8-letter words containing W
Embark on an exploration of 8-letter words that contain the letter W. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate W within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| tomorrow | 13 | the day after today | what are our tasks for tomorrow? |
| whatever | 17 | one or some or every or all without specification | give me whatever peaches you don't want |
| watching | 17 | the act of observing; taking a patient look | - |
| anywhere | 17 | at or in or to any place | you can find this food anywhere |
| powerful | 16 | strong enough to knock down or overwhelm | - |
| whenever | 17 | - | - |
| wherever | 17 | where in the world | - |
| swimming | 16 | the act of swimming | it was the swimming they enjoyed most |
| homework | 20 | preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home) | - |
| sandwich | 17 | insert or squeeze tightly between two people or objects | She was sandwiched in her airplane seat between two fat men |
| nowadays | 15 | the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech | - |
| downtown | 15 | the central area or commercial center of a town or city | the heart of Birmingham's downtown |
| farewell | 14 | an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting | - |
| worrying | 15 | causing distress or worry or anxiety | a worrying situation |
| growling | 13 | the sound of growling (as made by animals) | - |
| screwing | 14 | slang for sexual intercourse | - |
| weakness | 15 | a flaw or weak point | - |
| software | 14 | (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory | the market for software is expected to expand |
| williams | 13 | United States playwright (1911-1983) | - |
| somewhat | 16 | to certain extent or degree | - |
| password | 14 | a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group | he forgot the password |
| waitress | 11 | serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant | - |
| weekends | 16 | - | - |
| withdraw | 18 | break from a meeting or gathering | - |
| crawling | 14 | a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body | - |
| sweating | 12 | the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid | - |
| whirring | 15 | sound of something in rapid motion | - |
| workshop | 20 | small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done | - |
| hometown | 16 | the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence | he never went back to his hometown again |
| wardrobe | 14 | a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes | - |
| broadway | 17 | a street in Manhattan that passes through Times Square; famous for its theaters | - |
| swinging | 13 | characterized by a buoyant rhythm | a swinging pace |
| wretched | 17 | of very poor quality or condition | - |
| hardware | 15 | (computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system | - |
| likewise | 15 | in like or similar manner | some people have little power to do good, and have likewise little strength to resist evil |
| sidewalk | 16 | walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway | - |
| backward | 20 | in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal | it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege' |
| download | 13 | transfer a file or program from a central computer to a smaller computer or to a computer at a remote location | - |
| sweeping | 14 | ignoring distinctions | sweeping generalizations |
| wildlife | 15 | all living things (except people) that are undomesticated | chemicals could kill all the wildlife |
| swearing | 12 | profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger | - |
| bungalow | 14 | a small house with a single story | - |
| wrestler | 11 | combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground | - |
| cowardly | 17 | lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted | cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then |
| sideways | 15 | to, toward or at one side | - |
| showtime | 16 | the time at which something is supposed to begin | - |
| twilight | 15 | lighted by or as if by twilight | the twilight glow of the sky |
| swelling | 12 | an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement | - |
| watchman | 18 | a guard who keeps watch | - |
| driveway | 18 | a road leading up to a private house | they parked in the driveway |
| downhill | 15 | sloping down rather steeply | - |
| wireless | 11 | an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals | - |
| hallowed | 15 | worthy of religious veneration | Jerusalem's hallowed soil |
| washroom | 16 | a lavatory (particularly a lavatory in a public place) | - |
| weighing | 16 | careful consideration | - |
| underway | 15 | currently in progress | preparations for the trial are underway |
| watering | 12 | shedding tears | - |
| wrapping | 16 | the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped | - |
| teamwork | 17 | cooperative work done by a team (especially when it is effective) | it will take money, good planning and, above all, teamwork |
| renowned | 12 | widely known and esteemed | a renowned painter |
