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7-letter words with W as the 3rd letter and B as the 5th letter

10 7-letter words have W as the 3rd letter and B as the 5th, including HAWKBIT, NEWSBOY, and the E-ending words.

10 wordsTop pick NEWSBOYHighest score HAWKBIT 19

With W in 3rd place, I is the most common 5th letter (146 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

  • NEWSBOY15
  • TOWABLE12
  • HAWKBIT19
  • DOWABLE13
  • DOWNBOW16
  • GOWNBOY16
  • HEWABLE15
  • ROWABLE12
  • SEWABLE12
  • SOWABLE12
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A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

  • DOWABLE13
  • DOWNBOW16
  • GOWNBOY16
  • HAWKBIT19
  • HEWABLE15
  • NEWSBOY15
  • ROWABLE12
  • SEWABLE12
  • SOWABLE12
  • TOWABLE12

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
HAWKBIT1919Collins only
DOWNBOW1618Collins · NWL
GOWNBOY1618Collins only
NEWSBOY1516All three
HEWABLE1516All three
DOWABLE1315All three
TOWABLE1214Collins · NWL
ROWABLE1214All three
SEWABLE1214All three
SOWABLE1214All three

This tight letter pattern produces just 10 tournament-dictionary matches. The group is an unusual mix: NEWSBOY and HAWKBIT look quite different from the cluster of words ending in -ABLE. All 10 appear in Collins, but only 8 make the NWL2023 list and 6 appear in ENABLE.

7-letter words with W as the 3rd letter and B as the 5th

  • Exactly 10 tournament-dictionary words fit the W-third, B-fifth pattern.
  • Collins lists all 10; NWL2023 has 8, and ENABLE has 6.
  • None ranks among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
  • HAWKBIT leads the scoring list at 19 points; DOWNBOW and GOWNBOY each score 16.
  • Six matches end in E, including TOWABLE, DOWABLE, HEWABLE, ROWABLE, and SOWABLE.

Which words fit this letter pattern?

The strongest clue is the ending: six of the 10 matches finish with E. TOWABLE, DOWABLE, ROWABLE, SEWABLE, SOWABLE, and HEWABLE all share that shape, even though their beginnings differ. NEWSBOY and GOWNBOY instead end in Y, while DOWNBOW ends in W.

The remaining two are HAWKBIT and NEWSBOY, which stand apart from the repeated -ABLE endings. If you have a fixed first letter, the options narrow quickly: D and H each begin two matches, as do S. G, N, R, and T each begin one.

  • Six matches end in E.
  • Two matches start with D, two with H, and two with S.
  • One match each starts with G, N, R, and T.

How should you choose among these 7-letter words?

For a score-first play, HAWKBIT is the clear lead at 19 points. DOWNBOW and GOWNBOY follow at 16, with NEWSBOY and HEWABLE at 15. The six E-ending choices score from 12 to 15, so the familiar-looking suffix does not automatically make a word the strongest play.

Treat this as a constrained-pattern list, not a list of everyday vocabulary: common_count is zero, and four entries lack a definition in the available coverage. Confirm an unfamiliar word in your game’s dictionary. For a neighboring pattern, changing the fifth letter from B to A opens a different set of matches.

  • HAWKBIT scores 19 points.
  • DOWNBOW and GOWNBOY score 16 points apiece.
  • NEWSBOY and HEWABLE score 15 points each.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have W third and B fifth?
There are 10 tournament-dictionary matches with W in the third position and B in the fifth. The set includes HAWKBIT, NEWSBOY, DOWNBOW, and six words ending in E.
What is the highest-scoring word in this pattern?
HAWKBIT is the top scorer at 19 points. DOWNBOW and GOWNBOY tie for the next spot at 16 points, while NEWSBOY and HEWABLE score 15.
Which of these words end in E?
Six matches end in E: TOWABLE, DOWABLE, HEWABLE, ROWABLE, SEWABLE, and SOWABLE. That makes the E ending the most common final letter in this 10-word group.

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