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9-letter words with D as the 2nd letter

9-letter words with D as the 2nd letter number 232, led by familiar examples such as education, advantage, and adventure.

232 wordsTop pick EDUCATIONHighest score ADJUVANCY 25

34 of 232 are everyday words (15%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

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.

Common words 34 · most-used first

All valid words 232

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

  • ADAMANCES14
  • ADAMANTLY15
  • ADAMSITES12
  • ADAPTABLE14
  • ADAPTIONS12
  • ADAPTOGEN13
  • ADBLOCKER18
  • ADDEEMING14
  • ADDENDUMS14
  • ADDERWORT14
  • ADDICTING14
  • ADDICTION13
  • ADDICTIVE16
  • ADDITIONS11
  • ADDITIVES14
  • ADDLEMENT13
  • ADDOOMING14
  • ADDRESSED12
  • ADDRESSEE11
  • ADDRESSER11
  • ADDRESSES11
  • ADDRESSOR11
  • ADDUCIBLE15
  • ADDUCTING14
  • ADDUCTION13
  • ADDUCTIVE16
  • ADDUCTORS13
  • ADEMPTION14
  • ADENOIDAL11
  • ADENOMATA12
  • ADENOSINE10
  • ADENYLATE13
  • ADEPTNESS12
  • ADESSIVES13
  • ADHERABLE15
  • ADHERENCE15
  • ADHERENDS14
  • ADHERENTS13
  • ADHESIONS13
  • ADHESIVES16
  • ADHIBITED16
  • ADHOCRACY20
  • ADIABATIC14
  • ADIAPHORA15
  • ADIPOCERE14
  • ADIPOCYTE17
  • ADIPOSITY15
  • ADJACENCE21
  • ADJACENCY24
  • ADJACENTS19
  • ADJECTIVE22
  • ADJOINING18
  • ADJOURNED18
  • ADJUDGING20
  • ADJUNCTLY22
  • ADJUSTERS17
  • ADJUSTING18
  • ADJUSTIVE20
  • ADJUSTORS17
  • ADJUTAGES18
  • ADJUTANCY22
  • ADJUTANTS17
  • ADJUVANCY25
  • ADJUVANTS20
  • ADMEASURE12
  • ADMINICLE14
  • ADMIRABLE14
  • ADMIRABLY17
  • ADMIRALTY15
  • ADMIRANCE14
  • ADMISSION12
  • ADMISSIVE15
  • ADMITTEES12
  • ADMITTERS12
  • ADMITTING13
  • ADMIXTURE19
  • ADMONITOR12
  • ADNASCENT12
  • ADNATIONS10
  • ADNOMINAL12
  • ADOBELIKE16
  • ADONISING11
  • ADONIZING20
  • ADOPTABLE14
  • ADOPTIONS12
  • ADOPTIOUS12
  • ADORATION10
  • ADORINGLY14
  • ADORKABLE16
  • ADORNMENT12
  • ADPRESSED13
  • ADPRESSES12
  • ADREADING12
  • ADRENALIN10
  • ADRENALLY13
  • ADROITEST10
  • ADSCRIPTS14
  • ADSORBATE12
  • ADSORBENT12
  • ADSORBERS12
  • ADSORBING13
  • ADULARIAS10
  • ADULATING11
  • ADULATION10
  • ADULATORS10
  • ADULATORY13
  • ADULTERER10
  • ADULTHOOD14
  • ADULTINGS11
  • ADULTLIKE14
  • ADULTNESS10
  • ADULTRESS10
  • ADUMBRATE14
  • ADUNCATED13
  • ADVANCERS15
  • ADVANCING16
  • ADVANTAGE14
  • ADVECTING16
  • ADVECTION15
  • ADVECTIVE18
  • ADVENTIVE16
  • ADVENTURE13
  • ADVERBIAL15
  • ADVERSARY16
  • ADVERSELY16
  • ADVERSEST13
  • ADVERSITY16
  • ADVERTENT13
  • ADVERTING14
  • ADVERTISE13
  • ADVERTIZE22
  • ADVICEFUL18
  • ADVISABLE15
  • ADVISABLY18
  • ADVISEDLY17
  • ADVISINGS14
  • ADVOCAATS15
  • ADVOCATED16
  • ADVOCATES15
  • ADVOCATOR15
  • ADVOUTRER13
  • ADVOWSONS16
  • ADWARDING15
  • ADYNAMIAS15
  • BDELLIUMS14
  • EDACITIES12
  • EDELWEISS13
  • EDEMATOSE12
  • EDEMATOUS12
  • EDENTATES10
  • EDGEBONES13
  • EDIBILITY15
  • EDICTALLY15
  • EDIFICIAL15
  • EDITIONED11
  • EDITORIAL10
  • EDITRICES12
  • EDITRIXES17
  • EDUCABLES14
  • EDUCATING13
  • EDUCATION12
  • EDUCATIVE15
  • EDUCATORS12
  • EDUCATORY15
  • EDUCEMENT14
  • EDUCTIONS12
  • EDUSKUNTA14
  • IDEALISED11
  • IDEALISER10
  • IDEALISES10
  • IDEALISMS12
  • IDEALISTS10
  • IDEALIZED20
  • IDEALIZER19
  • IDEALIZES19
  • IDEALLESS10
  • IDEALNESS10
  • IDEALOGUE11
  • IDEATIONS10
  • IDENTICAL12
  • IDENTIKIT14
  • IDEOGRAMS13
  • IDEOGRAPH16
  • IDEOLOGIC13
  • IDEOLOGUE11
  • IDEOMOTOR12
  • IDEOPHONE15
  • IDIOBLAST12
  • IDIOCRACY17
  • IDIOGRAMS13
  • IDIOGRAPH16
  • IDIOLECTS12
  • IDIOMATIC14
  • IDIOPATHY18
  • IDIOPHONE15
  • IDIOPLASM14
  • IDIOTCIES12
  • IDIOTICAL12
  • IDIOTICON12
  • IDIOTISMS12
  • IDIOTYPES15
  • IDIOTYPIC17
  • IDLEHOODS14
  • IDOCRASES12
  • IDOLATERS10
  • IDOLATORS10
  • IDOLISERS10
  • IDOLISING11
  • IDOLIZERS19
  • IDOLIZING20
  • IDYLLISTS13
  • ODALIQUES19
  • ODALISQUE19
  • ODDNESSES11
  • ODDSMAKER17
  • ODIFEROUS13
  • ODOGRAPHS16
  • ODOMETERS12
  • ODONATIST10
  • ODONTALGY14
  • ODONTISTS10
  • ODONTOIDS11
  • ODONTOMAS12
  • ODORISING11
  • ODORIZERS19
  • ODORIZING20
  • ODOROUSLY13
  • ODOURLESS10
  • SDEIGNING12
  • UDDERLESS11
  • UDOMETERS12
  • UDOMETRIC14
Letters by positionIn 62% of these words the 1st letter is A.
1st letter
  1. A62%
  2. I19%
  3. E9%
4th letter
  1. O16%
  2. E13%
  3. L10%
6th letter
  1. T21%
  2. I17%
  3. A13%
7th letter
  1. I25%
  2. E12%
  3. O11%
8th letter
  1. E18%
  2. N17%
  3. R10%
9th letter
  1. S35%
  2. E17%
  3. Y10%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 12 in Scrabble; ADJUVANCY tops the list with 25. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 1010 points: 25 words
  2. 11 points: 18 words
  3. 1212 points: 41 words
  4. 13 points: 29 words
  5. 1414 points: 35 words
  6. 15 points: 25 words
  7. 1616 points: 17 words
  8. 17 points: 10 words
  9. 1818 points: 9 words
  10. 19 points: 8 words
  11. 2020 points: 8 words
  12. 21 points: 1 words
  13. 2222 points: 4 words
  14. 23 points: 0 words
  15. 2424 points: 1 words
  16. 25 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
ADJUVANCY2530Collins only
ADJACENCY2428All three
ADJECTIVE2226All three
ADVERTIZE2223All three
ADJUTANCY2226All three
ADJUNCTLY2227All three
ADJACENCE2126Collins · NWL
IDEALIZED2021All three
IDOLIZING2023All three
ADJUVANTS2025All three
ADJUSTIVE2024All three
ADJUDGING2026All three

