6-letter words with W as the 1st letter and A as the 4th letter

The pattern fixes W in the opening slot and A in the fourth, leaving four letters to vary. WIZARD, WREATH, and WASABI show how different those remaining slots can look. This is a narrow pattern: the same positions produce 217 matches with S first, while only 25 begin with W.

How many 6-letter words have W first and A fourth?

• Exactly 25 six-letter words match the W-first, A-fourth pattern.
• Collins lists 24 matches, NWL2023 lists 13, and ENABLE lists 10; dictionary totals overlap.
• Only 2 entries meet the frequency cutoff for common words.
• WIZARD and WEZAND share the top score: 19 points each.
• Seven words end in S and six end in D, making those the leading final letters.

Which W-and-A matches score highest?

WIZARD and WEZAND score 19 points apiece, ahead of WAKAME and WHEATY at 15. Those are word scores before premium squares; a board bonus changes the turn’s total, not the letters’ base values. The familiar WIZARD and the less familiar WEZAND therefore tie on the rack.

WREAKS scores 13, while WREATH scores 12. Familiarity is a poor scoring shortcut here: WREATH is easy to recognize, but it trails several less obvious matches. Check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar entry.

The set averages 12.2 points a word, so both 19-point leaders sit well above the typical match.

How does this pattern compare with nearby lists?

The 6-letter words with W first and A fourth sit between the neighboring lengths: the five-letter version has 12 matches, and the seven-letter version has 29. If the first letter is flexible, changing W to S raises the count to 217 for the same six-letter positions.

Vocabulary is another constraint: just 2 matches meet the common-word cutoff, although 15 have definitions. The dictionary counts also differ—Collins has 24 entries, compared with 13 in NWL2023 and 10 in ENABLE—so a match in one list is not a guarantee for every game.