Anagrams of second-best

8 letter words you can make with second-best

secondes: noun, the second of the eight defensive positions.
bonesets: noun, any composite plant of the genus Eupatorium, especially E. perfoliatum, of North America, having white flowers in a flat-topped cluster.
stenosed: adjective, characterized by stenosis; abnormally narrowed.
cestodes: noun, a parasitic platyhelminth or flatworm of the class Cestoda, which comprises the tapeworms.

7 letter words you can make with second-best

encodes: verb (used with object), to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
docents: noun, privatdocent.
seconds: noun, a second part.
seconde: noun, the second of the eight defensive positions.
cenotes: noun, a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
cestode: noun, a parasitic platyhelminth or flatworm of the class Cestoda, which comprises the tapeworms.
2,4,5-t: noun, a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
descent: noun, the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position. Synonyms: falling, sinking; fall, drop.
Tenedos: noun, an island in the Aegean, near the entrance to the Dardanelles, belonging to Turkey.
boneset: noun, any composite plant of the genus Eupatorium, especially E. perfoliatum, of North America, having white flowers in a flat-topped cluster.
obscene: adjective, offensive to morality or decency; indecent; depraved:
debones: verb (used with object), to remove the bones from (meat, fish, or fowl); bone:
denotes: verb (used with object), to be a mark or sign of; indicate:

6 letter words you can make with second-best

contes: plural, Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
scones: noun, a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
deboss: verb (used with object), to indent (a figure or design) into a surface:
sondes: noun, a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
Donets: noun, a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
donees: noun, a person to whom a gift is made.
setose: adjective, covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
setons: noun, a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
debone: verb (used with object), to remove the bones from (meat, fish, or fowl); bone:
nested: noun, a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
second: noun, a second part.
denote: verb (used with object), to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
docent: noun, privatdocent.
cenote: noun, a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
scents: noun, a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
Odense: noun, a seaport on Fyn island, in S Denmark.
censes: verb (used with object), to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
centos: noun, a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
scends: noun, the heaving motion of a vessel.
cteno-
dentes: noun, plural of dens.
escent
Cobden: noun, Richard, 1804–65, English manufacturer, merchant, economist, and statesman.
estocs: noun, a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
cosset: noun, a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb.
cosets: noun, a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
contd.
C-note: noun, See C (def 11).
Ostend: noun, a seaport in NW Belgium.
decent: adjective, conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech.
steeds: noun, a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
Stones: noun, the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
Enesco: noun, Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
stenos: noun, a stenographer.
besets: verb (used with object), to attack on all sides; assail; harass:
tenses: noun, a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
encode: verb (used with object), to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
besots: verb (used with object), to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
steno-
stoned: noun, the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.

5 letter words you can make with second-best

denes: noun, a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
estoc: noun, a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
desc.
Conde: noun, Louis II de Bourbon [lwee,, duh boor-bawn] /lwi,, də burˈbɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Prince de (Duc d'Enghien"the Great Condé") 1621–86, French general.
tends: Verb phrases, tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
coeds: noun, Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
ecto-
onces: noun, a single occasion; one time only:
onset: noun, a beginning or start:
codes: noun, a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
endo-
Osset: noun, a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
Cons.
oste-
teens: noun, Archaic. suffering; grief.
econ.
Estes: noun, a male given name.
cetes: noun, a number of badgers together.
scend: noun, the heaving motion of a vessel.
bodes: verb, a simple past tense of bide.
2,4-d: noun, a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
needs: noun, a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
30-30
Const
Deneb: noun, a first-magnitude star in the constellation Cygnus.
deets: plural noun, details:
noses: noun, the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
noted: noun, a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
notes: noun, a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
dense: adjective, having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
noct-
dent.
obdt.
cotes: noun, a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
obese: adjective, very fat or overweight; corpulent.
to-be: adjective, future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
cont.
costs: noun, the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
dents: noun, a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
nests: noun, a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
coset: noun, a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
tones: noun, any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
scene: noun, the place where some action or event occurs:
tense: noun, a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
Conte: noun, count2 .
teno-
Odets: noun, Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
ento-
cents: noun, a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
snots: noun, Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
sense: noun, any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
CENTO: noun, a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
sents: noun, a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
Seton: noun, a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
besot: verb (used with object), to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
donec: conjunction, (in prescriptions) until.
snobs: noun, a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
Botes: noun, compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
donee: noun, a person to whom a gift is made.
Steen: noun, Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
doest: noun, Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
sonde: noun, a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
bests: noun, something or someone that is best:
steed: noun, a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
bones: noun, Anatomy, Zoology. one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate. the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
boned: noun, Anatomy, Zoology. one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate. the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
bonds: noun, something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
sones: noun, a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
bonce: noun, head; skull.
Boece: noun, Boethius.
doses: noun, a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
sends: noun, the heaving motion of a vessel.
dotes: noun, decay of wood.
seeds: noun, the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
Benet: noun, Stephen Vincent, 1898–1943, U.S. poet and novelist.
cent.
Stone: noun, the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
cense: verb (used with object), to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
stobs: noun, a post, stump, or stake.
bends: noun, the act of bending.
scent: noun, a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
Scone: noun, a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
cedes: verb (used with object), to yield or formally surrender to another:
Scot.
SCOTS: noun, Also called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland. Compare Scots Gaelic.
Benes: noun, Eduard [e-doo-ahrt] /ˈɛ dʊˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1884–1948, Czech patriot and statesman: president of Czechoslovakia 1935–38 and 1945–48.
bents: noun, direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
secos: noun, sekos.
Essen: noun, a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
sect.
decos: noun, art deco.
beset: verb (used with object), to attack on all sides; assail; harass:

