7-letter words with C as the 2nd letter

There are 621 7-letter words with C as the 2nd letter, including familiar choices such as account, science, and economy.

621 wordsTop pick ACCOUNTHighest score SCHNOZZ 30

53 of 621 are everyday words (9%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

2nd letter
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B
C
D
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F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

A is the most common 2nd letter in 7-letter words (5,715 words); J is the rarest (13). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 53 · most-used first

ACCOUNT₁₁
SCIENCE₁₁
SCHOOLS₁₂
ECONOMY₁₄
ACTIONS₉
ACADEMY₁₅
ACHIEVE₁₅
ACCUSED₁₂
ACTRESS₉
SCORING₁₀
SCANDAL₁₀
SCRATCH₁₄
ACQUIRE₁₈
SCHEMES₁₄
SCREENS₉
SCREWED₁₃
SCHOLAR₁₂
ACCEPTS₁₃
SCREAMS₁₁
ECLIPSE₁₁
ECOLOGY₁₃
SCRIPTS₁₁
SCENERY₁₂
SCARLET₉
SCALING₁₀
ACCENTS₁₁
SCOOTER₉
SCANNER₉
SCANNED₁₀
ECSTASY₁₂
OCTOPUS₁₁
ACCUSES₁₁
ACRYLIC₁₄
SCROLLS₉
OCEANIC₁₁
SCATTER₉
ACRONYM₁₄
ECHOING₁₃
ICEBERG₁₂
SCUMBAG₁₄
SCENTED₁₀
ACCLAIM₁₃
SCARRED₁₀
SCARING₁₀
ACIDITY₁₃
SCRAPED₁₂
SCOURGE₁₀
SCORERS₉

Showing the top 48 of 53 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 621

