Last updated: 09/02/2022
Below is a list of words that I and friends have collated of words that are just “good” to read or read aloud. This list is completely subjective and additions will be made when a new entrant is found (and when I feel motivated to update).
I don’t “look up” lists of words as that’d be cheating.
Rules:
- No given names or place names
- No brand names
- English language words only, or words commonly used in English-speaking countries such as the UK
- UK spelling, so it’s aluminium, not aluminum and civilised, not civilized.
- Hyphenated words are at my discretion
- Inclusion or non-inclusion of a word on the list is at my total discretion
| 1 | Abbreviation |
| 2 | Absconded |
| 3 | Accessory |
| 4 | Acerbic |
| 5 | Acolyte |
| 6 | Acrylic |
| 7 | Addled |
| 8 | Adequate |
| 9 | Adroitly |
| 10 | Aerofoil |
| 11 | Aggregate |
| 12 | Algorithm |
| 13 | Aloof |
| 14 | Aluminium |
| 15 | Ambrosia |
| 16 | Anachronistic |
| 17 | Anaphylaxis |
| 18 | Androgynous |
| 19 | Angst |
| 20 | Apostle |
| 21 | Arduous |
| 22 | Armageddon |
| 23 | Aromatic |
| 24 | Asphyxiation |
| 25 | Athenian |
| 26 | Attenuate |
| 27 | Autumnal |
| 28 | Avarice |
| 29 | Avocado |
| 30 | Axiom |
| 31 | Bamboozled |
| 32 | Barbaric |
| 33 | Barren |
| 34 | Bellicose |
| 35 | Belligerent |
| 36 | Bequeathed |
| 37 | Bijou |
| 38 | Binge |
| 39 | Bungalow |
| 40 | Cadaver |
| 41 | Candelabra |
| 42 | Cannula |
| 43 | Cantankerous |
| 44 | Capacious |
| 45 | Capricious |
| 46 | Cartographer |
| 47 | Cashier |
| 48 | catatonic |
| 49 | Catharsis |
| 50 | Cavitation |
| 51 | Chamfer |
| 52 | Characterised |
| 53 | Chronological |
| 54 | Circumnavigate |
| 55 | Civilised |
| 56 | Clerestory |
| 57 | Cloistered |
| 58 | Coalescent |
| 59 | Commodore |
| 60 | Conducive |
| 61 | Conjunctivitis |
| 62 | Conundrum |
| 63 | Conurbation |
| 64 | Corduroy |
| 65 | Cornea |
| 66 | Cornucopia |
| 67 | Corrugated |
| 68 | Credenza |
| 69 | Creosote |
| 70 | Criticality |
| 71 | Crouton |
| 72 | Crusty |
| 73 | Deleterious |
| 74 | Demure |
| 75 | Denouement |
| 76 | Derisory |
| 77 | Deviate |
| 78 | Dilettante |
| 79 | Discography |
| 80 | Discotheque |
| 81 | Dodecahedron |
| 82 | Dominion |
| 83 | Dreamt |
| 84 | Dwindling |
| 85 | Eclectic |
| 86 | Ecological |
| 87 | Effervescent |
| 88 | Effluent |
| 89 | Egregious |
| 90 | Elevenses |
| 91 | Embankment |
| 92 | Embryonic |
| 93 | Emphatic |
| 94 | Enunciate |
| 95 | Ephemeral |
| 96 | Epiphany |
| 97 | Epitaph |
| 98 | Erroneous |
| 99 | Erudite |
| 100 | Esoteric |
| 101 | Ethereal |
| 102 | Excel |
| 103 | Excoriate |
| 104 | Expeditiously |
| 105 | Extra-curricular |
| 106 | Extraneous |
| 107 | Extra-terrestrial |
| 108 | Extremity |
| 109 | Facetious |
| 110 | fallopian |
| 111 | Fandango |
| 112 | Fannying |
| 113 | Ferver |
| 114 | Filet |
| 115 | Filth |
| 116 | Finagle |
| 117 | Flibbertigibbet |
| 118 | Flippant |
| 119 | Flourescent |
| 120 | Fluxation |
| 121 | Foibles |
| 122 | Fractious |
| 123 | Frenetic |
| 124 | Galactic |
| 125 | Gallivanting |
| 126 | Ganache |
| 127 | Glacial |
| 128 | Gnarly |
| 129 | Gregarious |
| 130 | Gumption |
| 131 | Gyratory |
| 132 | Halcyon |
| 133 | Harbinger |
| 134 | Harpsichord |
| 135 | Hedonistic |
| 136 | Heinous |
| 137 | Hiraeth |
| 138 | Hydrangea |
