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7-letter words with W as the 1st letter and I as the 4th letter

33 7-letter words start with W and have I as the 4th letter, from WEBINAR and WRAITHS to the 22-point WHAIZLE.

33 wordsTop pick WEBINARHighest score WHAIZLE 22

1 of 33 are everyday words (3%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

With W in 1st place, T is the most common 4th letter (105 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 33 · most-used first

  • WEBINAR12
  • WRAITHS13
  • WYSIWYG20
  • WAKINGS15
  • WIRINGS11
  • WILIEST10
  • WAHINES13
  • WAXINGS18
  • WAPITIS12
  • WIPINGS13
  • WOOINGS11
  • WADINGS12
  • WAKIKIS18
  • WALIEST10
  • WALISES10
  • WANIEST10
  • WANIGAN11
  • WANINGS11
  • WANIONS10
  • WARIEST10
  • WARISON10
  • WAVICLE15
  • WAVIEST13
  • WAVINGS14
  • WAXIEST17
  • WHAISLE13
  • WHAIZLE22
  • WIKIUPS16
  • WINIEST10
  • WIRIEST10
  • WIRILDA11
  • WIZIERS19
  • WONINGS11
All valid words 33

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

  • WADINGS12
  • WAHINES13
  • WAKIKIS18
  • WAKINGS15
  • WALIEST10
  • WALISES10
  • WANIEST10
  • WANIGAN11
  • WANINGS11
  • WANIONS10
  • WAPITIS12
  • WARIEST10
  • WARISON10
  • WAVICLE15
  • WAVIEST13
  • WAVINGS14
  • WAXIEST17
  • WAXINGS18
  • WEBINAR12
  • WHAISLE13
  • WHAIZLE22
  • WIKIUPS16
  • WILIEST10
  • WINIEST10
  • WIPINGS13
  • WIRIEST10
  • WIRILDA11
  • WIRINGS11
  • WIZIERS19
  • WONINGS11
  • WOOINGS11
  • WRAITHS13
  • WYSIWYG20
Letters by positionIn 55% of these words the 2nd letter is A.
2nd letter
  1. A55%
  2. I24%
  3. H6%
3rd letter
  1. N18%
  2. R15%
  3. K9%
5th letter
  1. N33%
  2. E27%
  3. S9%
6th letter
  1. G27%
  2. S24%
  3. L9%
7th letter
  1. S52%
  2. T24%
  3. E9%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; WHAIZLE tops the list with 22. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 1010 points: 9 words
  2. 11 points: 6 words
  3. 1212 points: 3 words
  4. 13 points: 5 words
  5. 1414 points: 1 words
  6. 15 points: 2 words
  7. 1616 points: 1 words
  8. 17 points: 1 words
  9. 1818 points: 2 words
  10. 19 points: 1 words
  11. 2020 points: 1 words
  12. 21 points: 0 words
  13. 2222 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
WHAIZLE2222Collins only
WYSIWYG2019Collins · NWL
WIZIERS1919Collins only
WAXINGS1820All three
WAKIKIS1818All three
WAXIEST1717All three
WIKIUPS1618All three
WAKINGS1517Collins · NWL
WAVICLE1518Collins · NWL
WAVINGS1417Collins only
WRAITHS1312All three
WAHINES1313All three

Two endings cover 17 of the 33 words: nine in -NGS and eight in -IEST. The first group is plurals such as WAKINGS and WIRINGS, and the second is superlatives such as WAXIEST and WIRIEST. Everything else is a loner.

The W-and-I pattern in brief

  • The 33 words are accepted by Collins in full, by NWL2023 in 22 cases and by ENABLE in 17.
  • WEBINAR is the only everyday word, ranked in the top 25,000.
  • S closes 17 words, T closes 8 and E closes 3.
  • WHAIZLE leads on 22, then WYSIWYG on 20 and WIZIERS on 19.
  • The mean score is 13.1 points.

Which endings should you test first?

-NGS has 9 words, such as WAKINGS, WIRINGS and WOOINGS. -EST has 8 more, all adjective superlatives: WALIEST, WANIEST, WARIEST, WAVIEST, WAXIEST, WILIEST, WINIEST and WIRIEST.

Together they make 17, so about half the list is settled by the last three letters. The first four letters then pick the exact word.

What are the stand-out words?

WHAIZLE scores 22 with a Z and two 4-point tiles. WYSIWYG makes 20 from two Ws, two Ys and a G, and it is an acronym. WIZIERS makes 19.

WAN- opens four words: WANIEST, WANIGAN, WANINGS and WANIONS. WEBINAR, WRAITHS and WAPITIS are the other recognisable ones.

Three openings repeat besides WAN-: WIR- (WIRIEST, WIRINGS, WIRILDA) and WAV- (WAVICLE, WAVIEST, WAVINGS) have three words each.

The 8 words outside -NGS and -EST that end in S are WAHINES, WAKIKIS, WALISES, WAPITIS, WIKIUPS, WIZIERS, WRAITHS and WANIONS. Another 8 end differently: WANIGAN, WARISON, WEBINAR, WAVICLE, WHAISLE, WHAIZLE, WIRILDA and WYSIWYG.

Dictionary limits for this pattern

Tip

ENABLE lists only 17 of the 33 words. WHAIZLE appears only in Collins, WYSIWYG and WEBINAR in Collins and NWL2023, while WAXINGS and WRAITHS are accepted by all three lists.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words start with W and have I fourth?
There are 33. Collins accepts all 33, NWL2023 accepts 22 and ENABLE accepts 17, so the two North American lists are shorter by 11 and 16 words.
What is the highest-scoring W word with I in 4th place?
WHAIZLE scores 22 points in Scrabble, thanks to its 10-point Z. WYSIWYG follows at 20, WIZIERS at 19, and WAXINGS and WAKIKIS at 18. WIKIUPS and WAVICLE also reach 16 and 15.
Which seven-letter W words end in -IEST?
Eight words do: WALIEST, WANIEST, WARIEST, WAVIEST, WAXIEST, WILIEST, WINIEST and WIRIEST. All have I in fourth place and are adjective superlatives, which makes them easy to spot.

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