15-letter words with R as the 2nd letter
There are 510 15-letter words with R as the second letter, from professionalism to transformations.
3 of 510 are everyday words (1%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.
E is the most common 2nd letter in 15-letter words (1,013 words); Z is the rarest (1). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.
Best words to play first
- PROFESSIONALISM22
- TRANSFORMATIONS20
- TRANSPLANTATION17
- PROCRASTINATION19
- TROUBLESHOOTING21
- TRANSCRIPTIONAL19
- PROCRASTINATING20
- TRUSTWORTHINESS21
- PROPORTIONALITY22
- PROPORTIONATELY22
- CRYSTALLIZATION29
- ARCHITECTURALLY25
- TRADITIONALISTS16
- CRYSTALLOGRAPHY29
- TRANSFIGURATION19
- CRIMINALIZATION28
- TRANSLITERATION15
- PRESUPPOSITIONS21
- PREDISPOSITIONS20
- GRAVITATIONALLY22
- CRIMINALISATION19
- PRESBYTERIANISM24
- CRYPTOSPORIDIUM27
- PRETENTIOUSNESS17
- PROCRASTINATORS19
- PREKINDERGARTEN23
- ORGANOPHOSPHATE26
- PROGRESSIVENESS21
- TRANSFERABILITY23
- PRECONDITIONING21
- PRESERVATIONIST20
- PROGNOSTICATION20
- PROHIBITIONISTS22
- PRETERNATURALLY20
- CRYSTALLISATION20
- PROPRIETORSHIPS24
- TRYPANOSOMIASIS22
- PROBLEMATICALLY26
- PROFESSIONALIZE29
- BRONCHODILATORS23
- PREIMPLANTATION21
- IRREVERSIBILITY23
- PROGNOSTICATORS20
- TROUBLESHOOTERS20
- PROGRAMMABILITY27
- PRECONSTRUCTION21
- PREREGISTRATION18
- CRASHWORTHINESS26
All valid words 510
- ARACHNOIDITISES21
- ARBITRARINESSES17
- ARBITRATORSHIPS22
- ARBORICULTURIST19
- ARCHAEBACTERIUM26
- ARCHAEOBOTANIES22
- ARCHAEOBOTANIST22
- ARCHAEOLOGISING22
- ARCHAEOLOGIZING31
- ARCHAEOMETRISTS22
- ARCHAEOPTERYXES32
- ARCHAEZOOLOGIES30
- ARCHDEACONSHIPS28
- ARCHEOASTRONOMY25
- ARCHEOBOTANISTS22
- ARCHEOLOGICALLY26
- ARCHEOMAGNETISM25
- ARCHEOZOOLOGIES30
- ARCHEOZOOLOGIST30
- ARCHGENETHLIACS26
- ARCHIDIACONATES23
- ARCHIEPISCOPACY31
- ARCHIEPISCOPATE26
- ARCHITECTURALLY25
- ARCHPRIESTHOODS26
- ARCHPRIESTSHIPS27
- ARGUMENTATIVELY24
- ARIBOFLAVINOSES23
- ARIBOFLAVINOSIS23
- AROMATHERAPISTS22
- ARRONDISSEMENTS18
- ARTERIALISATION15
- ARTERIALIZATION24
- ARTERIOGRAPHIES21
- ARTIFICIALISING21
- ARTIFICIALITIES20
- ARTIFICIALIZING30
- BRACHIOCEPHALIC31
- BRACHIOSAURUSES22
- BRACHISTOCHRONE27
- BRACHYCEPHALICS34
- BRACHYCEPHALIES32
- BRACHYCEPHALISM34
- BRACHYCEPHALOUS32
- BRACHYDACTYLIES31
- BRACHYDACTYLISM33
- BRACHYDACTYLOUS31
- BRACHYDIAGONALS27
- BRACHYPINAKOIDS32
- BRACHYTHERAPIES30
- BRAINLESSNESSES17
- BRAINSICKNESSES23
- BRAUNSCHWEIGERS26
- BREAKABLENESSES23
- BREATHABILITIES22
- BREATHARIANISMS22
- BREMSSTRAHLUNGS23
- BRILLIANTNESSES17
- BROADMINDEDNESS22
- BROKENHEARTEDLY28
- BRONCHIOLITISES22
- BRONCHODILATORS23
- BRONCHOGRAPHIES28
- BRONCHOSCOPICAL28
- BRONCHOSCOPISTS26
- BROTHERLINESSES20
- CRANIOLOGICALLY23
- CRAPULOUSNESSES19
- CRASHWORTHINESS26
- CREDITABILITIES20
- CREDITWORTHIEST24
- CREDULOUSNESSES18
- CRESTFALLENNESS20
