9-letter words with P as the 2nd letter

9-letter words with P as the second letter number 1,015, led by operation, apartment, and appointed.

1,015 wordsTop pick OPERATIONHighest score EPOXIDIZE 28

55 of 1,015 are everyday words (5%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

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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 55 · most-used first

OPERATION₁₁
OPERATING₁₂
APARTMENT₁₃
APPOINTED₁₄
SPIRITUAL₁₁
OPPONENTS₁₃
SPONSORED₁₂
OPERATORS₁₁
SPREADING₁₃
APOLOGIZE₂₁
APPEARING₁₄
SPECIFIED₁₇
SPECIALLY₁₆
APPEALING₁₄
SPOTLIGHT₁₅
SPECIALTY₁₆
OPERATIVE₁₄
APOLOGIES₁₂
SPOKESMAN₁₇
APPARATUS₁₃
SPLITTING₁₂
SPECIMENS₁₅
APOLOGISE₁₂
SPAGHETTI₁₅
APPLICANT₁₅
UPGRADING₁₄
APARTHEID₁₅
SPECTACLE₁₅
UPSETTING₁₂
OPPRESSED₁₄
SPARKLING₁₆
SPECIFICS₁₈
SPECTATOR₁₃
SPECULATE₁₃
APPALLING₁₄
EPISCOPAL₁₅
APPRAISAL₁₃
UPLOADING₁₃
OPTIMIZED₂₃
SPHERICAL₁₆
SPACESHIP₁₈
APPLIANCE₁₅
APPELLATE₁₃
APPROVING₁₇
UPLIFTING₁₅
SPECIFIES₁₆
SPRINKLED₁₆
APOSTOLIC₁₃

Showing the top 48 of 55 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 1,015

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

APARTHEID₁₅
APARTMENT₁₃
APARTNESS₁₁
APATHATON₁₄
APATHETIC₁₆
APATOSAUR₁₁
APERIENTS₁₁
APERIODIC₁₄
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APERTNESS₁₁
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Letters by positionIn 45% of these words the 1st letter is S.

1st letter

S45%
A18%
E16%

3rd letter

I22%
O12%
A11%

4th letter

R15%
E12%
I10%

7th letter

I27%
E12%
T9%

8th letter

E26%
N16%
S9%

9th letter

S37%
G12%
E9%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 13 in Scrabble; EPOXIDIZE tops the list with 28. Scores before board bonuses.

1111 points: 103 words
12 points: 138 words
1313 points: 184 words
14 points: 153 words
1515 points: 150 words
16 points: 99 words
1717 points: 55 words
18 points: 49 words
1919 points: 23 words
20 points: 17 words
2121 points: 16 words
22 points: 13 words
2323 points: 8 words
24 points: 2 words
2525 points: 1 words
26 points: 1 words
2727 points: 2 words
28 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
EPOXIDIZE	28	29	All three
EPIZEUXES	27	29	Collins only
EPIZEUXIS	27	29	Collins only
APPLEJACK	26	32	All three
APOENZYME	25	27	All three
APHORIZED	24	24	All three
APHETIZED	24	24	Collins only
OPTIMIZED	23	25	All three
APPLIQUED	23	27	All three
UPCHUCKED	23	27	All three
APPETIZED	23	25	Collins only
APHORIZES	23	23	All three

Only 55 of the 1,015 matches rank among the 25,000 most frequent English words, so the pattern mixes familiar finds with specialist terms. Operation, operating, and apartment are recognizable; the opening letter is sharply skewed, with S on 452 entries and I on just one.

The P-second pattern at a glance

The pattern yields 1,015 nine-letter entries with P in position two.
S leads the first-letter groups at 452; A comes next with 181.
The I-start group has a single word, while U-start words number 138.
A Scrabble score averages 14.5 points across these matches.
Operation, apartment, spiritual, and spotlight are among the familiar examples.

Which first letters pair with P most often?

Start with S when the first tile is unknown: 452 matches begin there, including spreading, sponsored, and specially. A contributes 181 (apartment, apologize, apparatus); E and U follow at 160 and 138. The single I-start is the exception, not a productive branch.

That distribution gives you a practical search order when another clue identifies the first letter. Try S first, then A, E, or U; O still offers familiar choices such as operation, operating, and opponents. I is the outlier, with just one match, so a remembered I-start is worth checking carefully.

How to use 9-letter words with P as the second letter

For a high-value play, epoxidize scores 28 points, ahead of epizeuxes and epizeuxis at 27. Applejack reaches 26. These are score standouts, not everyday vocabulary; operation and apartment are easier words to recognize, but their ordinary letters make them less striking score targets.

Dictionary coverage differs across the entries: 987 appear in Collins, 690 in NWL2023, and 567 in ENABLE. The total counts words present in at least one of those tournament dictionaries, so not every game accepts every match. Check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar entry; 840 matches have definitions available.

Questions people ask

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

There are 1,015 nine-letter words with P in the second position. Their first letters vary sharply: 452 begin with S, while just one begins with I. Operation, apartment, and spiritual are recognizable examples.

What is the highest-scoring 9-letter word with P second?

Epoxidize is the highest-scoring match at 28 Scrabble points. Epizeuxes and epizeuxis score 27, while applejack scores 26. These are strong tile scores, though they are less familiar than examples such as operation or apartment.

Are all 1,015 words accepted in every word game?

No. The total includes words found in at least one of Collins, NWL2023, or ENABLE, and their coverage differs. Collins includes 987 matches, NWL2023 includes 690, and ENABLE includes 567, so check the dictionary used by your game.

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