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9-letter words with W as the 1st letter

A curated list of 9-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Use this when W is fixed in the 1st slot; rotate high-frequency consonants elsewhere to prune fast. For example: wabbliest, wackiness, wadsetted.

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507 words

Word	Length	Syllables
wabbliest	9	2
wackiness	9	3
wadsetted	9	3
waenesses	9	3
wafflings	9	2
waggeries	9	3
waggishly	9	3
waggoners	9	3
waggoning	9	3
wagonages	9	4
wagonette	9	3
wahcondas	9	3
wailfully	9	3
wainscots	9	2
waistband	9	2
waistcoat	9	2
waistings	9	2
waistline	9	2
wakefully	9	4
wakenings	9	3
walkabout	9	3
walkathon	9	3
walkaways	9	3
walkovers	9	3
walkyries	9	3
wallabies	9	3
wallaroos	9	3
wallboard	9	2
wallopers	9	3
walloping	9	3
wallowers	9	3
wallowing	9	3
wallpaper	9	3
wambliest	9	2
wampished	9	3
wampishes	9	3
wanderers	9	3
wandering	9	3
wanderoos	9	3
wannesses	9	3
wannigans	9	3
wantoners	9	3
wantoning	9	3
wapentake	9	3
warbonnet	9	3
warcrafts	9	2
wardrobes	9	3
wardrooms	9	2
wardships	9	2
warehouse	9	3
warerooms	9	3
warfarins	9	3
warhorses	9	3
warmakers	9	3
warmonger	9	3
warmouths	9	2
warningly	9	3
warplanes	9	3
warpowers	9	3
warragals	9	3
warranted	9	3
warrantee	9	2
warranter	9	3
warrantor	9	3
warreners	9	3
warrigals	9	3
warstlers	9	2
warstling	9	2
washables	9	3
washbasin	9	3
washboard	9	2
washbowls	9	2
washcloth	9	2
washerman	9	3
washermen	9	3
washhouse	9	2
washrooms	9	2
washstand	9	2
washwoman	9	3
washwomen	9	3
waspishly	9	3
wassailed	9	3
wassailer	9	3
wasteland	9	3
wastelots	9	3
wasteries	9	3
wasteways	9	3
watchable	9	2
watchband	9	2
watchcase	9	2
watchdogs	9	2
watcheyes	9	2
watchouts	9	2
watchword	9	2
waterages	9	4
waterbeds	9	3
waterbird	9	3
waterbuck	9	3
waterdogs	9	3
waterfall	9	3
waterfowl	9	3
wateriest	9	3
waterings	9	3
waterleaf	9	3
waterless	9	3
waterline	9	3
waterlogs	9	3
waterloos	9	3
watermark	9	3
watershed	9	3
waterside	9	3
waterways	9	3
waterweed	9	3
waterworn	9	3
waterzooi	9	3
watthours	9	2
wattmeter	9	3
wauchting	9	2
waughting	9	2
wavebands	9	3
waveforms	9	3
waveguide	9	3
waveshape	9	3
waxplants	9	2
wayfarers	9	3
wayfaring	9	3
waygoings	9	2
waylayers	9	2
waylaying	9	2
waywardly	9	3
weakeners	9	3
weakening	9	3
weakliest	9	2
weaklings	9	2
weaksides	9	3
wealthier	9	2
wealthily	9	3
weanlings	9	2
weaponing	9	3
wearables	9	3
weariless	9	3
weariness	9	3
wearingly	9	3
wearisome	9	3
weaseling	9	3
weaselled	9	3
weathered	9	3
weatherly	9	3
weediness	9	3
weekended	9	3
weekender	9	3
weeknight	9	2
weensiest	9	2
weeweeing	9	2
weigelias	9	3
weighable	9	2
