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13 Letter Words
A complete list of 13,977 thirteen-letter words, ordered with the most common first. Use the finder to narrow them by the letters you have.
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How many 13 letter words are there?
There are 13,977 thirteen-letter words in this dictionary of English. The most common include INTERROGATIVE, NONCONFORMIST, UNDERSTANDING, PERPENDICULAR, SUPERORDINATE, and one of the highest-scoring is SQUEEZABILITY at 36 points.
- Total words
- 13,977
- Word length
- 13 letters
- Top score
- 36 pts
- Most common
- INTERROGATIVE
Common 13 letter words
Showing the 600 most common of 13,977. Click any word for its definition, score and anagrams.
- interrogative17
- nonconformist20
- understanding16
- perpendicular20
- superordinate16
- schizophrenic34
- underestimate16
- concentration17
- correspondent18
- counterattack21
- inconvenience20
- international13
- authoritarian16
- comprehensive25
- contradictory21
- demonstrative19
- establishment20
- revolutionary19
- unaccompanied22
- carboniferous20
- complementary24
- consideration16
- demonstration16
- determinative19
- northeastward20
- northwestward23
- pneumogastric20
- quadruplicate27
- semiautomatic19
- southeastward20
- southwestward23
- supernumerary20
- communication21
- corresponding19
- determination16
- disappearance20
- embarrassment19
- extraordinary24
- individualism20
- accompaniment23
- administrator16
- agglutination15
- approximation26
- certification20
- configuration19
- consciousness17
- consolidation16
- conspicuously22
- contemplation19
- contradiction18
- decomposition20
- differentiate20
- distinguished19
- effectiveness24
- encouragement18
- expansiveness25
- fractionation18
- gratification19
- impressionist17
- indispensable18
- insignificant19
- investigation17
- justification25
- manifestation18
- orchestration18
- parliamentary20
- philosophical25
- preoccupation21
- proportionate17
- provincialism22
- psychological26
- qualification27
- significantly22
- sophisticated21
- substantially18
- technological21
- theoretically21
- transmutation15
- uncomfortable22
- acculturation17
- agglomeration17
- amplification22
- appropriation19
- authoritative19
- authorization25
- automatically20
- calcification22
- chrysanthemum28
- circumference24
- circumstances21
- collaboration17
- commiseration19
- communicative24
- complimentary24
- comprehension22
- condescension18
- confrontation18
- conscientious17
- constellation15
- contamination17
- contemplative22
- contraceptive22
- deterioration14
- discretionary19
- disengagement18
- disparagement19
- dispossession16
- dissemination16
- distastefully20
- electrophorus20
- enlightenment19
- environmental18
- excommunicate28
- extrapolation22
- extravagantly27
- forgetfulness20
- fortification21
- fragmentation19
- hallucination18
- heterogeneous17
- inappropriate19
- incorporation17
- independently20
- indeterminate16
- individualist18
- individuality21
- inexhaustible25
- institutional13
- insubstantial15
- intermarriage16
- interposition15
- interrogation14
- jurisprudence25
- juxtaposition29
- knowledgeable24
- magnification21
- magnificently24
- mediterranean16
- miscellaneous17
- modernization25
- mortification20
- nationalistic15
- neighbourhood23
- nonfunctional18
- objectionable26
- participation19
- philanthropic25
- physiological24
- potentiometer17
- preconception21
- predomination18
- procrastinate17
- proliferation18
- psychotherapy31
- questioningly26
- refrigeration17
- reinforcement20
- religiousness14
- reorientation13
- retentiveness16
- retrospective20
- reverberation18
- revolutionize25
- sequestration22
- specification22
- spontaneously18
- stabilization24
- strangulation14
- supplementary22
- thoroughgoing22
- transcription17
- transgression14
- transmissible17
- transpiration15
- unaccountable19
- unambiguously21
- unconditional16
- unconquerable26
- uncooperative20
- unimaginative19
- unimpeachable24
- uninterrupted16
- unnecessarily18
- unpredictable20
- unpretentious15
- unselfishness19
- unsympathetic25
