9-letter words with B as the 2nd letter

9-letter words with B as the 2nd letter total 256, led by familiar forms such as OBJECTIVE, ABANDONED, and OBVIOUSLY.

256 wordsTop pick OBVIOUSLYHighest score OBJECTIFY 26

25 of 256 are everyday words (10%). 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 9-letter words (6,355 words); J is the rarest (9). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 25 · most-used first

OBVIOUSLY₁₇
ABANDONED₁₃
OBJECTIVE₂₃
ABILITIES₁₁
OBTAINING₁₂
OBSESSION₁₁
OBSTACLES₁₃
ABUNDANCE₁₄
OBJECTION₂₀
OBSERVERS₁₄
OBSERVING₁₅
ABOLISHED₁₅
ABDOMINAL₁₄
ABORTIONS₁₁
ABOLITION₁₁
ABSORBING₁₄
OBEDIENCE₁₄
OBLIGATED₁₃
ABDUCTION₁₄
OBSESSIVE₁₄
OBNOXIOUS₁₈
OBLIVIOUS₁₄
ABSURDITY₁₅
OBSCURITY₁₆
ABSTRACTS₁₃

All valid words 256

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

ABACTINAL₁₃
ABAMPERES₁₅
ABANDONED₁₃
ABANDONEE₁₂
ABANDONER₁₂
ABASEMENT₁₃
ABASHEDLY₁₈
ABASHLESS₁₄
ABASHMENT₁₆
ABATEMENT₁₃
ABATTISES₁₁
ABATTOIRS₁₁
ABBOTCIES₁₅
ABBOTSHIP₁₈
ABCOULOMB₁₇
ABDICABLE₁₆
ABDICATED₁₅
ABDICATES₁₄
ABDICATOR₁₄
ABDOMINAL₁₄
ABDUCTEES₁₄
ABDUCTING₁₅
ABDUCTION₁₄
ABDUCTORS₁₄
ABELMOSKS₁₇
ABERNETHY₁₇
ABERRANCE₁₃
ABERRANCY₁₆
ABERRANTS₁₁
ABERRATED₁₂
ABERRATES₁₁
ABESSIVES₁₄
ABETMENTS₁₃
ABEYANCES₁₆
ABHENRIES₁₄
ABHORRENT₁₄
ABHORRERS₁₄
ABHORRING₁₅
ABIDANCES₁₄
ABIDINGLY₁₆
ABILITIES₁₁
ABIOGENIC₁₄
ABJECTING₂₁
ABJECTION₂₀
ABJOINTED₁₉
ABLATIONS₁₁
ABLATIVAL₁₄
ABLATIVES₁₄
ABLEGATES₁₂
ABLUTIONS₁₁
ABNEGATED₁₃
ABNEGATES₁₂
ABNEGATOR₁₂
ABNORMALS₁₃
ABNORMITY₁₆
ABNORMOUS₁₃
ABODEMENT₁₄
ABOIDEAUS₁₂
ABOIDEAUX₁₉
ABOITEAUS₁₁
ABOITEAUX₁₈
ABOLISHED₁₅
ABOLISHER₁₄
ABOLISHES₁₄
ABOLITION₁₁
ABOMINATE₁₃
ABONDANCE₁₄
ABORIGENS₁₂
ABORIGINE₁₂
ABORIGINS₁₂
ABORTIONS₁₁
ABORTUARY₁₄
ABORTUSES₁₁
ABOUNDING₁₃
ABRACHIAS₁₆
ABRADABLE₁₄
ABRADANTS₁₂
ABRAIDING₁₃
ABRASAXES₁₈
ABRASIONS₁₁
ABRASIVES₁₄
ABRAXASES₁₈
ABREACTED₁₄
ABRICOCKS₁₉
ABRIDGERS₁₃
ABRIDGING₁₄
ABROGABLE₁₄
ABROGATED₁₃
ABROGATES₁₂
ABROGATOR₁₂
ABROOKING₁₆
ABRUPTEST₁₃
ABRUPTION₁₃
ABSCESSED₁₄
ABSCESSES₁₃
ABSCINDED₁₅
ABSCISING₁₄