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

ACACIAS₁₁
ACADEME₁₂
ACADEMY₁₅
ACAJOUS₁₆
ACALEPH₁₄
ACANTHA₁₂
ACANTHI₁₂
ACANTHS₁₂
ACAPNIA₁₁
ACARIAN₉
ACARIDS₁₀
ACARINE₉
ACAROID₁₀
ACATERS₉
ACATOUR₉
ACAUDAL₁₀
ACCABLE₁₃
ACCEDED₁₃
ACCEDER₁₂
ACCEDES₁₂
ACCENDS₁₂
ACCENTS₁₁
ACCEPTS₁₃
ACCIDIA₁₂
ACCIDIE₁₂
ACCINGE₁₂
ACCITED₁₂
ACCITES₁₁
ACCLAIM₁₃
ACCLOYS₁₄
ACCOAST₁₁
ACCOIED₁₂
ACCOILS₁₁
ACCOMPT₁₅
ACCORDS₁₂
ACCOSTS₁₁
ACCOUNT₁₁
ACCOURT₁₁
ACCOYED₁₅
ACCOYLD₁₅
ACCRETE₁₁
ACCREWS₁₄
ACCRUAL₁₁
ACCRUED₁₂
ACCRUES₁₁
ACCURSE₁₁
ACCURST₁₁
ACCUSAL₁₁
ACCUSED₁₂
ACCUSER₁₁
ACCUSES₁₁
ACEDIAS₁₀
ACEQUIA₁₈
ACERATE₉
ACERBER₁₁
ACERBIC₁₃
ACEROLA₉
ACEROSE₉
ACEROUS₉
ACETALS₉
ACETATE₉
ACETIFY₁₅
ACETINS₉
ACETONE₉
ACETOSE₉
ACETOUS₉
ACETYLS₁₂
ACHAGES₁₃
ACHARNE₁₂
ACHARYA₁₅
ACHATES₁₂
ACHENES₁₂
ACHENIA₁₂
ACHIEST₁₂
ACHIEVE₁₅
ACHINGS₁₃
ACHIOTE₁₂
ACHIRAL₁₂
ACHKANS₁₆
ACHOLIA₁₂
ACICULA₁₁
ACIDEST₁₀
ACIDIER₁₀
ACIDIFY₁₆
ACIDITY₁₃
ACIFORM₁₄
ACINOSE₉
ACINOUS₉
ACKNOWN₁₆
ACKNOWS₁₆
ACLINIC₁₁
ACMATIC₁₃
ACMITES₁₁
ACNODAL₁₀
ACNODES₁₀
ACOLYTE₁₂
ACOLYTH₁₅
ACONITE₉
ACORNED₁₀
ACOUCHI₁₄
ACOUCHY₁₇
ACQUEST₁₈
ACQUIRE₁₈
ACQUIST₁₈
ACQUITE₁₈
ACQUITS₁₈
ACRASIA₉
ACRASIN₉
ACRATIC₁₁
ACREAGE₁₀
ACRIDER₁₀
ACRIDIN₁₀
ACRIDLY₁₃
ACROBAT₁₁
ACROGEN₁₀
ACROMIA₁₁
ACRONIC₁₁
ACRONYM₁₄
ACROTER₉
ACROTIC₁₁
ACRYLIC₁₄
ACRYLYL₁₅
ACTABLE₁₁
ACTANTS₉
ACTINAL₉
ACTINGS₁₀
ACTINIA₉
ACTINIC₁₁
ACTINON₉
ACTIONS₉
ACTIVES₁₂
ACTORLY₁₂
ACTRESS₉
ACTUALS₉
ACTUARY₁₂
ACTUATE₉
ACTURES₉
ACULEUS₉
ACUMENS₁₁
ACUSHLA₁₂
ACUTELY₁₂
ACUTEST₉
ACYCLIC₁₆
ACYLATE₁₂
ACYLOIN₁₂
ECARTES₉
ECBOLES₁₁
ECBOLIC₁₃
ECCRINE₁₁
ECDEMIC₁₄
ECDYSES₁₃
ECDYSIS₁₃
ECDYSON₁₃
ECHAPPE₁₆
ECHARDS₁₃
ECHELLE₁₂
ECHELON₁₂
ECHIDNA₁₃
ECHINUS₁₂
ECHIUMS₁₄
ECHOERS₁₂
ECHOING₁₃
ECHOISE₁₂
ECHOISM₁₄
ECHOIST₁₂
ECHOIZE₂₁
ECLAIRS₉
ECLIPSE₁₁
ECLOGUE₁₀
ECLOSED₁₀
ECLOSES₉
ECOCIDE₁₂
ECOGIFT₁₃
ECOLOGY₁₃
ECONOMY₁₄
ECONUTS₉
ECORCHE₁₄
ECOTAGE₁₀
ECOTONE₉
ECOTOUR₉
ECOTYPE₁₄
ECOZONE₁₈
ECSTASY₁₂
ECTASES₉
ECTASIA₉
ECTASIS₉
ECTATIC₁₁
ECTHYMA₁₇
ECTOPIA₁₁
ECTOPIC₁₃
ECTOZOA₁₈
ECTYPAL₁₄
ECTYPES₁₄
ECUELLE₉
ECUMENE₁₁
ECURIES₉
ECZEMAS₂₀
ICEBALL₁₁
ICEBERG₁₂
ICEBOAT₁₁
ICECAPS₁₃
ICEFALL₁₂
ICEFISH₁₅
ICELESS₉
