166, led by S-starting forms such as stratification and staphylococcus.

166 wordsTop pick ATTRACTIVENESSHighest score STRAIGHTJACKET 31

1 of 166 are everyday words (1%). 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 14-letter words (1,611 words); Z is the rarest (1). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Best words to play first 166 · most-used first

ATTRACTIVENESS₁₉
STRATIFICATION₁₉
STAPHYLOCOCCUS₂₈
UTILITARIANISM₁₆
OTOLARYNGOLOGY₂₂
STIGMATIZATION₂₆
STOICHIOMETRIC₂₃
ETYMOLOGICALLY₂₅
STERILIZATIONS₂₃
STAPHYLOCOCCAL₂₈
STRAIGHTJACKET₃₁
ETHNOGRAPHICAL₂₅
STRIKEBREAKERS₂₄
STIGMATISATION₁₇
STOCHASTICALLY₂₄
ETHNOBOTANICAL₂₁
STEREOCHEMICAL₂₃
STRUCTURALISTS₁₆
STEREOSPECIFIC₂₃
STRIKEBREAKING₂₅
STEEPLECHASING₂₂
STRANGULATIONS₁₅
ETHNOLOGICALLY₂₃
STRAITJACKETED₂₈
STEGANOGRAPHIC₂₃
STATIONMASTERS₁₆
ETHNOHISTORIAN₂₀
STRETCHABILITY₂₄
STERILISATIONS₁₄
STULTIFICATION₁₉
STOCKBROKERAGE₂₇
STUPENDOUSNESS₁₇
STEAMROLLERING₁₇
ETERNALIZATION₂₃
STEEPLECHASERS₂₁
STEGANOGRAPHER₂₁
ATTAINABLENESS₁₆
ATTEMPTABILITY₂₃
ATTITUDINARIAN₁₅
ATTITUDINISERS₁₅
ATTITUDINISING₁₆
ATTITUDINIZERS₂₄
ATTITUDINIZING₂₅
ETERNALISATION₁₄
ETHEREALNESSES₁₇
ETHERIFICATION₂₂
ETHNOBIOLOGIES₂₀
ETHNOBIOLOGIST₂₀