Position two narrows the nine-letter search to 232 tournament-listed words, but the opening letter does most of the sorting: 144 start with A and 44 with I. Familiar entries include education, advantage, and adventure, while the high-scoring end includes forms such as adjuvancy. The endings also lean heavily toward S, so check both ends of a pattern before rejecting a candidate.

How many 9-letter words have D second?

  • Exactly 232 nine-letter words have D in position two, with each listed in at least one tournament dictionary.
  • Education, advantage, and adventure are recognizable examples; all three begin with A.
  • A leads with 144 words, while I starts 44; only 3 begin with U.
  • S is the most common ending at 82 words, ahead of E at 40 and Y at 24.
  • Adjuvancy leads the score list at 25, one point ahead of adjacency.

Which words are common, and where are they accepted?

Only 34 of the 232 words fall within the site’s top-25,000 frequency band, roughly one in seven. Education, advantage, identical, admission, and editorial are familiar anchors; the full set reaches well beyond everyday vocabulary. In a clue solve, use known letters first, then treat less familiar candidates as checks rather than guesses.

Definitions exist for 202 entries, but dictionary coverage is not uniform: Collins has 226, NWL2023 has 186, and ENABLE has 151. Those sets overlap, so don’t add the counts or assume every candidate works in every game. The total includes words listed in at least one of those tournament dictionaries; check your game’s word list when a play depends on one entry.

How should you narrow the candidates?

Among the score leaders, adjuvancy scores 25 and adjacency 24; adjective, advertize, adjutancy, and adjunctly each score 22. The gap between the top two is only one point, so the less familiar spelling isn’t automatically a runaway score. Compare the letters you can actually place, not just the headline total.

For 9-letter words with D as the 2nd letter, sort by first letter before scanning endings: A accounts for 144 entries, far ahead of I at 44. Then use the tail clue: S closes 82, E closes 40, and Y closes 24. This two-pass filter beats reading candidates line by line when your rack already fixes a final letter.

Questions people ask

How many 9-letter words have D as the second letter?
There are 232 nine-letter words with D in the second position. The count covers words listed in at least one of ENABLE, Collins, or NWL2023, and includes familiar examples such as education, advantage, and adventure.
What is the highest-scoring 9-letter word with D second?
Adjuvancy is the highest-scoring entry at 25 points, followed by adjacency at 24. Adjective, advertize, adjutancy, and adjunctly each score 22, so adjacency is close behind the leader.
Which letters do these words usually start and end with?
A is the leading first letter, with 144 words; I follows with 44. S is the most common final letter at 82, while E ends 40 words and Y ends 24. Use those patterns to narrow a candidate without overlooking less common endings.

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