604 words
Words ending in -ment
604 words end in -ment, and 135 of them are everyday words. Nouns from verbs. Common in crosswords because the ending is so easy to guess from two crossings.
- 604
- Words ending in -ment
- 135
- Everyday words among them
- 6 pts
- The ending -ment is worth this on its own
- 36 pts
- Best score, from EMBEZZLEMENT
Using an ending rather than memorising words
This is the habit that separates players who find bonus words from players who do not. Stop looking at your rack as seven separate letters and start looking for a stem plus an ending. If -ment is sitting in your tiles, the real question is what 3 letter word the rest of your rack makes.
The same trick solves crosswords. Search the pattern ????ment and you will see how few options an ending really leaves.
The list
15 letter words
17
acknowledgement 28
disillusionment 18
antidevelopment 23
counterargument 20
countermovement 24
disentanglement 19
eclaircissement 21
enfranchisement 25
hyperexcitement 34
micromanagement 24
overachievement 28
overdevelopment 26
reapportionment 21
reestablishment 22
supergovernment 23
underemployment 25
underinvestment 21
14 letter words
41
accomplishment 27
disappointment 21
understatement 17
acknowledgment 27
aggrandizement 28
antigovernment 20
antimanagement 19
arrondissement 17
bouleversement 21
disarrangement 18
disconcertment 21
discontentment 19
discouragement 20
disembowelment 24
disenchantment 22
disfurnishment 23
disgruntlement 18
disheartenment 20
divertissement 20
extinguishment 27
impoverishment 26
intertwinement 19
mismeasurement 20
nonachievement 24
nondevelopment 22
nonenforcement 21
nonfulfillment 22
noninstallment 16
noninvolvement 22
overadjustment 27
overassessment 19
overcommitment 25
overinvestment 22
overrefinement 22
postretirement 18
prearrangement 19
predevelopment 24
recommencement 24
relinquishment 28
semiretirement 18
subdevelopment 24
13 letter words
71
advertisement 19
dismemberment 22
embarrassment 19
encouragement 18
enlightenment 19
entertainment 15
establishment 20
redevelopment 21
reinforcement 20
reinstatement 15
accompaniment 23
admeasurement 18
advertizement 28
apportionment 19
ascertainment 17
bamboozlement 30
beleaguerment 18
disburdenment 19
disengagement 18
disfigurement 20
disinvestment 19
dismantlement 18
disparagement 19
embellishment 22
embranglement 20
embrittlement 19
encompassment 21
ensorcellment 17
forestallment 18
interlacement 17
maladjustment 25
microfilament 22
misemployment 24
misgovernment 21
mismanagement 20
multifilament 20
nonattachment 20
noncommitment 21
nonemployment 22
nonengagement 17
nonfulfilment 21
nongovernment 19
noninstalment 15
nonmanagement 18
overstatement 18
overtreatment 18
posttreatment 17
precommitment 23
preemployment 24
preenrollment 17
preexperiment 26
prefigurement 21
preordainment 18
preretirement 17
presettlement 17
pretournament 17
pronouncement 19
rapprochement 24
reappointment 19
rearrangement 16
reconcilement 19
refurbishment 23
reimbursement 19
remeasurement 17
replenishment 20
subdepartment 20
subemployment 24
subgovernment 21
thermoelement 20
transshipment 20
vouchsafement 26
12 letter words
95
announcement 16
astonishment 17
disagreement 16
displacement 19
embezzlement 36
endangerment 16
imprisonment 18
postponement 18
reassignment 15
undergarment 16
unemployment 21
accouchement 23
accouterment 18
accoutrement 18
admonishment 20
aggrievement 19
appraisement 18
bedazzlement 35
befuddlement 21
belittlement 16
bewilderment 20
blandishment 20
chastisement 19
comanagement 19
commencement 22
decipherment 22
demolishment 20
denouncement 17
dethronement 18
diminishment 20
disbursement 17
disendowment 19
disguisement 16
disinterment 15
dislodgement 17
disseverment 18
embattlement 18
embitterment 18
emblazonment 27
empoisonment 18
empressement 18
encipherment 21
encirclement 18
encroachment 21
enfeeblement 19
enshrinement 17
ensorcelment 16
entanglement 15
enthrallment 17
enthronement 17
entrancement 16
entrenchment 19
estrangement 15
forestalment 17
hereditament 18
infotainment 17
infringement 18
intersegment 15
inveiglement 18
