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9 Letter Words
Our dictionary has 27,058 nine-letter words. 1,889 of them are common enough to be the answer in our daily 9-letter puzzle; the rest are accepted as guesses. Below you will find the most common ones, lists by first and last letter, and how often each letter turns up in each spot.
The most common letter is E: it appears in 73% of all nine-letter words, ahead of S (64%) and I (61%). More words start with S than with any other letter (3,124), and the most common last letter is S (10,848 words, many of them plurals). Among the common words, C starts the most, while E is their most common last letter. A nine-letter word has 3.4 vowels on average, and 89% repeat a letter.
Search all 27,058 nine-letter words
Type letters to filter as you go. Repeat a letter (EE) to ask for two of it.
The 120 most common 9-letter words
In order of how often they appear in everyday English.
- something
- different
- president
- important
- community
- political
- available
- education
- sometimes
- beautiful
- attention
- character
- situation
- financial
- difficult
- committee
- potential
- treatment
- statement
- knowledge
- secretary
- insurance
- direction
- operation
- necessary
- yesterday
- professor
- effective
- agreement
- challenge
- equipment
- otherwise
- executive
- therefore
- condition
- interview
- religious
- wonderful
- everybody
- structure
- authority
- institute
- dangerous
- advantage
- influence
- technical
- reference
- somewhere
- excellent
- afternoon
- assistant
- emergency
- fantastic
- expensive
- transport
- candidate
- emotional
- apartment
- corporate
- basically
- determine
- ourselves
- selection
- breakfast
- essential
- recommend
- newspaper
- territory
- boyfriend
- represent
- permanent
- exclusive
- personnel
- brilliant
- existence
- expansion
- worldwide
- secondary
- immediate
- principal
- recognize
- childhood
- commander
- democracy
- tradition
- celebrate
- chocolate
- criticism
- extensive
- formation
- universal
- meanwhile
- practical
- temporary
- household
- technique
- adventure
- elsewhere
- establish
- extension
- offensive
- sensitive
- alongside
- discovery
- encourage
- awareness
- guarantee
- happiness
- procedure
- confident
- strategic
- economics
- efficient
- evolution
- promotion
- telephone
- forgotten
- ownership
- spiritual
- associate
For a Wordle-style game with nine letters, our best everyday first guess is COASTLINE: after it, about 2.5 of the 1,850 possible answers are left on average. Stuck on a real puzzle? The word finder takes your green, yellow and gray letters and puts the likely answers first.
9-letter words by first letter
9-letter words by last letter
Letters in 9-letter words
How many nine-letter words contain each letter, how many start or end with it, and the spot where it turns up most.
| Letter | Words | Share | First | Last | Most common spot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E | 19,716 | 73% | 1,206 | 2,964 | Eighth |
| S | 17,255 | 64% | 3,124 | 10,848 | Ninth |
| I | 16,440 | 61% | 923 | 65 | Seventh |
| A | 14,859 | 55% | 1,726 | 324 | Second |
| R | 14,707 | 54% | 1,629 | 1,350 | Third |
| N | 13,205 | 49% | 593 | 922 | Eighth |
| T | 13,048 | 48% | 1,304 | 1,488 | Sixth |
| O | 12,324 | 46% | 970 | 79 | Second |
| L | 10,712 | 40% | 756 | 636 | Sixth |
| C | 8,591 | 32% | 2,580 | 492 | First |
| D | 8,178 | 30% | 1,614 | 2,866 | Ninth |
| U | 7,253 | 27% | 790 | 3 | Second |
| G | 6,355 | 23% | 833 | 2,385 | Ninth |
| M | 6,161 | 23% | 1,489 | 471 | First |
| P | 6,064 | 22% | 2,185 | 84 | First |
| H | 5,344 | 20% | 950 | 248 | Second |
| B | 4,398 | 16% | 1,580 | 17 | First |
| Y | 3,260 | 12% | 53 | 1,478 | Ninth |
| F | 2,883 | 11% | 1,101 | 43 | First |
| K | 2,279 | 8.4% | 224 | 234 | Fourth |
| V | 2,256 | 8.3% | 448 | 1 | First |
| W | 2,084 | 7.7% | 569 | 27 | First |
| Z | 958 | 3.5% | 81 | 7 | Seventh |
| X | 717 | 2.6% | 21 | 26 | Second |
| Q | 425 | 1.6% | 116 | 0 | First |
| J | 389 | 1.4% | 193 | 0 | First |
Frequently asked questions
How many nine-letter words are there?
Our American English dictionary accepts 27,058 nine-letter words. 1,889 of them are common everyday words, and those are the possible answers in our daily 9-letter puzzle. The rest, such as plurals and rare words, count as guesses.
What is the most common nine-letter word?
Going by how often words appear in everyday English, something, then different, including and following. The list above has the 120 most common ones in order.
Which letter do most nine-letter words start with?
S: 3,124 words, 12% of the total. The rarest first letter is X, with 21 words.
What is the best first guess with nine letters?
Among everyday words, COASTLINE: after it, about 2.5 of the 1,850 possible daily answers are left on average. CONSULATE and MASCULINE come close. The how to play page explains how we measured it.