6-letter words with W as the 1st letter and S as the 3rd letter

The pattern fixes W in the opening slot and S in the third, leaving four positions open. Collins recognizes 36 matches, but just nine rank among the commonest English words. Familiar choices such as wishes, wisdom, wasted, and washed sit beside uncommon forms, so the dictionary split matters more than the headline count.

At a glance: the W-S pattern

• Collins contains all 36 W-first, S-third matches.
• ENABLE accepts 24 matches; NWL2023 accepts 25.
• Nine entries meet the common-word cutoff.
• WASHUP leads the score list at 14; WASHED and WISHED each score 13.
• Nine words end in D, while six end in S.

Which W-S words score highest?

WASHUP is the scoring leader at 14, ahead of WASHED, WISHED, WESKIT, and WISKET at 13 each. That puts the less familiar WESKIT level with WASHED, a reminder that word familiarity does not predict tile score.

WISHES, WISDOM, WISELY, and WASHES each score 12. The average is 10.9, so those familiar words sit above the overall mean; WASHUP's 14-point lead is only two points over them, not a runaway margin.

The examples fall into recognizable families: WASHED, WASHES, WASHER, and WASHUP share WASH-, while WISHED, WISHES, and WISHER share WISH-. When a clue fixes the first and third letters, scan these clusters before testing less obvious forms such as WISTLY or WESKIT.

How do these six-letter words end?

D is the most frequent final letter, with nine entries; S follows at six. R and T account for four each, while Y appears three times. If your rack or crossing letters fix the end, start with D or S, then check R and T.

Dictionary coverage is uneven: Collins has 36 matches, compared with 25 in NWL2023 and 24 in ENABLE. So the broadest count does not guarantee that every game accepts every entry; check your game's word list before committing to an unfamiliar form such as WESKIT or WISTLY.

For 6-letter words with W as the 1st letter and S as the 3rd letter, the last slot gives you a fast way to narrow the candidates: D leads, followed by S, then R and T.