Scrabble Words with W but no I
There are 7,375 valid Scrabble words that contain the letter W but not a single I, 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
22 wordsacknowledgeable28
capable of being acknowledged
acknowledgement28
a statement acknowledging something or someone
- acknowledgments28
downheartedness23
a feeling of low spirits
- halfpennyworths32
- monkeywrenchers32
- northwesterners21
- oversweetnesses21
- powerlessnesses20
- sorrowfulnesses21
- southwesterners21
- swellheadedness23
unknowledgeable26
unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge
warmheartedness24
a positive feeling of liking
- warrantableness20
- waterlessnesses18
- weltanschauungs24
- wholesomenesses23
- woebegonenesses21
- wonderfulnesses22
- worthlessnesses21
- wrongheadedness24
14-letter words
53 words- acknowledgedly29
acknowledgment27
a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
- backwardnesses26
- blanketflowers26
- downwardnesses22
- flawlessnesses20
- foreknowledges26
halfpennyworth31
the amount that can be bought for a halfpenny
- hyperawareness25
- lukewarmnesses23
- monkeywrenched32
- monkeywrencher31
- monkeywrenches31
- newfangledness22
newspaperwoman26
a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media
- newspaperwomen26
- northeastwards21
- northwesterner20
- northwestwards24
- paddlewheelers24
- powerfulnesses22
- snowboardcross22
- southeastwards21
- southwesterner20
- southwestwards24
- stalwartnesses17
- summerfallowed25
- sweaterdresses18
- thenceforwards26
- thundershowers24
unacknowledged26
not openly acknowledged
- unlawfulnesses20
- untowardnesses18
- unwashednesses21
- unwontednesses18
- wafflestompers27
- wastefulnesses20
- watchfulnesses25
- waterproofness22
- weatherboarded24
- weathercasters22
- weatherglasses21
- weatherpersons22
- weatherproofed26
weltanschauung23
a comprehensive view of the world and human life
wholeheartedly27
without reserve; without reservation
- wondrousnesses18
- wordlessnesses18
- workablenesses23
- worklessnesses21
- wrathfulnesses23
- wretchednesses23
- wrongfulnesses21
13-letter words
94 wordsassemblywoman25
a woman assemblyman
- assemblywomen25
- awesomenesses18
- awkwardnesses24
- betweennesses18
- bladderwracks26
- blanketflower25
- broccoflowers25
- carryforwards25
- chowderheaded27
- churchwardens27
- clapperclawed25
- commonwealths25
congresswoman21
a member of the United States House of Representatives
- congresswomen21
- counterpowers20
- counterworlds19
- crowdednesses20
- cuckooflowers27
- cyberwarfares26
- downheartedly24
- flamethrowers24
- flowerbearers21
foreknowledge25
knowledge of an event before it occurs
- foreshadowers23
- forwardnesses20
- frowardnesses20
- gallowglasses18
- hornswogglers21
knowledgeable24
alert and fully informed
- knowledgeably27
- lawlessnesses16
- narrowcasters18
- needleworkers21
- nonlandowners17
- nonrenewables18
northeastward20
the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees
northwesterly22
coming from the northwest
northwestward23
the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees
outdoorswoman19
a woman who spends time outdoors (e.g., hunting and fishing)
- outdoorswomen19
- outwardnesses17
- overbejeweled29
- oversweetened20
- oversweetness19
- paddlewheeler23
- pasqueflowers30
powerlessness18
the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
- schoolfellows24
- shallownesses19
sorrowfulness19
a state of gloomy sorrow
southeastward20
the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees
- southernwoods20
southwesterly22
coming from the southwest
southwestward23
the compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees
- sternwheelers19
- streetwalkers20
- summerfallows23
- superpowerful23
- swashbucklers27
+ 34 more 13-letter words
12-letter words
212 words- abandonwares18
acknowledged24
generally accepted
- acknowledges23
- answerphones20
backwardness24
lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
backwoodsman26
a man who lives on the frontier
- backwoodsmen26
- battlewagons18
- benchwarmers24
- bladderworts19
bladderwrack25
a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure
- broccoflower24
- bullwhackers26
- bushwhackers29
- cabbageworms24
- callownesses17
- candlepowers20
- carryforward24
- cartwheelers20
- chowderheads25
- chuckawallas26
churchwarden26
an officer in the Episcopal church who helps a parish priest with secular matters
- clapperclaws23
collywobbles24
severe gastroenteritis of unknown etiology; characterized by severe colic and vomiting and diarrhea
commonwealth24
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
- counterblows19
- counterflows20
- counterpower19
- counterworld18
countrywoman22
a woman from your own country
- countrywomen22
- cracklewares23
- crowdsourced21
- crowdsources20
cuckooflower26
a bitter cress of Europe and America
- cyberwarfare25
- deathwatches24
- downloadable19
- downwardness20
- earthenwares18
- elderflowers19
- empowerments21
- entranceways20
- fallownesses18
flamethrower23
a weapon that squirts ignited fuel for several yards
flawlessness18
the state of being without a flaw or defect
- floorwalkers22
- flowerbearer20
- foreknowable24
- foreshadowed23
- foreshadower22
