8-letter words containing d, e, r, w
- sherwood — Robert Emmet [em-it] /ˈɛm ɪt/ (Show IPA), 1896–1955, U.S. dramatist.
- shrewder — astute or sharp in practical matters: a shrewd politician.
- shrewdie — a shrewd person
- shrewdly — astute or sharp in practical matters: a shrewd politician.
- sideward — directed or moving toward one side.
- skewered — a long pin of wood or metal for inserting through meat or other food to hold or bind it in cooking.
- sorrowed — distress caused by loss, affliction, disappointment, etc.; grief, sadness, or regret.
- sowbread — any of several species of cyclamen, especially Cyclamen hederifolium, a low-growing Old World plant having mottled leaves and pink or white flowers.
- sprawled — to be stretched or spread out in an unnatural or ungraceful manner: The puppy's legs sprawled in all directions.
- swaddler — a blanket in which to swaddle a baby
- swanherd — a person who tends swans.
- swindler — to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
- teardown — a taking apart; disassembly.
- the word — the proper or most fitting expression
- twaddler — trivial, feeble, silly, or tedious talk or writing.
- tweedler — a person who tweedles
- twiddler — to turn about or play with lightly or idly, especially with the fingers; twirl.
- uncrewed — lacking a crew
- underjaw — the lower jaw
- undertow — the seaward, subsurface flow or draft of water from waves breaking on a beach.
- underway — occurring while under way: the underway activities on a cruise ship.
- underwit — a halfwit or a fool
- unwarded — not warded or guarded; undefended
- unwarmed — not warmed; unheated
- unwarned — not warned or cautioned; without warning
- unwarped — not warped, as a phonograph record or flooring.
- unwinder — to undo or loosen from or as if from a coiled condition: to unwind a rolled bandage; to unwind a coiled rope.
- unworded — not expressed in words
- unworked — not worked; not used; not exerted
- unwormed — (of animals) not rid of worms
- verwoerd — Hendrik Frensch [hen-drik frens] /ˈhɛn drɪk frɛns/ (Show IPA), 1901–66, South African political leader, born in the Netherlands: prime minister 1958–66.
- waitered — a person, especially a man, who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
- waivered — Allowed by waiver; permitted by exception granted from otherwise applicable rules.
- wandered — to ramble without a definite purpose or objective; roam, rove, or stray: to wander over the earth.
- wanderer — a Covenanter persecuted by Charles II and James II, especially one who fled home to follow rebellious Presbyterian ministers who refused to accept episcopacy.
- wanderoo — any of several purple-faced langurs, of Sri Lanka.
- wanweird — (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Misfortune; ill or unhappy fate.
- wardenry — the office, jurisdiction, or district of a warden.
- wardmate — A pal met while staying at a hospital.
- wardmote — (historical) A meeting of the inhabitants of a ward.
- wardress — a woman who is a warder.
- wardrobe — a stock of clothes or costumes, as of a person or of a theatrical company.
- warfield — David, 1866–1951, U.S. actor.
- warheads — Plural form of warhead.
- wartweed — any of various plants, Euphorbia Helioscopia, E. Peplus and Chelidonium majus, used to cure warts
- waterbed — a bed having a liquid-filled rubber or plastic mattress in a rigid, often heated, waterproof frame, and providing a surface that conforms to the sleeper's body in any position.
- waterdog — any of several large salamanders, as a mudpuppy or hellbender.
- webboard — an internet site where users can post messages, tutorials, information, and topics for discussion
- weirdest — involving or suggesting the supernatural; unearthly or uncanny: a weird sound; weird lights.
- weirdies — Plural form of weirdie.