languishment 18
maltreatment 16
microelement 18
misalignment 17
misplacement 20
misstatement 16
mistreatment 16
monofilament 19
multielement 16
nonalignment 15
nontreatment 14
outplacement 18
overdocument 20
overornament 17
preenrolment 16
presentiment 16
pretreatment 16
radioelement 15
readjustment 22
reassessment 14
reattachment 19
11 letter words
112
abandonment 16
achievement 21
advancement 19
appointment 17
arraignment 14
arrangement 14
bereavement 18
commandment 20
compartment 19
concealment 17
confinement 18
containment 15
contentment 15
development 19
empowerment 20
enchantment 18
endorsement 14
enforcement 18
environment 16
fulfillment 19
improvement 20
installment 13
involvement 19
nourishment 16
predicament 18
replacement 17
requirement 22
subbasement 17
temperament 17
abolishment 18
abridgement 17
acquirement 24
adjournment 21
appeasement 17
arbitrament 15
assuagement 14
bedevilment 19
bedizenment 25
beguilement 16
bewitchment 23
bombardment 20
comportment 19
concernment 17
congealment 16
consignment 16
controlment 15
curettement 15
curtailment 15
debouchment 21
debridement 17
deforcement 19
depravement 19
derangement 15
despisement 16
despoilment 16
detrainment 14
disablement 16
disarmament 16
disbandment 17
discernment 16
dislodgment 16
disportment 16
dissepiment 16
divorcement 19
edutainment 14
embracement 19
embroilment 17
emplacement 19
enchainment 18
enfeoffment 22
enframement 18
engorgement 15
engraftment 17
engrossment 14
enhancement 18
enjambement 24
enlargement 14
ennoblement 15
enslavement 16
enthralment 16
10 letter words
136
adjustment 20
assessment 12
assignment 13
assortment 12
attachment 17
commitment 18
compliment 18
department 15
detachment 18
embankment 20
employment 19
engagement 14
enrollment 12
entrapment 14
excitement 21
experiment 21
government 16
harassment 15
impediment 17
indictment 15
inducement 15
instrument 12
internment 12
investment 15
management 15
parliament 14
punishment 17
refinement 15
resentment 12
retirement 12
settlement 12
supplement 16
tournament 12
abridgment 16
accruement 16
advisement 16
alightment 16
allurement 12
ambushment 19
amercement 16
anointment 12
arrestment 12
assoilment 12
attainment 12
attornment 12
attunement 12
avouchment 20
babblement 18
bafflement 20
banishment 17
battlement 14
bemusement 16
betterment 14
cajolement 21
cantonment 14
complement 18
conferment 17
couplement 16
debasement 15
debatement 15
decampment 19
defacement 18
defilement 16
definement 16
denotement 13
denouement 13
denudement 14
deployment 18
deportment 15
derailment 13
designment 14
detainment 13
devotement 16
disbarment 15
disownment 16
divestment 16
effacement 20
embalmment 18
embarkment 20
embodiment 17
9 letter words
70
agreement 12
amendment 14
amusement 13
annulment 11
apartment 13
atonement 11
condiment 14
endowment 15
enjoyment 21
equipment 22
implement 15
judgement 20
parchment 18
placement 15
repayment 16
sacrament 13
sentiment 11
statement 11
testament 11
treatment 11
abasement 13
abashment 16
abatement 13
adornment 12
affixment 24
alignment 12
alinement 11
allotment 11
amassment 13
amazement 22
battement 13
besetment 13
blastment 13
catchment 18
copayment 18
debarment 14
decrement 14
deferment 15
determent 12
detriment 12
devilment 15
ejectment 20
elopement 13
embayment 18
embedment 16
emolument 13
enactment 13
enrolment 11
excrement 20
extolment 18
feoffment 20
firmament 16
fleshment 17
fundament 15
hardiment 15
hatchment 19
inclement 13
increment 13
interment 11
inurement 11
lineament 11
lodgement 13
merriment 13
nutriment 11
ravelment 14
remitment 13
revetment 14
rousement 11
strewment 14
worriment 14
8 letter words
37
argument 11
basement 12
document 13
fragment 14
judgment 19
ligament 11
monument 12
movement 15
ointment 10
ornament 10
pavement 15
regiment 11
shipment 15
tenement 10
abetment 12
abutment 12
armament 12
averment 13
bailment 12
bodement 13
casement 12
cerement 12
diriment 11
easement 10
filament 13
liniment 10
lodgment 12
muniment 12
orpiment 12
parament 12
pediment 13
rudiment 11
sediment 11
tegument 11
vehement 16
vestment 13
weldment 14