Showing the top 48 of 166 words. See every valid word

All valid words 166

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

ATTAINABLENESS₁₆
ATTEMPTABILITY₂₃
ATTITUDINARIAN₁₅
ATTITUDINISERS₁₅
ATTITUDINISING₁₆
ATTITUDINIZERS₂₄
ATTITUDINIZING₂₅
ATTRACTIVENESS₁₉
ETERNALISATION₁₄
ETERNALIZATION₂₃
ETHEREALNESSES₁₇
ETHERIFICATION₂₂
ETHNOBIOLOGIES₂₀
ETHNOBIOLOGIST₂₀
ETHNOBOTANICAL₂₁
ETHNOBOTANISTS₁₉
ETHNOCENTRISMS₂₁
ETHNOGRAPHICAL₂₅
ETHNOHISTORIAN₂₀
ETHNOHISTORIES₂₀
ETHNOLINGUISTS₁₈
ETHNOLOGICALLY₂₃
ETHNOMEDICINES₂₂
ETYMOLOGICALLY₂₅
ITALICISATIONS₁₆
ITALICIZATIONS₂₅
OTOLARYNGOLOGY₂₂
PTERIDOLOGICAL₂₀
PTERIDOLOGISTS₁₈
PTERIDOPHILIST₂₂
PTERIDOPHYTOUS₂₅
PTERYLOGRAPHIC₂₇
STABILISATIONS₁₆
STABILIZATIONS₂₅
STADHOLDERATES₁₉
STADHOLDERSHIP₂₄
STADTHOLDERATE₁₉
STAGECOACHINGS₂₃
STAGEWORTHIEST₂₁
STAGFLATIONARY₂₁
STAINABILITIES₁₆
STALACTITIFORM₂₁
STALAGMOMETERS₁₉
STALWARTNESSES₁₇
STAPEDECTOMIES₂₁
STAPHYLOCOCCAL₂₈
STAPHYLOCOCCIC₃₀
STAPHYLOCOCCUS₂₈
STAPHYLOPLASTY₂₇
STARCHEDNESSES₂₀
STATESMANSHIPS₂₁
STATIONARINESS₁₄
STATIONMASTERS₁₆
STATUESQUENESS₂₃
STAYSTITCHINGS₂₃
STEALTHINESSES₁₇
STEAMROLLERING₁₇
STEAMTIGHTNESS₂₀
STEDFASTNESSES₁₈
STEEPLECHASERS₂₁
STEEPLECHASING₂₂
STEGANOGRAPHER₂₁
STEGANOGRAPHIC₂₃
STEGOCEPHALIAN₂₂
STEGOCEPHALOUS₂₂
STENOGRAPHICAL₂₂
STENOGRAPHISTS₂₀
STEPPARENTINGS₁₉
STERCORICOLOUS₁₈
STERCULIACEOUS₁₈
STEREOACUITIES₁₆
STEREOCHEMICAL₂₃
STEREOCHROMIES₂₁
STEREOCHROMING₂₂
STEREOGRAPHIES₂₀
STEREOGRAPHING₂₁
STEREOISOMERIC₁₈
STEREOMETRICAL₁₈
STEREOSCOPICAL₂₀
STEREOSCOPISTS₁₈
STEREOSPECIFIC₂₃
STEREOTACTICAL₁₈
STEREOTROPISMS₁₈
STERILISATIONS₁₄
STERILIZATIONS₂₃
STERLINGNESSES₁₅
STERNOMASTOIDS₁₇
STERNUTATORIES₁₄
STERTOROUSNESS₁₄
STETHOSCOPISTS₂₁
STICHOMETRICAL₂₃
STICKABILITIES₂₂
STICKHANDLINGS₂₅
STIGMATIFEROUS₂₀
STIGMATISATION₁₇
STIGMATIZATION₂₆
STIGMATOPHILIA₂₂
STINGINGNESSES₁₆
STINKINGNESSES₁₉
STIRPICULTURES₁₈
STOCHASTICALLY₂₄
STOCKBREEDINGS₂₄
STOCKBROKERAGE₂₇
STOCKISHNESSES₂₃
STOCKJOBBERIES₃₁
STOECHIOLOGIES₂₀
STOECHIOMETRIC₂₃
STOICHEIOMETRY₂₄
STOICHIOLOGIES₂₀
STOICHIOMETRIC₂₃
STOMACHFULNESS₂₄
STOMATOGASTRIC₁₉
STOMATOLOGICAL₁₉
STOMATOLOGISTS₁₇
STONEMASONRIES₁₆
STORMFULNESSES₁₉
STORYBOARDINGS₂₁
STOUTHEARTEDLY₂₁
STRABISMOMETER₂₀
STRACCIATELLAS₁₈
STRAIGHTJACKET₃₁
STRAIGHTNESSES₁₈
STRAITJACKETED₂₈
STRANDEDNESSES₁₆
STRANGULATIONS₁₅
STRATICULATION₁₆
STRATIFICATION₁₉
STRATIGRAPHERS₂₀
STRATIGRAPHIES₂₀
STRATIGRAPHIST₂₀
STRATOVOLCANOS₁₉
STREETPROOFING₂₀
STREETWALKINGS₂₂
STRENGTHENINGS₁₉
STREPSIPTEROUS₁₈
STREPTOBACILLI₂₀
STREPTOKINASES₂₀
STREPTOMYCETES₂₃
STREPTOTHRICIN₂₁
STRESSLESSNESS₁₄
STRETCHABILITY₂₄
STRETCHINESSES₁₉
STRIDULOUSNESS₁₅
STRIKEBREAKERS₂₄
STRIKEBREAKING₂₅
STRIKINGNESSES₁₉
STROBILISATION₁₆
STROBILIZATION₂₅
STROBOSCOPICAL₂₂
STROPHANTHUSES₂₂
STRUCTURALISED₁₇
STRUCTURALISES₁₆
STRUCTURALISMS₁₈
STRUCTURALISTS₁₆
STRUCTURALIZED₂₆
STRUCTURALIZES₂₅
STRUCTURATIONS₁₆
STUBBORNNESSES₁₈
STUDIOUSNESSES₁₅
STULTIFICATION₁₉
STUPENDOUSNESS₁₇
STYLOGRAPHICAL₂₅
UTEROGESTATION₁₅
UTILITARIANISE₁₄
UTILITARIANISM₁₆
UTILITARIANIZE₂₃

Letters by positionIn 78% of these words the 1st letter is S.