- freewheelers21
- glassblowers18
- glassworkers20
- globeflowers21
- grandnephews22
- groundswells17
- groundwaters17
henceforward24
from this time forth; from now on
- hollownesses18
+ 152 more 12-letter words
11-letter words
454 words- abandonware17
acknowledge22
accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority
- afterworlds18
- anchorwoman21
- anchorwomen21
- answerphone19
- askewnesses18
- autoworkers18
- awarenesses14
- awesomeness16
- awfulnesses17
awkwardness22
the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
- baggataways21
- basketworks24
battlewagon17
large and heavily armoured warship
- beadworkers21
- beggarweeds19
- bellflowers19
- bellwethers19
belowground18
under the level of the ground
- benchwarmer23
- betweenness16
- blackwaters22
bladderwort18
any of numerous aquatic carnivorous plants of the genus Utricularia some of whose leaves are modified as small urn-shaped bladders that trap minute aquatic animals
blameworthy24
deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious
- blowtorched22
- blowtorches21
- bodyworkers24
breadthways23
in the direction of the breadth
- breakwaters20
- breastworks20
- brewmasters18
- broadswords18
- browbeaters18
- brownnesses16
- brownstones16
- bullwhacker25
- bushwhacked29
bushwhacker28
a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War
- bushworkers23
- butterweeds17
- butterworts16
- buttonwoods17
cabbageworm23
toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly
- cakewalkers24
- camerawoman20
- camerawomen20
- cameraworks22
candlepower19
luminous intensity measured in candelas
- candlewoods18
- cankerworms22
- carpetweeds19
- cartwheeled20
- cartwheeler19
- caseworkers20
- casualwears16
- caterwauled17
- cattywampus23
- censorwares16
- cherrywoods23
+ 394 more 11-letter words
10-letter words
847 words- aardwolves17
- afterglows17
afterwards17
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
- afterwords17
afterworld17
the place where you are after you die
- agatewares14
- alderwoman16
- alderwomen16
- allowables15
- allowanced16
- allowances15
- aloeswoods14
- alpenglows16
- angleworms16
answerable15
capable of being answered
- arrowheads17
- arrowroots13
- arrowwoods17
- arrowworms18
- autoworker17
- awaynesses16
- awkwardest21
- backswords22
- backwardly25
- backwashed25
- backwashes24
- backwaters21
- backwoodsy25
- baggataway20
- bandwagons17
- barrasways18
- basketwork23
- batfowlers18
- bathwaters18
- beachwears20
- beadworker20
- becowarded19
- bedfellows19
- bedwarmers18
- bedwetters16
- beechwoods21
- beflowered19
beggarweed18
West Indian forage plant cultivated in southern United States as forage and to improve soil
- bejewelled23
bellflower18
any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers
bellwether18
sheep that leads the herd often wearing a bell
- belowdecks22
- beshadowed20
blackwater21
any of several human or animal diseases characterized by dark urine resulting from rapid breakdown of red blood cells
- blackwoods22
- bloatwares15
- bloodworms18
- bloodworts16
- boardwalks20
- bodywashes22
- bodyworker23
bondswoman18
a female bound to serve without wages
- bondswomen18
- bowhunters18
- brasswares15
+ 787 more 10-letter words
9-letter words
1,291 words- advowsons16
afterglow16
a glow sometimes seen in the sky after sunset
afterward16
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
- afterword16
- agalwoods14
- agarwoods14
agateware13
pottery that is veined and mottled to resemble agate
- agueweeds14
- alleyways18
allowable14
deductible according to the tax laws
allowably17
in a permissible manner
allowance14
a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
- allowedly16
- aloeswood13
- alpenglow15
angleworm15
terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
- answerers12
- anywheres18
- armyworms19
arrowhead16
the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow
- arrowless12
arrowroot12
a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant
- arrowwood16
arrowworm17
any worm of the Chaetognatha; transparent marine worm with horizontal lateral and caudal fins and a row of movable curved spines at each side of the mouth
- askewness16
- awakeners16
- awardable15
awareness12
having knowledge of
- awesomely17
awestruck18
having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread
- awfullest15
awfulness15
a quality of extreme unpleasantness
- awkwarder20
awkwardly23
in an awkward manner
- backdowns21
- backflows23
backswept22
used of hair
backsword21
a stick used instead of a sword for fencing
backwards21
at or to or toward the back or rear
backwater20
a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam
backwoods21
a remote and undeveloped area
- backwraps22
- bakewares18
- ballhawks21
- bandsawed16
bandwagon16
a large ornate wagon for carrying a musical band
- barnwoods15
- barrasway17
- basswoods15
- batfowled18
- batfowler17
- bathwater17
beachwear19
clothing to be worn at a beach
- beadworks19
- bearwoods15
- beatdowns15
- beclowned17
- becowards17
- becrawled17
- becrowded18
+ 1,231 more 9-letter words
8-letter words
1,459 wordsaardwolf15
striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects
advowson15
