9-letter words with S as the 2nd letter

There are 498 9-letter words with S as the 2nd letter, including assistant, estimated, essential, and establish.

498 wordsTop pick ASSISTANTHighest score ASPHYXIAL 24

33 of 498 are everyday words (7%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

2nd letter
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J
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V
W
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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 33 · most-used first

ASSISTANT₉
ESTIMATED₁₂
ESSENTIAL₉
ESTABLISH₁₄
ASSOCIATE₁₁
ESTIMATES₁₁
ISOLATION₉
ASSEMBLED₁₄
ASSURANCE₁₁
ASSISTING₁₀
ASSAULTED₁₀
ASSESSING₁₀
ASSERTION₉
ASTRONOMY₁₄
ASTRONAUT₉
ESPIONAGE₁₂
ISLANDERS₁₀
ESCALATED₁₂
PSYCHOTIC₂₁
ASSASSINS₉
ASTROLOGY₁₃
ASSERTING₁₀
ASCENSION₁₁
ASCENDING₁₃
ASCERTAIN₁₁
ASSIGNING₁₁
ASPARAGUS₁₂
ESTRANGED₁₁
PSYCHOSIS₁₉
ISOLATING₁₀
ASTEROIDS₁₀
ASSERTIVE₁₂
PSEUDONYM₁₇