ICELIKE₁₃
ICEPACK₁₇
ICEWINE₁₂
ICEWORM₁₄
ICHABOD₁₅
ICHNITE₁₂
ICHTHIC₁₇
ICHTHYS₁₈
ICICLED₁₂
ICICLES₁₁
ICINESS₉
ICKIEST₁₃
ICKLEST₁₃
ICONIFY₁₅
ICONISE₉
ICONIZE₁₈
ICTERIC₁₁
ICTERID₁₀
ICTERUS₉
ICTUSES₉
OCARINA₉
OCCIPUT₁₃
OCCLUDE₁₂
OCCULTS₁₁
OCEANIC₁₁
OCEANID₁₀
OCELLAR₉
OCELLUS₉
OCELOID₁₀
OCELOTS₉
OCHERED₁₃
OCHREAE₁₂
OCHREAS₁₂
OCHRING₁₃
OCHROID₁₃
OCHROUS₁₂
OCICATS₁₁
OCREATE₉
OCTADIC₁₂
OCTAGON₁₀
OCTANES₉
OCTANOL₉
OCTANTS₉
OCTAPLA₁₁
OCTAVAL₁₂
OCTAVES₁₂
OCTAVOS₁₂
OCTETTE₉
OCTETTS₉
OCTOFID₁₃
OCTOPOD₁₂
OCTOPUS₁₁
OCTROIS₉
OCTUORS₉
OCTUPLE₁₁
OCTUPLY₁₄
OCULARS₉
OCULATE₉
OCULIST₉
SCABBED₁₄
SCABBLE₁₃
SCABIES₁₁
SCABRID₁₂
SCAFFIE₁₅
SCAGGED₁₂
SCAGLIA₁₀
SCAILED₁₀
SCAITHS₁₂
SCALADE₁₀
SCALADO₁₀
SCALAGE₁₀
SCALARE₉
SCALARS₉
SCALDED₁₁
SCALDER₁₀
SCALDIC₁₂
SCALENE₉
SCALENI₉
SCALERS₉
SCALEUP₁₁
SCALIER₉
SCALING₁₀
SCALLED₁₀
SCALLOP₁₁
SCALPED₁₂
SCALPEL₁₁
SCALPER₁₁
SCAMBLE₁₃
SCAMELS₁₁
SCAMMED₁₄
SCAMMER₁₃
SCAMPED₁₄
SCAMPER₁₃
SCAMPIS₁₃
SCAMTOS₁₁
SCANDAL₁₀
SCANDIA₁₀
SCANDIC₁₂
SCANNED₁₀
SCANNER₉
SCANTED₁₀
SCANTER₉
SCANTLE₉
SCANTLY₁₂
SCAPAED₁₂
SCAPING₁₂
SCAPOSE₁₁
SCAPPLE₁₃
SCAPULA₁₁
SCARABS₁₁
SCARCER₁₁
SCARERS₉
SCARFED₁₃
SCARFER₁₂
SCARIER₉
SCARIFY₁₅
SCARILY₁₂
SCARING₁₀
SCARLET₉
SCARPAS₁₁
SCARPED₁₂
SCARPER₁₁
SCARPHS₁₄
SCARRED₁₀
SCARRES₉
SCARTED₁₀
SCARTHS₁₂
SCARVED₁₃
SCARVES₁₂
SCATHED₁₃
SCATHES₁₂
SCATOLE₉
SCATTED₁₀
SCATTER₉
SCAUDED₁₁
SCAUPED₁₂
SCAUPER₁₁
SCAURED₁₀
SCAVAGE₁₃
SCAZONS₁₈
SCEDULE₁₀
SCENARY₁₂
SCENDED₁₁
SCENERY₁₂
SCENICS₁₁
SCENING₁₀
SCENTED₁₀
SCEPSIS₁₁
SCEPTER₁₁
SCEPTIC₁₃
SCEPTRE₁₁
SCEPTRY₁₄
SCERNED₁₀
SCERNES₉
SCHANSE₁₂
SCHANZE₂₁
SCHAPPE₁₆
SCHELMS₁₄
SCHEMAS₁₄
SCHEMED₁₅
SCHEMER₁₄
SCHEMES₁₄
SCHEMIE₁₄
SCHERZI₂₁
SCHERZO₂₁
SCHISMA₁₄
SCHISMS₁₄
SCHISTS₁₂
SCHIZOS₂₁
SCHIZZY₃₃
SCHLEPP₁₆
SCHLEPS₁₄
SCHLICH₁₇
SCHLOCK₁₈
SCHLONG₁₃
SCHLOSS₁₂
SCHLUBS₁₄
SCHLUMP₁₆
SCHMALZ₂₃
SCHMEAR₁₄
SCHMECK₂₀
SCHMEER₁₄
SCHMELZ₂₃
SCHMICK₂₀
SCHMOCK₂₀
SCHMOES₁₄
SCHMOOS₁₄
SCHMOOZ₂₃
SCHMUCK₂₀
SCHMUTZ₂₃
SCHNAPS₁₄
SCHNEID₁₃
SCHNELL₁₂
SCHNOOK₁₆
SCHNORR₁₂
SCHNOZZ₃₀
SCHOLAR₁₂
SCHOLIA₁₂
SCHOOLE₁₂
SCHOOLS₁₂
SCHORLS₁₂
SCHOUTS₁₂
SCHRIKS₁₆
SCHRODS₁₃
SCHTICK₁₈
SCHTIKS₁₆
SCHTOOK₁₆
SCHTOOM₁₄
