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9-letter words with W as the 6th letter

A curated list of 9-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Use this when W is fixed in the 6th slot; rotate high-frequency consonants elsewhere to prune fast. For example: afterward, afterword, airpowers.

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357 words

Word	Length	Syllables
afterward	9	3
afterword	9	3
airpowers	9	3
aisleways	9	3
alleyways	9	3
angleworm	9	3
arrowwood	9	3
arrowworm	9	3
backswept	9	2
backswing	9	2
backsword	9	2
bailiwick	9	3
batfowled	9	3
beachwear	9	2
beclowned	9	3
becrawled	9	3
becrowded	9	3
beflowers	9	3
bellowers	9	3
bellowing	9	3
besnowing	9	3
bestowals	9	3
bestowing	9	3
billowier	9	3
billowing	9	3
birthwort	9	2
blackwood	9	2
blindworm	9	2
bloodworm	9	2
boardwalk	9	2
boatswain	9	2
borrowers	9	3
borrowing	9	3
bowwowing	9	3
brainwash	9	2
brickwork	9	2
bridewell	9	3
brushwood	9	2
brushwork	9	2
bugleweed	9	3
burrowers	9	3
burrowing	9	3
cableways	9	3
callowest	9	3
cassowary	9	4
castaways	9	3
catchword	9	2
caterwaul	9	3
causeways	9	3
cedarwood	9	3
chickweed	9	2
chinaware	9	3
clearwing	9	2
clockwise	9	2
clockwork	9	2
coachwork	9	2
coastward	9	2
coastwise	9	2
crawlways	9	2
crazyweed	9	3
creamware	9	2
crosswalk	9	2
crossways	9	2
crosswind	9	2
crosswise	9	2
crossword	9	2
declawing	9	3
decrowned	9	3
deflowers	9	3
delftware	9	2
devilwood	9	3
disbowels	9	3
downswing	9	2
drawnwork	9	2
driftwood	9	2
driveways	9	3
earlywood	9	3
earthward	9	2
earthwork	9	2
earthworm	9	2
embrowned	9	3
entryways	9	3
eschewals	9	3
eschewing	9	3
escrowing	9	3
fadeaways	9	3
fallaways	9	3
fallowing	9	3
falsework	9	3
fancywork	9	3
farrowing	9	3
fellowing	9	3
fellowman	9	3
fellowmen	9	3
feverwort	9	3
fieldwork	9	2
floodways	9	2
followers	9	3
following	9	3
foreswear	9	3
foreswore	9	3
foresworn	9	3
forthwith	9	2
framework	9	3
frontward	9	2
frostwork	9	2
fruitwood	9	2
furrowers	9	3
furrowing	9	3
gallowses	9	3
giveaways	9	3
glassware	9	2
glasswork	9	2
glasswort	9	2
golliwogg	9	3
golliwogs	9	3
gollywogs	9	3
greenways	9	2
greenwing	9	2
greenwood	9	2
grillwork	9	2
guesswork	9	2
guffawing	9	3
guideways	9	3
gunpowder	9	3
hallowers	9	3
hallowing	9	3
handiwork	9	3
harrowers	9	3
harrowing	9	3
hatchways	9	2
heartwood	9	2
heartworm	9	2
heehawing	9	3
hereaways	9	3
hideaways	9	3
holloware	9	3
hollowest	9	3
hollowing	9	3
homeowner	9	3
horseweed	9	3
horsewhip	9	3
housewife	9	3
housework	9	3
imbrowned	9	3
ingrowing	9	3
ingrowths	9	2
interwork	9	3
interwove	9	3
jayhawker	9	3
jewelweed	9	3
jigsawing	9	3
jointworm	9	2
kittiwake	9	3
kowtowers	9	3
kowtowing	9	3
lancewood	9	3
landowner	9	3
leastways	9	2
leastwise	9	2
lightwood	9	2
liverwort	9	3
lousewort	9	3
manpowers	9	3
marrowfat	9	3
marrowing	9	3
matchwood	9	2
mellowest	9	3
