7-letter words with W as the 3rd letter and T as the 7th letter
The 27 7-letter words with W third and T seventh include lawsuit, sawdust and rowboat; only one ranks among common English words.
1 of 27 are everyday words (4%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.
With W in 3rd place, S is the most common 7th letter (200 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.
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Best words to play first
- LAWSUIT10
- SAWDUST11
- ROWBOAT12
- HOWBEIT15
- TOWBOAT12
- BOWKNOT16
- LEWDEST11
- BOWSHOT15
- HAWKBIT19
- UNWHIPT15
- BOWHUNT15
- TOWNLET10
- BAWSUNT12
- BEWRAPT14
- BOWBENT14
- COWIEST12
- DEWIEST11
- DEWLAPT13
- DOWIEST11
- GOWDEST12
- KEWLEST14
- LOWSEST10
- REWRAPT12
- TAWIEST10
- TOWIEST10
- TOWMONT12
- WOWFEST16
All valid words 27
- BAWSUNT12
- BEWRAPT14
- BOWBENT14
- BOWHUNT15
- BOWKNOT16
- BOWSHOT15
- COWIEST12
- DEWIEST11
- DEWLAPT13
- DOWIEST11
- GOWDEST12
- HAWKBIT19
- HOWBEIT15
- KEWLEST14
- LAWSUIT10
- LEWDEST11
- LOWSEST10
- REWRAPT12
- ROWBOAT12
- SAWDUST11
- TAWIEST10
- TOWBOAT12
- TOWIEST10
- TOWMONT12
- TOWNLET10
- UNWHIPT15
- WOWFEST16
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAWKBIT | 19 | 19 | Collins only |
| BOWKNOT | 16 | 18 | All three |
| WOWFEST | 16 | 16 | Collins only |
| HOWBEIT | 15 | 15 | All three |
| BOWSHOT | 15 | 15 | All three |
| UNWHIPT | 15 | 17 | Collins only |
| BOWHUNT | 15 | 17 | NWL only |
| BEWRAPT | 14 | 16 | All three |
| BOWBENT | 14 | 17 | Collins only |
| KEWLEST | 14 | 15 | Collins only |
| DEWLAPT | 13 | 15 | Collins only |
| ROWBOAT | 12 | 13 | All three |
W sits in the third position while T closes every match, fixing the pattern at the right edge. The opening letters vary: B leads with six words and T follows with five, while C and G contribute one apiece. Most entries are uncommon, but lawsuit and sawdust are familiar anchors among specialist and old-fashioned vocabulary.
The pattern at a glance
- All 27 matches put W third and T last, with six beginning in B and five beginning in T.
- Collins includes 26 matches, compared with 16 in NWL2023 and 15 in ENABLE.
- Hawkbit scores 19 points, ahead of bowknot and wowfest, which each score 16.
- Only one match is common by frequency; 13 have definitions in the dictionary data.
7-letter words with W third and T seventh
Lawsuit, sawdust and rowboat are the easiest anchors to spot. Each has W in the third slot and ends in T, but their first two letters differ, which makes them good pattern checks when you scan a rack or solve a clue.
The rest of the group is less everyday. Howbeit, bowknot and hawkbit fit the same letter frame; lewdest and towboat show how sharply the starting letters can change while W and final T stay fixed.
- Lawsuit, sawdust and rowboat all fit the W-third, T-last frame.
- Howbeit and hawkbit also match the fixed letter positions.
- Towboat and bowknot provide two more examples to check against a rack.
How should you use these matches?
Start by locking W into position three and T into position seven, then test the remaining letters against familiar words such as lawsuit or rowboat. That quick check prevents a common mistake: treating the final T as optional when it is present in every match.
For a score-first play, hawkbit is the standout at 19 points; bowknot and wowfest are next at 16. The list is not a set of everyday vocabulary, though, and dictionary coverage differs across Collins, NWL2023 and ENABLE. Check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar entry.
- Keep the final T fixed; every match shares that ending.
- Try hawkbit when the rack and board support its 19-point score.
- Only one match is common by frequency, so most entries are specialist words.
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