| writings | 12 | the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures | - |
| whipping | 19 | a sound defeat | - |
| awakened | 16 | aroused or activated | an awakened interest in ballet |
| firewood | 15 | wood used for fuel | they collected and cut their own firewood |
| flawless | 14 | without a flaw | a flawless gemstone |
| werewolf | 17 | a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again | - |
| forwards | 15 | at or to or toward the front | - |
| twisting | 12 | the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean | - |
| newcomer | 15 | any new participant in some activity | - |
| manpower | 15 | the force of workers available | - |
| goodwill | 13 | the friendly hope that something will succeed | - |
| unwanted | 12 | not wanted | removed the unwanted vegetation |
| unworthy | 17 | not deserving | - |
| wormhole | 16 | hole made by a burrowing worm | - |
| wrinkled | 16 | (of linens or clothes) not ironed | - |
| weakened | 16 | damaged; used of inanimate objects or their value | - |
| rickshaw | 20 | a small two-wheeled cart for one passenger; pulled by one person | - |
| lockdown | 18 | the act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot) | - |
| wondrous | 12 | (used as an intensifier) extremely well | the colors changed wondrously slowly |
| snowball | 13 | plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions | - |
| chainsaw | 16 | portable power saw; teeth linked to form an endless chain | - |
| withdrew | 18 | - | - |
| follower | 14 | a person who accepts the leadership of another | - |
| swimsuit | 13 | tight fitting garment worn for swimming | - |
| township | 16 | an administrative division of a county | - |
| powdered | 15 | consisting of fine particles | powdered cellulose |
| wheezing | 24 | relating to breathing with a whistling sound | - |
| whomever | 19 | - | - |
| whiskers | 18 | the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face | - |
| wreckage | 18 | the remaining parts of something that has been wrecked | they searched the wreckage for signs of survivors |
| winnings | 12 | something won (especially money) | - |
| tapeworm | 15 | ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates | - |
| stairway | 14 | a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps | - |
| downfall | 15 | a sudden decline in strength or number or importance | - |
| wrecking | 18 | destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined | - |
| dwelling | 13 | housing that someone is living in | he built a modest dwelling near the pond |
| downward | 16 | extending or moving from a higher to a lower place | the downward course of the stream |
| lowering | 12 | the act of causing something to move to a lower level | - |
| unlawful | 14 | contrary to or forbidden by law | unlawful measures |
| woodland | 13 | land that is covered with trees and shrubs | - |
| withered | 15 | lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness | a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws |
| windmill | 14 | generator that extracts usable energy from winds | - |
| twenties | 11 | the decade from 1920 to 1929 | - |
| whistler | 14 | United States painter (1834-1903) | - |
| swapping | 16 | - | - |
| weaponry | 16 | weapons considered collectively | - |
| swindler | 12 | a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud | - |
| browning | 14 | United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926) | - |
| woodcock | 20 | game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe | - |
| lawfully | 17 | by law; conforming to the law | we are lawfully wedded now |
| showdown | 18 | a hostile disagreement face-to-face | - |
| rainbows | 13 | - | - |
| showcase | 16 | a setting in which something can be displayed to best effect | it was a showcase for democracy in Africa |
| weakling | 16 | a person who is physically weak and ineffectual | - |
| wanderer | 12 | a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine | - |
| madwoman | 16 | a woman lunatic | - |
| meltdown | 14 | severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping | - |
| showroom | 16 | an area where merchandise (such as cars) can be displayed | in Britain a showroom is called a salesroom |
| swindled | 13 | - | - |
| crowning | 14 | forming or providing a crown or summit | the crowning star on a Christmas tree |
| shutdown | 15 | termination of operations | - |
| overflow | 17 | flow or run over (a limit or brim) | - |
| whacking | 21 | the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows | - |
| outlawed | 12 | contrary to or forbidden by law | - |
| watchdog | 18 | a dog trained to guard property | - |
| brewster | 13 | - | - |
| motorway | 16 | a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | - |
| narrowed | 12 | made narrow; limited in breadth | narrowed arteries impair blood circulation |
| woodwork | 19 | the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood | - |
| clowning | 14 | a comic incident or series of incidents | - |
| worthing | 15 | - | - |
