5 Letter Words Containing W
There are 675 five-letter words containing W. Search them with your own letters, or browse the full list below.
All 5-letter words containing W
Starting with A17
- adown9
- aglow9
- allow8
- alway11
- arrow8
- askew12
- avows11
- await8
- awake12
- award9
- aware8
- awash11
- awful11
- awing9
- awned9
- awoke12
- awols8
Starting with B26
- bawds11
- bawdy14
- bawls10
- bawty13
- bedew11
- below10
- bewig11
- blawn10
- blaws10
- blown10
- blows10
- blowy13
- bowed11
- bowel10
- bower10
- bowls10
- bowse10
- brawl10
- brawn10
- braws10
- brews10
- brown10
- brows10
- bwana10
- bylaw13
- byway16
Starting with C20
- cahow13
- cawed11
- chaws13
- chews13
- chewy16
- chows13
- claws10
- clews10
- clown10
- cowed11
- cower10
- cowls10
- cowry13
- crawl10
- craws10
- crews10
- crowd11
- crown10
- crows10
- crwth13
Starting with D29
- dawed10
- dawen9
- dawks13
- dawns9
- dawts9
- dewan9
- dewar9
- dewax16
- dewed10
- dhows12
- diwan9
- dowdy13
- dowed10
- dowel9
- dower9
- dowie9
- downs9
- downy12
- dowry12
- dowse9
- drawl9
- drawn9
- draws9
- drown9
- dwarf12
- dweeb11
- dwell9
- dwelt9
- dwine9
Starting with E6
- elbow10
- embow12
- endow9
- enows8
- etwee8
- ewers8
Starting with F12
- fatwa11
- fawns11
- fawny14
- fewer11
- flaws11
- flawy14
- flews11
- flown11
- flows11
- fowls11
- frown11
- frows11
Starting with G14
- gawks13
- gawky16
- gawps11
- gawsy12
- glows9
- gnawn9
- gnaws9
- gowan9
- gowds10
- gowks13
- gowns9
- growl9
- grown9
- grows9
Starting with H11
- hawed12
- hawks15
- hawse11
- hewed12
- hewer11
- howdy15
- howes11
- howff17
- howfs14
- howks15
- howls11
Starting with I1
- indow9
Starting with J8
- jawan15
- jawed16
- jewed16
- jewel15
- jowar15
- jowed16
- jowls15
- jowly18
Starting with K4
- kiwis12
- known12
- knows12
- kotow12
Starting with L10
- lawed9
- lawns8
- lawny11
- lewis8
- lowed9
- lower8
- lowes8
- lowly11
- lowse8
- lweis8
Starting with M8
- macaw12
- mawed11
- meows10
- mewed11
- mewls10
- miaow10
- mowed11
- mower10
Starting with N11
- nawab10
- newel8
- newer8
- newie8
- newly11
- newsy11
- newts8
- ngwee9
- nohow11
- noway11
- nowts8
Starting with O6
- owing9
- owlet8
- owned9
- owner8
- owsen8
- oxbow17
Starting with P16
- papaw12
- pawed11
- pawer10
- pawky17
- pawls10
- pawns10
- pewee10
- pewit10
- pilaw10
- plews10
- plows10
- power10
- prawn10
- prowl10
- prows10
- pshaw13
Starting with R20
- rawer8
- rawin8
- rawly11
- renew8
- resaw8
- resew8
- resow8
- rewan8
- rewax15
- rewed9
- rewet8
- rewin8
- rewon8
- rowan8
- rowdy12
- rowed9
- rowel8
- rowen8
- rower8
- rowth11
Starting with S95
- sawed9
- sawer8
- schwa13
- scowl10
- scows10
- screw10
- serow8
- sewan8
- sewar8
- sewed9
- sewer8
- shawl11
- shawm13
- shawn11
- shaws11
- shewn11
- shews11
- shown11
- shows11
- showy14
- shrew11
- sinew8
- skews12
- slaws8
- slews8
- slows8
- smews10
- snaws8
- snows8
- snowy11
- sowar8
- sowed9
- sower8
- spawn10
- spews10
- squaw17
- stews8
- stowp10
- stows8
- straw8
- strew8
- strow8
- swabs10
- swage9
- swags9
- swail8
- swain8
- swale8
- swami10
- swamp12
- swamy13
- swang9
- swank12
- swans8
- swaps10
- sward9
- sware8
- swarf11
- swarm10
- swart8
- swash11
- swath11
- swats8
- sways11
- swear8
- sweat8
- swede9
- sweep10
- sweer8
- sweet8
- swell8
- swept10
- swift11
- swigs9
- swill8
- swims10
- swine8
- swing9
- swink12
- swipe10
- swirl8
- swish11
- swiss8
- swith11
- swive11
- swobs10
- swoon8
- swoop10
- swops10
- sword9
- swore8
- sworn8
- swots8
- swoun8
- swung9
Starting with T43
- tawed9
- tawer8
- tawie8
- tawny11
- tawse8
- tewed9
- thaws11
- thews11
- thewy14
- thraw11
- threw11
- throw11
- towed9
- towel8
- tower8
- towie8
- towns8
- towny11
- trawl8
- trews8
- trows8
- twaes8
- twain8
- twang9
- twats8
- tweak12
- tweed9
- tween8
- tweet8
- twerp10
- twice10
- twier8
- twigs9
- twill8
- twine8
- twins8
- twiny11
- twirl8
- twirp10
- twist8
- twits8
- twixt15
- twyer11
Starting with U6
- unmew10
- unsew8
- unwed9
- unwit8
- unwon8
