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7-letter words with W as the 2nd letter and H as the 5th letter

15 7-letter words have W as the 2nd letter and H as the 5th letter, including SWISHED, SWATHES and KWACHAS.

15 wordsTop pick SWATHESHighest score KWACHAS 19

With W in 2nd place, T is the most common 5th letter (36 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 15 · most-used first

  • SWATHES13
  • SWISHER13
  • SWATHED14
  • SWISHED14
  • SWISHES13
  • SWASHES13
  • KWACHAS19
  • SWASHED14
  • CWTCHED18
  • CWTCHES17
  • SWASHER13
  • SWATHER13
  • SWITHER13
  • SWITHLY16
  • TWIGHTS14
All valid words 15

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

  • CWTCHED18
  • CWTCHES17
  • KWACHAS19
  • SWASHED14
  • SWASHER13
  • SWASHES13
  • SWATHED14
  • SWATHER13
  • SWATHES13
  • SWISHED14
  • SWISHER13
  • SWISHES13
  • SWITHER13
  • SWITHLY16
  • TWIGHTS14
Letters by positionIn 80% of these words the 6th letter is E.
1st letter
  1. S73%
  2. C13%
  3. K7%
3rd letter
  1. A47%
  2. I40%
  3. T13%
4th letter
  1. S40%
  2. T33%
  3. C20%
6th letter
  1. E80%
  2. A7%
  3. L7%
7th letter
  1. S40%
  2. D27%
  3. R27%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
KWACHAS1919Collins · NWL
CWTCHED1819Collins only
CWTCHES1718Collins only
SWITHLY1615All three
SWATHED1413All three
SWISHED1413All three
SWASHED1413All three
TWIGHTS1414Collins only
SWATHES1312All three
SWISHER1312All three
SWISHES1312All three
SWASHES1312All three

Nine of the 15 words form a neat three-by-three grid. SWASH-, SWATH- and SWISH- each take the endings -ED, -ER and -ES. The other six are CWTCHED, CWTCHES, KWACHAS, SWITHER, SWITHLY and TWIGHTS, and none of the 15 is a common word.

Facts about the W-and-H pattern

  • Collins accepts all 15 words, NWL2023 accepts 12 and ENABLE accepts 11.
  • No word ranks in the top 25,000 English words.
  • S closes 6 words, D and R close 4 each, and Y closes 1.
  • KWACHAS scores 19, CWTCHED 18 and CWTCHES 17.
  • The average score is 14.5 points.

What is the three-by-three grid?

SWASHED, SWASHER and SWASHES; SWATHED, SWATHER and SWATHES; SWISHED, SWISHER and SWISHES. Learn three stems and three endings and you have nine of the 15 words.

The endings explain the last letters: -ED supplies 3 of the 4 D words, -ER 3 of the 4 R words, and -ES 3 of the 6 S words.

The endings set the scores. All three -ED words make 14, and the -ER and -ES words make 13. TWIGHTS also makes 14.

All nine grid words, plus SWITHER and SWITHLY, are accepted by Collins, NWL2023 and ENABLE. That makes the grid the dependable core of the pattern.

The three Collins-only words, CWTCHED, CWTCHES and TWIGHTS, supply two of the top three scores.

What are the six words outside the grid?

CWTCHED and CWTCHES have no vowel letters at all, since the Welsh word cwtch uses W as its vowel. KWACHAS is a plural currency name and scores 19 thanks to the 5-point K.

SWITHER and SWITHLY share SWITH-, and TWIGHTS completes the list. SWITHLY makes 16. TWIGHTS makes 14 and SWITHER makes 13.

A dictionary warning

Note

CWTCHED, CWTCHES and TWIGHTS appear only in Collins. KWACHAS is accepted by Collins and NWL2023, but not by ENABLE.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have W second and H fifth?
There are 15 of them. Collins takes all fifteen, NWL2023 takes 12 and ENABLE takes 11, so most players lose only three or four words from the list.
Which words have no vowels in the pattern _ W _ _ H _ _?
CWTCHED and CWTCHES have no A, E, I, O or U apart from the E in the ending. The Welsh word cwtch uses W as its vowel, and Collins accepts both forms.
What is the highest-scoring word with W second and H fifth?
KWACHAS scores 19 points in Scrabble, from the 5-point K. CWTCHED follows at 18 and CWTCHES at 17, then SWITHLY at 16. The 4-point W and H lift the average to 14.5.

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