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9-letter words with W as the 3rd letter

A curated list of 9-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: bawdiness, bewailers, bewailing.

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240 words

Word	Length	Syllables
bawdiness	9	3
bewailers	9	3
bewailing	9	3
bewearied	9	3
bewearies	9	3
beweeping	9	3
bewigging	9	3
bewilders	9	3
bewitched	9	3
bewitches	9	3
beworming	9	3
beworried	9	3
beworries	9	3
bewrapped	9	3
bewrayers	9	2
bewraying	9	2
bowelless	9	3
bowelling	9	3
bowerbird	9	3
bowlegged	9	3
bowsprits	9	2
bowstring	9	2
bowwowing	9	3
cowardice	9	3
cowfishes	9	3
cowhiding	9	3
cowinners	9	3
cowlstaff	9	2
coworkers	9	3
cowriting	9	3
cowritten	9	3
dawsonite	9	3
dewatered	9	4
dewaterer	9	4
dewlapped	9	3
dewooling	9	3
dewormers	9	3
deworming	9	3
dowdiness	9	3
dowelling	9	3
dowitcher	9	3
downbeats	9	2
downburst	9	2
downcasts	9	2
downcomes	9	3
downcourt	9	2
downdraft	9	2
downfalls	9	2
downfield	9	2
downgrade	9	2
downhauls	9	2
downhills	9	2
downlands	9	2
downlinks	9	2
downloads	9	2
downpipes	9	3
downplays	9	2
downpours	9	2
downrange	9	2
downright	9	2
downriver	9	3
downscale	9	2
downshift	9	2
downsides	9	3
downsized	9	3
downsizes	9	3
downslide	9	2
downslope	9	2
downspout	9	2
downstage	9	2
downstate	9	2
downswing	9	2
downticks	9	2
downtimes	9	3
downtowns	9	2
downtrend	9	2
downturns	9	2
downwards	9	2
dowsabels	9	3
enwheeled	9	3
enwinding	9	3
enwombing	9	3
enwrapped	9	3
enwreathe	9	2
fawningly	9	3
fewnesses	9	3
fowlpoxes	9	3
gawkiness	9	3
gawkishly	9	3
hawkbills	9	2
hawkishly	9	3
hawkmoths	9	2
hawknoses	9	3
hawksbill	9	2
hawkshaws	9	2
hawkweeds	9	2
hawsehole	9	3
hawthorns	9	2
howitzers	9	3
howlingly	9	3
howsoever	9	3
inwalling	9	3
inweaving	9	3
inwinding	9	3
inwrapped	9	3
jawboners	9	3
jawboning	9	3
jewellers	9	3
jewellery	9	4
jewellike	9	3
jewelling	9	3
jewelries	9	3
jewelweed	9	3
jewfishes	9	3
kiwifruit	9	3
kowtowers	9	3
kowtowing	9	3
lawgivers	9	3
lawlessly	9	3
lawmakers	9	3
lawmaking	9	3
lawnmower	9	3
lawyering	9	3
lewisites	9	4
lewissons	9	3
lowballed	9	3
lowercase	9	3
lowermost	9	3
lowlander	9	3
lowlifers	9	3
lowlights	9	2
lowlihead	9	3
lowliness	9	3
lownesses	9	3
lowriders	9	3
mawkishly	9	3
newcomers	9	3
newlyweds	9	3
newmarket	9	3
newnesses	9	3
newsagent	9	3
newsbreak	9	2
newscasts	9	2
newshawks	9	2
newshound	9	2
newsiness	9	3
newspaper	9	3
newspeaks	9	2
newsprint	9	2
newsreels	9	2
newsrooms	9	2
newsstand	9	2
newswoman	9	3
newswomen	9	3
nowhither	9	3
nownesses	9	3
pawnshops	9	2
pewholder	9	3
pewterers	9	3
powderers	9	3
powdering	9	3
powerboat	9	3
powerless	9	3
powwowing	9	3
rawhiding	9	3
rawnesses	9	3
rewakened	9	4
rewarders	9	3
rewarding	9	3
rewarming	9	3
rewashing	9	3
reweaving	9	3
rewedding	9	3
reweighed	9	3
rewelding	9	3
rewetting	9	3
rewidened	9	4
rewinders	9	3
rewinding	9	3
rewinning	9	3
rewording	9	3
reworking	9	3
rewrapped	9	3
rewriters	9	3
rewriting	9	3
rewritten	9	3
rewrought	9	2
rowdiness	9	3
rowdyisms	9	2
rowelling	9	3
sawfishes	9	3
sawhorses	9	3
sawtimber	9	3
sewerages	9	4
shwanpans	9	2
sowbreads	9	2
tawdriest	9	2
tawniness	9	3
thwackers	9	2
thwacking	9	2
thwarters	9	2
thwarting	9	2
towelette	9	3
towelings	9	3
towelling	9	3
toweriest	9	3
towerlike	9	3
towheaded	9	3
townhomes	9	3
townhouse	9	2
townscape	9	2
townsfolk	9	2
townships	9	2
unwariest	9	3
unwarlike	9	3
unwasheds	9	3
unwearied	9	3
unweaving	9	3
unweeting	9	3
unweights	9	2
unwelcome	9	3
unwilling	9	3
unwinders	9	3
unwinding	9	3
unwisdoms	9	3
unwishing	9	3
unwitting	9	3
unwomanly	9	4
unworldly	9	3
unworried	9	3
unwounded	9	3
unwrapped	9	3
unwreathe	9	2
unwritten	9	3
upwafting	9	3
upwelling	9	3
vowelized	9	4
vowelizes	9	4
yawmeters	9	3
yawningly	9	3

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?
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