Nine-letter words
There are 24,868 nine-letter words in our dictionary. Browse them by starting letter below, or jump to the ones you are most likely to need — the everyday words and the highest-scoring Scrabble plays.
Most common nine-letter words
Ranked by how often they appear in written English.
- available
- copyright
- education
- community
- following
- resources
- including
- directory
- insurance
- different
- questions
- financial
- equipment
- important
- something
- committee
- reference
- companies
- computers
- president
- agreement
- marketing
- solutions
- technical
Highest-scoring nine-letter words
Standard Scrabble tile values, before any board multipliers.
- quizzical 38
- showbizzy 38
- whizzbang 36
- chazzanim 34
- chazzenim 34
- huzzahing 34
- jazziness 34
- blizzardy 33
- buzzwords 33
- pizzalike 33
- bemuzzled 32
- embezzled 32
- schizzier 32
- schnozzes 32
- schnozzle 32
- bedazzled 31
- bemuzzles 31
- embezzler 31
- embezzles 31
- frazzling 31
- frizzling 31
- paparazzi 31
- paparazzo 31
- pizzicati 31
All 24,868 nine-letter words
A 1,575 See all
- aardvarks
- aasvogels
- abamperes
- abandoned
- abandoner
- abasement
- abashment
- abatement
- abattises
- abattoirs
- abbotcies
- abdicable
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdicator
- abdominal
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abelmosks
- aberrance
- aberrancy
- aberrants
- aberrated
- abetments
- abeyances
- abhenries
- abhorrent
- abhorrers
- abhorring
- abidances
- abidingly
- abilities
- abiogenic
- abjection
- ablations
B 1,424 See all
- baaskaaps
- babbitted
- babblings
- babirusas
- babushkas
- babyhoods
- baccarats
- bacchanal
- bacchante
- bacchants
- bachelors
- bacillary
- backaches
- backbeats
- backbench
- backbends
- backbiter
- backbites
- backblock
- backboard
- backbones
- backcasts
- backchats
- backcloth
- backcourt
- backcross
- backdated
- backdates
- backdrops
- backdropt
- backfield
- backfills
- backfired
- backfires
- backflows
- backhands
C 2,351 See all
- cabaletta
- cabalisms
- cabalists
- caballero
- caballing
- cabbaging
- cabbalahs
- cabdriver
- cabernets
- cabestros
- cabezones
- cabinetry
- cablegram
- cableways
- cabochons
- caboodles
- cabotages
- cabrestas
- cabrestos
- cabrettas
- cabrillas
- cabrioles
- cabriolet
- cabstands
- cachalots
- cachectic
- cachepots
- cacheting
- cachexias
- cachexies
- cachuchas
- caciquism
- cacodemon
- cacoethes
- cacomixls
- cacophony
D 1,487 See all
- dabblings
- dabchicks
- dachshund
- dackering
- dacoities
- dactylics
- dadaistic
- daffodils
- daggering
- dahabeahs
- dahabiahs
- dahabiehs
- dahabiyas
- daikering
- dailiness
- daintiest
- daiquiris
- dairyings
- dairymaid
- daishikis
- dakerhens
- dakoities
- dalliance
- dalmatian
- dalmatics
- damascene
- damasking
- dameworts
- damnation
- damnatory
- damndests
- damnedest
- damnified
- damnifies
- damningly
- dampeners
E 1,130 See all
- eagerness
- ealdorman
- ealdormen
- earliness
- earlships
- earlywood
- earmarked
- earnestly
- earphones
- earpieces
- earstones
- earthborn
- earthiest
- earthlier
- earthlike
- earthling
- earthnuts
- earthpeas
- earthrise
- earthsets
- earthstar
- earthward
- earthwork
- earthworm
- earwigged
- easefully
- easements
- eastbound
- easterner
- eastwards
- easygoing
- eavesdrop
- ebonising
- ebonizing
- ebullient
- eccentric
F 1,014 See all
- fabricant
- fabricate
- fabulists
- facecloth
