7-letter words with W as the 3rd letter and A as the 4th letter
7-letter words with W as the 3rd letter and A as the 4th letter total 58 across the tournament word lists.
5 of 58 are everyday words (9%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.
With W in 3rd place, A is the most common 4th letter (58 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.
Best words to play first
- TOWARDS11
- REWARDS11
- UPWARDS13
- ONWARDS11
- COWARDS13
- REWATCH15
- INWARDS11
- DOWAGER12
- THWARTS13
- THWAITE13
- TOWABLE12
- UNWAXED18
- DEWATER11
- UNWAGED12
- THWACKS19
- BEWAILS12
- TOWAWAY16
- HAWALAS13
- SEWAGES11
- BEWARES12
- ADWARDS12
- REWAKEN14
- ABWATTS12
- ADWARES11
- BEWARED13
- COWAGES13
- DEWANIS11
- DEWANNY14
- DEWAXED19
- DEWAXES18
- DOWABLE13
- ENWALLS10
- GOWANED12
- HEWABLE15
- INWALLS10
- JAWARIS17
- JOWARIS17
- PAWAWED16
- REWAKED15
- REWAKES14
- REWARMS12
- REWAXED18
- REWAXES17
- ROWABLE12
- SEWABLE12
- SOWABLE12
- SOWARRY13
- TEWARTS10
All valid words 58
- ABWATTS12
- ADWARDS12
- ADWARES11
- BEWAILS12
- BEWARED13
- BEWARES12
- COWAGES13
- COWARDS13
- DEWANIS11
- DEWANNY14
- DEWATER11
- DEWAXED19
- DEWAXES18
- DOWABLE13
- DOWAGER12
- ENWALLS10
- GOWANED12
- HAWALAS13
- HEWABLE15
- INWALLS10
- INWARDS11
- JAWARIS17
- JOWARIS17
- ONWARDS11
- PAWAWED16
- REWAKED15
- REWAKEN14
- REWAKES14
- REWARDS11
- REWARMS12
- REWATCH15
- REWAXED18
- REWAXES17
- ROWABLE12
- SEWABLE12
- SEWAGES11
- SOWABLE12
- SOWARRY13
- TEWARTS10
- THWACKS19
- THWAITE13
- THWARTS13
- TOWABLE12
- TOWAGES11
- TOWARDS11
- TOWAWAY16
- UNWAGED12
- UNWAKED15
- UNWARES10
- UNWARIE10
- UNWATER10
- UNWAXED18
- UNWAYED14
- UPWAFTS15
- UPWARDS13
- USWARDS11
- VAWARDS14
- WAWAING14
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| THWACKS | 19 | 19 | All three |
| DEWAXED | 19 | 19 | All three |
| UNWAXED | 18 | 20 | All three |
| DEWAXES | 18 | 18 | All three |
| REWAXED | 18 | 18 | All three |
| REWAXES | 17 | 17 | All three |
| JAWARIS | 17 | 19 | Collins only |
| JOWARIS | 17 | 19 | Collins only |
| TOWAWAY | 16 | 15 | All three |
| PAWAWED | 16 | 17 | Collins only |
| REWATCH | 15 | 15 | NWL only |
| HEWABLE | 15 | 16 | All three |
The pattern fixes the middle as WA, leaving the first two and final three letters open. Familiar examples include TOWARDS, REWARDS, UPWARDS, ONWARDS, and COWARDS. The collection is much broader than those everyday-looking entries: only five matches are classed as common, while 39 have definitions.
How many words fit the W-A pattern?
- There are 58 seven-letter matches with W third and A fourth.
- The most frequent ending is S: 31 words finish with that letter.
- U leads the first-letter counts with 10 matches; R follows with 9.
- THWACKS and DEWAXED top the scoring list at 19 points each.
- The average score across the matches is 13.2 points.
Where do these seven-letter matches end?
S is the clear leader at the end, appearing in 31 of the 58 words. D comes next with 10, then E with 8; R and Y each appear as the final letter 3 times. That makes an S ending the strongest first check when the last tile is unknown.
The opening letters are more spread out: U begins 10 matches, R begins 9, and T begins 8. D starts 7, while no other listed initial reaches 5. Try REWARDS, TOWARDS, or UPWARDS to test familiar routes through the fixed WA pair.
- TOWARDS, REWARDS, and UPWARDS all end in S.
- DEWAXED, UNWAXED, and REWAXED finish with D.
- ONWARDS and COWARDS add two familiar S-ending options.
7-letter words with W as the 3rd letter and A as the 4th letter
For a high-scoring play, THWACKS and DEWAXED each score 19 points. UNWAXED, DEWAXES, and REWAXED follow at 18, while REWAXES scores 17. Those letter combinations make the pattern less predictable than the familiar plural endings suggest.
The 58-word total combines entries across tournament dictionaries, not a promise that every game accepts every word. Collins contains 57 matches, NWL2023 has 41, and ENABLE has 36. Only five matches count as common, so check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar entry.
- THWACKS and DEWAXED share the top score of 19 points.
- UNWAXED, DEWAXES, and REWAXED each score 18.
- Collins has 57 matches, compared with 41 in NWL2023 and 36 in ENABLE.
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