4 letter words you can make with second-best

eso-
NEBS: noun, a bill or beak, as of a bird.
Nebo: noun, Mt. See under Pisgah.
eons: noun, an indefinitely long period of time; age.
NEbE
Este: noun, a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
esne: noun, (in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
Ens.
Eton: noun, a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
NCTE
est.
Enos: noun, the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
Eden: noun, the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
EDES: noun, a city in SW Nigeria.
esse: noun, being; existence.
ends: noun, the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
EEOC
ence
enc.
etc.
Esd.
1080
need: noun, a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
teds: noun, British Slang. Teddy boy.
sent: noun, a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
snob: noun, a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
snod: adjective, smooth; sleek.
snot: noun, Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
sobs: noun, the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
sone: noun, a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
sots: noun, a drunkard.
SScD
stbd
Ste.
stob: noun, a post, stump, or stake.
teen: noun, Archaic. suffering; grief.
send: noun, the heaving motion of a vessel.
Tees: noun, a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
ten.
tend: Verb phrases, tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
tens: noun, a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
Tess: noun, a female given name, form of Theresa.
Tob.
Tobe: noun, the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
TODS
toed: noun, one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
tone: noun, any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
toss: noun, an act or instance of tossing.
sene: noun, a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
sees: noun, the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
neo-
obs.
ness: noun, a headland; promontory; cape.
nest: noun, a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
nobs: noun, Slang. the head.
node: noun, a knot, protuberance, or knob.
noes: noun, an utterance of the word “no.”.
nos-
nose: noun, the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
not-
note: noun, a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
nots: noun, a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
NTSB
Oct.
Seen: verb, past participle of see1 .
OECD
OEEC
once: noun, a single occasion; one time only:
Ont.
Osee: noun, Hosea.
std.
ScBE
SEbS
sec.
Secs: noun, second2 (def 2).
Seed: noun, the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
ect-
end-
eco-
Bond: noun, something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
BSCE
bots: noun, a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.
bote: noun, compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
bot.
BOSS: noun, a person who employs or superintends workers; manager.
Bose: noun, Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
Bosc: noun, a large, greenish-yellow variety of pear.
bons: noun, Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
Bone: noun, Anatomy, Zoology. one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate. the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
deb.
cts.
Debs: noun, Eugene Victor, 1855–1926, U.S. labor leader: Socialist candidate for president 1900–20.
Dec.
deco: noun, art deco.
dees: noun, a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
deet: plural noun, details:
bods: noun, body:
Den.
Bode: verb, a simple past tense of bide.
bet.
BSEc
BSEE
BEST: noun, something or someone that is best:
cods: noun, any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
Cete: noun, a number of badgers together.
cet-
cess: noun, British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
cene
cen.
cees: noun, the letter C.
cobs: noun, a corncob.
cede: verb (used with object), to yield or formally surrender to another:
code: noun, a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
coed: noun, Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
BSES
Con.
Cond
cone: noun, Geometry. a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex. a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
cose: verb (used without object), coze.
coss: noun, kos.
Cost: noun, the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
Cote: noun, a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
BSSE
BSOT
Dene: noun, a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
debt: noun, something that is owed or that one is bound to pay to or perform for another:
Bess: noun, a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
beet: noun, any of various biennial plants belonging to the genus Beta, of the amaranth family, especially B. vulgaris, having a fleshy red or white root. Compare sugar beet.
ebon: adjective, ebony (def 6).
BDes
Bede: noun, Saint ("the Venerable Bede") a.d. 673?–735, English monk, historian, and theologian: wrote earliest history of England.
Bent: noun, direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
DOTE: noun, decay of wood.
been: verb, past participle of be.
dost: noun, Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
Doss: noun, a place to sleep, especially in a cheap lodging house.
dose: noun, a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
dons: noun, (initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
done: noun, Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
bees: noun, any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
does: noun, a plural of doe.
Ceto
DOCS: noun, doctor.
doc.: plural, document.
bens: noun, the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
Bend: noun, the act of bending.
Bene: adverb, of validity for the time being but subject to objection or nullification at a later date; provisionally:
dobe: noun, Informal. adobe.