mellowing	9	3
metalware	9	3
metalwork	9	3
microwatt	9	3
microwave	9	3
mildewing	9	3
milliwatt	9	3
miterwort	9	3
mitrewort	9	3
moneywort	9	3
motorways	9	3
mouthwash	9	2
multiwall	9	3
narrowest	9	3
narrowing	9	3
newlyweds	9	3
nonlawyer	9	3
northward	9	2
northwest	9	2
otherwise	9	3
outbawled	9	3
outerwear	9	3
outfawned	9	3
outhowled	9	3
outlawing	9	3
outpowers	9	3
outrowing	9	3
outtowers	9	3
overawing	9	4
oversweet	9	3
overswing	9	3
overswung	9	3
paintwork	9	2
paperwork	9	3
patchwork	9	2
paulownia	9	3
pennywort	9	3
piecewise	9	3
piecework	9	3
pillowing	9	3
polliwogs	9	3
pollywogs	9	3
powwowing	9	3
presswork	9	2
quillwork	9	2
reavowing	9	3
rechewing	9	3
recrowned	9	3
redrawers	9	3
redrawing	9	3
reflowers	9	3
reflowing	9	3
reglowing	9	3
regrowing	9	3
regrowths	9	2
reshowing	9	3
reviewals	9	3
reviewers	9	3
reviewing	9	3
rightward	9	2
riverward	9	3
rockaways	9	3
rosinweed	9	3
roundwood	9	2
roundworm	9	2
routeways	9	3
sallowest	9	3
sallowing	9	3
sallowish	9	3
satinwood	9	3
scalawags	9	3
screwworm	9	2
seesawing	9	3
semidwarf	9	3
semisweet	9	3
shadowbox	9	3
shadowers	9	3
shadowier	9	3
shadowily	9	4
shadowing	9	3
shareware	9	3
shellwork	9	2
shipowner	9	3
shoreward	9	3
shortwave	9	2
sideswipe	9	3
slantways	9	2
slantwise	9	2
sleepwalk	9	2
sleepwear	9	2
slideways	9	3
smartweed	9	2
snakeweed	9	3
sorrowers	9	3
sorrowful	9	3
sorrowing	9	3
southward	9	2
southwest	9	2
spacewalk	9	3
spaceward	9	3
spadework	9	3
spearwort	9	2
speedways	9	2
speedwell	9	2
spillways	9	2
stairways	9	2
stairwell	9	2
statewide	9	3
steelwork	9	2
sternward	9	2
sternways	9	2
stickweed	9	2
stickwork	9	2
stinkweed	9	2
stinkwood	9	2
stonewall	9	3
stoneware	9	3
stonework	9	3
stonewort	9	3
storewide	9	3
stowaways	9	3
sundowner	9	3
superwave	9	3
superwide	9	3
superwife	9	3
swearword	9	2
tableware	9	3
tallowing	9	3
tearaways	9	3
therewith	9	3
tightwads	9	2
tightwire	9	2
toothwort	9	2
torchwood	9	2
touchwood	9	2
trackways	9	2
trainways	9	2
treenware	9	2
tulipwood	9	3
ultrawide	9	3
uncrowded	9	3
uncrowned	9	3
underwear	9	3
underwent	9	3
underwing	9	3
underwood	9	3
underwool	9	3
undrawing	9	3
unknowing	9	3
upflowing	9	3
upgrowing	9	3
upgrowths	9	2
vaporware	9	3
walkaways	9	3
wallowers	9	3
wallowing	9	3
warpowers	9	3
wasteways	9	3
watchword	9	2
waterways	9	3
waterweed	9	3
waterworn	9	3
wellaways	9	3
wheelwork	9	2
wherewith	9	3
whirlwind	9	2
whitewall	9	3
whitewash	9	3
whitewing	9	3
whitewood	9	3
wideawake	9	3
williwaus	9	3
williwaws	9	3
willowers	9	3
willowier	9	3
willowing	9	3
willywaws	9	3
windowing	9	3
windswept	9	2
winnowers	9	3
winnowing	9	3
witchweed	9	2
worldwide	9	2
worrywart	9	3
yellowest	9	3
yellowfin	9	3
yellowing	9	3
yellowish	9	3
zebrawood	9	3

FAQs

How do I play around a fixed W in the 6th 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.