9 Letter Words

Common nine-letter words

The 50 most used in spoken English (SUBTLEX-US), with a short meaning.

• something 15/17
• everybody 21/21
• beautiful 14/18 delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
• different 16/17 unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
• important 13/16 of great significance or value
• sometimes 13/15 on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
• wonderful 16/19 extraordinarily good or great
• gentlemen 12/17 (form of gentleman) a man of refinement
• president 12/14 an executive officer of a firm or corporation
• certainly 14/16 definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')
• questions 18/20 (form of question) challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
• somewhere 17/17 in or at or to some place
• attention 9/11 the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
• yesterday 16/14 the day immediately before today
• afternoon 12/14 the part of the day between noon and evening
• happening 17/21 an event that happens
• apartment 13/16 a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
• situation 9/11 the general state of things
• dangerous 11/14 involving or causing danger or risk
• boyfriend 18/19 a man who is the lover of a man or woman
• professor 14/15 someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
• breakfast 18/19 the first meal of the day (usually in the morning)
• seriously 12/13 in a serious manner
• wondering 14/17 showing curiosity
• beginning 13/19 the event consisting of the start of something
• listening 10/14 the act of hearing attentively
• detective 15/17 a police officer who investigates crimes
• obviously 17/20 unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
• difficult 18/21 not easy
• surprised 12/14 taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment
• emergency 17/20 a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
• excellent 18/22 very good
• ourselves 12/15
• apologize 21/24 acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing
• necessary 14/15 absolutely essential
• following 16/20 (form of follow) to travel behind, go after, come after
• concerned 14/18 feeling or showing worry or solicitude
• operation 11/13 the state of being in effect or being operative
• perfectly 19/21 completely and without qualification
• according 15/19 (followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with
• gentleman 12/17 a man of refinement
• otherwise 15/14 in other respects or ways
• fantastic 14/16 ludicrously odd
• insurance 11/15 promise of reimbursement in the case of loss
• character 16/17 an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
• screaming 14/18 sharp piercing cry
• condition 12/15 a state at a particular time
• commander 16/20 an officer in command of a military unit
• expecting 21/25 (form of expect) regard something as probable or likely
• brilliant 11/15 of surpassing excellence

The 1,000 most common of 24,851 nine-letter words

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