- upbow12
Starting with V7
- views11
- viewy14
- vowed12
- vowel11
- vower11
- vrouw11
- vrows11
Starting with W296
- wacke14
- wacko14
- wacks14
- wacky17
- waddy13
- waded10
- wader9
- wades9
- wadis9
- wafer11
- waffs14
- wafts11
- waged10
- wager9
- wages9
- wagon9
- wahoo11
- waifs11
- wails8
- wains8
- wairs8
- waist8
- waits8
- waive11
- waked13
- waken12
- waker12
- wakes12
- waled9
- waler8
- wales8
- walks12
- walla8
- walls8
- wally11
- waltz17
- wames10
- wamus10
- wands9
- waned9
- wanes8
- waney11
- wanly11
- wants8
- wards9
- wared9
- wares8
- warks12
- warms10
- warns8
- warps10
- warts8
- warty11
- washy14
- wasps10
- waspy13
- waste8
- wasts8
- watap10
- watch13
- water8
- watts8
- waugh12
- wauks12
- wauls8
- waved12
- waver11
- waves11
- wavey14
- wawls11
- waxed16
- waxen15
- waxer15
- waxes15
- weald9
- weals8
- weans8
- wears8
- weary11
- weave11
- webby15
- weber10
- wecht13
- wedel9
- wedge10
- wedgy13
- weeds9
- weedy12
- weeks12
- weens8
- weeny11
- weeps10
- weepy13
- weest8
- weets8
- wefts11
- weigh12
- weird9
- weirs8
- wekas12
- welch13
- welds9
- wells8
- welly11
- welsh11
- welts8
- wench13
- wends9
- wenny11
- wests8
- wetly11
- whack17
- whale11
- whamo13
- whams13
- whang12
- whaps13
- wharf14
- whats11
- whaup13
- wheal11
- wheat11
- wheel11
- wheen11
- wheep13
- whelk15
- whelm13
- whelp13
- whens11
- where11
- whets11
- whews14
- wheys14
- which16
- whids12
- whiff17
- whigs12
- while11
- whims13
- whine11
- whins11
- whiny14
- whips13
- whipt13
- whirl11
- whirr11
- whirs11
- whish14
- whisk15
- whist11
- white11
- whits11
- whity14
- whizz29
- whole11
- whomp15
- whoof14
- whoop13
- whops13
- whore11
- whorl11
- whort11
- whose11
- whoso11
- whump15
- wicks14
- widdy13
- widen9
- wider9
- wides9
- widow12
- width12
- wield9
- wifed12
- wifes11
- wifty14
- wigan9
- wiggy13
- wight12
- wilco10
- wilds9
- wiled9
- wiles8
- wills8
- willy11
- wilts8
- wimps12
- wimpy15
- wince10
- winch13
- winds9
- windy12
- wined9
- wines8
- winey11
- wings9
- wingy12
- winks12
- winos8
- winze17
- wiped11
- wiper10
- wipes10
- wired9
- wirer8
- wires8
- wirra8
- wised9
- wiser8
- wises8
- wisha11
- wisps10
- wispy13
- wists8
- witan8
- witch13
- wited9
- wites8
- withe11
- withy14
- witty11
- wived12
- wiver11
- wives11
- wizen17
- wizes17
- woads9
- woald9
- wodge10
- woful11
- woken12
- wolds9
- wolfs11
- woman10
- wombs12
- womby15
- women10
- wonks12
- wonky15
- wonts8
- woods9
- woody12
- wooed9
- wooer8
- woofs11
- wools8
- wooly11
- woops10
- woosh11
- woozy20
- words9
- wordy12
- works12
- world9
- worms10
- wormy13
- worry11
- worse8
- worst8
- worth11
- worts8
- would9
- wound9
- woven11
- wowed12
- wrack14
- wrang9
- wraps10
- wrapt10
- wrath11
- wreak12
- wreck14
- wrens8
- wrest8
- wrick14
- wried9
- wrier8
- wries8
- wring9
- wrist8
- write8
- writs8
- wrong9
- wrote8
- wroth11
- wrung9
- wryer11
- wryly14
- wurst8
- wussy11
- wyled12
- wyles11
- wynds12
- wynns11
- wyted12
- wytes11
Starting with Y8
- yawed12
- yawls11
- yawns11
- yawps13
- yowed12
- yowes11
- yowie11
- yowls11
Starting with Z1
- zowie17
Quick facts
- The highest-scoring word is WHIZZ, worth 29 points in Scrabble.
- 335 of these words have only one vowel, which helps when your rack is short on vowels.
5-letter words containing other letters
Related lists
- 5-letter words starting with W
- 5-letter words ending with W
- 3-letter words containing W
- 4-letter words containing W
- 6-letter words containing W
- 7-letter words containing W
- 8-letter words containing W
Questions
- How many 5-letter words are containing W?
- There are 675 five-letter words containing W in the ENABLE word list.
- What is the highest-scoring 5-letter word containing W?
- WHIZZ scores 29 points in Scrabble, before any bonus squares.
- Are these words valid in Scrabble and Words With Friends?
- They come from the ENABLE list, which Words With Friends is based on. Almost all are also valid in Scrabble, though tournament lists differ slightly.