Matching words
12,610
Total matching words across this list.
Words That Start and End with the Same Letter – Page 24
Browse words whose first and last letters match, useful for clue patterns, board searches, and awkward outer-slot fills.
List summary
Average score
14.2
Classic letter-game score across all matches.
Top scorer
SCUZZBUCKETS (40)
Highest single-word score in this result set.
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Why these words qualify
Sorted shortest-to-longest, then alphabetically.
Worked examples from this page:
- swaddles: Positions 1 and 8 are both S.
- swaggers: Positions 1 and 8 are both S.
- swaggies: Positions 1 and 8 are both S.
| Word | Length | Score | Vowels | Unique | Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| swaddles | 8 | 13 | 2 | 6 | No |
| swaggers | 8 | 13 | 2 | 6 | No |
| swaggies | 8 | 13 | 3 | 6 | No |
| swakaras | 8 | 15 | 3 | 5 | No |
| swallows | 8 | 14 | 2 | 5 | No |
| swampers | 8 | 15 | 2 | 7 | No |
| swannies | 8 | 11 | 3 | 6 | No |
| swappers | 8 | 15 | 2 | 6 | No |
| swarajes | 8 | 18 | 3 | 6 | No |
| swarmers | 8 | 13 | 2 | 6 | No |
| swashers | 8 | 14 | 2 | 6 | No |
| swatches | 8 | 16 | 2 | 7 | No |
| swathers | 8 | 14 | 2 | 7 | No |
| swatters | 8 | 11 | 2 | 6 | No |
| swearers | 8 | 11 | 3 | 5 | No |
| sweaters | 8 | 11 | 3 | 6 | No |
| sweeneys | 8 | 14 | 3 | 5 | Yes |
| sweenies | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | No |
| sweepers | 8 | 13 | 3 | 5 | No |
| sweetens | 8 | 11 | 3 | 5 | No |
| sweeties | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | No |
| swelters | 8 | 11 | 2 | 6 | No |
| swervers | 8 | 14 | 2 | 5 | No |
| swiddens | 8 | 13 | 2 | 6 | No |
| swifters | 8 | 14 | 2 | 7 | No |
| swiggers | 8 | 13 | 2 | 6 | No |
| swillers | 8 | 11 | 2 | 6 | No |
| swimmers | 8 | 15 | 2 | 6 | No |
| swindles | 8 | 12 | 2 | 7 | No |
| swingbys | 8 | 17 | 1 | 7 | Yes |
| swingers | 8 | 12 | 2 | 7 | No |
| swingles | 8 | 12 | 2 | 7 | No |
| swinneys | 8 | 14 | 2 | 6 | Yes |
| swinnies | 8 | 11 | 3 | 5 | No |
| swipples | 8 | 15 | 2 | 6 | No |
| swishers | 8 | 14 | 2 | 6 | No |
| switches | 8 | 16 | 2 | 7 | No |
| swithers | 8 | 14 | 2 | 7 | No |
| swizzles | 8 | 29 | 2 | 6 | No |
| swooners | 8 | 11 | 3 | 6 | No |
| swoopers | 8 | 13 | 3 | 6 | No |
| swooshes | 8 | 14 | 3 | 5 | No |
| swotters | 8 | 11 | 2 | 6 | No |
| syenites | 8 | 11 | 3 | 6 | Yes |
| syllabus | 8 | 13 | 2 | 6 | Yes |
| sylphids | 8 | 17 | 1 | 7 | Yes |
| sylvines | 8 | 14 | 2 | 7 | Yes |
| sylvites | 8 | 14 | 2 | 7 | Yes |
| symptoms | 8 | 17 | 1 | 6 | Yes |
| synanons | 8 | 11 | 2 | 5 | Yes |
| synapses | 8 | 13 | 2 | 6 | Yes |
| synapsis | 8 | 13 | 2 | 6 | Yes |
| syncarps | 8 | 15 | 1 | 7 | Yes |
| synchros | 8 | 16 | 1 | 7 | Yes |
| syncopes | 8 | 15 | 2 | 7 | Yes |
| syndeses | 8 | 12 | 2 | 5 | Yes |
| syndesis | 8 | 12 | 2 | 6 | Yes |
| synfuels | 8 | 14 | 2 | 7 | Yes |
| syngases | 8 | 12 | 2 | 6 | Yes |
| synonyms | 8 | 16 | 1 | 5 | Yes |
| synopses | 8 | 13 | 2 | 6 | Yes |
| synopsis | 8 | 13 | 2 | 6 | Yes |
| synovias | 8 | 14 | 3 | 7 | Yes |
