Scrabble Words with W but no A

There are 6,867 valid Scrabble words that contain the letter W but not a single A, ranging up to 15 letters. They're grouped by length below, longest first. Every word is valid in the NWL (NASPA Word List), the official North American Scrabble tournament dictionary.

15-letter words

34 words

bittersweetness20
counterweighted25
creditworthiest24
cringeworthiest24
disembowelments25
disempowerments25
downrightnesses23
electrowinnings21
housewifeliness24
internetworking23
intertwinements20
monkeywrenchers32
monkeywrenching33
northwesterlies21
northwesterners21
oversweetnesses21
overwithholding29
powerlessnesses20
preinterviewing24
sorrowfulnesses21
southwesterlies21
southwesterners21
teletypewriters23
trustworthiness21
the trait of deserving trust and confidence
twentysomething27
underwhelmingly28
unwillingnesses19
unworldlinesses19
whistleblowings27
wholesomenesses23
woebegonenesses21
wonderfulnesses22
worrisomenesses20
worthlessnesses21

14-letter words

60 words

bewilderedness21
clownishnesses22
committeewomen25
counterweights23
creditworthier23
cringeworthier23
crowdsourcings23
cruiserweights23
disembowelling23
disembowelment24
the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude
disempowerment24
electrowinning20
fellowshipping28
foreknowledges26
freewheelingly27
frontierswomen22
homeownerships27
hundredweights26
intertwinement19
microbreweries23
monkeywrenched32
monkeywrencher31
monkeywrenches31
newsworthiness23
the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins
northwesterner20
noteworthiness20
nowheresvilles23
overpoweringly26
incapable of being resisted
oversweetening21
overwhelmingly29
incapable of being resisted
powerfulnesses22
preinterviewed23
reinterviewing21
screenwritings20
scriptwritings22
shrewishnesses23
southwesterner20
sportswritings20
sweepingnesses20
teletypewriter22
a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter
thundershowers24
trustworthiest20
unwieldinesses18
unwontednesses18
unworthinesses20
weightlessness21
the property of being comparatively small in weight
weightliftings25
whistleblowers25
whistleblowing26
whortleberries22
winglessnesses18
wondrousnesses18
wordlessnesses18
wordsmitheries23
worklessnesses21
worldbuildings22
worshipfulness25
worthwhileness26
value sufficient to repay time or effort spent
wretchednesses23
wrongfulnesses21

13-letter words

133 words

betweennesses18
betweenwhiles24
bewilderingly23
in a bewildering and confusing manner
bewilderments21
bittersweetly21
broccoflowers25
businesswomen20
congresswomen21
counterpowers20
counterweight22
a weight that balances another weight
counterworlds19
crowdednesses20
crowdfundings24
crowdsourcing22
cruiserweight22
a professional boxer who weighs between 169 and 175 pounds
cuckooflowers27
disemboweling22
disembowelled22
disempowering22
disendowments20
downrightness21
the quality of being direct and straightforward
eyewitnessing20
fellowshiping25
fellowshipped27
flowerinesses19
flowmeterings22
followerships24
foreknowledge25
knowledge of an event before it occurs
growthinesses20
homeownership26
hornswogglers21
hornswoggling22
horsewhippers26
horsewhipping27
the act of whipping with a horsewhip
housewiferies22
hundredweight25
a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds
ingrownnesses17
internetworks20
intertwisting17
interworkings21
knowingnesses21
microbrewings23
microbrowsers22
microswitches25
microwineries20
middleweights24
minesweepings21
misknowledges24
needleworkers21
newsworthiest22
northwesterly22
coming from the northwest
noteworthiest19
nowheresville22
outdoorswomen19
overbejeweled29
overborrowing22
overcrowdings23
oversweetened20
oversweetness19
overweeningly23

+ 73 more 13-letter words

12-letter words

262 words

betweentimes19
bewilderedly22
in a bewildered manner
bewilderment20
confusion resulting from failure to understand
bewitcheries22
bewitchingly26
in a bewitching manner
bewitchments24
bittersweets17
blowsinesses17
blowtorching23
bowdlerising19
bowdlerizers27
bowdlerizing28
bowstringing19
bristleworms19
broccoflower24
bullwhipping25
clownishness20
collywobbles24
severe gastroenteritis of unknown etiology; characterized by severe colic and vomiting and diarrhea
copywritings23
corkscrewing24
councilwomen21
counterblows19
counterflows20
counterpower19
counterviews20
counterworld18
countrywomen22
creditworthy24
having an acceptable credit rating
cringeworthy24
crowdfunding23
crowdsourced21
crowdsources20
cuckooflower26
a bitter cress of Europe and America
disbowelling19
disemboweled21
disempowered21
disendowment19
downshifting23
downtrending18
drowsinesses16
elderflowers19
empowerments21
eyewitnessed19
eyewitnesses18
fellowshiped24
fieldworkers23
flowmetering21
followership23
freewheelers21
freewheeling22
cheerfully irresponsible
freewritings19
frowzinesses27
ghostwriters19
ghostwriting20
ghostwritten19
gillyflowers22
globeflowers21
groundswells17
growlinesses16
highbrowisms26

