14-Letter Words
100 wordsFourteen-letter words represent the outer limits of everyday vocabulary. These linguistic heavyweights pack complex ideas into single terms, from scientific nomenclature to philosophical concepts. Here you'll find thousands of words that challenge both memory and spelling.
Words starting with A
11Words starting with C
14Words starting with D
7Words starting with E
3Words starting with F
1Words starting with G
2Words starting with H
3Words starting with I
11Words starting with M
6Words starting with N
1Words starting with O
3Words starting with P
4Words starting with R
10Words starting with S
9Words starting with T
2Words starting with U
12Words starting with W
1Pattern Guide
Insights and recommendations for these words.
Words this long rarely appear in casual play, but knowing a few can dramatically shift a game's momentum.
Vocabulary & Language
Linguistic patterns and usage statistics
At fourteen letters, words almost always combine multiple morphemes—prefixes like hyper-, bio-, or auto- attached to Greek or Latin roots, often with suffixes like -ation, -ology, or -ness extending the meaning. Scientific and medical terminology dominates this length because technical language builds systematically: anesthesiology, bioelectricity, bioengineering. These words aren't arbitrary; they're constructed from predictable parts that, once learned, unlock entire families of vocabulary.
Total Words
3,201
1.1% of dictionary
Top Scrabble
METHOXYBENZENE
40 points
Parts of Speech
Latin and French overwhelmingly dominate fourteen-letter words, with Ancient Greek and Middle English providing substantial support. This reflects how English absorbed scholarly and technical vocabulary during the Renaissance, when Latin was the language of science and French the language of law and administration. The Greek influence appears strongest in scientific terminology, where combining forms like bio- and -logy create systematic nomenclature.
Word Games
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Top 14-Letter Words
(Old Testament) king of Chaldea who captured and destroyed Jerusalem and exiled the Israelites to Babylonia (630?-562 BC)
any of several similar lipophilic amines used as tranquilizers or sedatives or hypnotics or muscle relaxants; chronic use can lead to dependency
surgical removal of the pituitary gland
Top 14-Letter Words
(Old Testament) king of Chaldea who captured and destroyed Jerusalem and exiled the Israelites to Babylonia (630?-562 BC)
any of several similar lipophilic amines used as tranquilizers or sedatives or hypnotics or muscle relaxants; chronic use can lead to dependency
NEBUCHADNEZZAR tops both games—40 points in Scrabble, 44 in Words With Friends—making it the ultimate fourteen-letter showpiece if you ever manage to play it. QUINQUEVALENCE demonstrates WWF's higher Q value, jumping from 37 to 44 points between games. METHOXYBENZENE rewards the X and Z with 40 points in Scrabble and 42 in WWF. At this length, you're rarely playing these words fresh; you're extending existing words or finding miraculous board alignments.
Hidden Gems
Rare but valid words to surprise opponents
the branch of medical science that studies and applies anesthetics
a system for self-improvement developed by Emile Coue which was popular in the 1920s and 1930s
electric phenomena in animals or plants
the branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments
AUTOSUGGESTION deserves attention—it refers to Émile Coué's early 20th-century self-improvement system, famous for the mantra "Every day, in every way, I'm getting better and better." Beyond its historical curiosity, the word uses common letters and represents a rare blend of psychology and self-help that entered mainstream vocabulary during the Jazz Age.
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