7- and 8-letter words ending with the suffix -WARD with definitions
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39 total entries across 2 section(s)
Note: this list is built from spelling, not meaning. Some words here end with the right letters but do not really use the suffix in its usual sense. They are included on purpose: for Scrabble we suggest learning the suffix as a letter pattern rather than learning the meanings.
| FRONT | WORD | BACK | DEFINITION |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | AIRWARD | — | [b.] · toward the sky |
| — | AWKWARD | — | [a. -WARDER, -WARDEST] · lacking skill, dexterity, or grace |
| — | BEDWARD | S | [b.] · toward bed / [x] { bedward bedwards } |
| — | FORWARD | S | [a. -WARDER°, -WARDEST] · being at or near a point in advance / ----- [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to help onward |
| — | FROWARD | — | [a.] · willfully contrary |
| — | GODWARD | S | [b.] · toward God / [x] { godward godwards } |
| — | HAYWARD | S | [n. -S] · an officer who tends cattle |
| — | LEEWARD | S | [n. -S] · the direction toward which the wind is blowing |
| — | MANWARD | S | [b.] · toward man / [x] { manward manwards } |
| — | OUTWARD | S | [b.] · toward the outside / [x] { outward outwards § outward outwards } |
| — | SEAWARD | S | [n. -S] · the direction toward the open sea / [x] { seaward seawards § seaward seawards } |
| — | SKYWARD | S | [b.] · toward the sky / [x] { skyward skywards § skyward skywards } |
| — | STEWARD | S | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to manage |
| — | SUNWARD | S | [b.] · toward the sun / [x] { sunward sunwards } |
| — | VANWARD | — | [b.] · toward the front |
| — | WAYWARD | — | [a.] · willful |
| FRONT | WORD | BACK | DEFINITION |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | BACKWARD | S | [b.] · toward the back / [x] { backward backwards § backward backwards § backward backwards } |
| — | BECOWARD | S | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to accuse of cowardice |
| — | CITYWARD | — | [b.] · toward the city |
| — | DOWNWARD | S | [b.] · from a higher to a lower place / [x] { adown downward downwards } |
| — | EASTWARD | S | [n. -S] · a direction toward the east / [x] { eastward eastwards } |
| — | GOALWARD | — | [b.] · toward a goal |
| — | HEADWARD | S | [b.] · toward the head / [x] { headward headwards } |
| — | HELLWARD | — | [b.] · toward hell» |
| — | HOMEWARD | S | [b.] · toward home |
| — | LAKEWARD | S | [a.] · facing a lake / [x] { lakeward lakewards § lakeward lakewards } |
| — | LANDWARD | S | [b.] · toward the land |
| — | LEFTWARD | S | [b.] · toward the left / [x] { leftward leftwards } |
| — | MISAWARD | S | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to award wrongly |
| — | MOONWARD | S | [b.] · toward the moon / [x] { moonward moonwards } |
| — | POLEWARD | — | [b.] · in the direction of either extremity of the earth's axis |
| — | REARWARD | S | [n. -S] · the rearmost division of an army / [x] { rearward rereward § rearwards rerewards § rearwards § rearwards } |
| — | REREWARD | S | [n. -S] · rearward / [x] { rearward rereward § rearwards rerewards § rearwards § rearwards } |
| — | SELFWARD | S | [b.] · toward oneself |
| — | SIDEWARD | S | [b.] · toward one side / [x] { sideward sidewards sideway sideways sidewise } |
| — | TOWNWARD | — | [b.] · toward the town |
| — | UNTOWARD | — | [a.] · unruly |
| — | WESTWARD | S | [n. -S] · a direction toward the west / [x] { westward westwards } |
| — | WINDWARD | S | [n. -S] · the direction from which the wind blows / [x] { windward windwards } |
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