weighters	9	2
weightier	9	2
weightily	9	3
weighting	9	2
weirdness	9	2
welcomely	9	4
welcomers	9	3
welcoming	9	3
weldments	9	2
welfarism	9	3
welfarist	9	3
welladays	9	3
wellaways	9	3
wellcurbs	9	2
welldoers	9	2
wellheads	9	2
wellholes	9	3
wellsites	9	3
weltering	9	3
weregilds	9	3
werwolves	9	3
westbound	9	2
westering	9	3
westerner	9	3
westwards	9	2
wetnesses	9	3
whackiest	9	2
whaleback	9	3
whaleboat	9	3
whalebone	9	3
whalelike	9	3
wharfages	9	3
whatsises	9	3
wheatears	9	2
wheedlers	9	2
wheedling	9	2
wheelbase	9	2
wheelings	9	2
wheelless	9	2
wheelsman	9	2
wheelsmen	9	2
wheelwork	9	2
wheepling	9	2
wheeziest	9	2
whelkiest	9	2
whereases	9	3
wherefore	9	3
wherefrom	9	3
whereinto	9	3
whereunto	9	3
whereupon	9	3
wherewith	9	3
wherrying	9	2
whetstone	9	2
wheyfaces	9	3
whichever	9	3
whickered	9	3
whifflers	9	2
whiffling	9	2
whimbrels	9	2
whimpered	9	3
whimsical	9	3
whinchats	9	2
whingeing	9	2
whiningly	9	3
whinniest	9	2
whinnying	9	2
whinstone	9	2
whipcords	9	2
whippiest	9	2
whippings	9	2
whipsawed	9	3
whipstock	9	2
whiptails	9	2
whipworms	9	2
whirliest	9	2
whirligig	9	3
whirlpool	9	2
whirlwind	9	2
whirrying	9	2
whishting	9	2
whiskered	9	3
whispered	9	3
whisperer	9	3
whistlers	9	2
whistling	9	2
whitebait	9	3
whitecaps	9	3
whiteface	9	3
whitefish	9	3
whitehead	9	3
whiteners	9	3
whiteness	9	3
whitening	9	3
whiteouts	9	2
whitetail	9	3
whitewall	9	3
whitewash	9	3
whitewing	9	3
whitewood	9	3
whitracks	9	2
whittlers	9	2
whittling	9	2
whittrets	9	2
whizbangs	9	2
whizzbang	9	2
whodunits	9	3
whodunnit	9	3
wholeness	9	3
wholesale	9	3
wholesome	9	3
wholistic	9	3
whooshing	9	2
whoosises	9	3
whoredoms	9	3
whoresons	9	3
whosoever	9	3
wickedest	9	3
wideawake	9	3
widowhood	9	3
wieldiest	9	2
wifehoods	9	3
wifeliest	9	3
wiggeries	9	3
wiggliest	9	2
wigmakers	9	3
wigwagged	9	3
wildering	9	3
wildfires	9	3
wildfowls	9	2
wildlands	9	2
wildlings	9	2
wildwoods	9	2
willemite	9	3
willfully	9	3
willinger	9	3
willingly	9	3
williwaus	9	3
williwaws	9	3
willowers	9	3
willowier	9	3
willowing	9	3
willpower	9	3
willywaws	9	3
wimpiness	9	3
windblast	9	2
windblown	9	2
windbreak	9	2
windburns	9	2
windburnt	9	2
windchill	9	2
windfalls	9	2
windflaws	9	2
windgalls	9	2
windhover	9	3
windiness	9	3
windlings	9	2
windmills	9	2
windowing	9	3
windpipes	9	3
windproof	9	2
windrowed	9	3
windsocks	9	2
windstorm	9	2
windsurfs	9	2
windswept	9	2
windthrow	9	2
windwards	9	2
wineglass	9	3
winemaker	9	4
winepress	9	3
wineshops	9	3
wineskins	9	3
wingbacks	9	2
wingdings	9	2
wingovers	9	3
wingspans	9	2
winningly	9	3
winnowers	9	3
winnowing	9	3
winsomely	9	4
winsomest	9	3
winterers	9	3
winterier	9	3
