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9-letter words with W as the 2nd letter

There are 220 9-letter words with W as the 2nd letter, including familiar picks like AWARENESS, OWNERSHIP, and SWITCHING.

220 wordsTop pick AWARENESSHighest score SWIZZLING 31

9 of 220 are everyday words (4%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

E is the most common 2nd letter in 9-letter words (6,355 words); J is the rarest (9). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Best words to play first 220 · most-used first

  • AWARENESS12
  • OWNERSHIP17
  • SWITCHING18
  • TWENTIETH15
  • AWAKENING17
  • SWALLOWED16
  • SWEETNESS12
  • DWELLINGS14
  • AWKWARDLY23
  • DWINDLING15
  • SWEETENED13
  • TWITCHING18
  • SWEETENER12
  • SWORDSMAN15
  • TWINKLING17
  • SWIMSUITS14
  • SWORDFISH19
  • SWEATSHOP17
  • AWESOMELY17
  • AWESTRUCK18
  • SWIFTNESS15
  • SWINDLING14
  • SWORDSMEN15
  • TWIDDLING15
  • SWADDLING15
  • SWINDLERS13
  • AWFULNESS15
  • SWORDPLAY18
  • SWEETCORN14
  • SWITCHERS17
  • SWELLINGS13
  • SWAMPLAND17
  • SWIVELING16
  • SWAPPABLE18
  • SWALLOWER15
  • TWILIGHTS16
  • SWEATBAND15
  • SWAGGERED15
  • SWEETMEAT14
  • SWIVELLED16
  • TWITTERED13
  • SWEEPINGS15
  • SWINEHERD16
  • TWITTERER12
  • SWEATSUIT12
  • SWIMMABLE18
  • SWOOSHING16
  • SWEETSHOP17