| wormwood | 17 | any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium | - |
| snowfall | 14 | precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals | - |
| footwork | 18 | skillful maneuvering or dealing | she needs some fancy footwork to cover all those lies |
| waterloo | 11 | the battle on 18 June 1815 in which Prussian and British forces under Blucher and the Duke of Wellington routed the French forces under Napoleon | - |
| tweezers | 20 | - | - |
| wildfire | 15 | a raging and rapidly spreading conflagration | - |
| bookworm | 19 | a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit | - |
| watchful | 19 | engaged in or accustomed to close observation | - |
| warranty | 14 | a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications | - |
| withhold | 18 | retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments | My employer is withholding taxes |
| wrongful | 15 | having no legally established claim | the wrongful heir to the throne |
| downside | 13 | a negative aspect of something that is generally positive | there is a downside even to motherhood |
| sideshow | 15 | a minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus) | - |
| blowfish | 19 | 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 | - |
| alleyway | 17 | a narrow street with walls on both sides | - |
| footwear | 14 | covering for a person's feet | - |
| frowning | 15 | showing displeasure or anger | - |
| workload | 16 | work that a person is expected to do in a specified time | - |
| browsing | 14 | the act of feeding by continual nibbling | - |
| hideaway | 18 | a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws | - |
| woodward | 16 | United States chemist honored for synthesizing complex organic compounds (1917-1979) | - |
| writhing | 15 | moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion | - |
| jeweller | 18 | someone who makes jewelry | - |
| giveaway | 18 | a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards | - |
| lukewarm | 17 | moderately warm | he hates lukewarm coffee |
| wasteful | 14 | inefficient in use of time and effort and materials | a clumsy and wasteful process |
| towering | 12 | of imposing height; especially standing out above others | towering icebergs |
| firewall | 14 | a fireproof (or fire-resistant) wall designed to prevent the spread of fire through a building or a vehicle | - |
| newfound | 15 | newly discovered | his newfound aggressiveness |
| worsened | 12 | changed for the worse in health or fitness | - |
| swastika | 15 | the official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich; a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise direction | - |
| workings | 16 | the internal mechanism of a device | - |
| stowaway | 17 | a person who hides aboard a ship or plane in the hope of getting free passage | - |
| takedown | 16 | a crushing remark | - |
| borrower | 13 | someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent | - |
| entwined | 12 | - | - |
| outwards | 12 | toward the outside | - |
| withheld | 18 | - | - |
| seawater | 11 | water containing salts | - |
| snowbell | 13 | small tree native to Japan | - |
| overview | 17 | a general summary of a subject | the treasurer gave a brief overview of the financial consequences |
| wetlands | 12 | - | - |
| showgirl | 15 | a woman who dances in a chorus line | - |
| newscast | 13 | a broadcast of news or commentary on the news | - |
| untoward | 12 | not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society | moved to curb their untoward ribaldry |
| whirling | 15 | the act of rotating in a circle or spiral | - |
| slowpoke | 17 | someone who moves slowly | in England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach |
| speedway | 17 | a racetrack for racing automobiles or motorcycles | - |
| airwaves | 14 | - | - |
| downpour | 14 | a heavy rain | - |
| crowding | 15 | a situation in which people or things are crowded together | he didn't like the crowding on the beach |
| waterman | 13 | someone who drives or rides in a boat | - |
| wellness | 11 | a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease | - |
| woodruff | 18 | Old World fragrant stoloniferous perennial having small white flowers and narrow leaves used as flavoring and in sachets; widely cultivated as a ground cover; in some classifications placed in genus Asperula | - |
| firework | 18 | (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc. | - |
| newsroom | 13 | an office in which news is processed by a newspaper or news agency or television or radio station | - |
| crossbow | 15 | a bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to direct the arrow (quarrel) | - |
| wavering | 15 | indecision in speech or action | - |
| weekdays | 19 | - | - |
| thwarted | 15 | disappointingly unsuccessful | disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions |
| pawnshop | 18 | a shop where loans are made with personal property as security | - |
| hardwood | 16 | the wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers) | - |
| whiplash | 19 | an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident) | - |
