9-Letter Words Matching ____W__R_

There are 18 9-letter words that match ____W__R_. 8 are common words, such as ELSEWHERE and FOOTWEARS. A rarer one is UPTOWNERS. 4 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 18

elsewherefootwearsforswearsknitwearsmenswearsscrewwormsomewheresquawkersarrowwormoverwearystrawwormmicawbersnonownersoutswearsoverwearsscrawlerssprawlersuptowners

About this list

Words
18 (8 common words)
Common example
elsewhere
Rare example
uptowners
Doubled letters
4
Ending in S
12

Questions

How many 9-letter words matching ____w__r_ are there?

18. 8 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ELSEWHERE is among the common words in this set.