All valid words 498

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

ASAFETIDA₁₃
ASBESTINE₁₁
ASBESTOUS₁₁
ASCARIDES₁₂
ASCARISES₁₁
ASCENDANT₁₂
ASCENDENT₁₂
ASCENDERS₁₂
ASCENDEUR₁₂
ASCENDING₁₃
ASCENSION₁₁
ASCENSIVE₁₄
ASCERTAIN₁₁
ASCETICAL₁₃
ASCIDIANS₁₂
ASCIDIATE₁₂
ASCITESES₁₁
ASCITICAL₁₃
ASCLEPIAD₁₄
ASCLEPIAS₁₃
ASCOCARPS₁₅
ASCOGONIA₁₂
ASCORBATE₁₃
ASCOSPORE₁₃
ASCRIBING₁₄
ASEPALOUS₁₁
ASEXUALLY₁₉
ASHAMEDLY₁₈
ASHLARING₁₃
ASHLERING₁₃
ASHPLANTS₁₄
ASHRAMITE₁₄
ASHTANGAS₁₃
ASININELY₁₂
ASININITY₁₂
ASKANCING₁₆
ASKANTING₁₄
ASKEWNESS₁₆
ASMOULDER₁₂
ASPARAGUS₁₂
ASPARTAME₁₃
ASPARTATE₁₁
ASPECTING₁₄
ASPECTUAL₁₃
ASPERATED₁₂
ASPERATES₁₁
ASPERGERS₁₂
ASPERGILL₁₂
ASPERGING₁₃
ASPERMIAS₁₃
ASPERSERS₁₁
ASPERSING₁₂
ASPERSION₁₁
ASPERSIVE₁₄
ASPERSOIR₁₁
ASPERSORS₁₁
ASPERSORY₁₄
ASPHALTED₁₅
ASPHALTER₁₄
ASPHALTIC₁₆
ASPHALTUM₁₆
ASPHODELS₁₅
ASPHYXIAL₂₄
ASPHYXIAS₂₄
ASPHYXIES₂₄
ASPIDIOID₁₃
ASPIRANTS₁₁
ASPIRATAE₁₁
ASPIRATED₁₂
ASPIRATES₁₁
ASPIRATOR₁₁
ASPLENIUM₁₃
ASPORTING₁₂
ASSAGAIED₁₁
ASSAILANT₉
ASSAILERS₉
ASSAILING₁₀
ASSARTING₁₀
ASSASSINS₉
ASSAULTED₁₀
ASSAULTER₉
ASSAYABLE₁₄
ASSAYINGS₁₃
ASSEGAAIS₁₀
ASSEGAIED₁₁
ASSEMBLED₁₄
ASSEMBLER₁₃
ASSEMBLES₁₃
ASSENTERS₉
ASSENTING₁₀
ASSENTIVE₁₂
ASSENTORS₉
ASSERTERS₉
ASSERTING₁₀
ASSERTION₉
ASSERTIVE₁₂
ASSERTORS₉
ASSERTORY₁₂
ASSESSING₁₀
ASSESSORS₉
ASSETLESS₉
ASSEVERED₁₃
ASSIDUITY₁₃
ASSIDUOUS₁₀
ASSIEGING₁₁
ASSIENTOS₉
ASSIGNATS₁₀
ASSIGNEES₁₀
ASSIGNERS₁₀
ASSIGNING₁₁
ASSIGNORS₁₀
ASSISTANT₉
ASSISTERS₉
ASSISTING₁₀
ASSISTIVE₁₂
ASSISTORS₉
ASSOCIATE₁₁
ASSOILING₁₀
ASSOILZIE₁₈
ASSONANCE₁₁
ASSONANTS₉
ASSONATED₁₀
ASSONATES₉
ASSORTERS₉
ASSORTING₁₀
ASSORTIVE₁₂
ASSOTTING₁₀
ASSUAGERS₁₀
ASSUAGING₁₁
ASSUASIVE₁₂
ASSUETUDE₁₀
ASSUMABLE₁₃
ASSUMABLY₁₆
ASSUMEDLY₁₅
ASSUMINGS₁₂
ASSUMPSIT₁₃
ASSURABLE₁₁
ASSURANCE₁₁
ASSUREDLY₁₃
ASSURGENT₁₀
ASSWAGING₁₄
ASTARTING₁₀
ASTATIDES₁₀
ASTATINES₉
ASTERISKS₁₃
ASTERISMS₁₁
ASTEROIDS₁₀
ASTERTING₁₀
ASTHANGAS₁₃
ASTHENIAS₁₂
ASTHENICS₁₄
ASTHENIES₁₂
ASTHMATIC₁₆
ASTICHOUS₁₄
ASTIGMIAS₁₂
ASTOMATAL₁₁
ASTONYING₁₃
ASTOUNDED₁₁
ASTRACHAN₁₄
ASTRADDLE₁₁
ASTRAGALI₁₀
ASTRAGALS₁₀
