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.

27 wordsTop pick LAWSUITHighest score HAWKBIT 19

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 27 · most-used 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

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

  • 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
Letters by positionIn 56% of these words the 2nd letter is O.
1st letter
  1. B22%
  2. T19%
  3. D11%
2nd letter
  1. O56%
  2. E22%
  3. A19%
4th letter
  1. I19%
  2. S15%
  3. B15%
5th letter
  1. E44%
  2. U15%
  3. A11%
6th letter
  1. S41%
  2. N15%
  3. P15%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 12 in Scrabble; HAWKBIT tops the list with 19. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 1010 points: 5 words
  2. 11 points: 4 words
  3. 1212 points: 7 words
  4. 13 points: 1 words
  5. 1414 points: 3 words
  6. 15 points: 4 words
  7. 1616 points: 2 words
  8. 17 points: 0 words
  9. 1818 points: 0 words
  10. 19 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
HAWKBIT1919Collins only
BOWKNOT1618All three
WOWFEST1616Collins only
HOWBEIT1515All three
BOWSHOT1515All three
UNWHIPT1517Collins only
BOWHUNT1517NWL only
BEWRAPT1416All three
BOWBENT1417Collins only
KEWLEST1415Collins only
DEWLAPT1315Collins only
ROWBOAT1213All 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.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words have W third and T last?
There are 27 matches with W in the third position and T in the seventh. The opening letters vary, with B leading the group at six words and T next at five. Every match shares the same final letter, so the clue narrows the search substantially.
Which W-third, T-last word scores the most points?
Hawkbit is the highest scorer at 19 points. Bowknot and wowfest follow at 16 points each, while howbeit, bowshot, unwhipt and bowhunt each score 15. The top value makes hawkbit a strong candidate when the rack and board support it.
Are these words accepted in every word game?
No, dictionary coverage varies: Collins includes 26 matches, NWL2023 includes 16, and ENABLE includes 15. The groups overlap, so those counts are not separate sets to add together. Only one match is common by frequency, making a game-specific word list especially important for less familiar entries.

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