12-Letter Words Containing: EL
(In Exact Order)
There are 1,217 12 letter words,
486 12 letter phrases and
0 12 letter abbr's with
EL in.
Best Scoring 12 Letter Words With: EL
| Rank | Word | Save? | Length | Usage | Points | Type | |
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| 1 | quelquechose | 12 | 35 | nounn | |||
| 2 | zooxanthella | 12 | 31 | nounn | |||
| 3 | exhibitively | 12 | 30 | adverbadv | |||
| 4 | subjectively | 12 | 29 | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||
| 5 | projectively | 12 | 29 | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||
| 6 | jellygraphed | 12 | 29 | verbv | |||
| 7 | exhaustively | 12 | 28 | adverbadv | |||
| 8 | reliquefying | 12 | 28 | verbv | |||
| 9 | adjunctively | 12 | 28 | adverbadv | |||
| 10 | pejoratively | 12 | 27 | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||
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All 12 Letter Words With EL In Order
Words (1217)
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