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All valid words 220

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

  • AWAKENERS16
  • AWAKENING17
  • AWARDABLE15
  • AWARENESS12
  • AWESOMELY17
  • AWESTRIKE16
  • AWESTRUCK18
  • AWFULLEST15
  • AWFULNESS15
  • AWKWARDER20
  • AWKWARDLY23
  • DWARFISMS18
  • DWARFLIKE20
  • DWARFNESS16
  • DWEEBIEST15
  • DWELLINGS14
  • DWINDLING15
  • OWERLOUPS14
  • OWNERLESS12
  • OWNERSHIP17
  • OWRECOMES16
  • OWREWORDS16
  • SWADDLERS14
  • SWADDLING15
  • SWAGGERED15
  • SWAGGERER14
  • SWAGSHOPS18
  • SWAININGS13
  • SWALLOWED16
  • SWALLOWER15
  • SWAMPIEST16
  • SWAMPLAND17
  • SWAMPLESS16
  • SWANHERDS16
  • SWANKIEST16
  • SWANKPOTS18
  • SWANNIEST12
  • SWANNINGS13
  • SWANSDOWN16
  • SWANSKINS16
  • SWAPFILES17
  • SWAPPABLE18
  • SWAPPINGS17
  • SWAPTIONS14
  • SWARAJISM21
  • SWARAJIST19
  • SWARDIEST13
  • SWARMINGS15
  • SWARTHIER15
  • SWARTHILY18
  • SWARTNESS12
  • SWASHIEST15
  • SWASHINGS16
  • SWASHWORK22
  • SWASTICAS14
  • SWASTIKAS16
  • SWATHABLE17
  • SWATHIEST15
  • SWATTERED13
  • SWATTINGS13
  • SWAYBACKS23
  • SWAYLINGS16
  • SWEALINGS13
  • SWEARINGS13
  • SWEARWORD16
  • SWEATBAND15
  • SWEATERED13
  • SWEATIEST12
  • SWEATINGS13
  • SWEATLESS12
  • SWEATSHOP17
  • SWEATSUIT12
  • SWEEPBACK22
  • SWEEPIEST14
  • SWEEPINGS15
  • SWEETCORN14
  • SWEETENED13
  • SWEETENER12
  • SWEETFISH18
  • SWEETINGS13
  • SWEETLIPS14
  • SWEETMEAL14
  • SWEETMEAT14
  • SWEETNESS12
  • SWEETPEAS14
  • SWEETSHOP17
  • SWEETSOPS14
  • SWEETWOOD16
  • SWEIRNESS12
  • SWELCHIES17
  • SWELLDOMS15
  • SWELLFISH18
  • SWELLHEAD16
  • SWELLINGS13
  • SWELTERED13
  • SWELTRIER12
  • SWEPTBACK22
  • SWEPTWING18
  • SWERVABLE17
  • SWERVINGS16
  • SWIFTLETS15
  • SWIFTNESS15
  • SWILLINGS13
  • SWIMMABLE18
  • SWIMMERET16
  • SWIMMIEST16
  • SWIMMINGS17
  • SWIMSUITS14
  • SWIMWEARS17
  • SWINDGING15
  • SWINDLERS13
  • SWINDLING14
  • SWINEHERD16
  • SWINEHOOD16
  • SWINELIKE16
  • SWINERIES12
  • SWINGBEAT15
  • SWINGBOAT15
  • SWINGEING14
  • SWINGIEST13
  • SWINGINGS14
  • SWINGISMS15
  • SWINGLING14
  • SWINGTREE13
  • SWINISHLY18
  • SWIRLIEST12
  • SWISHIEST15
  • SWISHINGS16
  • SWISSINGS13
  • SWITCHELS17
  • SWITCHERS17
  • SWITCHIER17
  • SWITCHING18
  • SWITCHMAN19
  • SWITCHMEN19
  • SWITHERED16
  • SWIVELING16
  • SWIVELLED16
  • SWIZZLERS30
  • SWIZZLING31
  • SWOFFINGS19
  • SWOLLENLY15
  • SWOONIEST12
  • SWOONINGS13
  • SWOOPIEST14
  • SWOOSHING16
  • SWOPPINGS17
  • SWORDBILL15
  • SWORDFERN16
  • SWORDFISH19
  • SWORDLESS13
  • SWORDLIKE17
  • SWORDPLAY18
  • SWORDSMAN15
  • SWORDSMEN15
  • SWORDTAIL13
  • SWOTTIEST12
  • SWOTTINGS13
  • SWOUNDING14
  • TWADDLERS14
  • TWADDLIER14
  • TWADDLING15
  • TWALPENNY17
  • TWANGIEST13
  • TWANGINGS14
  • TWANGLERS13
  • TWANGLING14
  • TWATTLERS12
  • TWATTLING13
  • TWAYBLADE18
  • TWEAKIEST16
  • TWEAKINGS17
  • TWEEDIEST13
  • TWEEDLERS13
  • TWEEDLING14
  • TWEENAGER13
  • TWELFTHLY21
  • TWELVEMOS17
  • TWENTIETH15
  • TWENTYISH18
  • TWERKINGS17
  • TWERPIEST14
  • TWIDDLERS14
  • TWIDDLIER14
  • TWIDDLING15
  • TWIFORKED20
  • TWIFORMED18
  • TWIGGIEST14
  • TWIGHTING17
  • TWILIGHTS16
  • TWILLINGS13
  • TWINBERRY17
  • TWINGEING14
  • TWININGLY16
  • TWINKLERS16
  • TWINKLIER16
  • TWINKLING17
  • TWINLINGS13
  • TWINNINGS13
  • TWINSHIPS17
  • TWIRLIEST12
  • TWIRPIEST14
  • TWISTABLE14
  • TWISTIEST12
  • TWISTINGS13
  • TWITCHERS17
  • TWITCHIER17
  • TWITCHILY20
  • TWITCHING18
  • TWITTERED13
  • TWITTERER12
  • TWITTINGS13
  • TWIZZLING31
  • TWOCCINGS17
  • TWOCKINGS19
  • TWONESSES12
  • TWOPENCES16
  • TWOSEATER12
  • TWOSTROKE16
  • ZWIEBACKS29
Letters by positionIn 62% of these words the 1st letter is S.
1st letter
  1. S62%
  2. T27%
  3. A5%
3rd letter
  1. I33%
  2. A26%
  3. E25%
5th letter
  1. T22%
  2. D12%
  3. L8%
6th letter
  1. I30%
  2. L17%
  3. E9%
7th letter
  1. E27%
  2. I22%
  3. N17%
9th letter
  1. S40%
  2. T14%
  3. G10%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 16 in Scrabble; SWIZZLING tops the list with 31. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 1212 points: 21 words
  2. 13 points: 34 words
  3. 1414 points: 32 words
  4. 15 points: 29 words
  5. 1616 points: 37 words
  6. 17 points: 29 words
  7. 1818 points: 17 words
  8. 19 points: 6 words
  9. 2020 points: 4 words
  10. 21 points: 2 words
  11. 2222 points: 3 words
  12. 23 points: 2 words
  13. 2424 points: 0 words
  14. 25 points: 0 words
  15. 2626 points: 0 words
  16. 27 points: 0 words
  17. 2828 points: 0 words
  18. 29 points: 1 words
  19. 3030 points: 1 words
  20. 31 points: 2 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
SWIZZLING3134All three
TWIZZLING3134Collins only
SWIZZLERS3031All three
ZWIEBACKS2931All three
AWKWARDLY2323All three
SWAYBACKS2324All three
SWEPTBACK2225Collins · NWL
SWASHWORK2221Collins only
SWEEPBACK2225All three
SWARAJISM2124Collins · NWL
TWELFTHLY2121Collins · NWL
DWARFLIKE2021All three