- vulnerability21
- waterproofing22
- worthlessness19
- abortifacient20
- accessibility22
- accommodating23
- accommodation22
- accommodative25
- agglutinative18
- agreeableness16
- animalization24
- anthelminthic23
- antibacterial17
- anticlimactic21
- anticlockwise24
- antimicrobial19
- argumentation16
- aspergillosis16
- assassination13
- attentiveness16
- audaciousness16
- authorisation16
- autochthonous21
- baccalaureate19
- backscratcher28
- beatification20
- biotechnology24
- blastogenesis16
- bombastically24
- brutalisation15
- brutalization24
- callisthenics20
- capaciousness19
- cartilaginous16
- chateaubriand21
- clarification20
- collectivised21
- collectivized30
- combinatorial19
- commemoration21
- commemorative24
- commercialize30
- communisation19
- communization28
- commutability24
- compassionate19
- compatibility24
- concatenation17
- confabulation20
- confectionery23
- confederation19
- connectedness18
- consolidative19
- contaminating18
- countercharge21
- counterweight22
- crossbreeding19
- decarboxylate28
- decompression20
- deferentially20
- deforestation17
- descriptivism23
- desirableness16
- discoloration16
- disconfirming22
- disconnection18
- discontinuous16
- disfiguration18
- disfigurement20
- disrespectful21
- dissimilation16
- documentation18
- domestication18
- dramatisation16
- dramatization25
- dysfunctional22
- eccentrically22
- effervescence26
- efflorescence23
- elaborateness15
- electrocution17
- embellishment22
- encapsulation17
- encephalogram23
- exhibitionism27
- exhibitionist25
- expectoration24
- expostulation22
- expressionist22
- extermination22
- extravasation23
- falsification21
- featherweight26
- fertilisation16
- fertilization25
- foreshadowing24
- fossilisation16
- fossilization25
- fruitlessness16
- functionalism20
- galvanisation17
- galvanization26
- geometrically21
- glorification19
- gracelessness16
- grandiloquent24
- hairsplitting19
- harmonisation18
- harmonization27
- hermaphrodite24
- housecleaning19
- hundredweight25
- hypertonicity26
- hypochondriac29
- immateriality20
- immediateness18
- impeccability26
- impermissible21
- impersonation17
- impossibility22
- improvisation20
- incandescence20
- incapableness19
- inconsequence26
- inconsiderate16
- inconsistency20
- incontestable17
- inconvertible20
- incorrectness17
- indiscernible18
- indisposition16
- individualise18
- individualize27
- individuation18
- industrialise14
- industrialize23
- inexpensively28
- infinitesimal18
- inflexibility28
- inflorescence20
- ingeniousness14
- ingenuousness14
- inquisitorial22
- insensibility18
- insidiousness14
- insubordinate16
- insufficiency26
- interbreeding17
- interpolation15
- interrogatory17
- invariability21
- judiciousness23
- justificative28
- justificatory28
- lackadaisical22
- lamellibranch22
- leatherjacket29
- lightsomeness19
- machiavellian23
- magisterially19
- magnetisation16
- magnetization25
- materialistic17
- mechanisation20
- mechanization29
- mercilessness17
- metamorphosis22
- metrification20
- microscopical23
- mollification20
- monochromatic24
- morphological23
- mummification24
- murderousness16
- mystification23
- neoclassicist17
- nitrification18
- nonconformism22
- nonconformity23
- nonmechanical22
- northeasterly19
- northwesterly22
- nullification18
- occidentalism20
- onomatopoetic19
- ornamentation15
- orthogonality20
- overabundance21
- overvaluation19
- palatableness17
- parenthetical20
- pauperization26
- penuriousness15
- perambulation19
- perseveration18
- perspicacious21
- platyrrhinian21
- polychromatic27
- ponderousness16
- precipitation19
- precipitously22
- prefiguration19
- premeditation18
- preponderance20
- prepossession17
- preternatural15
- prevarication20
- probabilistic21
- problematical21
- prognosticate18
- promiscuously22
- pronunciation17
- psychogenesis24
- psychogenetic26
- pulverisation18
- pulverization27
- quadrilateral23
- quadrillionth26
- quincentenary27
- quintillionth25
- rapaciousness17
- ratiocination15
- reciprocation19
- reciprocative22
- reciprocatory22
- recombination19
- reconditeness16
- rectification20
- reduplication18
