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7-letter words with W as the 1st letter and D as the 5th letter

22 7-letter words start with W and have D as the 5th letter, including WEEKDAY, WORLDLY and WOUNDED, and 12 end in -DER or -DED.

22 wordsTop pick WOUNDEDHighest score WEEKDAY 18

3 of 22 are everyday words (14%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

With W in 1st place, I is the most common 5th letter (235 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 22 · most-used first

  • WOUNDED12
  • WORLDLY14
  • WEEKDAY18
  • WEIRDLY14
  • WEIRDER11
  • WIELDED12
  • WEIRDOS11
  • WORKDAY18
  • WEIRDED12
  • WIELDER11
  • WOULDST11
  • WHEEDLE14
  • WOUNDER11
  • WORLDER11
  • WASHDAY17
  • WEIRDIE11
  • WORLDED12
  • WHIDDED16
  • WHIDDER15
  • WIFEDOM16
  • WOOLDED12
  • WOOLDER11
All valid words 22

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

  • WASHDAY17
  • WEEKDAY18
  • WEIRDED12
  • WEIRDER11
  • WEIRDIE11
  • WEIRDLY14
  • WEIRDOS11
  • WHEEDLE14
  • WHIDDED16
  • WHIDDER15
  • WIELDED12
  • WIELDER11
  • WIFEDOM16
  • WOOLDED12
  • WOOLDER11
  • WORKDAY18
  • WORLDED12
  • WORLDER11
  • WORLDLY14
  • WOULDST11
  • WOUNDED12
  • WOUNDER11
Letters by positionIn 55% of these words the 6th letter is E.
2nd letter
  1. O41%
  2. E27%
  3. H14%
3rd letter
  1. I32%
  2. E18%
  3. R18%
4th letter
  1. L36%
  2. R23%
  3. K9%
6th letter
  1. E55%
  2. A14%
  3. L14%
7th letter
  1. R27%
  2. D27%
  3. Y23%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 11 in Scrabble; WEEKDAY tops the list with 18. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 1111 points: 8 words
  2. 12 points: 5 words
  3. 1313 points: 0 words
  4. 14 points: 3 words
  5. 1515 points: 1 words
  6. 16 points: 2 words
  7. 1717 points: 1 words
  8. 18 points: 2 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
WEEKDAY1817All three
WORKDAY1817All three
WASHDAY1715All three
WHIDDED1615All three
WIFEDOM1617All three
WHIDDER1514Collins only
WORLDLY1415All three
WEIRDLY1414All three
WHEEDLE1414All three
WOUNDED1214All three
WIELDED1213All three
WEIRDED1212Collins · NWL

D in fifth place makes this list a set of word families. WEIRD- gives five words and WORLD- gives three, and each family reuses the same few endings. Learn -ED, -ER, -LY and -DAY and you can sort almost the whole list at a glance.

W-first, D-fifth words at a glance

  • The set contains 22 words, with 21 in Collins, 17 in NWL2023 and 15 in ENABLE.
  • Three are everyday words: WOUNDED, WORLDLY and WEEKDAY.
  • D and R each close 6 words, and Y closes 5.
  • The top three scores, 18, 18 and 17, all belong to -DAY words.
  • A typical word is worth 13.2 points.

Which word families repeat?

WEIRD- supplies WEIRDED, WEIRDER, WEIRDIE, WEIRDLY and WEIRDOS. WORLD- supplies WORLDED, WORLDER and WORLDLY. Two more pairs, WIELDED with WIELDER and WOUNDED with WOUNDER, follow the same -ED and -ER logic.

-DER and -DED have 6 words each. Between them they cover 12 of the 22, which is more than half the list.

What are the -DAY words and why do they score well?

Three words end in -DAY, and they take the top three places. WEEKDAY and WORKDAY make 18 each, and WASHDAY makes 17. The 4-point W and Y appear in all of them, with a 5-point K in the first two and a 4-point H in the last.

Two adverbs complete the Y group: WEIRDLY and WORLDLY, on 14 points each. WHIDDED and WIFEDOM sit at 16, two points above them.

Five words fit no family: WHEEDLE, WEIRDIE, WIFEDOM, WEIRDOS and WOULDST. They end in -LE, -IE, -OM, -OS and -ST, and WHEEDLE is the one that scores 14.

A note on valid words

Note

NWL2023 lists 17 of the 22 words and ENABLE 15, so WOUNDED, WORLDLY and WEEKDAY are the dependable plays. Check rare entries like WOOLDER before you use them.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words start with W and have D fifth?
There are 22. Collins accepts 21, NWL2023 accepts 17 and ENABLE accepts 15, so the three dictionaries agree on most of the list and differ only on the rarer entries.
Which common words fit W _ _ _ D _ _?
WOUNDED, WORLDLY and WEEKDAY are the three that rank in the top 25,000 English words. WEIRDLY and WORKDAY are also familiar, though they sit outside that frequency group.
What is the highest-scoring W word with D in 5th place?
WEEKDAY and WORKDAY tie at 18 points in Scrabble, each with a 5-point K and a 4-point Y. WASHDAY follows at 17, then WHIDDED and WIFEDOM at 16.

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