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9-Letter Words

There are 10,291 nine-letter words on Word.ws, from abandoned to zygomatic, each with a short meaning. The most common are something, different, including, following and president.

Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.

9-letter words by first letter

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  15. O
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  17. Q
  18. R
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  21. U
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  26. Z

The 100 most common 9-letter words

  • according15adj. Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious.
  • advantage14n. Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly...
  • afternoon12n. The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or...
  • agreement12n. An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of...
  • announced12adj. Having been preceded by an announcement; declared.
  • apartment13n. A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one...
  • assistant9adj. Having a subordinate or auxiliary position.
  • attention9n. Mental focus.
  • authority15n. Power or right to make or enforce rules, give orders, or impose...
  • available14adj. Such as one may avail oneself of; capable of being used for the...
  • basically16adv. In a fundamental, essential or basic manner.
  • beautiful14adj. Possessing beauty, impressing the eye; attractive.
  • beginning13n. The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action...
  • candidate13n. A person who seeks to be elected or appointed to a position or...
  • certainly14adv. In a way which is certain; with certainty.
  • challenge15n. An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to...
  • character16n. A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.
  • collected14adj. Gathered together.
  • committed16adj. Obligated or locked in (often by a pledge) to some course of action.
  • committee15n. A body of one or more persons convened for the accomplishment of some...
  • community18n. A group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law...
  • completed16adj. Finished.
  • concerned14adj. Showing concern.
  • condition12n. A state or quality.
  • confirmed17adj. Having a settled habit; inveterate or habitual.
  • connected14adj. Having favorable rapport with a powerful entity.
  • continued12adj. Prolonged; unstopped.
  • corporate13adj. Of or relating to an institution; institutional.
  • currently14adv. At this moment, at present, now.
  • dangerous11adj. Full of danger.
  • delivered14adj. That has been, or will be, delivered in a specific manner.
  • determine12v. To set the boundaries or limits of.
  • developed16adj. Wealthy and industrialized; not third-world.
  • different16adj. Not the same; exhibiting a difference.
  • difficult18adj. Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.
  • direction12n. A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of...
  • education12n. The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.
  • effective20adj. Having the power to produce a required effect or effects.
  • emergency17n. A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent...
  • emotional11adj. Of or relating to the emotions.
  • equipment22n. The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage...
  • estimated12adj. That is an estimate.
  • everybody21pron. Every individual in a set; all people.
  • excellent18adj. Having excelled, having surpassed.
  • executive21adj. Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect.
  • expensive21adj. Having a high price or cost.
  • extremely21adv. To an extreme degree.
  • fantastic14adj. Wonderful; marvelous; excellent; extraordinarily good or great (used...
  • financial14adj. Related to finances.
  • following16adj. Coming next, either in sequence or in time.
  • generally13adv. Popularly or widely.
  • happening17adj. Busy, lively; vibrant, dynamic; fashionable.
  • important13adj. Having relevant and crucial value; having import.
  • including13prep. Such as, among which; introducing one or more parts of the group or...
  • influence14n. The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the...
  • institute9n. An organization founded to promote a cause.
  • insurance11n. A means of indemnity against a future occurrence of an uncertain event.
  • interests9n. The persons interested in any particular business or cause, taken...
  • interview15n. Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official or adversarial...
  • knowledge18n. The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or...
  • listening10adj. Of something or someone that listens.
  • literally12adv. Without overstatement or understatement, or false or misleading words.
  • marketing16n. Buying and/or selling in a market (street market or market fair).
  • necessary14adj. Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order...
  • obviously17adv. In an obvious or clearly apparent manner.
  • operating12adj. In operation; that operates.
  • operation11n. The method by which a device performs its function.
  • otherwise15adv. Differently, in another way.
  • ourselves12pron. Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or...
  • political13adj. Concerning or relating to politics, the art and process of governing.
  • potential11n. A currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being...
  • presented12adj. Having a specified presentation, or a presentation with specified...
  • president12n. The head of state of a republic, sometimes also the head of government...
  • professor14n. The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar...
  • providing16n. Something provided; a provision.
  • published17adj. Issued for sale to the public.
  • questions18n. A game in which players must only say questions, and if they don't they...
  • reference14n. A measurement one can compare (some other measurement) to.
  • regarding12prep. Concerning, respecting.
  • religious10adj. Concerning religion.
  • remaining12adj. Which remains, especially after something else has been removed.
  • secretary14n. A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical...
  • selection11n. The process or act of selecting.
  • seriously12adv. In a serious or literal manner.
  • situation9n. The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
  • something15pron. An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing.
  • sometimes13adv. On some occasions, over some periods, or in certain circumstances, but...
  • somewhere17adv. In an uncertain or unspecified location.
  • standards11n. Principles of conduct shaped by one's ideas of morality, decency and...
  • statement11n. A declaration or remark.
  • structure11n. A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
  • supported14adj. Held in position, especially from below.
  • surprised12adj. Caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due...
  • technical16adj. Specifically related to a particular discipline.
  • therefore15adv. Consequently, by or in consequence of that or this cause; referring to...
  • transport11v. To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.
  • treatment11n. The process or manner of treating someone or something.
  • typically19adv. In a typical or common manner.
  • wonderful16adj. Tending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary.
  • yesterday16n. The day immediately before today; one day ago.

Source and license

Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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