- CRIMINALISATION19
- CRIMINALIZATION28
- CRIMINOUSNESSES19
- CRINGEWORTHIEST24
- CROSSLINGUISTIC20
- CROSSOPTERYGIAN23
- CROTCHETINESSES22
- CRUCIVERBALISMS26
- CRUCIVERBALISTS24
- CRUSTACEOLOGIES20
- CRYOPRECIPITATE26
- CRYOPROTECTANTS24
- CRYPTAESTHESIAS25
- CRYPTANALYTICAL27
- CRYPTOGRAPHICAL30
- CRYPTOGRAPHISTS28
- CRYPTORCHIDISMS30
- CRYPTOSPORIDIUM27
- CRYPTOZOOLOGIES32
- CRYPTOZOOLOGIST32
- CRYSTALISATIONS20
- CRYSTALIZATIONS29
- CRYSTALLINITIES20
- CRYSTALLISATION20
- CRYSTALLIZATION29
- CRYSTALLOGRAPHY29
- DRAMATURGICALLY24
- DRAUGHTSMANSHIP27
- DRAUGHTSPERSONS22
- DREADLESSNESSES17
- DREAMLESSNESSES18
- DRINKABLENESSES22
- ERGATANDROMORPH24
- ERRONEOUSNESSES15
- ERYTHROMELALGIA24
- ERYTHROPOIETINS23
- FRACTIONALISING21
- FRACTIONALIZING30
- FRACTIONISATION20
- FRACTIONIZATION29
- FRACTIOUSNESSES20
- FRAGMENTARINESS21
- FRANGIBLENESSES21
- FRATERNISATIONS18
- FRATERNIZATIONS27
- FRENCHIFICATION28
- FRIGHTFULNESSES25
- FRIVOLOUSNESSES21
- FRUCTIFICATIONS25
- FRUCTUOUSNESSES20
- FRUITLESSNESSES18
- GRACELESSNESSES18
- GRAMMATICALNESS22
- GRAMMATICASTERS22
- GRAMMATOLOGISTS21
- GRAMOPHONICALLY28
- GRANDILOQUENCES28
- GRANDILOQUENTLY29
- GRANDIOSENESSES17
- GRANDPARENTHOOD23
- GRANDPARENTINGS20
- GRANGERISATIONS17
- GRANGERIZATIONS26
- GRANITIFICATION21
- GRANULITISATION16
- GRANULITIZATION25
- GRAPHICALNESSES23
- GRAPHITISATIONS21
- GRAPHITIZATIONS30
- GRAVIMETRICALLY26
- GRAVIPERCEPTION25
- GRAVITATIONALLY22
- GREENSICKNESSES22
- GREISENISATIONS16
- GREISENIZATIONS25
- GROTESQUENESSES25
- GROUNDBREAKINGS24
- IRASCIBLENESSES19
- IRRATIONALISING16
- IRRATIONALISTIC17
- IRRATIONALITIES15
- IRRATIONALIZING25
- IRRECIPROCITIES21
- IRRECONCILABLES21
- IRRECONCILEMENT21
- IRREDEEMABILITY23
- IRREDUCIBLENESS20
- IRREDUCTIBILITY23
- IRREFORMABILITY25
- IRREFRAGABILITY24
- IRREFUTABLENESS20
- IRRELIGIOUSNESS16
- IRREMISSIBILITY22
- IRREMOVABLENESS22
- IRREPARABLENESS19
- IRREPEALABILITY22
- IRREPREHENSIBLE22
- IRREPREHENSIBLY25
- IRRESISTABILITY20
- IRRESISTIBILITY20
- IRRESOLVABILITY23
- IRRETENTIVENESS18
- IRREVERSIBILITY23
- IRREVOCABLENESS22
- IRRITABLENESSES17
- KREMLINOLOGISTS22
- ORACULOUSNESSES17
- ORCHESOGRAPHIES26
- ORCHESTRATIONAL20
- ORGANOCHLORINES21
- ORGANOGRAPHICAL24
- ORGANOGRAPHISTS22
- ORGANOMERCURIAL20
- ORGANOMETALLICS20
- ORGANOPHOSPHATE26
- ORGANOTHERAPIES21
- ORIENTALIZATION24
- ORIENTATIONALLY18
- ORNITHODELPHIAN24
- ORNITHODELPHOUS24
- ORNITHORHYNCHUS29
- ORTHOCHROMATISM27
- ORTHODONTICALLY24
- ORTHOGONALISING20
- ORTHOGONALITIES19
- ORTHOGONALIZING29
- ORTHOPHOSPHATES28
- ORTHOPHOSPHORIC30
- ORTHOPSYCHIATRY31
- PRACTICABLENESS23
- PRACTICALNESSES21
- PRAGMATICALNESS22
- PRAGMATISATIONS20
- PRAGMATIZATIONS29
- PRAISEWORTHIEST23
- PRAYERFULNESSES23
- PREACQUAINTANCE30
- PREADOLESCENCES22
- PREAGRICULTURAL20
- PREANNOUNCEMENT21
- PREARRANGEMENTS20
