Schwas

6 lettersnounrare

Updated June 2026

Definition

Plural of schwa, referring to the unstressed neutral mid-central vowel sounds that occur in many unstressed syllables in English.

“The phonetics lecturer marked all the schwas in the transcription to highlight unstressed syllables.”

Word Game Tips

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Wordle

SCH opening with W in position 4 is almost unique in English, making this essentially impossible to guess without linguistics knowledge

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Scrabble

Worth 14 points with W scoring 4 and the rare SCH cluster, an excellent surprise play in the right game situation

Words Related to Schwas

Words you can make from Schwas

Shorter words formed from the letters in “schwas”.

chass chaws chwas schwa shaws swash cash cass caws chaw haws sacs sash saws shaw shwa wacs wash

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7-letter words you can spell by adding one letter to “schwas”.

cashews cushaws

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