The pattern is narrower than its recognizable examples suggest: just 9 entries rank among the 25,000 most frequent English words. AWARENESS and OWNERSHIP feel everyday, while the strongest tile totals belong to less familiar spellings such as SWIZZLING. Only 9 meet the frequency cutoff, despite 166 entries having definitions available.

At a glance: the W-second pattern

  • 220 nine-letter entries place W in position two.
  • 137 begin with S and 60 begin with T; the other 23 start with A, D, O, or Z.
  • Only 9 entries meet the common-word frequency cutoff.
  • SWIZZLING and TWIZZLING tie at 31 Scrabble points.
  • 166 entries have definitions available.

Which first letters appear most often?

S leads with 137 words, more than twice T’s 60; A is a distant third at 11. That concentration makes the first letter a strong filter: for a pattern like _W_______, try S and T before scanning the smaller groups.

Recognizable examples show the range. AWARENESS, AWAKENING, and AWKWARDLY start with A; SWITCHING, SWALLOWED, and SWEETNESS begin with S. TWENTIETH and TWINKLING show T, while DWELLINGS and DWINDLING account for D.

The W-second counts rise from 164 at five letters to 327 at eight, then fall to 124 at ten. Nine-letter entries sit between that eight-letter peak and sharp drop, making length a useful constraint when your rack or clue fixes the word size.

9-letter words with W as the 2nd letter: scores and limits

For Scrabble, SWIZZLING and TWIZZLING each score 31 points before board bonuses; SWIZZLERS reaches 30. Those totals come from the valuable Z tiles, not merely the nine-letter length. AWKWARDLY scores 23, a more recognizable high scorer.

Dictionary coverage changes substantially: Collins includes 213 matches, compared with 146 in NWL2023 and 120 in ENABLE. A word accepted in one list may fail in another, so check the word list used by your game before playing an unfamiliar entry.

For a long play, start by checking familiar builds such as OWNERSHIP or SWEETENER. The small common-word share means many entries are better treated as pattern matches than everyday vocabulary; 166 have definitions available.

Questions people ask

Are any 9-letter words with W as the second letter common?
Yes, but only 9 entries meet the common-word cutoff. AWARENESS and OWNERSHIP are recognizable examples, while many other matches are less familiar. The cutoff means a word ranks among the 25,000 most frequent English words, not that every player will know it.
Which first letter is most common in these nine-letter words?
S is the most common first letter, with 137 matches. T follows with 60, and A has 11. Together, S and T account for 197 of the 220 words, so checking those openings first narrows a search quickly.
What is the highest-scoring word with W as its second letter?
SWIZZLING and TWIZZLING tie for the top score at 31 Scrabble points each, before board bonuses. SWIZZLERS follows at 30. The Z tiles drive these totals, so a high score does not necessarily mean the word is familiar.

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