- PREBENDARYSHIPS28
- PRECANCELLATION21
- PRECIPITABILITY26
- PRECIPITANTNESS21
- PRECIPITATENESS21
- PRECIPITINOGENS22
- PRECIPITOUSNESS21
- PRECONDITIONING21
- PRECONSTRUCTING22
- PRECONSTRUCTION21
- PREDATORINESSES18
- PREDESIGNATIONS19
- PREDESTINARIANS18
- PREDESTINATIONS18
- PREDETERMINABLE22
- PREDETERMINISMS22
- PREDEVALUATIONS21
- PREDEVELOPMENTS25
- PREDICABILITIES22
- PREDICTABLENESS22
- PREDISPOSITIONS20
- PREESTABLISHING23
- PREEXPERIMENTAL28
- PREFABRICATIONS24
- PREFERABILITIES22
- PREFERENTIALISM22
- PREFERENTIALIST20
- PREFERENTIALITY23
- PREFIGURATIVELY27
- PREFORMATIONISM24
- PREFORMATIONIST22
- PREHISTORICALLY25
- PREIMPLANTATION21
- PREINSTALLATION17
- PREINTERVIEWING24
- PREJUDICIALNESS27
- PREKINDERGARTEN23
- PREMANUFACTURED25
- PREMANUFACTURES24
- PREMATURENESSES19
- PREMILLENARIANS19
- PREMILLENNIALLY22
- PREMODIFICATION25
- PRENASALIZATION26
- PRENEGOTIATIONS18
- PRENOTIFICATION22
- PREPERFORMANCES26
- PREPONDERANCIES22
- PREPONDERATIONS20
- PREPOSITIONALLY22
- PREPOSSESSINGLY23
- PREPRESIDENTIAL20
- PREPROFESSIONAL22
- PREPUBLICATIONS23
- PREREGISTRATION18
- PREREVISIONISTS20
- PRESBYTERIANISE22
- PRESBYTERIANISM24
- PRESBYTERIANIZE31
- PRESCRIPTIVISMS26
- PRESCRIPTIVISTS24
- PRESENTABLENESS19
- PRESENTATIONISM19
- PRESENTATIONIST17
- PRESENTIALITIES17
- PRESERVATIONIST20
- PRESSURISATIONS17
- PRESSURIZATIONS26
- PRESTIDIGITATOR19
- PRESTIGIOUSNESS18
- PRESUMPTIVENESS24
- PRESUPPOSITIONS21
- PRESYNAPTICALLY27
- PRETENTIOUSNESS17
- PRETERITENESSES17
- PRETERMINATIONS19
- PRETERNATURALLY20
- PRETTIFICATIONS22
- PREUNIVERSITIES20
- PREVALENTNESSES20
- PRICELESSNESSES19
- PRIMITIVENESSES22
- PRIMOGENITRICES22
- PRIMOGENITRIXES27
- PRIMORDIALITIES20
- PRINCIPALNESSES21
- PRINTABLENESSES19
- PRIORITISATIONS17
- PRIORITIZATIONS26
- PROBABILIORISMS23
- PROBABILIORISTS21
- PROBATIONERSHIP24
- PROBLEMATICALLY26
- PROCELEUSMATICS23
- PROCESSIONALIST19
- PROCRASTINATING20
- PROCRASTINATION19
- PROCRASTINATIVE22
- PROCRASTINATORS19
- PROCRASTINATORY22
- PROCREATIVENESS22
- PROCURATORSHIPS24
- PRODUCIBILITIES22
- PROFESSIONALISE20
- PROFESSIONALISM22
- PROFESSIONALIST20
- PROFESSIONALIZE29
- PROFITABILITIES22
- PROGENITIVENESS21
- PROGENITORSHIPS23
- PROGNOSTICATING21
- PROGNOSTICATION20
- PROGNOSTICATIVE23
- PROGNOSTICATORS20
- PROGRAMMABILITY27
- PROGRESSIONALLY21
- PROGRESSIONISMS20
- PROGRESSIONISTS18
- PROGRESSIVENESS21
- PROGRESSIVISTIC23
- PROGRESSIVITIES21
- PROHIBITIONISMS24
- PROHIBITIONISTS22
- PROHIBITIVENESS25
- PROJECTISATIONS26
- PROJECTIZATIONS35
- PROLETARIANISED18
- PROLETARIANISES17
- PROLETARIANISMS19
- PROLETARIANIZED27
- PROLETARIANIZES26
- PROLETARIANNESS17
- PROLOCUTORSHIPS24
- PROMINENTNESSES19
- PROMISCUOUSNESS21
- PROMOTABILITIES21
- PROMOTIVENESSES22
- PRONOMINALISING20
- PRONOMINALIZING29
- PRONUNCIAMENTOS21
- PRONUNCIATIONAL19
- PROPAGABILITIES22
