20-Point Words That Start and End with the Same Letter

Browse words whose first and last letters match and whose classic letter-game score reaches 20 points or more.

Average score

22.8

Classic letter-game score across all matches.

Top scorer

SCUZZBUCKETS (40)

Highest single-word score in this result set.

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Results

Filtered to 20 points and up, then ranked by score first, with longer words breaking ties before alphabetical order.

scuzzbuckets124038No
squeezeboxes123968No
schizophyceous1438510Yes
schizothymics133739Yes
subjectivizes1336510No
showbizzes103638No
experimentalize1535711No
squeezabilities1535810No
schizophrenics1435410No
schizothymias1335410Yes
exemplificative1534711No
demythologized1434511Yes
schizophytes1234310Yes
kolkhoznik103437No
decollectivized153369No
excommunicative1533711No
dehydrogenized1433510Yes
schizophrenias1433511No
diphthongized1333410No
schnozzles103328No
xxxix53312No
lexicographical1532611No
sphygmographies1532411Yes
sulfinpyrazones1532513Yes
chemotaxonomic1432610No
schizophrenes1332410No
skyjackings113229Yes
scuzzballs103227No
scuzzbags93227No
schematizations1531611No
symmetrizations1531511Yes
excommunicable1431611No
stockjobberies1431510No
depolymerized1331510Yes
myxobacterium1331512Yes
schizocarpous1331510No
soliloquizers133169No
stockjobbings1331310No
symptomatizes1331410Yes
dehypnotized1231410Yes
sympathizers1231311Yes
extemporize113159No
kibbutznik103137No
chromatographic1530510No
synthesizations1530510Yes
decarboxylated1430511Yes
sexualizations1430711No
symbolizations1430511Yes
shadowboxings1330411No
sphygmographs133029Yes
synchronizers1330310Yes
deemphasized123059No
desexualized123069No
dichotomized123059No
snazzinesses123046No
soliloquizes123068No
scyphozoans113039Yes
sympathizes1130310Yes
diazotized103057No
intermezzi103047No
knickknack103025No
skyjackers103028Yes
equivoque93066No
exoenzyme93047Yes
swizzlers93027No
embezzle83035No
kazachok83036No
huzzah63024No
zzz33001No
cytophotometric1529510Yes
saccharomycetes1529510Yes
squeamishnesses152969No
sympathectomies1529511Yes
chemosynthetic1429410Yes
computerphobic1429511No
decriminalized1429610No
splenectomizes1429511No
squirrelfishes142959No
subspecializes1429610No
swashbucklings1429312No
sympatholytics1429311Yes
cytotaxonomic132959Yes
dealcoholized132969No
disharmonized1329511No
epigrammatize132969No
exemplifiable132969No
subjectivisms1329410No
chymotryptic122929Yes
ethylbenzene122948Yes
schizopodous122959No
smokejumpers122949No
stockjobbers122939No
synchronizes1229310Yes
chernozemic112949No
coenzymatic1129410Yes
schizocarps112939No
squawfishes112949No
symptomizes112939Yes
deoxidized102956No
smokejacks102938No
grizzling92926No
swizzles82926No
despiritualized1528711No
disequilibrated1528711No
schlockmeisters1528411No
sexdecillionths1528511No
specializations1528711No
stockbrokerages1528510No
subminiaturizes1528711No
chromatophoric142859No
cycloaliphatic142859Yes
equiponderance1428711No
staphylococcus1428410Yes
subcategorizes1428612No
subjectiveness1428510No
subjectivities142869No
substantivizes1428510No
synchroflashes1428311Yes
systemizations1428510Yes
chalcographic132849No
cryptographic1328310Yes
depoliticized132869No
excommunicate1328610No
schizogeneses132859No
schizogenesis132859No
superhighways1328411Yes
chromophobic122848No
deformalized1228510No
graphitizing122849No
schismatizes122849No
subvocalizes1228511No
cyclothymic112828Yes
showjumpers1128310No
supplejacks112839No
synonymizes112838Yes
cryptozoic102838Yes
snazziness102836No
epoxidize92857No
skipjacks92827No
sovkhozes92837No
albizzia82845No
drizzled82826No
guzzling82826No
kuvaszok82837No
skyjacks82816Yes
chronogrammatic1527510No
cinematographic1527612No
scandalizations1527610No
semiliquidities152789No
servomechanisms1527511No
sesquipedalians1527710No
stigmatizations152769No
superphosphates152759No
cytopathogenic1427511Yes
dematerialized142779No
depersonalized1427611No
extinguishable1427612No
shadowgraphies1427511No
spokesmanships1427410No
summarizations1427610No
syllogizations1427510Yes
chromospheric132749No
cryptogrammic1327310Yes
deglamourized1327611No
delegitimized132768No
devolatilized132769No
epithelialize132778No
exteroceptive132769No
gourmandizing1327510No
nightwatchman132739No
nightwatchmen1327310No
saccharomyces132749Yes
speechmakings1327411No
spermatozoids1327511No
squeamishness132759No
squirearchies132769No
subjectivists132749No
swashbucklers1327311No
systematizers132749Yes
debarbarized122757No
decarbonized1227510No
decarburized122759No
democratized1227510No
devulgarized1227510No
equiprobable1227610No
exchangeable122759No
schizogonies122759No
schizogonous122759No
sparrowhawks122738No
steeplejacks122749No
suboptimizes1227510No
synthesizers122739Yes
defeminized112757No
dehumanized112759No
devocalized112759No
exteriorize112767No
externalize112759No
gothicizing112748No
schematizes112749No
schlimazels112739No
shadowboxes112749No
switchbacks112729No
symbolizers1127310Yes
symmetrizes112738Yes
effeminize102756No
schizopods102738No
expertize92747No
knockback92726No
machzorim92738No
squeezers92746No
dazzled72725No
dizzied72734No
scuzzes72725No
spazzes72725No
centrosymmetric1526410Yes
disillusionized152679No
majoritarianism152679No
schoolteachings1526511No
sclerotizations1526611No
secularizations1526712No
securitizations1526711No
sentimentalizes152669No
solubilizations1526710No
strikebreakings1526510No
substantializes1526610No

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