SCHTUCK₁₈
SCHTUPS₁₄
SCHUITS₁₂
SCHUYTS₁₅
SCHVITZ₂₄
SCIARID₁₀
SCIATIC₁₁
SCIENCE₁₁
SCILLAS₉
SCIOLTO₉
SCIROCS₁₁
SCIRRHI₁₂
SCISSEL₉
SCISSIL₉
SCISSOR₉
SCIURID₁₀
SCLAFFS₁₅
SCLATED₁₀
SCLATES₉
SCLAVES₁₂
SCLERAE₉
SCLERAL₉
SCLERAS₉
SCLERES₉
SCLIFFS₁₅
SCODIER₁₀
SCOFFED₁₆
SCOFFER₁₅
SCOGGED₁₂
SCOLDED₁₁
SCOLDER₁₀
SCOLION₉
SCOLLOP₁₁
SCONCED₁₂
SCONCES₁₁
SCOOGED₁₁
SCOOPED₁₂
SCOOPER₁₁
SCOOTCH₁₄
SCOOTED₁₀
SCOOTER₉
SCOPATE₁₁
SCOPING₁₂
SCOPULA₁₁
SCORERS₉
SCORIAC₁₁
SCORIAE₉
SCORIFY₁₅
SCORING₁₀
SCORNED₁₀
SCORNER₉
SCORPER₁₁
SCORSED₁₀
SCORSER₉
SCORSES₉
SCOTERS₉
SCOTIAS₉
SCOTOMA₁₁
SCOTOMY₁₄
SCOTTIE₉
SCOUGED₁₁
SCOUPED₁₂
SCOURED₁₀
SCOURER₉
SCOURGE₁₀
SCOURIE₉
SCOURSE₉
SCOUSER₉
SCOUSES₉
SCOUTED₁₀
SCOUTER₉
SCOUTHS₁₂
SCOWDER₁₃
SCOWING₁₃
SCOWLED₁₃
SCOWLER₁₂
SCOWPED₁₅
SCOWRER₁₂
SCOWRIE₁₂
SCOWTHS₁₅
SCOZZAS₂₇
SCRAGGY₁₄
SCRAICH₁₄
SCRAIGH₁₃
SCRAMBS₁₃
SCRANCH₁₄
SCRANNY₁₂
SCRAPED₁₂
SCRAPER₁₁
SCRAPES₁₁
SCRAPIE₁₁
SCRAPPY₁₆
SCRATCH₁₄
SCRAUCH₁₄
SCRAUGH₁₃
SCRAVEL₁₂
SCRAWBS₁₄
SCRAWLS₁₂
SCRAWLY₁₅
SCRAWMS₁₄
SCRAWNY₁₅
SCRAWPS₁₄
SCRAYES₁₂
SCREAKS₁₃
SCREAKY₁₆
SCREAMS₁₁
SCREECH₁₄
SCREEDS₁₀
SCREENS₉
SCREETS₉
SCREEVE₁₂
SCREICH₁₄
SCREIGH₁₃
SCREWED₁₃
SCREWER₁₂
SCREWUP₁₄
SCRIBAL₁₁
SCRIBED₁₂
SCRIBER₁₁
SCRIBES₁₁
SCRIECH₁₄
SCRIENE₉
SCRIEVE₁₂
SCRIKED₁₄
SCRIKES₁₃
SCRIMPS₁₃
SCRIMPY₁₆
SCRINES₉
SCRIPTS₁₁
SCRITCH₁₄
SCRIVED₁₃
SCRIVES₁₂
SCROBES₁₁
SCROGGY₁₄
SCROLLS₉
SCROMED₁₂
SCROMES₁₁
SCROOCH₁₄
SCROOGE₁₀
SCROOPS₁₁
SCRORPS₁₁
SCROTAL₉
SCROTES₉
SCROTUM₁₁
SCROUGE₁₀
SCROWLE₁₂
SCROWLS₁₂
SCROYLE₁₂
SCRUBBY₁₆
SCRUFFS₁₅
SCRUFFY₁₈
SCRUMMY₁₆
SCRUMPS₁₃
SCRUMPY₁₆
SCRUNCH₁₄
SCRUNTS₉
SCRUNTY₁₂
SCRUPLE₁₁
SCRUTOS₉
SCRUZED₁₉
SCRUZES₁₈
SCRYERS₁₂
SCRYING₁₃
SCRYNES₁₂
SCUBAED₁₂
SCUCHIN₁₄
SCUDDED₁₂
SCUDDER₁₁
SCUDDLE₁₁
SCUDLER₁₀
SCUFFED₁₆
SCUFFER₁₅
SCUFFLE₁₅
SCUGGED₁₂
SCULKED₁₄
SCULKER₁₃
SCULLED₁₀
SCULLER₉
SCULLES₉
SCULPED₁₂
SCULPIN₁₁
SCULPTS₁₁
SCULTCH₁₄
SCUMBAG₁₄
SCUMBER₁₃
SCUMBLE₁₃
SCUMMED₁₄
SCUMMER₁₃
SCUNGED₁₁
SCUNGES₁₀
SCUNNER₉
SCUPPER₁₃
SCURRED₁₀
SCURRIL₉
SCUSING₁₀
SCUTAGE₁₀
SCUTATE₉
SCUTTER₉
SCUTTLE₉
SCUZZES₂₇
SCYBALA₁₄
SCYPHUS₁₇
SCYTALE₁₂
SCYTHED₁₆
SCYTHER₁₅
SCYTHES₁₅
TCHICKS₁₈
YCLEEPE₁₄
YCLEPED₁₅