- reexamination22
- reflexiveness26
- regurgitation15
- reincarnation15
- reinstatement15
- relinquishing26
- republication19
- retroflection18
- retrogression14
- retrospection17
- revolutionise16
- sagaciousness16
- scholasticism22
- scintillating16
- scintillation15
- secretiveness18
- semiconductor20
- sensitisation13
- sensitiveness16
- sensitization22
- shapelessness18
- sheepshearing22
- socialisation15
- socialization24
- sorrowfulness19
- southeasterly19
- southwesterly22
- spasmodically23
- spindleshanks23
- squeamishness27
- stabilisation15
- steadfastness17
- sterilisation13
- sterilization22
- strengthening18
- structuralism17
- subordination16
- subsidisation16
- subsidization25
- substitutable17
- subterraneous15
- sumptuousness17
- superannuated16
- superposition17
- surreptitious15
- swashbuckling28
- symbolisation20
- symbolization29
- synchronizing31
- tastelessness13
- temperamental19
- temperateness17
- tenderhearted18
- terpsichorean20
- terrestrially16
- terrorisation13
- terrorization22
- theanthropism23
- theologically22
- thermoplastic22
- thoughtlessly23
- tortoiseshell16
- transactinide16
- transcendence18
- transcendency21
- transferrable18
- transgendered16
- translocation15
- transparently18
- transposition15
- triangulation14
- unadulterated15
- unappreciated20
- unarticulated16
- unceremonious17
- uncomplicated22
- unconditioned17
- uncoordinated17
- underexposure23
- undisciplined19
- unenlightened18
- unfashionable21
- uninquisitive25
- unintentional13
- uninteresting14
- unknowingness21
- unmentionable17
- unoriginality17
- unquestioning23
- unserviceable20
- unsymmetrical22
- verbalisation18
- verbalization27
- vermiculation20
- versification21
- victimization29
- vitrification21
- voicelessness18
- voraciousness18
- vulgarisation17
- vulgarization26
- woolgathering21
- accreditation18
- advertisement19
- aggravatingly22
- algebraically21
- alternatively19
- applicability24
- appropriately22
- approximately29
- archaeologist19
- archeological21
- architectural20
- argumentative19
- ascertainable17
- assertiveness16
- astonishingly20
- belligerently19
- bewilderingly23
- birefringence21
- boardinghouse20
- bronchiolitis20
- calculatingly21
- catecholamine22
- choreographic26
- commercialism23
- communicating22
- companionship24
- comparatively25
- competitively25
- conceptuality22
- condescending20
- congressional16
- considerately19
- consternation15
- contraception19
- controversial18
- corticotropin19
- craftsmanship25
- deformational19
- demythologize32
- depersonalize25
- developmental21
- dexamethasone26
- diagnostician17
- dialectically21
- diametrically21
- disappointing19
- disconcerting19
- discontinuity19
- disheartening18
- disinterested15
- dispassionate16
- distinctively22
- electromagnet18
- electrostatic17
- emphysematous25
- encouragingly20
- energetically19
- entertainment15
- everlastingly20
- exceptionally27
- exclusiveness25
- fasciculation20
- fascinatingly22
- ferromagnetic21
- foreknowledge25
- fundamentally22
- gastrocnemius18
- gesticulating17
- grammatically23
- gravitational17
- gubernatorial16
- herpetologist19
- homogeneously22
- housebreaking23
- hyalinization28
- hydrochloride26
- hypertrophied27
- hypervelocity29
- idiosyncratic21
- imaginatively22
- imperceptibly26
- inadvertently20
Highest-scoring 13 letter words
The thirteen-letter words worth the most in Scrabble, before premium squares and before the 50-point bingo bonus for using all seven tiles.
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends |
|---|---|---|
| RAZZAMATAZZES | 51 | 52 |
| CHIQUICHIQUIS | 41 | 43 |
| EMBEZZLEMENTS | 37 | 42 |
| KATZENJAMMERS | 37 | 42 |
| OBJECTIVIZING | 37 | 44 |
| SUBJECTIVIZED | 37 | 43 |
| SQUEEZABILITY | 36 | 38 |
| BEDAZZLEMENTS | 36 | 40 |
| BENZIMIDAZOLE | 36 | 40 |
| HYPOPHARYNXES | 36 | 35 |
| PHOTOOXIDIZED | 36 | 36 |
| QUELQUECHOSES | 36 | 39 |
| SCHIZOMYCETIC | 36 | 38 |
| SUBJECTIVIZES | 36 | 42 |
| TACHYPHYLAXES | 36 | 35 |
13 letter words starting with each letter
The most common thirteen-letter words for every starting letter, with how many there are.