- PROPERISPOMENON23
- PROPORTIONALITY22
- PROPORTIONATELY22
- PROPORTIONATING20
- PROPORTIONMENTS21
- PROPOSITIONALLY22
- PROPRIETORIALLY22
- PROPRIETORSHIPS24
- PROPRIOCEPTIONS23
- PROPYLITISATION22
- PROPYLITIZATION31
- PROSAICALNESSES19
- PROSELYTISATION20
- PROSELYTIZATION29
- PROSENCHYMATOUS27
- PROSLAMBANOMENE23
- PROSOPOGRAPHERS25
- PROSOPOGRAPHIES25
- PROSPECTIVENESS24
- PROSTATECTOMIES21
- PROSTHODONTISTS21
- PROTEOLYTICALLY25
- PROTHONOTARIATS20
- PROTISTOLOGISTS18
- PROTOCERATOPSES21
- PROTOHISTORIANS20
- PROTOPORPHYRINS27
- PROTOSPATHAIRES22
- PROTOSPATHARIUS22
- PROTOZOOLOGICAL29
- PROTOZOOLOGISTS27
- PROVERBIALISING23
- PROVERBIALIZING32
- PROVINCIALISING23
- PROVINCIALITIES22
- PROVINCIALIZING32
- PROVOCATIVENESS25
- PROXIMATENESSES26
- PRUDENTIALITIES18
- PRUSSIANISATION17
- PRUSSIANIZATION26
- TRACEABLENESSES19
- TRACKLESSNESSES21
- TRACTABLENESSES19
- TRADITIONALISED17
- TRADITIONALISES16
- TRADITIONALISMS18
- TRADITIONALISTS16
- TRADITIONALIZED26
- TRADITIONALIZES25
- TRAINSPOTTERISH20
- TRANQUILISATION24
- TRANQUILISINGLY28
- TRANQUILIZATION33
- TRANQUILIZINGLY37
- TRANSACTIONALLY20
- TRANSAMINATIONS17
- TRANSCENDENCIES20
- TRANSCENDENTALS18
- TRANSCRIPTIONAL19
- TRANSCRIPTIVELY25
- TRANSEXUALITIES22
- TRANSFERABILITY23
- TRANSFIGURATION19
- TRANSFIGUREMENT21
- TRANSFORMATIONS20
- TRANSFUSIONISTS18
- TRANSGENDERISMS19
- TRANSGRESSIONAL16
- TRANSGRESSIVELY22
- TRANSHISTORICAL20
- TRANSIENTNESSES15
- TRANSILLUMINATE17
- TRANSISTORISING16
- TRANSISTORIZING25
- TRANSLATABILITY20
- TRANSLATIONALLY18
- TRANSLITERATING16
- TRANSLITERATION15
- TRANSLITERATORS15
- TRANSLUCIDITIES18
- TRANSMIGRATIONS18
- TRANSMISSOMETER19
- TRANSMITTANCIES19
- TRANSMOGRIFYING25
- TRANSMUTABILITY22
- TRANSMUTATIONAL17
- TRANSNATIONALLY18
- TRANSPARENTISED18
- TRANSPARENTISES17
- TRANSPARENTIZED27
- TRANSPARENTIZES26
- TRANSPARENTNESS17
- TRANSPIRATIONAL17
- TRANSPLANTATION17
- TRANSPORTATIONS17
- TRANSPORTEDNESS18
- TRANSPOSABILITY22
- TRANSPOSITIONAL17
- TRANSSEXUALISMS24
- TRANSUBSTANTIAL17
- TRANSVALUATIONS18
- TRANSVESTITISMS20
- TRAUMATISATIONS17
- TRAUMATIZATIONS26
- TRAUMATOLOGICAL20
- TRAUMATOLOGISTS18
- TRAUMATONASTIES17
- TREACHEROUSNESS20
- TREASONABLENESS17
- TREMULOUSNESSES17
- TRIANGULARITIES16
- TRIBROMOETHANOL22
- TRIBROMOMETHANE24
- TRIBUTARINESSES17
- TRICHINISATIONS20
- TRICHINIZATIONS29
- TRICHLOROACETIC24
- TRICHLOROETHANE23
- TRICHOMONACIDAL25
- TRICHOMONACIDES25
- TRIFLUOPERAZINE29
- TRIGONOMETRICAL20
- TRIHALOMETHANES23
- TRIIODOMETHANES21
- TRIMETHYLAMINES25
- TRINITROBENZENE26
- TRINITROCRESOLS17
- TRINITROPHENOLS20
- TRINITROTOLUENE15
- TRINITROTOLUOLS15
- TRIPERSONALISMS19
- TRIPERSONALISTS17
- TRIPHENYLAMINES25
- TRISOCTAHEDRONS21
- TRISYLLABICALLY25
- TRITUBERCULISMS21
- TRIVIALISATIONS18
- TRIVIALIZATIONS27
- TROPICALISATION19
- TROPICALIZATION28