the right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice
- agalwood13
- agarwood13
agueweed13
gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers
alleyway17
a narrow street with walls on both sides
- answered12
answerer11
someone who responds
anywhere17
at or in or to any place; ; (`anyplace' is used informally for `anywhere')
- arawanas11
- archways19
- areaways14
armyworm18
larva of fungus gnat that feed on cereals and other grains; they march in large companies in regular order when the food is exhausted
- arowanas11
- artworks15
- asswaged13
- asswages12
- avowable16
- avowably19
avowedly18
as acknowledged
awakened16
(somewhat formal) having been waked up
- awakener15
- awardees12
- awarders12
awayness14
the state of being elsewhere than in particular place
- aweather14
- awfuller14
- awlworts14
backdown20
a retraction of a previously held position
backflow22
a flow that returns toward its source
- backsaws19
backward20
(used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
backwash22
the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
- backwood20
- backwrap21
- bagworms16
- bakeware17
- baklawas17
- ballhawk20
- bandsawn14
- bandsaws14
- barnwood14
- barwares13
basswood14
any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber
- batfowls16
- bawcocks21
- baywoods17
beadwork18
a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture
- bearpaws15
bearwood14
shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada
- beatdown14
- beclowns15
- becoward16
- becrawls15
- becrowds16
- bedgowns15
bedstraw14
any of several plants of the genus Galium
- bedwards15
- bedwarfs17
beefwood17
a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber
+ 1,399 more 8-letter words
7-letter words
1,185 words- abwatts12
- adwares11
- adwoman13
- adwomen13
- ajowans17
- allowed11
- answers10
anyways16
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
- arawana10
archway18
a passageway under a curved masonry construction
areaway13
a passageway between buildings or giving access to a basement
- arowana10
- arrowed11
artwork14
photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication
- asprawl12
- asswage11
athwart13
at an oblique angle
- avowals13
- avowers13
- awakens14
- awarded12
- awardee11
- awarder11
aweless10
devoid of any feeling of awe or reverence
awesome12
inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; ; ; ; - Melville
awfully16
in a terrible manner
awkward18
causing inconvenience
awlwort13
small aquatic plant having tufted awl-shaped leaves in a basal rosette and minute white flowers; circumboreal
awnless10
lacking or having only very short awns
backsaw18
a handsaw that is stiffened by metal reinforcement along the upper edge
- bagworm15
- baklawa16
bandsaw13
an endless saw consisting of a toothed metal band that is driven around two wheels
- barlows12
- barrows12
- barware12
- bashaws15
batfowl15
catch birds by temporarily blinding them
- bawbees14
- bawcock20
- bawlers12
- bawsunt12
- baywood16
- bearpaw14
- beclown14
- becrawl14
- becrowd15
bedewed14
wet with dew
- bedgown14
- bedward14
- bedwarf16
beeswax19
a yellow to brown wax secreted by honeybees to build honeycombs
- 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
beltway15
a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
beshrew15
wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
- besnows12
- bestows12
bestrew12
cover by strewing
+ 1,125 more 7-letter words
6-letter words
819 wordsabwatt11
a power unit equal to the power dissipated when 1 abampere flows across a potential difference of 1 abvolt (one ten-thousandth of a milliwatt)
- adware10
- ajowan16
- allows9
always12
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
answer9
a nonverbal reaction
anyhow15
in any way whatsoever
anyway15
in any way whatsoever
- arrows9
- arrowy12
- aswarm11
- aswoon9
- atween9
avowal12
a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something
avowed13
openly declared as such
avower12
someone who admits or acknowledges openly and boldly
- awaked14
awaken13
cause to become awake or conscious
- awakes13
- awards10
aweary12
physically and mentally fatigued
awless9
devoid of any feeling of awe or reverence
- awmous11
- awoken13
- barlow11
barrow11
(archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs
- bashaw14
bawbee13
an old Scottish coin of little value
bawdry15
lewd or obscene talk or writing
- bawled12
bawler11
a loud weeper
- 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
beware11
be on one's guard; be cautious or wary about; be alert to
- beweep13
- bewept13
- beworm13
- bewrap13
bewray14
reveal unintentionally
- blawed12
- 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
- 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
bowman13
a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow
- bowmen13
- bowpot13
+ 759 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
552 words- adown9
aglow9
softly bright or radiant
allow8
afford possibility
- alway11
arrow8
a mark to indicate a direction or relation
askew12
turned or twisted toward one side; - G.K.Chesterton
- avows11
awake12
stop sleeping
award9
a grant made by a law court
aware8
(sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
