Scrabble Words with W but no U

There are 11,608 valid Scrabble words that contain the letter W but not a single U, 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

57 words

acknowledgeable28
capable of being acknowledged
acknowledgement28
a statement acknowledging something or someone
acknowledgments28
airworthinesses21
answerabilities20
bittersweetness20
blameworthiness25
a state of guilt
bowdlerizations30
crashworthiness26
creditworthiest24
cringeworthiest24
disembowelments25
disempowerments25
downheartedness23
a feeling of low spirits
downrightnesses23
electrowinnings21
halfpennyworths32
internetworking23
intertwinements20
monkeywrenchers32
monkeywrenching33
northwesterlies21
northwesterners21
notwithstanding23
despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession)
oversweetnesses21
overwithholding29
powerlessnesses20
praiseworthiest23
preinterviewing24
seaworthinesses21
stageworthiness22
straightforward26
free from ambiguity
swellheadedness23
teletypewriters23
twentysomething27
wappenschawings31
warmheartedness24
a positive feeling of liking
warrantableness20
waterlessnesses18
wearisomenesses20
weatherboarding25
a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below
weatherizations30
weatherproofing27
weatherstripped26
weathertightest25
westernisations18
westernizations27
whatchamacallit30
something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
whimsicalnesses25
whippersnappers29
whistleblowings27
wholesomenesses23
withdrawnnesses25
woebegonenesses21
worrisomenesses20
worthlessnesses21
wrongheadedness24

14-letter words

123 words

acknowledgedly29
acknowledgment27
a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
backwardations26
backwardnesses26
bewilderedness21
blanketflowers26
bowdlerization29
the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent
braillewriters19
browsabilities21
clapperclawing26
clownishnesses22
committeewoman25
a woman who is a member of a committee
committeewomen25
cowardlinesses20
creditworthier23
cringeworthier23
disembowelling23
disembowelment24
the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude
disempowerment24
downwardnesses22
dwarfishnesses24
electrowinning20
featherweights27
fellowshipping28
flawlessnesses20
foreknowledges26
foreshadowings25
freewheelingly27
frontierswoman22
a woman who lives on the frontier
frontierswomen22
halfpennyworth31
the amount that can be bought for a halfpenny
halfwittedness24
heartwarmingly26
homeownerships27
hyperawareness25
intertwinement19
landownerships23
microbreweries23
monkeywrenched32
monkeywrencher31
monkeywrenches31
narrowcastings20
newfangledness22
newsgatherings22
newspaperwoman26
a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media
newspaperwomen26
newsworthiness23
the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins
northeastwards21
northwesterner20
northwestwards24
noteworthiness20
nowheresvilles23
overpoweringly26
incapable of being resisted
oversweetening21
overwhelmingly29
incapable of being resisted
paddlewheelers24
passionflowers22
playwrightings27
praiseworthier22
praiseworthily25
in an admirable manner

+ 63 more 14-letter words

13-letter words

234 words

acknowledging25
aircraftwoman23
aircraftwomen23
airworthiness19
fitness to fly
answerability21
responsibility to someone or for some activity
anticlockwise24
in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock
assemblywoman25
a woman assemblyman
assemblywomen25
awesomenesses18
awkwardnesses24
backwardation25
backwoodsiest25
bantamweights24
betweenbrains20
betweennesses18
betweenwhiles24
bewilderingly23
in a bewildering and confusing manner
bewilderments21
birdwatchings25
bittersweetly21
bladderwracks26
blanketflower25
braillewriter18
brainwashings22
breadwinnings20
broccoflowers25
carryforwards25
chowderheaded27
clapperclawed25
commonwealths25
companionways25
congresswoman21
a member of the United States House of Representatives
congresswomen21
cordwaineries19
coxswainships30
crowdednesses20
cyberwarfares26
disallowances19
disemboweling22
disembowelled22
disempowering22
disendowments20
downheartedly24
downrightness21
the quality of being direct and straightforward
eyewitnessing20
featherweight26
a professional boxer who weighs between 123 and 126 pounds
fellowshiping25
fellowshipped27
flamethrowers24
flowchartings25
flowerbearers21
flowerinesses19
flowmeterings22
followerships24
foreknowledge25
knowledge of an event before it occurs
foreshadowers23
foreshadowing24
the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
forwardnesses20
frowardnesses20
gallowglasses18

