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8-letter words with W as the 4th letter

A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Use this when W is fixed in the 4th slot; rotate high-frequency consonants elsewhere to prune fast. For example: airwaves, airwoman, airwomen.

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378 words

Word	Length	Syllables
airwaves	8	3
airwoman	8	3
airwomen	8	3
alewives	8	4
answered	8	3
answerer	8	3
anywhere	8	3
artworks	8	2
asswaged	8	3
asswages	8	3
avowable	8	3
avowably	8	4
avowedly	8	4
awlworts	8	2
bagworms	8	2
barwares	8	3
baywoods	8	2
bedwards	8	2
bedwarfs	8	2
beswarms	8	2
blowback	8	2
blowball	8	2
blowdown	8	2
blowfish	8	2
blowguns	8	2
blowhard	8	2
blowhole	8	2
blowiest	8	2
blowjobs	8	2
blowoffs	8	2
blowouts	8	2
blowpipe	8	2
blowsier	8	2
blowsily	8	3
blowtube	8	2
blowzier	8	2
blowzily	8	3
bobwhite	8	2
bogwoods	8	2
bowwowed	8	3
boxwoods	8	2
brawlers	8	2
brawlier	8	2
brawling	8	2
brawnier	8	2
brawnily	8	3
brewages	8	3
brewings	8	2
brewises	8	3
browband	8	2
browbeat	8	2
browless	8	2
brownest	8	2
brownier	8	2
brownies	8	2
browning	8	2
brownish	8	2
brownout	8	2
browsers	8	2
browsing	8	2
budworms	8	2
bulwarks	8	2
burweeds	8	2
catwalks	8	2
chewable	8	2
chewiest	8	2
chewinks	8	2
chowchow	8	2
chowders	8	2
chowsing	8	2
chowtime	8	2
clawless	8	2
clawlike	8	2
clowders	8	2
clownery	8	3
clowning	8	2
clownish	8	2
cobwebby	8	3
cogwheel	8	2
crawdads	8	2
crawfish	8	2
crawlers	8	2
crawlier	8	2
crawling	8	2
crawlway	8	2
crewless	8	2
crewmate	8	2
crewneck	8	2
crowbars	8	2
crowders	8	2
crowdies	8	2
crowding	8	2
crowfeet	8	2
crowfoot	8	2
crowners	8	2
crownets	8	2
crowning	8	2
crowstep	8	2
cudweeds	8	2
cutwater	8	3
cutworks	8	2
cutworms	8	2
dagwoods	8	2
dayworks	8	2
dogwatch	8	2
dogwoods	8	2
drawable	8	2
drawback	8	2
drawbars	8	2
drawbore	8	2
drawdown	8	2
drawings	8	2
drawlers	8	2
drawlier	8	2
drawling	8	2
drawtube	8	2
drownded	8	2
drowners	8	2
drowning	8	2
drowsier	8	2
drowsily	8	3
drowsing	8	2
drywalls	8	2
dyeweeds	8	2
dyewoods	8	2
earwaxes	8	3
earworms	8	2
eelworms	8	2
eisweins	8	2
ekpweles	8	3
enswathe	8	2
entwined	8	3
entwines	8	3
entwists	8	2
erewhile	8	3
eyewater	8	3
eyewinks	8	2
fanworts	8	2
fatwoods	8	2
felworts	8	2
figworts	8	2
flawiest	8	2
flawless	8	2
flowages	8	3
flowered	8	3
flowerer	8	3
floweret	8	3
flywheel	8	2
forwards	8	2
frowners	8	2
frowning	8	2
frowsier	8	2
frowsted	8	2
frowzier	8	2
frowzily	8	3
gadwalls	8	2
gasworks	8	2
gaywings	8	2
glowered	8	3
glowworm	8	2
gnawable	8	2
gnawings	8	2
grewsome	8	2
growable	8	2
growlers	8	2
growlier	8	2
growling	8	2
grownups	8	2
gumweeds	8	2
gumwoods	8	2
gunwales	8	3
haywards	8	2
haywires	8	3
hogweeds	8	2
huswifes	8	3
huswives	8	3
indwells	8	2
inkwells	8	2