13 letter words starting with A
864 words
- authoritarian16
- accompaniment23
- administrator16
- agglutination15
- approximation26
- acculturation17
- agglomeration17
- amplification22
13 letter words starting with B
387 words
- baccalaureate19
- backscratcher28
- beatification20
- biotechnology24
- blastogenesis16
- bombastically24
- brutalisation15
- brutalization24
13 letter words starting with C
1,420 words
- concentration17
- correspondent18
- counterattack21
- comprehensive25
- contradictory21
- carboniferous20
- complementary24
- consideration16
13 letter words starting with D
1,011 words
- demonstrative19
- demonstration16
- determinative19
- determination16
- disappearance20
- decomposition20
- differentiate20
- distinguished19
13 letter words starting with E
655 words
- establishment20
- embarrassment19
- extraordinary24
- effectiveness24
- encouragement18
- expansiveness25
- electrophorus20
- enlightenment19
13 letter words starting with F
356 words
- fractionation18
- forgetfulness20
- fortification21
- fragmentation19
- falsification21
- featherweight26
- fertilisation16
- fertilization25
13 letter words starting with G
305 words
- gratification19
- galvanisation17
- galvanization26
- geometrically21
- glorification19
- gracelessness16
- grandiloquent24
- gastrocnemius18
13 letter words starting with H
564 words
- hallucination18
- heterogeneous17
- hairsplitting19
- harmonisation18
- harmonization27
- hermaphrodite24
- housecleaning19
- hundredweight25
13 letter words starting with I
926 words
- interrogative17
- inconvenience20
- international13
- individualism20
- impressionist17
- indispensable18
- insignificant19
- investigation17
13 letter words starting with J
32 words
- justification25
- jurisprudence25
- juxtaposition29
- judiciousness23
- justificative28
- justificatory28
- jollification25
- jabberwockies33
13 letter words starting with K
47 words
- knowledgeable24
- kaleidoscopic24
- kindergartner19
- kaffeeklatsch32
- kaleidophones23
- kaleidoscopes22
- kapellmeister21
- karyomappings27
13 letter words starting with L
223 words
- lackadaisical22
- lamellibranch22
- leatherjacket29
- lightsomeness19
- laboriousness15
- labyrinthitis21
- lactobacillus19
- laughingstock24
13 letter words starting with M
844 words
- manifestation18
- magnification21
- magnificently24
- mediterranean16
- miscellaneous17
- modernization25
- mortification20
- machiavellian23
13 letter words starting with N
444 words
- nonconformist20
- northeastward20
- northwestward23
- nationalistic15
- neighbourhood23
- nonfunctional18
- neoclassicist17
- nitrification18
13 letter words starting with O
475 words
- orchestration18
- objectionable26
- occidentalism20
- onomatopoetic19
- ornamentation15
- orthogonality20
- overabundance21
- overvaluation19
13 letter words starting with P
1,528 words
- perpendicular20
- pneumogastric20
- parliamentary20
- philosophical25
- preoccupation21
- proportionate17
- provincialism22
- psychological26
13 letter words starting with Q
86 words
- quadruplicate27
- qualification27
- questioningly26
- quadrilateral23
- quadrillionth26
- quincentenary27
- quintillionth25
- qualitatively28
13 letter words starting with R
729 words
- revolutionary19
- refrigeration17
- reinforcement20
- religiousness14
- reorientation13
- retentiveness16
- retrospective20
- reverberation18
13 letter words starting with S
1,415 words
- superordinate16
- schizophrenic34
- semiautomatic19
- southeastward20
- southwestward23
- supernumerary20
- significantly22
- sophisticated21
13 letter words starting with T
635 words
- technological21
- theoretically21
- transmutation15
- thoroughgoing22
- transcription17
- transgression14
- transmissible17
- transpiration15
13 letter words starting with U
642 words
- understanding16
- underestimate16
- unaccompanied22
- uncomfortable22
- unaccountable19
- unambiguously21
- unconditional16
- unconquerable26
13 letter words starting with V
218 words
- vulnerability21
- verbalisation18
- verbalization27
- vermiculation20
- versification21
- victimization29
- vitrification21
- voicelessness18
13 letter words starting with W
118 words
- waterproofing22
- worthlessness19
- woolgathering21
- watercolorist18
- wonderfulness20
- waterlessness16
- weatherliness19
- weightlifting24
13 letter words starting with X
18 words
- xerophthalmia30
- xanthochroias28
- xanthochroids29
- xanthochroism30
- xanthochromia30
- xanthochroous28
- xanthopterine25
- xanthopterins25
13 letter words starting with Y
8 words
- yachtsmanship28
- yellowhammers26
- yellowishness22
- yellowthroats22
- yesterevening20
- yestermorning19
- yieldableness19
- yuppification25
13 letter words starting with Z
27 words
- zinjanthropus34
- zalambdodonts28
- zantedeschias28
- zealousnesses22
- zestfulnesses25
- zeugmatically30
- zigzaggedness35
- zincification29
Common endings for 13 letter words
The 3-letter endings shared by the most thirteen-letter words. Spotting an ending in your rack is the fastest route to a long play.