+ 174 more 13-letter words

12-letter words

469 words

abandonwares18
acknowledged24
generally accepted
acknowledges23
airworthiest18
answerphones20
athwartships23
babywearings23
backswimmers27
backwardness24
lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
backwoodsier24
backwoodsman26
a man who lives on the frontier
backwoodsmen26
bantamweight23
an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 119 pounds
battlewagons18
benchwarmers24
betweenbrain19
the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon
betweentimes19
bewilderedly22
in a bewildered manner
bewilderment20
confusion resulting from failure to understand
bewitcheries22
bewitchingly26
in a bewitching manner
bewitchments24
birdwatchers23
birdwatching24
bittersweets17
bladderworts19
bladderwrack25
a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure
blowsinesses17
blowtorching23
bowdlerising19
bowdlerizers27
bowdlerizing28
bowstringing19
brainwashers20
brainwashing21
forcible indoctrination into a new set of attitudes and beliefs
brawninesses17
breadwinners18
breadwinning19
bristleworms19
broccoflower24
browsability22
cabbageworms24
cabinetworks23
callownesses17
candlepowers20
carriageways21
carryforward24
cartwheelers20
cartwheeling21
chowderheads25
clapperclaws23
clownishness20
cochairwoman24
cochairwomen24
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
companionway24
a stairway or ladder that leads from one deck to another on a ship
contrariwise17
contrary to expectations
copywritings23
corkscrewing24

+ 409 more 12-letter words

11-letter words

878 words

abandonware17
acknowledge22
accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority
activewears19
afterworlds18
airworthier17
allowancing17
anchorwoman21
anchorwomen21
answerphone19
antiwelfare17
antiwhaling18
antiwrinkle18
askewnesses18
athwartship22
awarenesses14
awesomeness16
awestricken20
having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread
awkwardness22
the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
babywearing22
backswimmer26
predaceous aquatic insect that swims on its back and may inflict painful bites
backwashing26
backwinding24
baggataways21
basketworks24
battlewagon17
large and heavily armoured warship
bawdinesses17
beadworkers21
becowarding20
bedwettings18
beflowering20
beggarweeds19
bejewelling24
bellflowers19
bellwethers19
benchwarmer23
beshadowing21
betweenness16
bewhiskered24
having hair on the cheeks and chin
bewildering18
bewitchment23
a magical spell
bilgewaters17
biowarfares19
birdwatched23
birdwatcher22
birdwatches22
bittersweet16
poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America
bitterweeds17
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
blowinesses16
blowtorched22
blowtorches21
bodyworkers24
bowdlerised18
bowdlerises17
bowdlerisms19
bowdlerized27
bowdlerizer26
a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages
bowdlerizes26

+ 818 more 11-letter words

10-letter words

1,409 words

aardwolves17
activewear18
attire worn for sport or for casual wear
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
antigrowth17
arrowheads17
arrowroots13
arrowwoods17
arrowworms18
awakenings18
awaynesses16
awkwardest21
backswings22
backswords22
backwardly25
backwashed25
backwashes24
backwaters21
backwinded23
backwoodsy25
baggataway20
bailiwicks21
bandsawing17
bandwagons17
bandwidths20
barrasways18
basketwork23
batfowlers18
batfowling19
bathwaters18
beachwears20
beadworker20
beclowning18
becowarded19
becrawling18
becrowding19
bedfellows19
bedwarfing20
bedwarmers18
bedwetters16
bedwetting17
beechwoods21
beeswaxing23
beflowered19
beggarweed18
West Indian forage plant cultivated in southern United States as forage and to improve soil
bejeweling23
bejewelled23
bellflower18
any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers

+ 1,349 more 10-letter words

9-letter words

2,112 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
airpowers14
airscrews14
airworthy18
(of aircraft) fit to fly
aisleways15
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
answering13
replying
antiwhite15
antiwoman14
anywheres18
armyworms19
arrowhead16
the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow
arrowless12
arrowlike16
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
asswaging14
awakeners16
awakening17
the act of waking
awardable15
awareness12
having knowledge of
awesomely17
awkwarder20
awkwardly23
in an awkward manner
backdowns21
backflows23
backswept22
used of hair
backswing21
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
backwinds21
backwoods21
a remote and undeveloped area
backwraps22
bailiwick20
a branch of knowledge
bakewares18
ballhawks21
bandsawed16
bandwagon16
a large ornate wagon for carrying a musical band
bandwidth19
a data transmission rate; the maximum amount of information (bits/second) that can be transmitted along a channel
barbwires16
barnwoods15
barrasway17
basswoods15

+ 2,052 more 9-letter words

8-letter words

2,305 words

aardwolf15
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
aircrews13
airflows14
airglows12
airpower13
airscrew13
a propeller that rotates to push against air
airshows14
airwaves14
airwoman13
a woman aviator
airwomen13
aisleway14
alewives14
alleyway17
a narrow street with walls on both sides
allowing12
answered12
answerer11
someone who responds
antiwear11
antiweed12
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
arrowing12
artworks15
asswaged13
asswages12
atwitter11
avowable16
avowably19
avowedly18
as acknowledged
awaiters11
awaiting12
awakened16
(somewhat formal) having been waked up
awakener15
awardees12
awarders12
awarding13
a grant made by a law court
awayness14
the state of being elsewhere than in particular place
aweather14
awlworts14
awninged13
covered with an awning
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)
backwind20
backwood20
backwrap21
bagworms16
bakeware17
baklawas17
ballhawk20
bandsawn14
bandsaws14

+ 2,245 more 8-letter words

7-letter words

1,774 words

abwatts12
adwares11
adwoman13
adwomen13
aircrew12
the crew of an aircraft
airflow13
the flow of air
airglow11
airshow13
airward11
airwave13
medium for radio and television broadcasting
airways13
airwise10
ajowans17
alewife13
flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams
allowed11
answers10
antiwar10
anyways16
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
anywise13
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
avowing14
awaited11
expected hopefully
awaiter10
awakens14
awaking15
awarded12
awardee11
awarder11
aweless10
devoid of any feeling of awe or reverence
awesome12
inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; ; ; ; - Melville
awkward18
causing inconvenience
awlwort13
small aquatic plant having tufted awl-shaped leaves in a basal rosette and minute white flowers; circumboreal
awnings11
awnless10
lacking or having only very short awns
backsaw18
a handsaw that is stiffened by metal reinforcement along the upper edge
bagwigs14
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
batwing13
one of a pair of swinging doors (as at the entrance to a western saloon)
bawbees14
bawcock20
bawdier13
bawdies13
bawdily16
in a bawdy manner

+ 1,714 more 7-letter words

6-letter words

1,115 words

abwatt11
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
airway12
a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers
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
aswirl9
aswoon9
atwain9
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
awaits9
awaked14
awaken13
cause to become awake or conscious
awakes13
awards10
aweary12
physically and mentally fatigued
aweigh13
(of an anchor) just clear of the bottom
aweing10
awhile12
for a short time
awhirl12
awless9
devoid of any feeling of awe or reverence
awning10
a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun
awoken13
bagwig13
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
bawtie11
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
bewail11
regret strongly
beware11
be on one's guard; be cautious or wary about; be alert to
beweep13
bewept13
bewigs12
beworm13
bewrap13
bewray14
reveal unintentionally
bigwig13
the most important person in a group or undertaking
billow11
a large sea wave
blawed12
blewit11
blowby16

+ 1,055 more 6-letter words

5-letter words

689 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
aswim10
avows11
await8
look forward to the probable occurrence of
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
awing9
inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; ; ; ; - Melville
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
bewig11
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

+ 629 more 5-letter words

4-letter words

353 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

+ 293 more 4-letter words

3-letter words

85 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)

+ 25 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