6-letter words with W as the 3rd letter and G as the 6th letter
There are 35 6-letter words with W as the 3rd letter and G as the 6th letter, including sewing, rowing, and towing.
4 of 35 are everyday words (11%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.
With W in 3rd place, S is the most common 6th letter (111 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.
Best words to play first
- SEWING10
- ROWING10
- TOWING10
- BOWING12
- MOWING12
- SOWING10
- SAWING10
- VOWING13
- PAWING12
- LOWING10
- WOWING13
- MEWING12
- JAWING17
- HEWING13
- CAWING12
- HAWING13
- DEWING11
- YAWING13
- COWING12
- LAWING10
- MAWING12
- NEWING10
- ASWING10
- BOWLEG12
- DAWING11
- DOWING11
- JOWING17
- KAWING14
- RAWING10
- SAWLOG10
- SOWBUG12
- TAWING10
- TEWING10
- YOWING13
All valid words 35
- ASWING10
- BOWING12
- BOWLEG12
- CAWING12
- COWING12
- DAWING11
- DEWING11
- DOWING11
- HAWING13
- HEWING13
- JAWING17
- JEWING17
- JOWING17
- KAWING14
- LAWING10
- LOWING10
- MAWING12
- MEWING12
- MOWING12
- NEWING10
- PAWING12
- RAWING10
- ROWING10
- SAWING10
- SAWLOG10
- SEWING10
- SOWBUG12
- SOWING10
- TAWING10
- TEWING10
- TOWING10
- VOWING13
- WOWING13
- YAWING13
- YOWING13
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAWING | 17 | 21 | All three |
| JOWING | 17 | 21 | All three |
| KAWING | 14 | 16 | Collins only |
| VOWING | 13 | 16 | All three |
| WOWING | 13 | 15 | All three |
| HEWING | 13 | 14 | All three |
| HAWING | 13 | 14 | All three |
| YAWING | 13 | 14 | All three |
| YOWING | 13 | 14 | All three |
| BOWING | 12 | 15 | All three |
| MOWING | 12 | 15 | All three |
| PAWING | 12 | 15 | All three |
That fixed pattern produces a compact, unusually verb-heavy group: sewing, rowing, towing, bowing, mowing, and sowing all finish with the familiar -ing sequence. Only 4 entries fall within the common-word frequency band, so the total of 35 is much larger than the everyday subset. The pattern is exact: the third tile is W and the final tile is G.
6-letter words with W as the 3rd letter and G as the 6th letter
- 35 tournament-dictionary entries match the two fixed letter positions.
- Every match ends in G because the sixth tile is fixed.
- Collins accepts 34; ENABLE and NWL2023 each accept 30.
- Four matches fall within the common-word frequency band.
- Jawing and jowing top the score list at 17 points each; the average is 11.8.
Which matches are easiest to recognize?
Start with sewing, rowing, towing, bowing, mowing, and sowing: these familiar forms make the repeated -ing pattern easy to spot. Sawing, vowing, pawing, lowing, and mewing extend that cluster, with W in slot three and G closing each word.
Not every match feels equally ordinary. Only 4 of the 35 meet the common-word frequency threshold, and the examples also include less familiar forms such as aswing and bowleg. Collins includes 34 entries, while ENABLE and NWL2023 each include 30; check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar form.
S is the most frequent opening letter, with 5 matches. D, J, M, and T each open 3, giving you several different first-letter branches to test after the fixed W and G.
How can you use the pattern and score well?
Jawing and jowing each score 17 points on the listed letter values, ahead of kawing at 14. Vowing, wowing, hewing, hawing, yawing, and yowing each score 13. The average is 11.8, so the two J words stand out rather than representing a typical score.
When a puzzle fixes W third and G sixth, test familiar -ing forms against the remaining letters first, then consider less common options. A candidate does not match just because it contains W and ends in G: W must sit in the third square.
Questions people ask
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