ABSCISINS₁₃
ABSCISSAE₁₃
ABSCISSAS₁₃
ABSCISSES₁₃
ABSCISSIN₁₃
ABSCONDED₁₅
ABSCONDER₁₄
ABSEILERS₁₁
ABSEILING₁₂
ABSENTEES₁₁
ABSENTERS₁₁
ABSENTING₁₂
ABSINTHES₁₄
ABSOLUTER₁₁
ABSOLUTES₁₁
ABSOLVENT₁₄
ABSOLVERS₁₄
ABSOLVING₁₅
ABSORBANT₁₃
ABSORBATE₁₃
ABSORBENT₁₃
ABSORBERS₁₃
ABSORBING₁₄
ABSTAINED₁₂
ABSTAINER₁₁
ABSTERGED₁₃
ABSTERGES₁₂
ABSTINENT₁₁
ABSTRACTS₁₃
ABSTRICTS₁₃
ABSTRUSER₁₁
ABSURDEST₁₂
ABSURDISM₁₄
ABSURDIST₁₂
ABSURDITY₁₅
ABUILDING₁₃
ABUNDANCE₁₄
ABUNDANCY₁₇
ABUSIVELY₁₇
ABUTILONS₁₁
ABUTMENTS₁₃
ABYSMALLY₁₉
EBENEZERS₂₀
EBENISTES₁₁
EBIONISED₁₂
EBIONISES₁₁
EBIONISMS₁₃
EBIONITIC₁₃
EBIONIZED₂₁
EBIONIZES₂₀
EBONISING₁₂
EBONIZING₂₁
EBRIETIES₁₁
EBRILLADE₁₂
EBRIOSITY₁₄
EBULLIENT₁₁
EBURNEOUS₁₁
IBOGAINES₁₂
IBUPROFEN₁₆
MBAQANGAS₂₃
OBBLIGATI₁₄
OBBLIGATO₁₄
OBCONICAL₁₅
OBCORDATE₁₄
OBDURATED₁₃
OBDURATES₁₂
OBEAHISMS₁₆
OBEDIENCE₁₄
OBEISANCE₁₃
OBELISCAL₁₃
OBELISING₁₂
OBELIZING₂₁
OBESENESS₁₁
OBESITIES₁₁
OBFUSCATE₁₆
OBJECTIFY₂₆
OBJECTING₂₁
OBJECTION₂₀
OBJECTIVE₂₃
OBJECTORS₂₀
OBJURGATE₁₉
OBLATIONS₁₁
OBLIGABLE₁₄
OBLIGANTS₁₂
OBLIGATED₁₃
OBLIGATES₁₂
OBLIGATOR₁₂
OBLIGATOS₁₂
OBLIQUELY₂₃
OBLIQUEST₂₀
OBLIQUING₂₁
OBLIQUITY₂₃
OBLIVIONS₁₄
OBLIVIOUS₁₄
OBLOQUIAL₂₀
OBLOQUIES₂₀
OBNOXIOUS₁₈
OBOVATELY₁₇
OBREPTION₁₃
OBSCENELY₁₆
OBSCENEST₁₃
OBSCENITY₁₆
OBSCURANT₁₃
OBSCURELY₁₆
OBSCURERS₁₃
OBSCUREST₁₃
OBSCURING₁₄
OBSCURITY₁₆
OBSECRATE₁₃
OBSEQUENT₂₀
OBSEQUIAL₂₀
OBSEQUIES₂₀
OBSERVANT₁₄
OBSERVERS₁₄
OBSERVING₁₅
OBSESSING₁₂
OBSESSION₁₁
OBSESSIVE₁₄
OBSESSORS₁₁
OBSIDIANS₁₂
OBSIGNATE₁₂
OBSIGNING₁₃
OBSOLESCE₁₃
OBSOLETED₁₂
OBSOLETES₁₁
OBSTACLES₁₃
OBSTETRIC₁₃
OBSTINACY₁₆
OBSTINATE₁₁
OBSTRUCTS₁₃
OBSTRUENT₁₁
OBTAINERS₁₁
OBTAINING₁₂
OBTEMPERS₁₅
OBTENDING₁₃
OBTENTION₁₁
OBTESTING₁₂
OBTRUDERS₁₂
OBTRUDING₁₃
OBTRUSION₁₁
OBTRUSIVE₁₄
OBTUNDENT₁₂
OBTUNDING₁₃
OBTUNDITY₁₅
OBTURATED₁₂
OBTURATES₁₁
OBTURATOR₁₁
OBUMBRATE₁₅
OBVENTION₁₄
OBVERSELY₁₇
OBVERSION₁₄
OBVERTING₁₅
OBVIATING₁₅
OBVIATION₁₄
OBVIATORS₁₄
OBVIOUSLY₁₇
OBVOLUTED₁₅
OBVOLVENT₁₇
UBIQUITIN₂₀

Letters by positionIn 54% of these words the 1st letter is A.