awash11
covered with water
awful11
causing fear or dread or terror
awned9
having awns i.e. bristlelike or hairlike appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses
- awoke12
- awols8
- bawds11
bawdy14
lewd or obscene talk or writing
- bawks14
- bawls10
- bawns10
- bawty13
bedew11
cover with drops of dew or as with dew
below10
(in writing) see below
- blawn10
- blaws10
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
brawl10
a noisy fight in a crowd
brawn10
possessing muscular strength
- braws10
- brews10
brown10
Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)
- brows10
- bwana10
bylaw13
a rule adopted by an organization in order to regulate its own affairs and the behavior of its members
byway16
a side road little traveled (as in the countryside)
- cahow13
- cawed11
- chaws13
- chews13
chewy16
(of a consistency) requiring chewing
- chows13
- claws10
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
crawl10
a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
- craws10
- 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
+ 492 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
300 words- alow7
anew7
again but in a new or different way
avow10
admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about
away10
(of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter
awed8
having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread
- awee7
- awes7
- awls7
- awns7
awny10
having awns i.e. bristlelike or hairlike appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses
awol7
one who is away or absent without leave
awry10
not functioning properly
bawd10
a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
- bawk13
bawl9
cry loudly
- bawn9
- blaw9
- blew9
blow9
a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon
bowl9
a concave shape with an open top
- bows9
braw9
brightly colored and showy
brew9
drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling
brow9
the arch of hair above each eye
- caws9
chaw12
a wad of something chewable as tobacco
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
claw9
a bird's foot
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
craw9
a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
crew9
an informal body of friends
crow9
a Siouan language spoken by the Crow
- cwms11
- dawk12
dawn8
an opening time period
- daws8
- dawt8
- 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
draw8
(American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage
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
fawn10
a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color
flaw10
an imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness
- flew10
flow10
any uninterrupted stream or discharge
fowl10
a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
- frow10
gawk12
an awkward stupid person
gawp10
look with amazement; look stupidly
+ 240 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
82 words- awa6
awe6
a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
awl6
a pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes
awn6
slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses
bow8
a decorative interlacing of ribbons
caw8
the sound made by corvine birds
cow8
a large unpleasant woman
cwm10
a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
daw7
common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery
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
haw9
a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus
hew9
make or shape as with an axe
- how9
jaw13
holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object
- jow13
law6
a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
low6
British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)
maw8
informal terms for the mouth
mew8
the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America
mow8
a loft in a barn where hay is stored
- naw6
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
paw8
a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped
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
raw6
informal terms for nakedness
row6
(construction) a layer of masonry
saw6
a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
sew6
create (clothes) with cloth
sow6
an adult female hog
taw6
a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles
- tew6
tow6
the act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope
- twa6
two6
one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots
- vaw9
vow9
a solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to do something or to behave in a certain manner
- wab8
wad7
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- wae6
wag7
a witty amusing person who makes jokes
wan6
a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network
- wap8
war6
a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious
- was6
- wat6
waw9
the 6th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
wax13
any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water
way9
a course of conduct
web8
a fabric (especially a fabric in the process of being woven)
+ 22 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
5 words- aw5
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