3 letter words you can make with second-best

COD: noun, any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
cs.
BCS
ct.
BOD: noun, body:
Bde
BCD
Co.
Bn.
CBS
CDT
se-
BSC
BSS
SDS
CED
TES: noun, ti1 .
CEO
sc.
SCB
TSE
ScD
ton: noun, a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
toe: noun, one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
BCE
SCS
bd.: plural, board.
cee: noun, the letter C.
BDS: plural, board.
be-
TNB
BED: noun, a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
CBD
CBE
BTE
SED
SSD
SOB: noun, the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
TCS
SOC: noun, sociology or a class or course in sociology.
sod: noun, a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
Son: noun, a male child or person in relation to his parents.
TBO
TBD
TEC: noun, detective.
SSC
SOS: noun, any call for help:
SBE
Ben: noun, the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
sot: noun, a drunkard.
Bon: noun, Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
ss.
SSE
Ted: noun, British Slang. Teddy boy.
See: noun, the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
BSO
SSB
Bt.
BST
SEN: noun, a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
bec
BNS
BSN
SSN
tee: noun, the letter T or t.
SES: noun, the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
STB
St.
BSE
BSD
SST
BEE: noun, any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
CNO
sb.
NDE
DOB
DNB
DET
ETO
ETS
NCO
NBC
NbE
NBS
ne-
ess: noun, the letter S, s.
NEB: noun, a bill or beak, as of a bird.
So.
NEC
NED: noun, a male given name, form of Edward.
Nee: adjective, born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
NES
de-
DCS
NET: noun, a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
nob: noun, Slang. the head.
DOE: noun, the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
Don: noun, (initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
NOC
EEO
EBS
ed.
EdB
EDC
Ede: noun, a city in SW Nigeria.
EbN
EDO: noun, a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
EDS: noun, education:
EDT
EEC
en-
ese
ETD
eo-
DST
DSS
ene
DOT: noun, a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
EOE
eon: noun, an indefinitely long period of time; age.
EOS: noun, the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
Esc
d-c: noun, a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
Dee: noun, a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
DBS
OES: noun, the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
OTC
CSO
Nod: noun, a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
OBE
COT: noun, a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
OCD
OCS
ode: noun, a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
COS: noun, romaine.
ODS: noun, a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
ODT
one: noun, the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
OSB
ons
ose
OSS
COB: noun, a corncob.
CNS
ec-
ot-
OTB
ote
OTS
sd.
OSD
TSS
cte
DSO
NSC
DBE
CST
ob.
Oc.
do.
ctn: plural, carton.
DSC
OED
Noe: noun, Noah (def 1).

2 letter words you can make with second-best

No: noun, an utterance of the word “no.”.
BC
S.
SN
B-
TN
3D: noun, a three-dimensional form or appearance:
DC: noun, a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
2D: noun, a two-dimensional form or appearance:
BO
D.
DB
DN
ee
Eb
CE
et: verb, a simple past tense of eat.
OE: noun, oy2 .
t.
TB
TD
OD: noun, a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
N.
TC
CB
NB
TE: noun, ti1 .
NC
ND
O.
DT: noun, a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
E.: noun, Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
T1

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