1st letter

S78%
E10%
A5%

3rd letter

E26%
R23%
A15%

11th letter

I30%
S13%
T12%

12th letter

I28%
S19%
E11%

13th letter

E27%
A10%
N10%

14th letter

S56%
N9%
L8%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 20 in Scrabble; STRAIGHTJACKET tops the list with 31. Scores before board bonuses.

1414 points: 7 words
15 points: 7 words
1616 points: 16 words
17 points: 9 words
1818 points: 16 words
19 points: 16 words
2020 points: 20 words
21 points: 15 words
2222 points: 14 words
23 points: 16 words
2424 points: 8 words
25 points: 11 words
2626 points: 2 words
27 points: 3 words
2828 points: 3 words
29 points: 0 words
3030 points: 1 words
31 points: 2 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
STRAIGHTJACKET	31	34	All three
STOCKJOBBERIES	31	36	Collins only
STAPHYLOCOCCIC	30	34	All three
STAPHYLOCOCCUS	28	32	All three
STAPHYLOCOCCAL	28	32	All three
STRAITJACKETED	28	31	All three
STOCKBROKERAGE	27	30	All three
STAPHYLOPLASTY	27	28	Collins only
PTERYLOGRAPHIC	27	30	Collins only
STIGMATIZATION	26	29	All three
STRUCTURALIZED	26	30	All three
ETYMOLOGICALLY	25	29	All three

Only one entry is classed as common, so expect a specialist-heavy set rather than a row of everyday vocabulary. Familiar-looking forms still appear: attractiveness, stratification, and staphylococcus all fit the pattern. The second tile is the fixed clue; the first can be S, E, A, or a less frequent letter.

At a glance: 14-letter words with T as the second letter

The list contains 166 tournament-dictionary words with T in position two.
S begins 130 entries, making ST the dominant opening.
Attractiveness starts AT; etymologically starts ET; stratification starts ST.
Straightjacket and stockjobberies lead the scoring list at 31 points each.
The average score is 20.3, while only one entry is classed as common.

Why do so many begin with S?

S is the first letter in 130 of the 166 matches, so an ST opening sharply narrows the search. Stratification, staphylococcus, and stigmatization show how this pattern reaches technical vocabulary as well as familiar word forms.

That concentration is useful, but ST is not a rule. Attractiveness, etymologically, and ethnographical start AT, ET, and ET. If the first tile is unknown, keep T fixed in slot two and test other openings before rejecting a candidate.

How does the count change at nearby lengths?

The matching count drops from 295 at 13 letters to 166 at 14, then to 106 at 15. That steady decline makes the 14-letter set a middle step, not a sudden spike in long T-second words.

When a clue gives you the length, use it before guessing from the opening. The 13-letter and 15-letter lists keep T in the same position, so comparing them is a clean way to check whether a candidate is simply one tile too short or too long.

Which 14-letter T-second words score highest?

Straightjacket and stockjobberies top the recorded scores at 31 points apiece; staphylococcic follows at 30. The 20.3-point average sits well below those leaders, so do not assume every long ST word carries an exceptional score.

The count pools words appearing in Collins, NWL2023, or ENABLE; it does not guarantee that every entry appears in every game dictionary. Check your game's word list before committing to a specialist spelling. Use 14-letter words with T as the second letter as a pattern filter, then confirm the exact word.

Questions people ask

How many 14-letter words have T in the second position?

There are 166 tournament-dictionary matches with T in position two. S is the most common first letter, appearing in 130 entries. Examples include stratification and staphylococcus, while attractiveness shows that the opening does not have to be ST.

What are the highest-scoring 14-letter words with T second?

Straightjacket and stockjobberies share the top recorded score at 31 points. Staphylococcic follows at 30. The overall average is 20.3, so those leaders stand well above the typical entry in this set.

Are all 166 words accepted in every game dictionary?

No. The count pools entries found in Collins, NWL2023, or ENABLE, and a word need only appear in one of those tournament dictionaries to be counted. Check the word list for your specific game before playing an unfamiliar term.

Keep going

Know some letters already?

Put greens, yellows and greys into the Finder and get only the words that fit.

Try the Finder