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
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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