- facedowns
- faceplate
- facetious
- facetting
- facsimile
- facticity
- factional
- factitive
- factorage
- factorial
- factories
- factoring
- factorize
- factotums
- factually
- faculties
- fadeaways
- fagotings
- fahlbands
- failingly
- faineants
- faintness
- fairishly
- fairleads
- fairyisms
- fairyland
- fairylike
- faithfuls
- faithless
- falchions
- falciform
- falconers
G 750 See all
- gabardine
- gaberdine
- gadabouts
- gadgeteer
- gadrooned
- gainfully
- gainliest
- gainsayer
- galabiehs
- galabiyas
- galactose
- galangals
- galantine
- galavants
- galbanums
- galenical
- galenites
- galingale
- galivants
- gallamine
- gallanted
- gallantly
- gallantry
- gallerias
- galleried
- galleries
- galleting
- gallflies
- galliards
- gallicism
- gallicize
- gallingly
- gallinule
- gallipots
- gallivant
- gallonage
H 856 See all
- habaneras
- habdalahs
- habergeon
- habitable
- habitably
- habitants
- habituate
- habitudes
- hacendado
- hachuring
- haciendas
- hackamore
- hackberry
- hackliest
- hackneyed
- hackworks
- hadrosaur
- haecceity
- haematics
- haematins
- haematite
- haftarahs
- haftaroth
- haftorahs
- haftoroth
- hagadists
- hagbushes
- hagfishes
- haggadahs
- haggadist
- haggadoth
- haggardly
- hagiology
- hagridden
- hagriding
- hailstone
I 853 See all
- ibogaines
- ibuprofen
- iceblinks
- iceboater
- icehouses
- icekhanas
- ichneumon
- icinesses
- iconicity
- iconology
- icteruses
- idealised
- idealises
- idealisms
- idealists
- idealized
- idealizer
- idealizes
- idealless
- idealogue
- ideations
- identical
- ideograms
- ideograph
- ideologic
- ideologue
- ideomotor
- idioblast
- idiolects
- idiomatic
- idiotical
- idiotisms
- idocrases
- idolaters
- idolators
- idolisers
J 168 See all
- jabberers
- jabbering
- jaborandi
- jacaranda
- jacinthes
- jackaroos
- jackasses
- jackboots
- jackeroos
- jacketing
- jackfruit
- jackknife
- jacklight
- jackrolls
- jackscrew
- jacksmelt
- jackstays
- jackstraw
- jacobuses
- jacquards
- jacquerie
- jaculated
- jaculates
- jadedness
- jaggaries
- jaggedest
- jaggeries
- jailbirds
- jailbreak
- jailhouse
- jalapenos
- jaloppies
- jalousies
- jambalaya
- jamborees
- jangliest
K 202 See all
- kabbalahs
- kabeljous
- kaddishim
- kaffiyehs
- kailyards
- kaiserdom
- kaiserins
- kaiserism
- kakemonos
- kakiemons
- kalanchoe
- kalewives
- kaleyards
- kalifates
- kallidins
- kalyptras
- kamaainas
- kamacites
- kamikazes
- kanamycin
- kangaroos
- kaoliangs
- kaolinite
- karabiner
- karateist
- karyogamy
- karyology
- karyosome
- karyotins
- karyotype
- kashering
- kashruths
- katabatic
- katakanas
- katchinas
- katharses
L 702 See all
- laagering
- labdanums
- labelable
- labellers
- labelling
- labialize
- laborious
- laborites
- labourers
- labouring
- labradors
- laburnums
- labyrinth
- laccolith
- lacerated
- lacerates
- lacertids
- lacewings
- lacewoods
- laceworks
- lachrymal
- laciniate
- lackering
- lackeying
- laconisms
- lacquered
- lacquerer
- lacqueyed
- lacrimals
- lacrosses
- lactating
- lactation
- lacunaria
- laddering
- ladlefuls
- ladybirds
M 1,360 See all
- macadamia
- macaronic
- macaronis
- macaroons
- maccabaws
- maccaboys
- maccoboys
- macedoine
- macerated
- macerates
- macerator
- machinate
- machinery
- machining
- machinist
- machismos
- machzorim
- macintosh
- mackerels
- mackinaws
- macrocosm
- macrocyte
- macromere
- macrurans
- maculated
- maculates
- maddening
- madeleine
- madhouses
