9 letter words

24,873 words are exactly 9 letters long. QUIZZICAL scores highest at 38 points.

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9-letter words count:300

Showing the highest-scoring of 24,873 words. The pages linked below split the rest into smaller lists.

The words in full

24,873 words are exactly 9 letters long. That is enough to fill a page many times over, so the best-scoring are shown first.

24,873 words reach 9 letters, the longest here. The bulk sit at 9 letters with 24,873 entries.

The useful details

Scrabble values put QUIZZICAL at 38 points on top. It tops both tables: 41 in Words With Friends as well.

Top of the list by length: QUIZZICAL, SHOWBIZZY and WHIZZBANG, all 9 letters.

Only the highest-scoring words are shown. Use the solver above with a starting or ending filter to find the rest.

What some of these mean

quizzical
playfully vexing (especially by ridicule)
whizzbang
a small high-velocity shell
embezzled
taken for your own use in violation of a trust
schnozzle
informal terms for the nose
embezzler
someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use

Common questions

How many 9-letter words are there?
24,873 in the Tournament dictionary, which is the public-domain ENABLE word list. The Broad dictionary adds more.
What is the highest-scoring 9-letter word?
QUIZZICAL at 38 points, counting tile values with no board multipliers.
Are all of them listed here?
No. The page shows the 300 highest-scoring; the pages linked below break the full list down by starting and ending letters.