12-Letter Words

On this page, we will show you the whole list of 21,025 words with 12 letters. To narrow the list down to fit your current demands, like starting or ending letters or groups of letters, you should utilize our WordFinder tool, which will generate a list of any words that fit your desired criteria.

The list of 12-letter words

Around 7.50% of all words from the English language have 12 letters, 21,025 of them to be exact. On average, their Scrabble value is 19.02 points per word, making them perfect for this and numerous other word games, such as Words With Friends, of just solving anagrams for fun.

On this page

• List of 12-letter words
• The most common letters in 12-letter words
• The most common starting letters in 12-letter words
• The most common ending letters in 12-letter words
• The most frequent 12-letter words in the English language

What are the most common letters among 12-letter words?

• Almost 80% of all 12-letter words, 78.56% to be exact, contain the letter I, and 78.38% of them contain the letter E. These are the two most common letters among 12-letter words.
• The letter S is contained in over 71.82% of 12-letter words, 65.84% of them contain the letter T, and 65.67% contain the letter N.
• There are 8 letters that appear in at least 60% of 12-letter words, making the guessing game much easier.
• Similar to other long words, the least common letters among 12-letter words are J with 1.05%, Q with 1.87%, and X with 3.16% of appearances.

What are the most frequent starting letters in 12-letter words?

• S is the most common starting letter in 12-letter words, accounting for 10.43% of all starting letters in the group.
• 10.24% of 12-letter words start with the letter P, and 10.11% start with the letter C.
• 3 out of every 10 words with 12 letters start with either S, P, or C.
• On the other side, Y is the least common starting letter among 12-letter words, accounting for only 0.04% of all starting letters.

The most common ending letters among 12-letter words

• More than 44.82% of all 12-letter words end with the letter S.
• 9.70% of words end with the letter G and 9.37% end with Y.
• These 3 letters account for more than 63% of all starting letters among 12-letter words.
• No words with 12 letters end with either Z, V, Q, or J.

What are the most commonly used 12-letter words in English?

• Only 0.61% of all words used during everyday communication are 12-letter words, compared to 7.50% of words that are shared in the English dictionary.
• The most commonly used 12-letter word is ORGANIZATION, accounting for 0.018% of all used words and 3.08% of all used 12-letter words.
• RELATIONSHIP is the second most frequently used 12-letter word in English, accounting for 2.92% of all 12-letter words and 0.017% of all words.
• Close to 55% of all 12-letter words are nouns and proper nouns, 24.06% are adjectives, 13.09% are adverbs, and 8.00% are verbs.
• Frequency-wise, nouns, and proper nouns account for close to 60% of all 12-letter words used, adjectives account for 21.84%, adverbs account for 13.80%, and verbs for 4.65%.

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