wintering	9	3
winterize	9	3
wintriest	9	2
wiredrawn	9	3
wiredraws	9	3
wirehairs	9	3
wirephoto	9	4
wireworks	9	3
wireworms	9	3
wiseacres	9	3
wiseasses	9	3
wisecrack	9	3
wiseliest	9	3
wisewoman	9	4
wisewomen	9	4
wishbones	9	3
wishfully	9	3
wispiness	9	3
wistarias	9	3
wisterias	9	3
wistfully	9	3
witchiest	9	2
witchings	9	2
witchlike	9	2
witchweed	9	2
withdrawn	9	2
withdraws	9	2
witherers	9	3
withering	9	3
witherite	9	3
withholds	9	2
withstand	9	2
withstood	9	2
witlessly	9	3
witnessed	9	3
witnesses	9	3
witticism	9	3
wittiness	9	3
wittingly	9	3
woadwaxes	9	3
wobbliest	9	2
woebegone	9	3
woefuller	9	3
woenesses	9	3
wolfberry	9	3
wolfhound	9	2
wolfishly	9	3
wolfsbane	9	2
wolverine	9	3
womanhood	9	3
womanised	9	4
womanises	9	4
womanized	9	4
womanizer	9	4
womanizes	9	4
womankind	9	3
womanless	9	3
womanlier	9	3
womanlike	9	3
womenfolk	9	3
womenkind	9	3
wonderers	9	3
wonderful	9	3
wondering	9	3
woodbinds	9	2
woodbines	9	3
woodblock	9	2
woodboxes	9	3
woodchats	9	2
woodchuck	9	2
woodcocks	9	2
woodcraft	9	2
woodenest	9	3
woodiness	9	3
woodlands	9	2
woodlarks	9	2
woodlores	9	3
woodnotes	9	3
woodpiles	9	3
woodruffs	9	2
woodsheds	9	2
woodsiest	9	2
woodstove	9	2
woodwaxes	9	3
woodwinds	9	2
woodworks	9	2
woodworms	9	2
woolfells	9	2
woolliest	9	2
woolpacks	9	2
woolsacks	9	2
woolsheds	9	2
woolskins	9	2
woolworks	9	2
wooziness	9	3
wordbooks	9	2
wordiness	9	3
wordplays	9	2
wordsmith	9	2
workbench	9	2
workboats	9	2
workbooks	9	2
workboxes	9	3
workfares	9	3
workfolks	9	2
workforce	9	2
workhorse	9	2
workhouse	9	2
workloads	9	2
workmanly	9	3
workmates	9	3
workpiece	9	2
workplace	9	2
workrooms	9	2
worksheet	9	2
workshops	9	2
worktable	9	2
workweeks	9	2
workwoman	9	3
workwomen	9	3
worldlier	9	2
worldling	9	2
worldview	9	2
worldwide	9	2
wormholes	9	3
wormroots	9	2
wormseeds	9	2
wormwoods	9	2
worriedly	9	3
worriment	9	3
worrisome	9	3
worriting	9	3
worrywart	9	3
worsening	9	3
worshiped	9	3
worshiper	9	3
worthiest	9	2
worthless	9	2
woundless	9	2
wranglers	9	2
wrangling	9	2
wrappings	9	2
wrassling	9	2
wrastling	9	2
wrathiest	9	2
wreathing	9	2
wreckages	9	3
wreckings	9	2
wrenching	9	2
wrestlers	9	2
wrestling	9	2
wrigglers	9	2
wrigglier	9	2
wriggling	9	2
wrinklier	9	2
wrinkling	9	2
wristband	9	2
wristiest	9	2
wristlets	9	2
wristlock	9	2
wrongdoer	9	2
wrongness	9	2
wrynesses	9	3
wulfenite	9	3
wuthering	9	3
wyandotte	9	2
wyliecoat	9	3

FAQs

How do I play around a fixed W in the 1st slot?
Try mixing common consonant clusters (ST, TR, CH) in other positions while keeping W locked.

Why are uncommon words included?
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