1st letter

A54%
O38%
E6%

3rd letter

S28%
R9%
O9%

4th letter

O17%
E15%
I14%

7th letter

I27%
E16%
T13%

8th letter

E26%
N23%
T10%

9th letter

S36%
G12%
E10%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 13 in Scrabble; OBJECTIFY tops the list with 26. Scores before board bonuses.

1111 points: 39 words
12 points: 38 words
1313 points: 51 words
14 points: 51 words
1515 points: 18 words
16 points: 16 words
1717 points: 9 words
18 points: 6 words
1919 points: 5 words
20 points: 12 words
2121 points: 6 words
22 points: 0 words
2323 points: 4 words
24 points: 0 words
2525 points: 0 words
26 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
OBJECTIFY	26	29	All three
OBJECTIVE	23	28	All three
OBLIQUELY	23	26	All three
OBLIQUITY	23	25	All three
MBAQANGAS	23	27	Collins · NWL
OBJECTING	21	27	All three
OBELIZING	21	25	All three
EBIONIZED	21	23	Collins only
ABJECTING	21	27	Collins only
OBLIQUING	21	26	All three
EBONIZING	21	25	All three
OBJECTION	20	25	All three

The pattern has a distinctive shape: 139 words begin with A and 98 begin with O, so those two openings account for most of the results. Common examples include ABUNDANCE, OBSTACLES, and ABSORBING. The list also includes rarer entries, so a match for your letter pattern is not automatically a playable word in every game.

At a glance: the shape of this pattern

256 entries have B in position two and contain nine letters.
A starts 139 of them; O starts 98, far ahead of the other initial letters.
The most frequent ending is S, with 92 words; G is next with 30.
Only 25 entries fall among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
Collins lists 255, NWL2023 lists 201, and ENABLE lists 178; the dictionaries overlap.

Which words lead the pack?

OBJECTIFY tops the scoring list at 26 points. OBJECTIVE, OBLIQUELY, OBLIQUITY, and MBAQANGAS each score 23, making the leading options a mix of recognizable vocabulary and specialist terms. The pattern is not just a collection of ordinary words: scoring leaders can be much less familiar than ABANDONED or OBJECTIVE.

The A- and O-openings give you practical starting lanes when you have a fixed second letter. ABILITIES and ABOLISHED show the A-B sequence, while OBEDIENCE and OBSESSION show O-B. The leading endings are varied too: examples include words ending in S, G, E, and Y.

Playing 9-letter words with B as the 2nd letter

Treat this as a pattern-matching list, not a promise that every entry fits your game. There are 216 defined entries, but only 25 belong to the common-frequency group. Check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar answer: dictionary coverage differs, with 255 entries in Collins and 201 in NWL2023.

One useful check is the first letter: A and O together dominate this set, while E accounts for 15 entries and I for just 2. If neither A-B nor O-B fits your board, scan the smaller opening groups rather than assuming the pattern is evenly spread.

Questions people ask

How many 9-letter words have B as the second letter?

There are 256 nine-letter words with B in the second position. ABANDONED, OBJECTIVE, and OBSTACLES are examples. The list is weighted heavily toward words beginning AB or OB, rather than being evenly divided among starting letters.

Which 9-letter word with B as the second letter scores highest?

OBJECTIFY is the highest-scoring entry, at 26 points. OBJECTIVE, OBLIQUELY, OBLIQUITY, and MBAQANGAS follow at 23 points each. These scores make the less familiar entries worth checking when you need a high-value play.

Are all these words accepted in Collins and NWL2023?

No. Collins includes 255 of the 256 words, while NWL2023 includes 201. Dictionary coverage can vary, so check the word list used by your game before playing an unfamiliar entry such as MBAQANGAS.

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