+ 202 more 12-letter words

11-letter words

488 words

bedwettings18
beflowering20
bejewelling24
bellflowers19
bellwethers19
belowground18
under the level of the ground
betweenness16
bewhiskered24
having hair on the cheeks and chin
bewildering18
bewitchment23
a magical spell
bittersweet16
poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America
bitterweeds17
blowinesses16
blowtorched22
blowtorches21
bodyworkers24
bowdlerised18
bowdlerises17
bowdlerisms19
bowdlerized27
bowdlerizer26
a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages
bowdlerizes26
bowhuntings20
bowstringed18
bridgeworks22
brightworks24
bristleworm18
brownfields20
brownnesses16
brownshirts19
brownstones16
bullwhipped24
bushworkers23
butterweeds17
butterworts16
buttonwoods17
checkrowing26
cherrywoods23
chewinesses19
churchwomen26
clergywomen22
cobwebbiest22
coneflowers19
copywriters21
copywriting22
corkscrewed23
cornflowers19
cottonweeds17
cottonwoods17
counterblow18
a return blow; a retaliatory blow
counterflow19
counterview19
countrywide20
occurring or extending throughout a country or nation
courseworks20
cowpunchers23
crewelworks23
crossbowmen20
crowberries18
crowdedness18
crowdfunded22

+ 428 more 11-letter words

10-letter words

777 words

beclowning18
becrowding19
bedfellows19
bedwetters16
bedwetting17
beechwoods21
beflowered19
bejeweling23
bejewelled23
bellflower18
any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers
bellowings16
bellwether18
sheep that leads the herd often wearing a bell
belowdecks22
beshrewing19
bestrewing16
bestrowing16
bewildered17
perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
bewitchers20
bewitchery23
magnetic personal charm
bewitching21
capturing interest as if by a spell
beworrying19
bierwursts15
billowiest15
birchwoods21
birthworts18
bitterweed16
any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma
biweeklies19
blindworms18
bloodworms18
bloodworts16
blowfishes21
blowsiness15
bodyworker23
bondswomen18
borrowings16
bowdlerise16
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
bowdlerism18
censorship in the form of prudish expurgation
bowdlerize25
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
bowerbirds18
bowhunters18
bowhunting19
bowstrings16
brewhouses18
brickworks25
bridewells16
bridgework21
a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth
brierwoods16
brightwork23
bringdowns17
brownfield19
brownshirt18
a member of the Nazi SA which wore brown uniforms
brownstone15
a reddish brown sandstone; used in buildings
browridges17
brushwoods19
brushworks22
bugleweeds17
builddowns17
bushworker22
butterweed16
American ragwort with yellow flowers
butterwort15
any of numerous carnivorous bog plants of the genus Pinguicula having showy purple or yellow or white flowers and a rosette of basal leaves coated with a sticky secretion to trap small insects

+ 717 more 10-letter words

9-letter words

1,227 words

beclowned17
becrowded18
bedfellow18
a person with whom you share a bed
bedwetter15
someone suffering from enuresis; someone who urinates while asleep in bed
beechwood20
wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles
beefwoods18
beeswings15
beflowers17
behowling18
bejeweled22
bellowers14
bellowing15
a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
bellworts14
bentwoods15
beshrewed18
besnowing15
bestowers14
bestowing15
bestrewed15
bestrowed15
beweeping17
bewigging17
bewilders15
bewitched20
under a spell
bewitcher19
bewitches19
beworming17
beworried15
beworries14
bierwurst14
billowier14
billowing15
characterized by great swelling waves or surges
bindweeds16
birchwood20
birthwort17
creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses; native to Europe; naturalized Great Britain and eastern North America
bitewings15
blewitses14
blindworm17
any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions
bloodworm17
a segmented marine worm with bright red body; often used for bait
bloodwort15
any of various plants of the family Haemodoraceae; roots contain a deep red coloring matter
blowdowns18
blowflies17
blowholes17
blowiness14
blowpipes18
blowsiest14
blowtorch19
a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame
blowtubes16
blowziest23
blueweeds15
bluewoods15
bobwhites19
bodyworks22
bollworms16
bondwomen17
bookworks22
bookworms20
boomtowns16
borrowers14
borrowing15
obtaining funds from a lender