| 139 | Hydrodynamic |
| 140 | Hydrothermal |
| 141 | Hyperbolic |
| 142 | Hyphenated |
| 143 | Iconoclast |
| 144 | Idiosynchrasy |
| 145 | Illustrious |
| 146 | Impediment |
| 147 | Imperial |
| 148 | Impinge |
| 149 | Impugn |
| 150 | Inaugural |
| 151 | Incandescent |
| 152 | Incendiary |
| 153 | Incognito |
| 154 | indigenous |
| 155 | Infinitesimal |
| 156 | Insidious |
| 157 | Insipid |
| 158 | Interim |
| 159 | Invidious |
| 160 | Iridescent |
| 161 | Juxtaposition |
| 162 | Kerfuffle |
| 163 | Kleptomaniac |
| 164 | Larceny |
| 165 | Lasciviously |
| 166 | Lathe |
| 167 | Lethality |
| 168 | Lexicon |
| 169 | Loquacious |
| 170 | Luminescent |
| 171 | Maisonette |
| 172 | Malaise |
| 173 | Malange |
| 174 | Malcontent |
| 175 | Malevolence |
| 176 | Meander |
| 177 | Megabyte |
| 178 | Megalomanical |
| 179 | Mercurial |
| 180 | Metamorphosis |
| 181 | Mildewed |
| 182 | Millennium |
| 183 | Minutiae |
| 184 | Monochromatic |
| 185 | Monopoly |
| 186 | Mortgage |
| 187 | Nebulous |
| 188 | Necrosis |
| 189 | Nicety |
| 190 | Niche |
| 191 | Novelty |
| 192 | Nucleotide |
| 193 | Oblique |
| 194 | Obsequious |
| 195 | Obtuse |
| 196 | Oceanographic |
| 197 | Olympic |
| 198 | Onerous |
| 199 | Onomatopoea |
| 200 | Ooze |
| 201 | Opalescent |
| 202 | Ornery |
| 203 | Orwellian |
| 204 | Ostensibly |
| 205 | Ostentatious |
| 206 | Pamphlet |
| 207 | Pandemic |
| 208 | Panopticon |
| 209 | Parochial |
| 210 | Penultimate |
| 211 | Penumbra |
| 212 | Peripheral |
| 213 | Peroxide |
| 214 | Perpendicular |
| 215 | Pertinent |
| 216 | Phenomenal |
| 217 | Phosphorus |
| 218 | Photochromic |
| 219 | Pithy |
| 220 | Plagiarism |
| 221 | Plethora |
| 222 | Poinsettia |
| 223 | Polyphonic |
| 224 | Pontificate |
| 225 | Posit |
| 226 | Precis |
| 227 | Predicament |
| 228 | Preposterous |
| 229 | Primordeal |
| 230 | Prompt |
| 231 | Pronunciation |
| 232 | Protractor |
| 233 | Quantum |
| 234 | Quintessential |
| 235 | Quorum |
| 236 | Raconteur |
| 237 | Rambunctuous |
| 238 | Ramifications |
| 239 | Recalcitrant |
| 240 | Recidivist |
| 241 | Renaissance |
| 242 | Repertoire |
| 243 | Rivulet |
| 244 | Saccharine |
| 245 | Salivate |
| 246 | Saudade |
| 247 | Scamper |
| 248 | Schedule |
| 249 | Schism |
| 250 | Scrumptious |
| 251 | Singularity |
| 252 | Soliloquy |
| 253 | Sparse |
| 254 | Spartan |
| 255 | Specific |
| 256 | Stagnant |
| 257 | Stevedore |
| 258 | Stoicism |
| 259 | Stonking |
| 260 | Stratospheric |
| 261 | Subliminal |
| 262 | Subterranean |
| 263 | Sumptuous |
| 264 | Superflous |
| 265 | Supersonic |
| 266 | Synaesthesia |
| 267 | Synchronous |
| 268 | Syntax |
| 269 | Tantamount |
| 270 | Telemetry |
| 271 | Temerity |
| 272 | Tempestuous |
| 273 | Temporal |
| 274 | Tenacious |
| 275 | Tenuous |
| 276 | Tertiary |
| 277 | Thermonuclear |
| 278 | Titillating |
| 279 | Torniquet |
| 280 | Tributary |
| 281 | Truant |
| 282 | Trundle |
| 283 | Tryst |
| 284 | Turgid |
| 285 | Twinge |
| 286 | Umbrage |
| 287 | Unconscious |
| 288 | Unctuous |
| 289 | Undulous |
| 290 | Unmitigated |
| 291 | Utilitarian |
| 292 | Vengeance |
| 293 | Verdant |
| 294 | Vernacular |
| 295 | Vexatious |
| 296 | Vicariously |
| 297 | Viscera |
| 298 | Voluptuous |
| 299 | Wallowing |
| 300 | Whimsy |
| 301 | Xylophone |
Richard Holliday 