- madnesses
- madrepore
- madrigals
- madrilene
- maelstrom
- maestosos
- mafficked
N 534 See all
- nabobisms
- naethings
- naggingly
- nailbrush
- nailfolds
- nailheads
- nainsooks
- naiveness
- naiveties
- nakedness
- naloxones
- nameplate
- namesakes
- nanograms
- nanometer
- nanotesla
- nanowatts
- napalming
- naphthene
- naphthols
- naphthyls
- napoleons
- narceines
- narcissus
- narcotics
- narcotize
- narghiles
- nargilehs
- narraters
- narrating
- narration
- narrative
- narrators
- narrowest
- narrowing
- narthexes
O 922 See all
- oakmosses
- oarfishes
- oarswoman
- oarswomen
- oasthouse
- obbligati
- obbligato
- obcordate
- obeahisms
- obedience
- obeisance
- obelising
- obelizing
- obesities
- obfuscate
- objectify
- objecting
- objection
- objective
- objectors
- objurgate
- oblations
- obligated
- obligates
- obligatos
- obliquely
- obliquing
- obliquity
- oblivions
- oblivious
- obloquies
- obnoxious
- obscenely
- obscenest
- obscenity
- obscurant
P 2,006 See all
- pacemaker
- pachadoms
- pachalics
- pachinkos
- pachoulis
- pachyderm
- pachytene
- pacifiers
- pacifisms
- pacifists
- pacifying
- packagers
- packaging
- packboard
- packeting
- packhorse
- packsacks
- packwaxes
- paddlings
- paddocked
- padishahs
- padlocked
- paduasoys
- paeanisms
- pagandoms
- paganised
- paganises
- paganisms
- paganists
- paganized
- paganizer
- paganizes
- pageantry
- paginated
- paginates
- pagurians
Q 111 See all
- quaaludes
- quackisms
- quadrants
- quadrated
- quadrates
- quadratic
- quadrigae
- quadrille
- quadrivia
- quadroons
- quadruped
- quadruple
- quadruply
- quaestors
- quaggiest
- quagmires
- quaintest
- qualified
- qualifier
- qualifies
- qualities
- qualmiest
- quamashes
- quandangs
- quandongs
- quantiles
- quantized
- quantizer
- quantizes
- quantongs
- quarreled
- quarreler
- quarriers
- quarrying
- quarryman
- quarrymen
R 1,541 See all
- rabbeting
- rabbinate
- rabbinism
- rabbiters
- rabbiting
- rabidness
- racehorse
- racemates
- racemisms
- racemized
- racemizes
- racetrack
- rachillae
- racialism
- racialist
- racketeer
- racketier
- racketing
- rackingly
- rackworks
- raclettes
- raconteur
- radiances
- radiantly
- radiately
- radiating
- radiation
- radiative
- radiators
- radically
- radicands
- radicated
- radicates
- radicchio
- radicular
- radiogram
S 2,905 See all
- sabadilla
- sabbatics
- sablefish
- sabotaged
- sabotages
- saboteurs
- saccharin
- sacculate
- sackcloth
- sacrament
- sacrarium
- sacrifice
- sacrilege
- sacristan
- saddening
- saddlebag
- saddlebow
- sadnesses
- safariing
- safeguard
- safelight
- safetying
- safetyman
- safetymen
- safflower
- safranine
- safranins
- sagacious
- sagamores
- sagebrush
- saggaring
- saggering
- sagittate
- sailboard
- sailboats
- sailcloth
T 1,200 See all
- tabbouleh
- tablature
- tablefuls
- tableland
- tablemate
- tablesful
- tableting
- tabletops
- tabletted
- tableware
- tabooleys
- taborines
- tabourers
- tabourets
- tabouring
- tabulated
- tabulates
- tabulator
- tacamahac
- tachinids
- tachismes
- tachistes
- tacitness
- tackboard
- tackified
- tackifier
- tackifies
- tackiness
- tacklings
- taconites
- tactfully
- tactician
- tactilely
- tactility
- tactually
- taeniases
U 726 See all
- udometers
- ufologies
- ufologist
- uglifiers
- uglifying
- uintahite
- uintaites
- ulcerated
- ulcerates
- ultimated
- ultimates
- ultimatum
- ultrachic
- ultracold
- ultracool
- ultrafast