+ 1,167 more 9-letter words

8-letter words

1,380 words

beclowns15
becrowds16
bedewing15
bedgowns15
beefwood17
a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber
beeswing14
beflower16
behowled17
bejewels20
bellowed14
bellower13
someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice
bellwort13
any of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowers
bendwise14
bentwood14
wood that is steamed until it becomes pliable and then is shaped for use in making furniture
beshrews16
besnowed14
bestowed14
bestower13
person who makes a gift of property
bestrewn13
bestrews13
bestrown13
bestrows13
bewigged16
bewilder14
be a mystery or bewildering to
bewinged15
bewormed16
billowed14
bindweed15
any of several vines of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia having a twining habit
bitewing14
a dental X-ray film that can be held in place by the teeth during radiography
biweekly20
a periodical that is published twice a week or every two weeks (either 104 or 26 issues per year)
blowdown17
blowfish19
any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers
blowguns14
blowhole16
a hole for the escape of gas or air
blowiest13
blowoffs19
blowouts13
blowpipe17
a tube that directs air or gas into a flame to concentrate heat
blowsier13
blowsily16
blowtube15
a tube that directs air or gas into a flame to concentrate heat
blowzier22
blowzily25
blueweed14
a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States
bluewood14
bobwhite18
a popular North American game bird; named for its call
bodywork21
the exterior body of a motor vehicle
bogwoods15
bollworm15
any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls
bookwork21
bookworm19
a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
boomtown15
borrowed14
borrower13
someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent
boweling14
bowelled14
boweries13
bowering14
bowfront16
having an outward curving front
bowhunts16

+ 1,320 more 8-letter words

7-letter words

1,088 words

beclown14
becrowd15
bedewed14
wet with dew
bedgown14
behowls15
bejewel19
adorn or decorate with precious stones
bellows12
a mechanical device that blows a strong current of air; used to make a fire burn more fiercely or to sound a musical instrument
beshrew15
wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
besnows12
bestows12
bestrew12
cover by strewing
bestrow12
between12
in between
betwixt19
in the interval
beweeps14
bewitch17
attract strongly, as if with a magnet
beworms14
beworry15
bigwigs14
billows12
billowy15
characterized by great swelling waves or surges
bitwise12
blewits12
edible agaric that is pale lilac when young; has a smooth moist cap
blowbys17
blowers12
blowfly18
large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds
blowgun13
a tube through which darts can be shot by blowing
blowier12
blowing13
processing that involves blowing a gas
blowoff18
blowout12
a gay festivity
blowsed13
blowups14
blowzed22
bogwood14
borrows12
boweled13
bowered13
bowfins15
bowhunt15
bowings13
bowknot16
a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
bowlder13
a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin
bowlegs13
bowlers12
bowless12
bowlful15
the quantity contained in a bowl
bowlike16
bowline12
a loop knot that neither slips nor jams
bowling13
(cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman
bowpots14
bowsers12
bowshot15
bowsing13
bowsmen14
bowwood16
bowwows18
bowyers15
boxwood20
evergreen shrubs or small trees
brewers12

+ 1,028 more 7-letter words

6-letter words

684 words

bedews12
behowl14
bellow11
United States author (born in Canada) whose novels influenced American literature after World War II (1915-2005)
belows11
besnow11
bestow11
bestow a quality on
beweep13
bewept13
bewigs12
beworm13
bigwig13
the most important person in a group or undertaking
billow11
a large sea wave
blewit11
blowby16
blowed12
blower11
a device that produces a current of air
blowsy14
characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women
blowup13
a photographic print that has been enlarged
blowzy23
characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women
borrow11
get temporarily
bowels11
the center of the Earth
bowers11
bowery14
a street in Manhattan noted for cheap hotels frequented by homeless derelicts
bowfin14
primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America
bowing12
bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
bowled12
bowleg12
a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee)
bowler11
a cricketer who delivers the ball to the batsman in cricket
bowmen13
bowpot13
bowsed12
bowser11
bowses11
bowwow17
bowyer14
brewed12
brewer11
someone who brews beer or ale from malt and hops and water
brewis11
browed12
browns11
browny14
browse11
reading superficially or at random
burrow11
a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter
byword15
a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
bywork18
chewed15
chewer14
someone who chews (especially someone who chews tobacco)
chowed15
chowse14
clewed12
clowns11
cobweb15
a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web
cowboy16
a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
cowers11
cowier11
cowing12
cowled12
having the head enclosed in a cowl or hood
cowmen13
cowpie13
fecal matter of a cow
cowpox20
a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox

+ 624 more 6-letter words

5-letter words

447 words

bedew11
cover with drops of dew or as with dew
below10
(in writing) see below
bewig11
blown10
being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor
blows10
blowy13
abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes
bowed11
forming or resembling an arch
bowel10
the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus
bower10
a framework that supports climbing plants
bowls10
a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack
bowse10
haul with a tackle
brews10
brown10
Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)
brows10
chews13
chewy16
(of a consistency) requiring chewing
chows13
clews10
the cords used to suspend a hammock
clown10
a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
cowed11
cower10
crouch or curl up
cowls10
cowry13
any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells
crews10
crowd11
a large number of things or people considered together
crown10
(dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth
crows10
crwth13
dewed10
dhows12
dowdy13
British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970)
dowed10
dowel9
a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together
dower9
a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband
dowie9
downs9
downy12
covered with fine soft hairs or down
dowry12
money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
dowse9
searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod
drown9
be covered with or submerged in a liquid
dweeb11
an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
dwell9
come back to
dwelt9
dwine9
elbow10
a length of pipe with a sharp bend in it
embow12
endow9
furnish with an endowment
enows8
etwee8
ewers8
fewer11
(comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of
flews11
flown11
flows11
fowls11
frown11
a facial expression of dislike or displeasure
frows11
glows9
gowds10
gowks13

+ 387 more 5-letter words

4-letter words

227 words

blew9
blow9
a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon
bowl9
a concave shape with an open top
bows9
brew9
drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling
brow9
the arch of hair above each eye
chew12
a wad of something chewable as tobacco
chow12
breed of medium-sized dogs with a thick coat and fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; believed to have originated in northern China
clew9
a ball of yarn or cord or thread
cowl9
a loose hood or hooded robe (as worn by a monk)
cows9
domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; ; ; - Bible
cowy12
crew9
an informal body of friends
crow9
a Siouan language spoken by the Crow
cwms11
dews8
dewy11
wet with dew
dhow11
a lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabs
down8
(American football) a complete play to advance the football
dows8
drew8
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
eeew7
enow7
ewer7
an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring
ewes7
flew10
flow10
any uninterrupted stream or discharge
fowl10
a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
frow10
glow8
a feeling of considerable warmth
gowd9
gowk12
gown8
a woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions
grew8
grow8
become attached by or as if by the process of growth
hewn10
cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel
hews10
howe10
Canadian hockey player who holds the record for playing the most games (born 1928)
howf13
howk14
howl10
a long loud emotional utterance
hows10
hwyl13
iwis7
jowl14
a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging)
jows14
kiwi11
a native or inhabitant of New Zealand
knew11
know11
the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
lewd8
driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires
lewk11
lowe7
lown7
lows7
lwei7
100 lwei equal 1 kwanza in Angola
meow9
the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
mewl9
cry weakly or softly
mews9
street lined with buildings that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings
mown9
(used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
mows9

+ 167 more 4-letter words

3-letter words

56 words

bow8
a decorative interlacing of ribbons
cow8
a large unpleasant woman
cwm10
a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
dew7
water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air
dow7
eew6
ewe6
a Kwa language spoken by the Ewe in Ghana and Togo and Benin
few9
a small elite group
hew9
make or shape as with an axe
how9
jow13
low6
British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)
mew8
the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America
mow8
a loft in a barn where hay is stored
new6
(of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new
now6
the momentary present
owe6
be in debt
owl6
nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
own6
have ownership or possession of
owt6
pew8
long bench with backs; used in church by the congregation
pow8
a person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of war
pwn8
row6
(construction) a layer of masonry
sew6
create (clothes) with cloth
sow6
an adult female hog
tew6
tow6
the act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope
two6
one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots
vow9
a solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to do something or to behave in a certain manner
web8
a fabric (especially a fabric in the process of being woven)
wed7
the fourth day of the week; the third working day
wee6
a short time
wen6
a common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked
wet6
wetness caused by water
who9
a United Nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services
why12
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'
wig7
British slang for a scolding
win6
a victory (as in a race or other competition)
wis6
wit6
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
wiz15
someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
woe6
intense mournfulness
wok10
pan with a convex bottom; used for frying in Chinese cooking
won6
the basic unit of money in North Korea
woo6
make amorous advances towards
wos6
wot6
wow9
a joke that seems extremely funny
wry9
bent to one side
wud7
wuz15
wye9
the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet
wyn9
yew9
any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves
yow9

2-letter words

4 words

ew5
military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum
ow5
we5
wo5