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7-letter words with D as the 1st letter and W as the 2nd letter

10 7-letter words with D first and W second fit this pattern, led by dwammed at 16 Scrabble points.

10 wordsTop pick DWARVESHighest score DWAMMED 16

1 of 10 are everyday words (10%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

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With D in 1st place, E is the most common 2nd letter (511 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 10 · most-used first

  • DWARVES14
  • DWELLER11
  • DWARFED15
  • DWINDLE12
  • DWELLED12
  • DWARFER14
  • DWALMED14
  • DWAMMED16
  • DWAUMED14
  • DWINING12
All valid words 10

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

  • DWALMED14
  • DWAMMED16
  • DWARFED15
  • DWARFER14
  • DWARVES14
  • DWAUMED14
  • DWELLED12
  • DWELLER11
  • DWINDLE12
  • DWINING12

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
DWAMMED1618Collins only
DWARFED1515All three
DWARVES1415All three
DWARFER1414All three
DWALMED1416Collins only
DWAUMED1416Collins only
DWINDLE1214All three
DWELLED1214All three
DWINING1215All three
DWELLER1113All three

The D-W opening yields a tight set: only 10 tournament-dictionary entries match, and dweller is the sole common word. Familiar choices include dwarves, dwarfed, and dwindle, but the rest of the group gets less everyday quickly. Check the final letter too: five entries end in D, while the other five split among four endings.

7-letter words with D first and W second

  • Exactly 10 tournament-dictionary entries fit the D-W opening.
  • Collins includes all 10; ENABLE and NWL2023 include seven apiece.
  • Only dweller counts as common, while nine entries have definitions.
  • Dwammed leads scoring at 16; dwarfed follows at 15.
  • Five entries end in D; R is the next most frequent ending, with two.

Which D-W words should you try first?

Dwarves, dwarfed, dwindle, dwelled, and dweller are the most recognizable picks. Their shared start is a stronger clue than their endings: five finish in D, but the set also ends in R, E, G, and S. If a crossing letter fixes the last tile, use that split to cut the choices quickly.

Score first if the board rewards premium letters. Dwammed reaches 16, dwarfed scores 15, and dwarves, dwarfer, dwalmed, and dwaumed each score 14. Dwindle, dwelled, and dwining each sit at 12, while dweller is the lowest scorer at 11; that makes the familiar words less valuable than several obscure ones.

The score gap is compact at the top: dwammed is just one point ahead of dwarfed, and only two points ahead of four tied entries. A high total alone does not make an obscure play sound; confirm the word in your game’s dictionary before committing, because the entire set does not pass every tournament list.

A narrow opening with uneven dictionary coverage

For 7-letter words with D first and W second, the scarcity is striking beside nearby patterns. Seven-letter S-W words number 144, compared with 10 D-W entries; switching only the second letter to E gives 511 D-E words, and I gives 384. The opening pair, not seven-letter length itself, is the bottleneck.

Five of the 10 D-W options end in D, so a known final D cuts the search space in half. Yet the familiar-looking set still hides forms such as dwalmed, dwammed, dwaumed, and dwining; do not assume every candidate is everyday vocabulary. Collins has all 10, while ENABLE and NWL2023 each accept seven, so game rules matter.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words start with DW?
Ten seven-letter words beginning DW appear in at least one tournament dictionary. Collins lists all ten, while ENABLE and NWL2023 each include seven. Familiar examples include dwarves, dwarfed, and dwindle; only dweller qualifies as common in the frequency measure used here.
Which DW word has the highest Scrabble score?
Dwammed is the top scorer at 16 points. Dwarfed follows at 15, while dwarves, dwarfer, dwalmed, and dwaumed each score 14. The lead is small, so board premiums and whether the word is accepted in your game still matter.
Are all D-W words common?
No, only dweller is classed as common among these 10 entries. Nine have definitions, but rarity and dictionary acceptance are separate issues: Collins includes the full set, whereas ENABLE and NWL2023 each accept seven. Check the lexicon used by your game before playing an unfamiliar form.

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