ASTRAKHAN₁₆
ASTRANTIA₉
ASTRICTED₁₂
ASTRINGED₁₁
ASTRINGER₁₀
ASTRINGES₁₀
ASTROCYTE₁₄
ASTRODOME₁₂
ASTROFELL₁₂
ASTROLABE₁₁
ASTROLOGY₁₃
ASTRONAUT₉
ASTRONOMY₁₄
ASTROPHEL₁₄
ASTROTURF₁₂
ASTUCIOUS₁₁
ASTUNNING₁₀
ASYLLABIC₁₆
ASYMMETRY₁₉
ASYMPTOTE₁₆
ASYNAPSES₁₄
ASYNAPSIS₁₄
ASYNDETIC₁₅
ASYNDETON₁₃
ASYNERGIA₁₃
ASYSTOLES₁₂
ASYSTOLIC₁₄
CSARDASES₁₂
ESCALADED₁₃
ESCALADER₁₂
ESCALADES₁₂
ESCALATED₁₂
ESCALATES₁₁
ESCALATOR₁₁
ESCALIERS₁₁
ESCALLOPS₁₃
ESCALOPED₁₄
ESCALOPES₁₃
ESCAPABLE₁₅
ESCAPADES₁₄
ESCAPISMS₁₅
ESCAPISTS₁₃
ESCARGOTS₁₂
ESCAROLES₁₁
ESCARPING₁₄
ESCHALOTS₁₄
ESCHEATED₁₅
ESCHEATOR₁₄
ESCHEWALS₁₇
ESCHEWERS₁₇
ESCHEWING₁₈
ESCLANDRE₁₂
ESCOPETTE₁₃
ESCORTAGE₁₂
ESCORTING₁₂
ESCOTTING₁₂
ESCRIBANO₁₃
ESCRIBING₁₄
ESCROWING₁₅
ESCULENTS₁₁
ESEMPLASY₁₆
ESLOINING₁₀
ESLOYNING₁₃
ESOPHAGUS₁₅
ESOTERICA₁₁
ESOTERIES₉
ESOTERISM₁₁
ESOTROPIA₁₁
ESOTROPIC₁₃
ESPAGNOLE₁₂
ESPALIERS₁₁
ESPANOLES₁₁
ESPERANCE₁₃
ESPIONAGE₁₂
ESPLANADE₁₂
ESPOUSALS₁₁
ESPOUSERS₁₁
ESPOUSING₁₂
ESPRESSOS₁₁
ESPUMOSOS₁₃
ESQUIRESS₁₈
ESQUIRING₁₉
ESQUISSES₁₈
ESSAYETTE₁₂
ESSAYISTS₁₂
ESSENTIAL₉
ESSOINERS₉
ESSONITES₉
ESTABLISH₁₄
ESTACADES₁₂
ESTAFETTE₁₂
ESTAMINET₁₁
ESTANCIAS₁₁
ESTEEMING₁₂
ESTERASES₉
ESTHESIAS₁₂
ESTHETICS₁₄
ESTIMABLE₁₃
ESTIMABLY₁₆
ESTIMATED₁₂
ESTIMATES₁₁
ESTIMATOR₁₁
ESTIVATED₁₃
ESTIVATES₁₂
ESTIVATOR₁₂
ESTOPPAGE₁₄
ESTOPPELS₁₃
ESTOPPING₁₄
ESTRADIOL₁₀
ESTRAGONS₁₀
ESTRANGED₁₁
ESTRANGER₁₀
ESTRANGES₁₀
ESTRAPADE₁₂
ESTRAYING₁₃
ESTREATED₁₀
ESTREPING₁₂
ESTRICHES₁₄
ESTRIDGES₁₁
ESTRILDID₁₁
ESTROGENS₁₀
ESTUARIAL₉
ESTUARIAN₉
ESTUARIES₉
ESTUARINE₉
ESURIENCE₁₁
ESURIENCY₁₄
ISABELLAS₁₁
ISAGOGICS₁₃
ISALLOBAR₁₁
ISARITHMS₁₄
ISCHAEMIA₁₆
ISCHAEMIC₁₈
ISCHEMIAS₁₆
ISCHIADIC₁₇
ISCHIATIC₁₆
ISCHURIAS₁₄
ISEIKONIA₁₃
ISEIKONIC₁₅
ISENERGIC₁₂
ISINGLASS₁₀
ISLANDERS₁₀
ISLANDING₁₁
ISLOMANIA₁₁
ISMATICAL₁₃
ISOBARISM₁₃
ISOBATHIC₁₆
ISOBRONTS₁₁
ISOBUTANE₁₁
ISOBUTENE₁₁
ISOBUTYLS₁₄
ISOCHASMS₁₆
ISOCHEIMS₁₆
ISOCHIMAL₁₆
ISOCHIMES₁₆
ISOCHORES₁₄
ISOCHORIC₁₆
ISOCHRONE₁₄
ISOCHRONS₁₄
ISOCLINAL₁₁
ISOCLINES₁₁
ISOCLINIC₁₃
ISOCRATIC₁₃
ISOCRYMAL₁₆
ISOCRYMES₁₆
ISOCYANIC₁₆
ISOCYCLIC₁₈
ISODOMONS₁₂
