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7-Letter Words Starting With W

There are 687 seven-letter words starting with W in our dictionary; 383 of them are common words.

Type your own letters to find only the 7-letter words you can make, or leave it empty to open this list in the word finder.

The 600 most common of 687 words

Quick facts

  • Total words: 687
  • By usage: 225 very common, 158 common, 304 rare

Highest scoring (classic tiles)

  1. whizzed 32
  2. whizzer 31
  3. whizzes 31
  4. wizzens 28
  5. waxwork 24
  6. wheezed 23
  7. workbox 23
  8. waxworm 22
  9. wheezer 22
  10. wheezes 22

Most common

  1. whereby
  2. watched
  3. whether
  4. whoever
  5. walking
  6. watches
  7. weekend
  8. working
  9. welcome
  10. windows

Definitions

walking (adjective)
Close enough to be walked to.
weekend (noun)
A time period usually extending from Friday night through Sunday; more loosely defined as any period of successive days including one and only one Sunday.
working (adjective)
Actively engaged in paid work.
welcome (adjective)
Giving pleasure or satisfaction or received with pleasure or freely granted.

Every word in this list has seven letters and start with W. We count 687 of them, with 383 in common use. The score shown on each chip uses classic tile values, so WHIZZED at 32 points is the one to remember when a premium square is open. Words with their own page, such as WHEREBY, link through to a full breakdown of the shorter words hidden inside them.

How to use this page

To use this page, start with the search box. Type the letters on your rack, add a question mark for each blank, and press search. The tool keeps this page's constraint and returns only the words you can spell. Below the box, the full list is arranged with common words first, followed by the quick facts, definitions and related lists.

Tips

A blank tile is the most powerful piece on your rack because it stands in for any letter. When you search this list with a blank, the tool underlines the letter the blank replaced so you know which tile to lay down. Spend a blank only when it unlocks a long word or a premium square; using it for a three-letter play is almost always a waste. If you hold two blanks, look for a word from this list that needs both, because a seven-tile play with the bonus outscores nearly everything else.

Questions

What is the highest-scoring word among the seven-letter words starting with W?

WHIZZED scores 32 points with classic tile values, ignoring board multipliers. The full top ten is in the quick facts above; switch the tile set on the search tool if you play with different letter values.

Why are some of these words unfamiliar?

304 of the 687 words on this page are tagged rare, meaning they fall outside the usual spell-check vocabulary. They are still real words, and many are legal plays, but you should expect a challenge if someone asks you to define them.

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