- TROUBLESHOOTERS20
- TROUBLESHOOTING21
- TROUBLESOMENESS19
- TROUBLOUSNESSES17
- TRUEHEARTEDNESS19
- TRUSTLESSNESSES15
- TRUSTWORTHINESS21
- TRUTHLESSNESSES18
- TRYPANOSOMIASES22
- TRYPANOSOMIASIS22
- UROGYNECOLOGIES22
- UROGYNECOLOGIST22
- WRONGHEADEDNESS24
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRANQUILIZINGLY | 37 | 42 | Collins only |
| PROJECTIZATIONS | 35 | 40 | Collins only |
| BRACHYCEPHALICS | 34 | 37 | Collins only |
| BRACHYCEPHALISM | 34 | 37 | Collins only |
| TRANQUILIZATION | 33 | 37 | Collins only |
| BRACHYDACTYLISM | 33 | 35 | Collins only |
| CRYPTOZOOLOGIST | 32 | 35 | All three |
| BRACHYCEPHALIES | 32 | 34 | All three |
| BRACHYCEPHALOUS | 32 | 35 | Collins · NWL |
| BRACHYPINAKOIDS | 32 | 34 | Collins only |
| ARCHAEOPTERYXES | 32 | 32 | All three |
| PROVINCIALIZING | 32 | 39 | All three |
R in position two appears across a wide mix of long words, but familiar choices are scarce: just 3 entries meet the common-word frequency threshold. Examples include procrastination, troubleshooting, and transplantation. The starting-letter and ending-letter counts reveal two useful patterns: P leads at the front, while S dominates the final position.
The shape of this word group
- The 510 matches begin most often with P, which accounts for 195 entries.
- T is the next most frequent first letter, with 110 words.
- A final S is the leading ending pattern, appearing on 292 entries.
- Only 3 matches qualify as common by our frequency threshold.
- Collins includes 482 matches, compared with 300 in NWL2023 and 237 in ENABLE.
How many 15-letter words with R as the second letter?
There are 510 tournament-dictionary words with R in the second slot. The list ranges from professionalism and proportionality to crystallography and cryptosporidium, so the pattern covers more than one subject or word ending.
P and T together account for the largest starting-letter groups: 195 begin with P and 110 with T. Transformations and transplantation show the T-R opening clearly; professionalism and procrastination illustrate the much larger P-R group. The front of a candidate word is a strong clue for narrowing the set.
Which long R-pattern words score highest?
Tranquilizingly leads the high-score examples at 37 points, followed by projectizations at 35. Both are far less familiar than the everyday-looking professionalism or troubleshooting, so a high score does not mean a word is easy to recall or safe in every game.
For 15-letter words with R as the second letter, dictionary coverage is a real constraint: Collins has 482 matches, while NWL2023 has 300 and ENABLE has 237. Those counts overlap rather than adding up to 510. Only 3 entries meet the common-word cutoff, so check your game's word list before relying on an obscure candidate.
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