ISODOMOUS₁₂
ISODONTAL₁₀
ISOENZYME₂₃
ISOGAMETE₁₂
ISOGAMIES₁₂
ISOGAMOUS₁₂
ISOGENEIC₁₂
ISOGENIES₁₀
ISOGENOUS₁₀
ISOGONALS₁₀
ISOGONICS₁₂
ISOGONIES₁₀
ISOGRAFTS₁₃
ISOGRAPHS₁₅
ISOHYDRIC₁₈
ISOHYETAL₁₅
ISOKONTAN₁₃
ISOLATING₁₀
ISOLATION₉
ISOLATIVE₁₂
ISOLATORS₉
ISOLOGOUS₁₀
ISOLOGUES₁₀
ISOMERASE₁₁
ISOMERISE₁₁
ISOMERISM₁₃
ISOMERIZE₂₀
ISOMEROUS₁₁
ISOMETRIC₁₃
ISOMORPHS₁₆
ISONIAZID₁₉
ISONOMIES₁₁
ISONOMOUS₁₁
ISOOCTANE₁₁
ISOPHONES₁₄
ISOPHOTAL₁₄
ISOPHOTES₁₄
ISOPLETHS₁₄
ISOPODANS₁₂
ISOPODOUS₁₂
ISOPOLITY₁₄
ISOPRENES₁₁
ISOPROPYL₁₆
ISOPYCNAL₁₆
ISOPYCNIC₁₈
ISOSCELES₁₁
ISOSMOTIC₁₃
ISOSTATIC₁₁
ISOSTERIC₁₁
ISOTACTIC₁₃
ISOTHERAL₁₂
ISOTHERES₁₂
ISOTHERMS₁₄
ISOTOPIES₁₁
ISOTROPIC₁₃
ISPAGHULA₁₅
ISSUANCES₁₁
ISSUELESS₉
ISTHMIANS₁₄
ISTHMUSES₁₄
OSCILLATE₁₁
OSCITANCE₁₃
OSCITANCY₁₆
OSCITATED₁₂
OSCITATES₁₁
OSCULATED₁₂
OSCULATES₁₁
OSMETERIA₁₁
OSMICALLY₁₆
OSMOMETER₁₃
OSMOMETRY₁₆
OSMUNDINE₁₂
OSNABURGS₁₂
OSSARIUMS₁₁
OSSATURES₉
OSSEOUSLY₁₂
OSSICONES₁₁
OSSICULAR₁₁
OSSIFIERS₁₂
OSSIFRAGA₁₃
OSSIFRAGE₁₃
OSSIFYING₁₆
OSSOBUCOS₁₃
OSSUARIES₉
OSTENSIVE₁₂
OSTENSORY₁₂
OSTEOCYTE₁₄
OSTEODERM₁₂
OSTEOGENS₁₀
OSTEOGENY₁₃
OSTEOLOGY₁₃
OSTEOMATA₁₁
OSTEOPATH₁₄
OSTEOTOME₁₁
OSTEOTOMY₁₄
OSTIARIES₉
OSTINATOS₉
OSTIOLATE₉
OSTLERESS₉
OSTOMATES₁₁
OSTOSISES₉
OSTRACEAN₁₁
OSTRACISE₁₁
OSTRACISM₁₃
OSTRACIZE₂₀
OSTRACODE₁₂
OSTRACODS₁₂
OSTREGERS₁₀
OSTRICHES₁₄
PSALMBOOK₁₉
PSALMISTS₁₃
PSALMODIC₁₆
PSALTERIA₁₁
PSALTRESS₁₁
PSALTRIES₁₁
PSAMMITES₁₅
PSAMMITIC₁₇
PSELLISMS₁₃
PSEPHISMS₁₈
PSEPHITES₁₆
PSEPHITIC₁₈
PSEUDAXES₁₉
PSEUDAXIS₁₉
PSEUDONYM₁₇
PSEUDOPOD₁₅
PSILOCINS₁₃
PSORALEAS₁₁
PSORALENS₁₁
PSORIASES₁₁
PSORIASIS₁₁
PSORIATIC₁₃
PSYCHICAL₂₁
PSYCHISMS₂₁
PSYCHISTS₁₉
PSYCHOGAS₂₀
PSYCHOIDS₂₀
PSYCHOSES₁₉
PSYCHOSIS₁₉
PSYCHOTIC₂₁
PSYLLIUMS₁₆
TSADDIKIM₁₇
TSADDIQIM₂₂
TSAREVICH₁₇
TSAREVNAS₁₂
TSARITSAS₉
TSARITZAS₁₈
TSESSEBES₁₁
TSIMMESES₁₃
TSKTSKING₁₈
TSOORISES₉
TSOURISES₉
TSUTSUMUS₁₁
USABILITY₁₄
USELESSLY₁₂
USERNAMES₁₁
USHERETTE₁₂
USHERINGS₁₃
USHERSHIP₁₇
USQUABAES₂₀
USQUEBAES₂₀
USUALNESS₉
USUCAPION₁₃
USUCAPTED₁₄
USUFRUCTS₁₄
USURESSES₉
USURPEDLY₁₅
USURPINGS₁₂
YSHENDING₁₇