Letters by positionIn 57% of these words the 1st letter is S.

1st letter

S57%
A23%
E8%

3rd letter

R16%
A16%
H15%

4th letter

R11%
O11%
L10%

5th letter

I11%
O9%
E8%

6th letter

E28%
I10%
L8%

7th letter

S28%
E15%
D13%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; SCHNOZZ tops the list with 30. Scores before board bonuses.

99 points: 120 words
10 points: 63 words
1111 points: 99 words
12 points: 117 words
1313 points: 62 words
14 points: 64 words
1515 points: 30 words
16 points: 23 words
1717 points: 6 words
18 points: 17 words
1919 points: 1 words
20 points: 5 words
2121 points: 5 words
22 points: 0 words
2323 points: 4 words
24 points: 1 words
2525 points: 0 words
26 points: 0 words
2727 points: 2 words
28 points: 0 words
2929 points: 0 words
30 points: 1 words
3131 points: 0 words
32 points: 0 words
3333 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
SCHNOZZ	30	31	All three
SCOZZAS	27	28	Collins only
SCUZZES	27	29	Collins · NWL
SCHVITZ	24	25	NWL only
SCHMUTZ	23	25	NWL only
SCHMALZ	23	25	All three
SCHMELZ	23	25	Collins only
SCHMOOZ	23	24	Collins only
SCHERZO	21	21	All three
SCHANZE	21	22	Collins only
SCHERZI	21	21	All three
ECHOIZE	21	21	Collins only

The pattern ranges from everyday words to tournament vocabulary, but its distribution is unusually lopsided: 355 entries begin with S. Only 53 qualify as common English words by frequency, so a matching pattern does not guarantee a familiar answer. Compare the neighboring lengths if your clue gives you room to adjust.

At a glance: the C-second pattern

The combined tournament-dictionary list contains 621 seven-letter words with C in position two.
S begins 355 entries; A is next with 145, while E begins 52.
Account, science, schools, and economy are recognizable examples that fit the pattern.
The longest neighboring lists contain 829 eight-letter and 348 six-letter matches.

How many 7-letter words with C as the 2nd letter are common?

Only 53 of the 621 entries are classed as common by frequency. That makes familiar examples such as academy, actress, achieve, and ecology a small slice of the full set. When a clue feels obscure, try a common word first, then widen your search.

Dictionary coverage also changes the pool: ENABLE contains 381 matches, Collins has 608, and NWL2023 has 421. The counts overlap, so they do not add up to the combined total. A word accepted in one game may be absent from another game's lexicon.

7-letter words with C as the 2nd letter for play

The most striking scoring options are not everyday vocabulary. Check the exact spelling before committing a rare word to your rack.

Of the 621 entries, 479 have definitions, but the remaining words can still appear in tournament lists. Use the pattern to narrow a board or rack search, not as proof that every candidate suits your game. If your clue allows another length, the six-letter set has 348 matches and the eight-letter set has 829.

Questions people ask

What are some common 7-letter words with C second?

Account, science, schools, economy, and academy are familiar examples with C in the second position. They each have seven letters and match the pattern. The complete set is much broader, but only 53 entries are classed as common by frequency.

Which first letter appears most often in this word pattern?

S is the most frequent starting letter, with 355 matches. A comes next with 145, followed by E with 52. If your first tile is S, examples include science, schools, and scenery.

What is the highest-scoring word with C second?

SCHERZO is another high-scoring option at 21 points, and its spelling fits the seven-letter pattern. Actual game totals can depend on board premiums and your game's accepted word list.

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