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8-letter words with W as the 3rd letter

A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Use this when W is fixed in the 3rd slot; rotate high-frequency consonants elsewhere to prune fast. For example: atwitter, bawcocks, bawdiest.

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296 words

Word	Length	Syllables
atwitter	8	3
bawcocks	8	2
bawdiest	8	2
bawdrics	8	2
bawdries	8	2
bewailed	8	3
bewailer	8	3
bewaring	8	3
bewigged	8	3
bewilder	8	3
bewinged	8	3
bewormed	8	3
bewrayed	8	2
bewrayer	8	2
biweekly	8	3
boweling	8	3
bowelled	8	3
boweries	8	3
bowering	8	3
bowfront	8	2
bowheads	8	2
bowingly	8	3
bowknots	8	2
bowlders	8	2
bowlfuls	8	2
bowlines	8	3
bowlings	8	2
bowllike	8	2
bowshots	8	2
bowsprit	8	2
bowwowed	8	3
cowardly	8	3
cowbanes	8	3
cowbells	8	2
cowberry	8	3
cowbinds	8	2
cowbirds	8	2
cowering	8	3
cowflaps	8	2
cowflops	8	2
cowgirls	8	2
cowhages	8	3
cowhands	8	2
cowherbs	8	2
cowherds	8	2
cowhided	8	3
cowhides	8	3
cowinner	8	3
cowlicks	8	2
cowlings	8	2
coworker	8	3
cowplops	8	2
cowpokes	8	3
cowpoxes	8	3
cowrites	8	3
cowsheds	8	2
cowskins	8	2
cowslips	8	2
dawdlers	8	2
dawdling	8	2
dawnlike	8	2
dewaters	8	3
dewaxing	8	3
dewberry	8	3
dewclaws	8	2
dewdrops	8	2
dewfalls	8	2
dewiness	8	3
dewooled	8	3
dewormed	8	3
dewormer	8	3
dowagers	8	3
dowdiest	8	2
dowdyish	8	2
doweling	8	3
dowelled	8	3
doweries	8	3
dowering	8	3
downbeat	8	2
downcast	8	2
downcome	8	2
downfall	8	2
downhaul	8	2
downhill	8	2
downiest	8	2
downland	8	2
downlink	8	2
download	8	2
downpipe	8	2
downplay	8	2
downpour	8	2
downside	8	2
downsize	8	2
downtick	8	2
downtime	8	2
downtown	8	2
downtrod	8	2
downturn	8	2
downward	8	2
downwash	8	2
downwind	8	2
dowsabel	8	3
enwheels	8	2
enwombed	8	3
fawniest	8	2
fawnlike	8	2
fewtrils	8	2
fowlings	8	2
gawkiest	8	2
gownsman	8	2
gownsmen	8	2
hawfinch	8	2
hawkbill	8	2
hawkeyed	8	2
hawkings	8	2
hawklike	8	2
hawkmoth	8	2
hawknose	8	2
hawkshaw	8	2
hawkweed	8	2
hawthorn	8	2
howdying	8	2
howitzer	8	3
inwalled	8	3
inwardly	8	3
inweaved	8	3
inweaves	8	3
jawboned	8	3
jawboner	8	3
jawbones	8	3
jawlines	8	3
jewelers	8	3
jeweling	8	3
jewelled	8	3
jeweller	8	3
jowliest	8	2
kowtowed	8	3
kowtower	8	3
lawbooks	8	2
lawfully	8	3
lawgiver	8	3
lawmaker	8	3
lawsuits	8	2
lawyered	8	3
lawyerly	8	3
lewdness	8	2
lewisite	8	3
lewisson	8	3
lowballs	8	2
lowbrows	8	2
lowdowns	8	2
lowering	8	3
lowlands	8	2
lowliest	8	2
lowlifer	8	3
lowlifes	8	3
lowlight	8	2
lowlives	8	3
lowrider	8	3
newborns	8	2
newcomer	8	3
newfound	8	2
newlywed	8	3
newsboys	8	2
newscast	8	2
newshawk	8	2
newsiest	8	2
newsless	8	2
newspeak	8	2
newsreel	8	2
newsroom	8	2
nowadays	8	3
nowheres	8	3
pawkiest	8	2
pawnable	8	2
pawnages	8	3
pawnshop	8	2
pewterer	8	3
powdered	8	3
powderer	8	3
powerful	8	3
powering	8	3
powwowed	8	3
rawboned	8	3
rawhided	8	3
rawhides	8	3
rewakens	8	3
rewaking	8	3
rewarded	8	3
rewarder	8	3
rewarmed	8	3
rewashed	8	3
rewashes	8	3
rewaxing	8	3
reweaved	8	3
reweaves	8	3
rewedded	8	3
reweighs	8	2
rewelded	8	3
rewetted	8	3
rewidens	8	3
rewinded	8	3
rewinder	8	3
rewiring	8	3
reworded	8	3
reworked	8	3
rewriter	8	3
rewrites	8	3
rowboats	8	2
rowdiest	8	2
rowdyish	8	2
rowdyism	8	2
roweling	8	3
rowelled	8	3
rowlocks	8	2
sawbills	8	2
sawbones	8	3
sawbucks	8	2
sawdusts	8	2
sawflies	8	2
sawhorse	8	2
sawmills	8	2
sawteeth	8	2
sawtooth	8	2
sewerage	8	3
sewering	8	3
shwanpan	8	2
sowbelly	8	3
sowbread	8	2
tawdrier	8	2
tawdries	8	2
tawdrily	8	3
tawniest	8	2
thwacked	8	2
thwacker	8	2
thwarted	8	2
thwarter	8	2
thwartly	8	2
towardly	8	3
towaways	8	3
towboats	8	2
toweling	8	3
towelled	8	3
towerier	8	3
towering	8	3
towheads	8	2
towlines	8	3
towmonds	8	2
towmonts	8	2
townfolk	8	2
townhome	8	2
townless	8	2
townlets	8	2
township	8	2
townsman	8	2
townsmen	8	2
townwear	8	2
towpaths	8	2
towropes	8	3
unwalled	8	3
unwaning	8	3
unwanted	8	3
unwarier	8	3
unwarily	8	4
unwarmed	8	3
unwarned	8	3
unwarped	8	3
unwashed	8	3
unwasted	8	3
unweaned	8	3
unweaves	8	3
unwedded	8	3
unweeded	8	3
unweight	8	2
unwelded	8	3
unwetted	8	3
unwieldy	8	3
unwifely	8	4
unwilled	8	3
unwinder	8	3
unwisdom	8	3
unwisely	8	4
unwisest	8	3
unwished	8	3
unwishes	8	3
unwitted	8	3
unwonted	8	3
unwooded	8	3
unworked	8	3
unworthy	8	3
upwafted	8	3
upwardly	8	3
upwelled	8	3
vowelize	8	3
yawmeter	8	3
yawpings	8	2

FAQs

How do I play around a fixed W in the 3rd slot?
Try mixing common consonant clusters (ST, TR, CH) in other positions while keeping W locked.

Why are uncommon words included?
We compile from a broad English list. Skim the top rows for more common picks.