Letters by positionIn 42% of these words the 9th letter is S.

1st letter

A38%
I20%
E20%

3rd letter

T20%
O18%
S17%

6th letter

A15%
T11%
I10%

7th letter

I24%
T13%
O9%

8th letter

E21%
N14%
I11%

9th letter

S42%
E13%
G9%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 11 in Scrabble; ASPHYXIAL tops the list with 24. Scores before board bonuses.

99 points: 45 words
10 points: 48 words
1111 points: 97 words
12 points: 85 words
1313 points: 72 words
14 points: 55 words
1515 points: 17 words
16 points: 33 words
1717 points: 9 words
18 points: 13 words
1919 points: 10 words
20 points: 6 words
2121 points: 3 words
22 points: 1 words
2323 points: 1 words
24 points: 3 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
ASPHYXIAL	24	24	Collins · NWL
ASPHYXIAS	24	23	All three
ASPHYXIES	24	23	All three
ISOENZYME	23	24	All three
TSADDIQIM	22	23	Collins only
PSYCHOTIC	21	22	All three
PSYCHICAL	21	23	All three
PSYCHISMS	21	22	Collins · NWL
OSTRACIZE	20	21	All three
ISOMERIZE	20	21	All three
USQUABAES	20	23	All three
USQUEBAES	20	23	All three

The initial S is fixed in the second position, but the first letter varies: A leads by a wide margin, followed by I and E. The list ranges from familiar words such as assistant and essential to specialist vocabulary. Use the position clue to narrow your options; only 33 entries meet the common-word measure among all matches.

At a glance: 9-letter words with S second

The complete set contains 498 words with S in the second position.
A is the most common first letter, appearing in 189 entries.
The next most frequent initials are I with 101 words and E with 99.
A final S is most common: 209 entries end with that letter.
Only 33 entries count as common in our frequency measure.

How does the count compare with nearby lengths?

The nine-letter group is larger than either adjacent length: eight-letter words with S second number 437, while ten-letter words number 427. That makes nine letters a local high point, not a reason to assume every S-second clue has an obvious answer.

The first-letter pattern is sharply uneven. A accounts for 189 words, almost twice I's 101; E follows close behind I at 99. If your crossing letters rule out A, test I and E before reaching for rarer initials.

Which entries are practical for word games?

Familiar options include assistant, estimated, essential, establish, associate, and astronomy. Still, just 33 words meet our common-word measure, so many matches are less familiar than those examples. Check your game's word list before relying on an obscure candidate.

Dictionary coverage differs: Collins contains 489 matches, compared with 375 in NWL2023 and 301 in ENABLE. For scoring, the highest-scoring entries reach 24 points, while the average score is 12.7. A strong score is not the same as an easy-to-play word, so weigh both the board and the vocabulary.

Questions people ask

How many common 9-letter words have S as the second letter?

Our frequency measure marks 33 of these 9-letter words as common. Familiar examples include assistant, essential, and establish. The full set is much larger, but many entries are uncommon, so a familiar-looking pattern does not guarantee that every match will feel familiar.

Which first letter appears most often in this group?

A is the most frequent first letter, with 189 matching words. I comes next with 101, followed by E with 99. When the second letter is fixed as S, checking A first is a sensible move unless your crossing letters eliminate it.

Are there more 9-letter matches than 8- or 10-letter matches?

Yes. The 9-letter group has 498 matches, compared with 437 for eight letters and 427 for ten. That makes nine letters the larger of these three neighboring groups, though it does not mean every entry is common or accepted in every game.

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