| syntagms | 8 | 14 | 1 | 7 | Yes |
| syntaxes | 8 | 18 | 2 | 7 | Yes |
| syphilis | 8 | 16 | 2 | 6 | Yes |
| syrettes | 8 | 11 | 2 | 5 | Yes |
| syringas | 8 | 12 | 2 | 7 | Yes |
| syringes | 8 | 12 | 2 | 7 | Yes |
| syrinxes | 8 | 18 | 2 | 7 | Yes |
| syrphids | 8 | 17 | 1 | 7 | Yes |
| systoles | 8 | 11 | 2 | 6 | Yes |
| syzygies | 8 | 24 | 2 | 6 | Yes |
| tackiest | 8 | 14 | 3 | 7 | No |
| tailcoat | 8 | 10 | 4 | 6 | No |
| talkfest | 8 | 15 | 2 | 7 | No |
| talkiest | 8 | 12 | 3 | 7 | No |
| tangiest | 8 | 9 | 3 | 7 | No |
| tangoist | 8 | 9 | 3 | 7 | No |
| tardiest | 8 | 9 | 3 | 7 | No |
| tarriest | 8 | 8 | 3 | 6 | No |
| tartiest | 8 | 8 | 3 | 6 | No |
| tastiest | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | No |
| tattiest | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | No |
| tawniest | 8 | 11 | 3 | 7 | No |
| tealight | 8 | 12 | 3 | 7 | No |
| teariest | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 | No |
| teeniest | 8 | 8 | 4 | 5 | No |
| tegument | 8 | 11 | 3 | 6 | No |
| telecast | 8 | 10 | 3 | 6 | No |
| teleport | 8 | 10 | 3 | 6 | No |
| teletext | 8 | 15 | 3 | 4 | No |
| tenement | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | No |
| tenorist | 8 | 8 | 3 | 7 | No |
| tentiest | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | No |
| tepidest | 8 | 11 | 3 | 6 | No |
| terawatt | 8 | 11 | 3 | 5 | No |
| tercelet | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | No |
| testiest | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | No |
| theocrat | 8 | 13 | 3 | 7 | No |
| theorist | 8 | 11 | 3 | 7 | No |
| thewiest | 8 | 14 | 3 | 6 | No |
| thickest | 8 | 17 | 2 | 7 | No |
| thickset | 8 | 17 | 2 | 7 | No |
| thinnest | 8 | 11 | 2 | 6 | No |
| thrawart | 8 | 14 | 2 | 5 | No |
| thumbnut | 8 | 15 | 2 | 6 | No |
| thymiest | 8 | 16 | 2 | 7 | Yes |
| tightest | 8 | 12 | 2 | 6 | No |
| timidest | 8 | 11 | 3 | 6 | No |
| tinniest | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | No |
| tippiest | 8 | 12 | 3 | 5 | No |
| tipsheet | 8 | 13 | 3 | 6 | No |
| tipsiest | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | No |
| tiredest | 8 | 9 | 3 | 6 | No |
| titubant | 8 | 10 | 3 | 6 | No |
| tolerant | 8 | 8 | 3 | 7 | No |
| tommyrot | 8 | 15 | 2 | 5 | Yes |
| topolect | 8 | 12 | 3 | 6 | No |
| totalist | 8 | 8 | 3 | 6 | No |
| totemist | 8 | 10 | 3 | 6 | No |
| toucanet | 8 | 10 | 4 | 7 | No |
| toughest | 8 | 12 | 3 | 7 | No |
| toxicant | 8 | 17 | 3 | 7 | No |
| tranchet | 8 | 13 | 2 | 7 | No |
| transact | 8 | 10 | 2 | 6 | No |
| transect | 8 | 10 | 2 | 7 | No |
| transept | 8 | 10 | 2 | 7 | No |
| transmit | 8 | 10 | 2 | 7 | No |
| trawlnet | 8 | 11 | 2 | 7 | No |
| triggest | 8 | 10 | 2 | 6 | No |
| trimmest | 8 | 12 | 2 | 6 | No |
| tubbiest | 8 | 12 | 3 | 6 | No |
| tuftiest | 8 | 11 | 3 | 6 | No |
| turbojet | 8 | 17 | 3 | 7 | No |
| turfiest | 8 | 11 | 3 | 7 | No |
| turncoat | 8 | 10 | 3 | 7 | No |
| turnspit | 8 | 10 | 2 | 7 | No |
| twilight | 8 | 15 | 2 | 6 | No |
| twiniest | 8 | 11 | 3 | 6 | No |
| twinight | 8 | 15 | 2 | 6 | No |