| windpipe | 16 | membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi | - |
| widening | 13 | an increase in width | - |
| wildness | 12 | a feeling of extreme emotional intensity | the wildness of his anger |
| snowsuit | 11 | a child's overgarment for cold weather | - |
| renewing | 12 | tending to impart new life and vigor to | the renewing warmth of the sunshine |
| weighted | 16 | made heavy or weighted down with weariness | weighted eyelids |
| wrangler | 12 | a cowboy who takes care of the saddle horses | - |
| unwashed | 15 | of or associated with the great masses of people | the unwashed masses |
| whopping | 19 | (used informally) very large | - |
| wounding | 13 | causing physical or especially psychological injury | wounding and false charges of disloyalty |
| unawares | 11 | at a disadvantage | - |
| narrowly | 14 | in a narrow manner; not allowing for exceptions | he interprets the law narrowly |
| outgrown | 12 | - | - |
| causeway | 16 | a road that is raised above water or marshland or sand | - |
| wantonly | 14 | in a licentious and promiscuous manner | - |
| westward | 15 | toward the west | they traveled westward toward the setting sun |
| kilowatt | 15 | a unit of power equal to 1000 watts | - |
| newsreel | 11 | a short film and commentary about current events | - |
| dawdling | 14 | the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working | - |
| workable | 17 | capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are | - |
| wisteria | 11 | any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria | - |
| deadwood | 14 | someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded | - |
| wheeling | 15 | propelling something on wheels | - |
| downcast | 14 | filled with melancholy and despondency | downcast after his defeat |
| coleslaw | 13 | basically shredded cabbage | - |
| crawfish | 19 | tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly | - |
| whiteout | 14 | cover up with a liquid correction fluid | - |
| windfall | 15 | a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money) | - |
| wringing | 13 | - | - |
| flowered | 15 | resembling or made of or suggestive of flowers | - |
| downwind | 16 | toward the wind | - |
| drawback | 20 | the quality of being a hindrance | he pointed out all the drawbacks to my plan |
| citywide | 17 | occurring or extending throughout a city | citywide bussing |
| takeaway | 18 | prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises | in England they call takeout food `takeaway' |
| shadowed | 16 | filled with shade | the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed |
| brownish | 16 | of a color similar to that of wood or earth | - |
| eastward | 12 | the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees | - |
| downtime | 14 | a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is not operating (especially as a result of malfunctions) | - |
| castaway | 16 | a shipwrecked person | - |
| wracking | 18 | - | - |
| wingspan | 14 | linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil | - |
| undertow | 12 | the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore | - |
| deflower | 15 | deprive of virginity | This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village |
| workroom | 17 | room where work is done | - |
| facedown | 17 | - | - |
| greenway | 15 | a belt of parks or rural land surrounding a town or city | - |
| newlywed | 18 | someone recently married | - |
| outweigh | 15 | weigh more heavily | these considerations outweigh our wishes |
| fishbowl | 19 | a transparent bowl in which small fish are kept | - |
| cakewalk | 21 | an easy accomplishment | winning the tournament was a cakewalk for him |
| wizardry | 24 | exceptional creative ability | - |
| tightwad | 16 | a miserly person | - |
| blowhole | 16 | a hole for the escape of gas or air | - |
| bodywork | 21 | the exterior body of a motor vehicle | - |
| whizzing | 33 | - | - |
| woodsman | 14 | makes things out of wood | - |
| swatting | 12 | - | - |
| tomahawk | 20 | weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians | - |
| reviewer | 14 | a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day | - |
| overwork | 18 | the act of working too much or too long | he became ill from overwork |
| edgewise | 13 | with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge | held it edgewise |
| highbrow | 20 | highly cultured or educated | highbrow events such as the ballet or opera |
| wordplay | 17 | a humorous play on words | - |
| woodwind | 16 | any wind instrument other than the brass instruments | - |
| wobbling | 16 | (of sound) fluctuating unsteadily | a low-pitched wobbling sound |
| wishbone | 16 | the furcula of a domestic fowl | - |
| rewiring | 12 | - | - |
| wildwood | 16 | - | - |
| wickedly | 21 | in a wicked evil manner | act wickedly |
| slowdown | 15 | the act of slowing down or falling behind | - |
| mellowed | 14 | softened through age or experience | - |
| westerly | 14 | of wind; from the west | - |
| ringworm | 14 | infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches | - |
| awarding | 13 | a grant made by a law court | he criticized the awarding of compensation by the court |
| flywheel | 20 | regulator consisting of a heavy wheel that stores kinetic energy and smooths the operation of a reciprocating engine | - |
| herewith | 17 | (formal) by means of this | - |
| lowlands | 12 | the southern part of Scotland that is not mountainous | - |
| lewdness | 12 | the trait of behaving in an obscene manner | - |
| witching | 17 | possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers | 'tis now the very witching time of night |
| shrewdly | 18 | in a shrewd manner | - |
| blowback | 21 | the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired | - |
| downsize | 21 | design or manufacture in a smaller size | the car makers downsized the SUVs when fuel became very expensive |
| workmate | 17 | a fellow worker | - |
| swerving | 15 | the act of turning aside suddenly | - |
| rockaway | 20 | - | - |
| homeward | 17 | oriented toward home | in a homeward direction |
| gigawatt | 13 | - | - |
| waterway | 17 | a conduit through which water flows | - |
| swimwear | 16 | tight fitting garment worn for swimming | - |
| reworked | 16 | - | - |
| sherwani | 14 | - | - |
| southpaw | 16 | a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right | their pitcher was a southpaw |
| regrowth | 15 | - | - |
| downturn | 12 | a worsening of business or economic activity | the market took a downturn |
| moonwalk | 17 | a kind of dance step in which the dancer seems to be sliding on the spot | Michael Jackson perfected the moonwalk in the 1980s |
| heatwave | 17 | - | - |
| unwieldy | 15 | difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape | we set about towing the unwieldy structure into the shelter |
| washable | 16 | capable of being washed without injury | washable woolens |
| wilfully | 17 | in a willful manner | - |
| woodworm | 17 | a larva of a woodborer | - |
| scowling | 14 | sullen or unfriendly in appearance | - |
| sewerage | 12 | a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water | - |
| silkworm | 17 | larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon | - |
| showboat | 16 | a river steamboat on which theatrical performances could be given (especially on the Mississippi River) | - |
| snowplow | 16 | a vehicle used to push snow from roads | - |
| hedgerow | 16 | a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes | - |
| wardroom | 14 | military quarters for dining and recreation for officers of a warship (except the captain) | - |
| wordless | 12 | expressed without speech | choking exasperation and wordless shame |
| swooning | 12 | weak and likely to lose consciousness | a swooning fit |
| tripwire | 13 | - | - |
| rosewood | 12 | any of those hardwood trees of the genus Dalbergia that yield rosewood--valuable cabinet woods of a dark red or purplish color streaked and variegated with black | - |
| blowhard | 17 | a very boastful and talkative person | - |
| headwind | 16 | wind blowing opposite to the path of a ship or aircraft | - |
| honeydew | 18 | the fruit of a variety of winter melon vine; a large smooth greenish-white melon with pale green flesh | - |
| comedown | 16 | decline to a lower status or level | - |
| walruses | 11 | - | - |
| slowness | 11 | unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training | - |
| reawaken | 15 | awaken once again | - |
| hatchway | 22 | an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship | - |
| hoosegow | 15 | slang for a jail | - |
| lowliest | 11 | - | - |
| lakeview | 18 | - | - |
| wearable | 13 | a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | - |
| whitened | 15 | (of hair) having lost its color | - |
| whoreson | 14 | insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous | - |
| workbook | 21 | a student's book or booklet containing problems with spaces for solving them | - |
| winnable | 13 | - | - |
| windward | 16 | toward the wind | they were sailing windward |
| woefully | 17 | in an unfortunate or deplorable manner | it was woefully inadequate |
| yellowed | 15 | changed to a yellowish color by age | yellowed parchment |
| swotting | 12 | - | - |
| entryway | 17 | something that provides access (to get in or get out) | beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral |
| foreword | 15 | a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book | - |
| downplay | 17 | understate the importance or quality of | - |
| hawthorn | 17 | a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus | - |
| hoodwink | 19 | influence by slyness | - |
| cookware | 17 | a kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily; used for cooking | - |
| watchout | 16 | - | - |
| wheelman | 16 | - | - |
| swilling | 12 | the drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly | - |
| sweetpea | 13 | climbing garden plant having fragrant pastel-colored flowers | - |
| tamworth | 16 | - | - |
| pinwheel | 16 | perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels | - |
| howitzer | 23 | a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range | - |
| golliwog | 13 | a grotesque black doll | - |
| leftwing | 15 | - | - |
| clearway | 16 | a road on which you are not allowed to stop (unless you have a breakdown) | - |
| unwisely | 14 | without good sense or judgment | - |
| woodshed | 16 | a shed for storing firewood or garden tools | - |
| wingless | 12 | lacking wings | - |
| windless | 12 | without or almost without wind | he prefers windless days for playing golf |
| tailwind | 12 | wind blowing in the same direction as the path of a ship or aircraft | - |
| twopence | 15 | a former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies | - |
| stalwart | 11 | used especially of persons | a stalwart knight |
| ridgeway | 16 | - | - |
| burrower | 13 | - | - |
| bullwhip | 18 | - | - |
| handwork | 19 | a work produced by hand labor | - |
| homebrew | 18 | an alcoholic beverage (especially beer) made at home | - |
| menswear | 13 | - | - |
| coxswain | 20 | the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew | - |
| casework | 17 | close sociological study of a maladjusted person or family for diagnosis and treatment | - |
| wayfarer | 17 | a traveler going on a trip | - |
| weeklong | 16 | lasting through a week | her weeklong vacation |
| warhorse | 14 | an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service | - |
| whoredom | 17 | offering sexual intercourse for pay | - |
| workweek | 22 | hours or days of work in a calendar week | - |
| wiseacre | 13 | an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments | - |
| windsurf | 15 | ride standing on a surfboard with an attached sail, on water | You cannot windsurf when the air is completely still |
| woodbine | 14 | common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit | - |
| witchery | 19 | the art of sorcery | - |
| townsman | 13 | a resident of a town or city | - |
| roadwork | 16 | - | - |
| sawtooth | 14 | a serration on a saw blade | - |
| peepshow | 18 | an exhibition of pictures or objects viewed through a small hole or magnifying glass | - |
| barbwire | 15 | strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage | - |
| backwash | 22 | the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event) | - |
| bewilder | 14 | be a mystery or bewildering to | - |
| fishwife | 20 | someone who sells fish | - |
| downbeat | 14 | the first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm moves downward) | - |
| inwardly | 15 | with respect to private feelings | inwardly, she was raging |
| lawmaker | 17 | a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws | - |
| chewable | 18 | able to be chewed or cut | - |
| cordwood | 15 | firewood cut and stacked in cords; wood sold by the cord | - |
| galloway | 15 | a district in southwestern Scotland | - |
| weariest | 11 | - | - |
| wannabee | 13 | an ambitious and aspiring young person | - |
| walkover | 18 | any undertaking that is easy to do | - |
| wariness | 11 | the trait of being cautious and watchful | - |
| warplane | 13 | an aircraft designed and used for combat | - |
| woodpile | 14 | a pile or stack of wood to be used for fuel | - |
| windsock | 18 | a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind | - |
| swordman | 14 | - | - |
| turndown | 12 | the act of refusing an offer | the turndown was polite but very firm |
| scalawag | 14 | one who is playfully mischievous | - |
| sawbones | 13 | a physician who specializes in surgery | - |
| sideward | 13 | toward one side | turn the figure sideward |
| snowdrop | 14 | common anemone of eastern North America with solitary pink-tinged white flowers | - |
| snowshoe | 14 | a device to help you walk on deep snow; a lightweight frame shaped like a racquet is strengthened with cross pieces and contains a network of thongs; one is worn on each foot | - |
| pickwick | 25 | - | - |
| overdraw | 15 | to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth | - |
| biweekly | 20 | twice a week | - |
| boomtown | 15 | - | - |
| dwarfism | 17 | a genetic abnormality resulting in short stature | - |
| everyway | 20 | - | - |
| fireweed | 15 | an American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers | - |
| flatware | 14 | silverware eating utensils | - |
| forswear | 14 | formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure | - |
| forsworn | 14 | - | - |
| foldaway | 18 | capable of being folded up and stored | a foldaway bed |
| ironwork | 15 | work made of iron (gratings or rails or railings etc) | the houses had much ornamental ironwork |
| gasworks | 16 | the workplace where coal gas is manufactured | - |
| upwardly | 17 | spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position | upwardly mobile |
| wearying | 15 | producing exhaustion | - |
| warmness | 13 | a positive feeling of liking | the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home |
| whodunit | 15 | a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie | - |
| wrathful | 17 | vehemently incensed and condemnatory | they trembled before the wrathful queen |
| wrencher | 16 | - | - |