inkwoods	8	2
inswathe	8	2
intwined	8	3
intwines	8	3
intwists	8	2
jaywalks	8	2
keywords	8	2
knowable	8	2
knowings	8	2
lapwings	8	2
lauwines	8	3
laywoman	8	3
laywomen	8	3
leewards	8	2
legworks	8	2
lobworms	8	2
logwoods	8	2
lugworms	8	2
madwoman	8	3
madwomen	8	3
madworts	8	2
manwards	8	2
maxwells	8	2
mayweeds	8	2
midwatch	8	2
midweeks	8	2
midwifed	8	3
midwifes	8	3
midwived	8	3
midwives	8	3
miswords	8	2
miswrite	8	2
miswrote	8	2
mugworts	8	2
mugwumps	8	2
narwhale	8	2
narwhals	8	2
networks	8	2
nonwhite	8	2
nonwoody	8	3
nonwords	8	2
nonwoven	8	3
nutwoods	8	2
oldwives	8	3
outwaits	8	2
outwalks	8	2
outwards	8	2
outwaste	8	2
outwatch	8	2
outwears	8	2
outweary	8	3
outweeps	8	2
outweigh	8	2
outwhirl	8	2
outwiled	8	3
outwiles	8	3
outwills	8	2
outwinds	8	2
outworks	8	2
outwrite	8	2
outwrote	8	2
paxwaxes	8	3
pigweeds	8	2
pinwales	8	3
pinweeds	8	2
pinwheel	8	2
pinworks	8	2
pinworms	8	2
plowable	8	2
plowback	8	2
plowboys	8	2
plowhead	8	2
plowland	8	2
plywoods	8	2
powwowed	8	3
prawners	8	2
prawning	8	2
prewarms	8	2
prewarns	8	2
prewraps	8	2
prowlers	8	2
prowling	8	2
radwaste	8	2
ragweeds	8	2
ragworts	8	2
reawaked	8	3
reawaken	8	3
reawakes	8	3
reawoken	8	3
redwares	8	3
redwings	8	2
redwoods	8	2
retwists	8	2
ribworts	8	2
sapwoods	8	2
scowders	8	2
scowlers	8	2
scowling	8	2
seawalls	8	2
seawants	8	2
seawards	8	2
seawares	8	3
seawater	8	3
seaweeds	8	2
shawling	8	2
showable	8	2
showboat	8	2
showcase	8	2
showdown	8	2
showered	8	3
showerer	8	3
showgirl	8	2
showiest	8	2
showings	8	2
showoffs	8	2
showring	8	2
showroom	8	2
skewback	8	2
skewbald	8	2
skewered	8	3
skewness	8	2
skywalks	8	2
skywards	8	2
skywrite	8	2
skywrote	8	2
slowdown	8	2
slowness	8	2
slowpoke	8	2
slowworm	8	2
snowball	8	2
snowbank	8	2
snowbell	8	2
snowbelt	8	2
snowbird	8	2
snowbush	8	2
snowcaps	8	2
snowdrop	8	2
snowfall	8	2
snowiest	8	2
snowland	8	2
snowless	8	2
snowlike	8	2
snowmelt	8	2
snowmold	8	2
snowpack	8	2
snowplow	8	2
snowshed	8	2
snowshoe	8	1
snowsuit	8	2
spawners	8	2
spawning	8	2
stewards	8	2
stewbums	8	2
stewpans	8	2
stowable	8	2
stowages	8	3
stowaway	8	3
subwayed	8	2
subworld	8	2
sunwards	8	2
tarweeds	8	2
teawares	8	3
thawless	8	2
thewiest	8	2
thewless	8	2
thowless	8	2
tinwares	8	3
tinworks	8	2
topworks	8	2
trawlers	8	2
trawleys	8	2
trawling	8	2
trawlnet	8	2
troweled	8	3
troweler	8	3
trowsers	8	2
tryworks	8	2
unawaked	8	4
unawares	8	4
unswathe	8	2
unswayed	8	2
unswears	8	2
untwined	8	3
untwines	8	3
untwists	8	2
upsweeps	8	2
upswells	8	2
upswings	8	2
viewable	8	2
viewdata	8	3
viewiest	8	2
viewings	8	2
viewless	8	2
warworks	8	2
waxweeds	8	2
waxwings	8	2
waxworks	8	2
waxworms	8	2
webworks	8	2
webworms	8	2

FAQs

How do I play around a fixed W in the 4th 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.