| typecast | 8 | 15 | 2 | 7 | Yes |
| williwaw | 8 | 17 | 3 | 4 | No |
| willywaw | 8 | 20 | 2 | 5 | Yes |
| windflaw | 8 | 18 | 2 | 7 | No |
| wiredraw | 8 | 15 | 3 | 6 | No |
| wiredrew | 8 | 15 | 3 | 5 | No |
| withdraw | 8 | 18 | 2 | 7 | No |
| withdrew | 8 | 18 | 2 | 7 | No |
| workflow | 8 | 21 | 2 | 6 | No |
| yeastily | 8 | 14 | 3 | 7 | Yes |
| yeomanly | 8 | 16 | 3 | 7 | Yes |
| yeomanry | 8 | 16 | 3 | 7 | Yes |
| acetabula | 9 | 13 | 5 | 7 | No |
| achalasia | 9 | 14 | 5 | 6 | No |
| acroteria | 9 | 11 | 5 | 7 | No |
| adenomata | 9 | 12 | 5 | 7 | No |
| alfilaria | 9 | 12 | 5 | 5 | No |
| alfileria | 9 | 12 | 5 | 6 | No |
| algarroba | 9 | 12 | 4 | 6 | No |
| allamanda | 9 | 12 | 4 | 5 | No |
| amblyopia | 9 | 18 | 4 | 8 | Yes |
| ambulacra | 9 | 15 | 4 | 7 | No |
| ametropia | 9 | 13 | 5 | 8 | No |
| amyotonia | 9 | 14 | 5 | 7 | Yes |
| analgesia | 9 | 10 | 5 | 7 | No |
| anaplasia | 9 | 11 | 5 | 6 | No |
| anarthria | 9 | 12 | 4 | 6 | No |
| anchoveta | 9 | 17 | 4 | 8 | No |
| androecia | 9 | 12 | 5 | 8 | No |
| andromeda | 9 | 13 | 4 | 7 | No |
| angiomata | 9 | 12 | 5 | 7 | No |
| angostura | 9 | 10 | 4 | 8 | No |
| anhedonia | 9 | 13 | 5 | 7 | No |
| apocrypha | 9 | 21 | 3 | 7 | Yes |
| apothecia | 9 | 16 | 5 | 8 | No |
| appaloosa | 9 | 13 | 5 | 5 | No |
| aquilegia | 9 | 19 | 6 | 7 | No |
| araucaria | 9 | 11 | 6 | 5 | No |
| argumenta | 9 | 12 | 4 | 8 | No |
| artemisia | 9 | 11 | 5 | 7 | No |
| asafetida | 9 | 13 | 5 | 7 | No |
| ascogonia | 9 | 12 | 5 | 7 | No |
| ayahuasca | 9 | 17 | 5 | 6 | Yes |
| bafflegab | 9 | 20 | 3 | 6 | No |
| beachcomb | 9 | 22 | 3 | 7 | No |
| cachectic | 9 | 20 | 3 | 6 | No |
| cacodylic | 9 | 19 | 3 | 7 | Yes |
| cadaveric | 9 | 17 | 4 | 7 | No |
| calendric | 9 | 14 | 3 | 8 | No |
| calorific | 9 | 16 | 4 | 7 | No |
| camphoric | 9 | 20 | 3 | 8 | No |
| casuistic | 9 | 13 | 4 | 6 | No |
| catabolic | 9 | 15 | 4 | 7 | No |
| catalatic | 9 | 13 | 4 | 5 | No |
| catalytic | 9 | 16 | 3 | 6 | Yes |
| catatonic | 9 | 13 | 4 | 6 | No |
| categoric | 9 | 14 | 4 | 8 | No |
| cathartic | 9 | 16 | 3 | 6 | No |
| cathectic | 9 | 18 | 3 | 6 | No |
| catoptric | 9 | 15 | 3 | 7 | No |
| causalgic | 9 | 14 | 4 | 7 | No |
| cenobitic | 9 | 15 | 4 | 7 | No |
| charabanc | 9 | 18 | 3 | 6 | No |
| chemurgic | 9 | 19 | 3 | 8 | No |
| chimaeric | 9 | 18 | 4 | 7 | No |
| chivalric | 9 | 19 | 3 | 7 | No |
| chloridic | 9 | 17 | 3 | 7 | No |
| chloritic | 9 | 16 | 3 | 7 | No |
| chlorotic | 9 | 16 | 3 | 7 | No |
| choleraic | 9 | 16 | 4 | 8 | No |
| choplogic | 9 | 19 | 3 | 7 | No |
| chorionic | 9 | 16 | 4 | 6 | No |
| chromatic | 9 | 18 | 3 | 8 | No |
| cinchonic | 9 | 18 | 3 | 5 | No |
| cinematic | 9 | 15 | 4 | 7 | No |
| cirrhotic | 9 | 16 | 3 | 6 | No |
| cistronic | 9 | 13 | 3 | 7 | No |
| cladistic | 9 | 14 | 3 | 7 | No |
| climactic | 9 | 17 | 3 | 6 | No |
| coenosarc | 9 | 13 | 4 | 7 | No |
| colorific | 9 | 16 | 4 | 6 | No |
| copacetic | 9 | 17 | 4 | 7 | No |
| copasetic | 9 | 15 | 4 | 8 | No |
| copesetic | 9 | 15 | 4 | 7 | No |
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