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7-letter words with W as the 3rd letter and H as the 4th letter

7-letter words with W third and H fourth have 25 tournament-dictionary matches, from familiar nowhere to the 20-point jawhole.

25 wordsTop pick NOWHEREHighest score JAWHOLE 20

1 of 25 are everyday words (4%). 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.

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Best words to play first 25 · most-used first

  • NOWHERE13
  • RAWHIDE14
  • COWHERD16
  • COWHIDE16
  • BOWHEAD16
  • COWHAND16
  • TOWHEES13
  • TOWHEAD14
  • RAWHEAD14
  • ENWHEEL13
  • UNWHIPT15
  • COWHAGE16
  • BOWHUNT15
  • COWHEEL15
  • COWHERB17
  • JAWHOLE20
  • KOWHAIS17
  • POWHIRI15
  • TAWHAIS13
  • TAWHIRI13
  • TEWHITS13
  • UMWHILE15
  • UNWHITE13
  • UPWHIRL15

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

  • BEWHORE15
  • BOWHEAD16
  • BOWHUNT15
  • COWHAGE16
  • COWHAND16
  • COWHEEL15
  • COWHERB17
  • COWHERD16
  • COWHIDE16
  • ENWHEEL13
  • JAWHOLE20
  • KOWHAIS17
  • NOWHERE13
  • POWHIRI15
  • RAWHEAD14
  • RAWHIDE14
  • TAWHAIS13
  • TAWHIRI13
  • TEWHITS13
  • TOWHEAD14
  • TOWHEES13
  • UMWHILE15
  • UNWHIPT15
  • UNWHITE13
  • UPWHIRL15
Letters by positionIn 52% of these words the 2nd letter is O.
1st letter
  1. C24%
  2. T20%
  3. U16%
2nd letter
  1. O52%
  2. A20%
  3. N12%
5th letter
  1. E36%
  2. I36%
  3. A16%
6th letter
  1. R28%
  2. A12%
  3. E12%
7th letter
  1. E32%
  2. D20%
  3. S16%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 13 in Scrabble; JAWHOLE tops the list with 20. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 1313 points: 7 words
  2. 14 points: 3 words
  3. 1515 points: 7 words
  4. 16 points: 5 words
  5. 1717 points: 2 words
  6. 18 points: 0 words
  7. 1919 points: 0 words
  8. 20 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
JAWHOLE2022Collins only
COWHERB1718All three
KOWHAIS1716Collins only
COWHERD1616All three
COWHIDE1616All three
BOWHEAD1616All three
COWHAND1617All three
COWHAGE1617All three
UNWHIPT1517Collins only
BOWHUNT1517NWL only
COWHEEL1516Collins only
POWHIRI1515Collins only

The fixed pattern is _ _ W H _ _ _. Only one of its matches meets the common-word frequency threshold, so many entries are specialist vocabulary rather than everyday guesses. Familiar examples such as nowhere, rawhide, cowherd, and cowhide make the pattern easier to recognize, while the endings vary widely.

What stands out in this 7-letter pattern?

There are 25 matches, and their first and last letters cluster in a few places: C leads the openings, while E is the most common final letter.

  • Six words begin with C; T starts five and U starts four.
  • Eight matches end in E, five in D, and four in S.
  • Only one match clears the common-word frequency threshold.
  • Collins has 24 matches, compared with 13 in NWL2023 and 12 in ENABLE; dictionary counts overlap.

Which words fit W-third, H-fourth?

Start with recognizable forms: nowhere, rawhide, cowherd, cowhide, and bowhead all place W and H together in the required positions. Cowhand and towhead offer more familiar-looking options, while towhees shows that the pattern can also end in a plural.

The opening distribution is unusually narrow. C supplies six of the 25 matches, but the S-third/H-fourth pattern has 241; for another comparison, W-third/A-fourth has 58. A fixed pair can therefore produce very different list sizes depending on its letters.

  • nowhere and rawhide are recognizable matches for the fixed W-H pair.
  • cowherd, cowhide, and bowhead share the same letter positions.
  • cowhand, towhead, and towhees show different endings within the pattern.

Which matches score well in Scrabble?

Jawhole leads the scoring list at 20 points. Cowherb and kowhais each score 17, while cowherd, cowhide, and bowhead each score 16. Those values make the less familiar entries worth checking when a rack fits the pattern.

The average score is 14.9, but a high point value does not make an entry familiar or playable in every version of Scrabble. For 7-letter words with W third and H fourth, check your game's word list once before relying on an obscure match.

  • jawhole scores 20 points, the highest score in the group.
  • cowherb and kowhais score 17 points apiece.
  • cowherd, cowhide, and bowhead each score 16 points.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words have W third and H fourth?
There are 25 matches across the tournament dictionaries represented here. The dictionary totals overlap, so adding the Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE counts would count some words more than once. Most matches are uncommon, making the familiar examples especially useful as starting points.
What is the highest-scoring word in this pattern?
Jawhole scores 20 points in the listed Scrabble scoring data, ahead of cowherb and kowhais at 17 each. The top score is attached to an uncommon word, so check that your game's dictionary accepts it before building a play around it.
Do many of these words end in E?
Yes. Eight of the 25 matches end in E, more than any other final letter in this group. D is next with five, followed by S with four. If your last tile is uncertain, trying E first narrows the pattern to its largest ending group.

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