13 letter words ending in ING
1,125 words
- understanding16
- corresponding19
- thoroughgoing22
- waterproofing22
- accommodating23
- contaminating18
- crossbreeding19
- disconfirming22
- foreshadowing24
- hairsplitting19
13 letter words ending in SES
938 words
- abusivenesses18
- acidophiluses21
- actinomycoses22
- adaptednesses17
- adventuresses17
- adverbialises19
- adversenesses17
- advisednesses18
- aestheticises18
- agelessnesses14
13 letter words ending in IES
883 words
- abnormalities17
- acceptivities22
- accountancies19
- actinometries17
- adorabilities16
- aerobiologies16
- affectivities24
- agamospermies20
- agrobiologies17
- agrostologies15
13 letter words ending in ONS
726 words
- abbreviations20
- accelerations17
- accentuations17
- accumulations19
- adjudications24
- adulterations14
- aerifications18
- aeroplanktons19
- agathodaimons20
- aldolisations14
13 letter words ending in ION
724 words
- concentration17
- consideration16
- demonstration16
- communication21
- determination16
- agglutination15
- approximation26
- certification20
- configuration19
- consolidation16
Thirteen-letter words with Q, Z, X and J
The high-value tiles. A thirteen-letter word that uses one is usually the top-scoring play on the rack.
13 letter words with Q
293 words
- quadruplicate27
- qualification27
- questioningly26
- sequestration22
- unconquerable26
- grandiloquent24
- inconsequence26
- inquisitorial22
- quadrilateral23
- quadrillionth26
13 letter words with Z
903 words
- schizophrenic34
- authorization25
- modernization25
- revolutionize25
- stabilization24
- animalization24
- brutalization24
- collectivized30
- commercialize30
- communization28
13 letter words with X
481 words
- extraordinary24
- approximation26
- expansiveness25
- excommunicate28
- extrapolation22
- extravagantly27
- inexhaustible25
- juxtaposition29
- decarboxylate28
- exhibitionism27
13 letter words with J
122 words
- justification25
- jurisprudence25
- juxtaposition29
- objectionable26
- judiciousness23
- justificative28
- justificatory28
- leatherjacket29
- conjecturally27
- enjoyableness25
Why thirteen-letter words matter
Words of this length are where the big scores live. Playing all seven tiles from your rack in one turn earns a 50-point bingo bonus in Scrabble, so recognising thirteen-letter patterns from a jumbled rack is worth more than any single high-value tile.
The list above is ranked by how common each word is in written English rather than alphabetically, using corpus frequency data. That means the words most likely to be accepted without an argument, and most likely to be useful, appear first.
Finding thirteen-letter words from your own letters
Browsing a full list is useful for study, but during a game you need the intersection of the list and your rack. Enter your tiles into the finder above and set the length to 13; the results are every thirteen-letter word your letters can actually build, ordered by points. Add a starting or ending letter if you are playing off a tile already on the board.
Other word lengths
2 letter words128 words3 letter words1,311 words4 letter words5,528 words5 letter words12,653 words6 letter words22,418 words7 letter words33,296 words8 letter words40,649 words9 letter words41,231 words10 letter words35,874 words11 letter words28,114 words12 letter words20,454 words14 letter words9,213 words15 letter words5,812 words
Frequently asked questions
How many 13 letter words are there?
This dictionary contains 13,977 thirteen-letter words. That figure includes inflected forms such as plurals and past tenses, which are valid in most word games.
What is the highest-scoring 13 letter word?
Among 13-letter words, SQUEEZABILITY is one of the highest scoring at 36 points in Scrabble. High-value 13-letter words almost always contain Q, Z, X or J.
What are some common 13 letter words?
Some of the most familiar thirteen-letter words are INTERROGATIVE, NONCONFORMIST, UNDERSTANDING, PERPENDICULAR, SUPERORDINATE, SCHIZOPHRENIC, UNDERESTIMATE, CONCENTRATION. The list above is ordered by how common each word is, so the most recognisable ones appear first.
Are all 13 letter words valid in Scrabble?
Most are, but tournament play uses an official regional word list that differs slightly from a general English dictionary. For casual games this list works well; for sanctioned play, check the official dictionary for your region.