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Words That Start with TW

There are 110 words that start with TW on Word.ws, from 3 to 15 letters. The most common length is 7 letters (30 words). The words used most often are two, twice, twitter, twenty and twelve.

Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.

3-letter words that start with TW

  • two6n. The digit/figure 2.
  • twp8n. A fool.

4-letter words that start with TW

  • twen7n. A twentysomething.
  • twig8n. A small thin branch of a tree or bush.
  • twin7n. Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same...
  • twit7v. To blame or reproach (someone), especially in a good-natured or teasing...
  • twos7n. The age of two; two years old.

5-letter words that start with TW

  • twain8n. Pair, couple.
  • twang9n. The sharp, quick sound of a vibrating tight string, for example, of a...
  • tweak12v. To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.
  • tweed9n. A coarse woolen fabric used for clothing.
  • tweek12n. A form of atmospherics (radio interference) produced when the...
  • tween8n. An action of tweening (inserting frames for continuity); a sequence of...
  • tweep10n. A chirp or beep.
  • tweet8n. The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle.
  • twerk12n. Synonym of twerking (“a sexually-provocative dance, involving the...
  • twerp10n. A fool, a twit.
  • twice10adv. Two times.
  • twill8n. A pattern, characterised by diagonal ridges, created by the regular...
  • twine8n. A twist; a convolution.
  • twink12v. To twinkle; to sparkle.
  • twins8n. A woman's breasts.
  • twirl8n. A movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette.
  • twirp10interj. An imitation of the sound of a bird or a horn.
  • twist8n. A twisting force.
  • twite8n. A small passerine bird, Linaria flavirostris (syn. Carduelis...
  • twixt15prep. Synonym of betwixt (“between”).
  • twonk12n. A stupid person.
  • twunk12n. A muscular twink.

6-letter words that start with TW

  • twangy13adj. That makes a twanging sound.
  • tweaky16adj. Involving minor adjustments.
  • tweeds10n. Clothing made of this material.
  • tweedy13adj. Made of tweed, or having a similar rough texture.
  • tweeny12n. A shot played between the legs; a tweener.
  • tweety12adj. Characterised by tweets (in various senses).
  • tweeze18v. To pluck or grasp using tweezers.
  • twelve12n. A group of twelve items.
  • twenty12n. The numbers twenty (20) to twenty-nine (29).
  • twiggy14adj. Having many twigs.
  • twight13v. To twitch; to cause to twitch; to touch.
  • twilit9adj. Illuminated by or as if by twilight; half-lit.
  • twinge10v. To have a sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the...
  • twinky16adj. Being or resembling a twink (“young, attractive, slim man”).
  • twinny12adj. Resembling or characteristic of twins.
  • twirly12adj. Coiled or curly.
  • twisty12adj. Characterised by a twist or twists; twisting.
  • twitch14n. A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then...
  • twitty12adj. Silly, foolish, ineffectual.
  • twofer12n. Something sold at a discount of two for the price of one.

7-letter words that start with TW

  • twaddle12n. Empty or silly idle talk or writing; nonsense, rubbish.
  • tweaked15adj. Hallucinating, especially under the influence of crystal meth or...
  • tweaker14n. A person who tweaks something.
  • tweedle11v. To twiddle.
  • tweener10n. A tweenager.
  • tweeter10n. An electronic speaker designed to produce high-frequency sound.
  • tweetup12n. A meeting in person organised on the social networking web site Twitter.
  • tweezer19adj. Tweezers.
  • twelfth16adj. The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in...
  • twelver13n. A shilling.
  • twelves13n. Duodecimo format.
  • twerker14n. A person who twerks.
  • twiddle12v. To wiggle, fidget or play with; to move around.
  • twiddly15adj. Capable of being finely or idly adjusted with the fingers.
  • twining11n. A layout or motion that twines.
  • twinkie14n. A generic snack product consisting of an oblong yellow cake with a...
  • twinkle14v. To shine with a flickering light; to glimmer.
  • twinkly17adj. That twinkles.
  • twinned11adj. Produced at, or as if at, a single birth.
  • twinnie10n. A surfboard with two fins.
  • twinset10n. A combination of a cardigan and a jumper, usually knitted in wool or...
  • twirler10n. Something that twirls.
  • twisted11adj. Consisting of two or more threads, strands or the like intertwined...
  • twister10n. One who twists.
  • twistor10n. Any of the complex-valued coordinates in twistor theory, which maps the...
  • twitchy18adj. Susceptible to twitching a lot.
  • twitter10n. The sound of a succession of chirps as uttered by birds.
  • twizzle28n. A turning, twisting or spinning motion.
  • twofold14adj. Double; duplicate; multiplied by two.
  • twosome12adj. Being or constituting a pair; two.

8-letter words that start with TW

  • twanging13adj. Twangy.
  • tweaking16n. A tweak; a minor modification.
  • tweening12n. A technique in film animation for generating intermediate frames such...
  • tweeting12n. A noise that tweets.
  • tweezers20n. A small pincerlike instrument, usually made of metal, used for handling...
  • twenties11n. The third decade of a century: the 1820s, 1920s, 2020s, etc.
  • twerking16n. A sexually-provocative dance, involving the performer thrusting their...
  • twilight15n. The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after...
  • twincest13n. Incestuous sexual relations between twins, or siblings who look very...
  • twinning12n. The act of producing twins.
  • twinsies11n. Twins, or two people or things that are more or less identical.
  • twirling12n. The motion of something that twirls.
  • twisties11n. The loss of perceptual awareness of body positioning during a spin...
  • twisting12n. The disreputable practice of selling unnecessary insurance to a...
  • twitcher16n. Someone or something that twitches.
  • twitting12n. The act of one who twits or teases.
  • twopence15n. A British or Irish coin worth two (old or new) pence.
  • twopenny16adj. Having a value or cost of twopence.

9-letter words that start with TW

  • tweakable18adj. That can be tweaked; moddable, customizable.
  • twentieth15adj. The ordinal form of the number twenty.
  • twiddling15n. The act of one who twiddles.
  • twilights16n. Long, light-coloured underwear worn by the WAAF.
  • twinkling17adj. Sparkling intermittently.
  • twistable14adj. Capable of being twisted.
  • twitching18n. The motion of something that twitches.
  • twitterer12n. One who, or that which, twitters.

10-letter words that start with TW

  • twentyfold20adj. By a factor of twenty.
  • twittering14n. The act of producing chirping sounds, or twitters.

11-letter words that start with TW

12-letter words that start with TW

  • twitterpated18adj. Smitten or love-struck; romantically infatuated.

15-letter words that start with TW

  • twentysomething27n. A person whose age is between twenty and twenty-nine years, inclusive...
291 rare words that start with TW

Questions about these words

How many words that start with TW are there?
Word.ws lists 110 words that start with TW, plus 291 rare ones.
What are common words that start with TW?
two, twice, twitter, twenty, twelve, twin, twist and tweet.
Which of the words that start with TW has the highest letter score?
twizzle scores 28 points with the standard letter tile values.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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