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7-letter words with W as the 2nd letter and I as the 6th letter

All 10 7-letter words with W as the 2nd letter and I as the 6th letter end in -IE, led by SWEETIE and SWABBIE.

10 wordsTop pick SWEETIEHighest score SWABBIE 14

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

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With W in 2nd place, E is the most common 6th letter (154 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

  • SWEETIE10
  • SWIFTIE13
  • SWABBIE14
  • SWANNIE10
  • TWEENIE10
  • SWAGGIE12
  • SWANKIE14
  • SWADDIE12
  • TWOONIE10

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

  • SWABBIE14
  • SWADDIE12
  • SWAGGIE12
  • SWANKIE14
  • SWANNIE10
  • SWEETIE10
  • SWIFTIE13
  • TWEENIE10
  • TWINKIE14
  • TWOONIE10

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
SWABBIE1416All three
SWANKIE1415Collins only
SWIFTIE1313Collins · NWL
SWAGGIE1214All three
SWADDIE1212Collins only
SWEETIE1010All three
SWANNIE1012Collins only
TWEENIE1011Collins · NWL
TWOONIE1011Collins · NWL

I in sixth place leaves one slot after it, and every word fills it with E. That makes the ending -IE for all 10, and four of them double a consonant first: SWABBIE, SWADDIE, SWAGGIE and SWANNIE. The list is short, informal and heavily dictionary-dependent.

The W-and-I list in numbers

  • Examples: SWABBIE, SWADDIE, SWAGGIE, SWANKIE, SWANNIE, SWEETIE, SWIFTIE, TWEENIE and TWOONIE.
  • Collins accepts all 10, NWL2023 accepts 7 and ENABLE accepts only 3.
  • SWEETIE is the one everyday word in the top 25,000.
  • SWABBIE and SWANKIE lead on 14, with SWIFTIE on 13.
  • The average score is 11.9 points.

Which words are related?

SWA- opens five of the ten words: SWABBIE, SWADDIE, SWAGGIE, SWANKIE and SWANNIE. TWEENIE and TWOONIE open with TW-, while SWEETIE and SWIFTIE open SWE- and SWI-.

The doubled-consonant group (BB, DD, GG, NN) adds a letter before the -IE, which is how those four reach seven letters. SWANKIE and SWANNIE differ only in their fifth letter.

N sits before the -IE in three words (SWANNIE, TWEENIE and TWOONIE) and T sits before it in two (SWEETIE and SWIFTIE).

How do the scores compare?

SWABBIE makes 14 from two 3-point Bs and the 4-point W. SWANKIE also makes 14, using the 5-point K. SWABBIE is accepted by all three lists.

SWIFTIE follows at 13 with the 4-point F, and SWAGGIE and SWADDIE make 12. SWEETIE, SWANNIE, TWEENIE and TWOONIE all make 10, so nothing in the pattern climbs past 14.

The three ENABLE words are the same three that score 14, 12 and 10, so the dictionary does not follow the scores.

A narrow dictionary footprint

Note

ENABLE accepts just 3 of the 10 words: SWABBIE, SWAGGIE and SWEETIE. SWADDIE, SWANKIE and SWANNIE are Collins-only, and SWIFTIE, TWEENIE and TWOONIE are accepted by Collins and NWL2023.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have W second and I sixth?
There are 10, and all of them end in -IE. Collins accepts every one, NWL2023 accepts 7 and ENABLE accepts 3, so this is a Collins-friendly pattern.
What is the most common word fitting _ W _ _ _ I _?
SWEETIE is the only one in the top 25,000 English words. SWIFTIE is widely recognised too, but it sits below that frequency line and is missing from ENABLE.
Which of these words scores the most?
SWABBIE and SWANKIE tie at 14 points in Scrabble. SWIFTIE follows at 13, SWAGGIE and SWADDIE at 12, and the remaining words at 10 or less each.

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