| wriggler | 13 | larva of a mosquito | - |
| worthily | 17 | in a worthy manner; with worthiness | - |
| windiest | 12 | - | - |
| wineskin | 15 | an animal skin (usually a goatskin) that forms a bag and is used to hold and dispense wine | - |
| wingding | 14 | - | - |
| womanize | 22 | to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to | - |
| swabbing | 16 | cleaning with a mop | - |
| teakwood | 16 | hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding | - |
| toweling | 12 | any of various fabrics (linen or cotton) used to make towels | - |
| tweezing | 21 | - | - |
| twinning | 12 | producing two offspring at a time | - |
| stemware | 13 | - | - |
| rowdyism | 17 | rowdy behavior | - |
| sawhorse | 14 | a framework for holding wood that is being sawed | - |
| skywards | 19 | toward the sky | look skywards! |
| basswood | 14 | 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 | - |
| browbeat | 15 | discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate | - |
| brownout | 13 | darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft) | - |
| drowsily | 15 | in a drowsy manner | `Time to get up,' she said drowsily |
| drowsing | 13 | half asleep | it seemed a pity to disturb the drowsing (or dozing) professor |
| elbowing | 14 | jostling with the elbows | elbowing is a foul in basketball |
| edgeways | 16 | with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge | he sawed the board edgeways |
| flatworm | 16 | parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body | - |
| furrowed | 15 | having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface | furrowed fields |
| disallow | 12 | command against | - |
| dishware | 15 | tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively | - |
| inchworm | 18 | small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae | - |
| glowworm | 17 | the luminous larva or wingless grub-like female of a firefly | - |
| megawatt | 14 | a unit of power equal to one million watts | - |
| nowheres | 14 | - | - |
| cogwheel | 17 | a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion | - |
| clownish | 16 | like a clown | a clownish face |
| unweeded | 13 | - | - |
| wakening | 16 | the act of waking | it was an early awakening |
| wainscot | 13 | panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall | - |
| warfarin | 14 | an anticoagulant (trade name Coumadin) use to prevent and treat a thrombus or embolus | - |
| whipster | 16 | - | - |
| whiskery | 21 | having hair on the cheeks and chin | - |
| wigmaker | 18 | someone who makes and sells wigs | - |
| wellhead | 15 | the source of water for a well | - |
| wheezily | 26 | with a wheeze | he talked wheezily |
| workflow | 21 | progress (or rate of progress) in work being done | - |
| wormlike | 17 | totally submissive | - |
| wineshop | 16 | - | - |
| womanish | 16 | having characteristics associated with women and considered undesirable in men | womanish tears |
| swigging | 14 | - | - |
| sweatbox | 20 | a device that causes tobacco leaves or fruit or hides to sweat | - |
| switcher | 16 | a person who administers punishment by wielding a switch or whip | - |
| teardown | 12 | - | - |
| timeworn | 13 | repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse | parroting some timeworn axiom |
| twitcher | 16 | - | - |
| squawker | 24 | a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining | - |
| someways | 16 | in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means | - |
| spillway | 16 | a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction | - |
| pollywog | 17 | a larval frog or toad | - |
| overgrow | 15 | grow beyond or across | - |
| awakener | 15 | - | - |
| atwitter | 11 | - | - |
| buzzword | 32 | stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition | - |
| duckweed | 19 | any small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds | - |
| dwarfish | 18 | atypically small | - |
| foofaraw | 17 | - | - |
| hackwork | 24 | professional work done according to formula | - |
| jewelled | 19 | covered with beads or jewels or sequins | - |
| knowable | 17 | capable of being known | - |
| knitwear | 15 | knitted clothing | - |
| markdown | 18 | - | - |
| cockcrow | 21 | the first light of day | - |
| dewberry | 17 | any of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of North America | - |
| shitwork | 18 | trivial, unrewarding, tedious, dirty, and disagreeable chores | - |
| swansong | 12 | - | - |
| warpaint | 13 | - | - |
| unstowed | 12 | - | - |
| unswathe | 14 | - | - |
| unswayed | 15 | not influenced or affected | unswayed by personal considerations |
| unswears | 11 | - | - |
| unviewed | 15 | - | - |
| unwarned | 12 | - | - |
| unwarped | 14 | - | - |
| unwashen | 14 | - | - |
| unwasted | 12 | - | - |
| unwaters | 11 | - | - |
| unwatery | 14 | - | - |
| unweaned | 12 | not weaned | some children remain unweaned until their second or third birthdays |
| unwarmed | 14 | not having been heated or warmed | unwarmed rolls |
| unwarily | 14 | without heed or caution | - |
| unwalled | 12 | - | - |
| unwaning | 12 | - | - |