- ultrafine
- ultraheat
- ultrahigh
- ultraisms
- ultraists
- ultraleft
- ultrapure
- ultrarare
- ultrareds
- ultrarich
- ultrasafe
- ultraslow
- ultrasoft
- ultrathin
- ultrawide
- ululating
- ululation
- umangites
- umbellate
- umbellets
V 414 See all
- vacancies
- vacations
- vaccinate
- vaccinees
- vaccinial
- vaccinias
- vacillate
- vacuities
- vacuolate
- vacuously
- vacuuming
- vagabonds
- vagarious
- vaginally
- vaginitis
- vagotonia
- vagotonic
- vagrantly
- vagueness
- vainglory
- valancing
- valencias
- valencies
- valentine
- valerates
- valerians
- valiances
- valiantly
- validated
- validates
- valkyries
- vallecula
- valorised
- valorises
- valorized
- valorizes
W 507 See all
- wabbliest
- wackiness
- wadsetted
- waenesses
- wafflings
- waggeries
- waggishly
- waggoners
- waggoning
- wagonages
- wagonette
- wahcondas
- wailfully
- wainscots
- waistband
- waistcoat
- waistings
- waistline
- wakefully
- wakenings
- walkabout
- walkathon
- walkaways
- walkovers
- walkyries
- wallabies
- wallaroos
- wallboard
- wallopers
- walloping
- wallowers
- wallowing
- wallpaper
- wambliest
- wampished
- wampishes
X 18 See all
- xanthates
- xantheins
- xanthenes
- xanthines
- xanthomas
- xanthones
- xenograft
- xenoliths
- xenophile
- xenophobe
- xerophile
- xerophily
- xerophyte
- xeroseres
- xylidines
- xylocarps
- xylograph
- xylophone
Y 47 See all
- yabbering
- yachtings
- yachtsman
- yachtsmen
- yahooisms
- yahrzeits
- yakitoris
- yammerers
- yammering
- yardbirds
- yardlands
- yardstick
- yardwands
- yardworks
- yarmelkes
- yarmulkes
- yataghans
- yattering
- yawmeters
- yawningly
- yeanlings
- yearbooks
- yearlings
- yearnings
- yeasayers
- yeastiest
- yellowest
- yellowfin
- yellowing
- yellowish
- yeshivahs
- yeshivoth
- yesterday
- yestreens
- yodellers
- yodelling
Z 65 See all
- zabaiones
- zabajones
- zamindari
- zamindars
- zapateado
- zaratites
- zarzuelas
- zealously
- zebrasses
- zebrawood
- zecchinos
- zedoaries
- zeitgeber
- zeitgeist
- zemindars
- zemindary
- zeppelins
- zestfully
- zibelines
- zibelline
- ziggurats
- zigzagged
- zikkurats
- zillionth
- zincified
- zincifies
- zinfandel
- zinkified
- zinkifies
- zippering
- zirconias
- zirconium
- zitherist
- zombified
- zombifies
- zombiisms
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Common questions
How many nine-letter words are there?
Our dictionary contains 24,868 nine-letter words. It is built from ENABLE, the public-domain lexicon most word games use, so it covers far more than everyday vocabulary — see the sources page for details.
What are the most common nine-letter words?
Ranked by how often they appear in written English, the most common are: available, copyright, education, community, following, resources, including, directory. The full "most common" list is near the top of this page.
What is the highest-scoring nine-letter word in Scrabble?
quizzical scores 38 points on plain tiles, before any double- or triple-word squares. Premium squares and the 50-point bingo bonus can change the ranking completely.
Are proper nouns and abbreviations included?
No. The list only contains words from the ENABLE lexicon, which excludes proper nouns, abbreviations and hyphenated forms — the same rule tournament Scrabble and most word games follow. Read more on the methodology page.
Counted from a 172,749-word public-domain lexicon, last reviewed 2026-08-01. How this list was built.