5 Letter Words Ending in W
Need five-letter words that end in W? There are 62 valid 5 letter words ending in W, and 9 of them are common everyday words. The most used is below. Use the finder for your Wordle clues, or browse the lists below. To search all words at once, use the 5 letter words finder.
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Shows every 5 letter word you can make using only these letters. Each letter can be used as many times as you type it.
5 letter words ending in W at a glance
- Valid words
- 62
- Common words
- 9
- Most common
- below
- Top Scrabble score (common)
- widow 12 pts
- Top Scrabble score (all)
- squaw 17 pts
- Best Wordle guess in this set
- allow
- The 1st letter is A in 22% of common words.
- The 2nd letter is E in 22% of common words.
- The 3rd letter is R in 44% of common words.
- The 4th letter is O in 67% of common words.
Common 5 letter words ending in W (9)
The words with 5 letters ending in W you're most likely to know, most used first.
- below10
- allow8
- throw11
- screw10
- arrow8
- widow12
- straw8
- elbow10
- renew8
How to find a five-letter word that ends in a W
Looking for 5 letter words that end with W to solve a Wordle? The finder above already has W in the last green box; add your other clues.
A real example from our word list: the answer is ELBOW, and all you know is that it ends in W, which leaves 24 everyday words. Open with STRAW, the guess that splits this set most evenly.
Guess 1: STRAW W is green, and the rest are grey. That leaves 5 possible answers: below, widow, elbow, endow and oxbow.
Guess 2: BELOW O and W are green and B, E and L are yellow. That leaves 1 possible answer.
Guess 3: ELBOW All five letters are green. Solved in 3.
What comes before the final W?
The most common endings are -OW (46%), -EW (29%) and -AW (25%). If you know the last letter is W, these pairs are the best place to start for the fourth letter.
| Ends in | Number of everyday words | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| -OW | 11 | below, allow, throw, arrow |
| -EW | 7 | threw, screw, renew, shrew |
| -AW | 6 | straw, squaw, bylaw, macaw |
What the most common ones mean
- below
- adverbin or to a place that is lower
- allow
- verbmake it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
- throw
- verbpropel through the air
- screw
- nounsomeone who guards prisoners
- arrow
- nouna mark to indicate a direction or relation
- widow
- nouna woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
- straw
- nounplant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
- elbow
- nounhinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
- renew
- verbreestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
About 5 letter words ending in W
-OW is the most common ending for 5 letter words that end in W: allow, below, elbow, widow, arrow. -EW (renew, screw) and -AW (straw) are less common. If W is green last, O is almost certainly fourth, so test it right away.
W ranks 21 out of 26 as a last letter for 5 letter words.
Common endings with W
The W list is short: allow and throw. -OW is the main pattern, and several of those words double a letter, like allow and arrow. In Wordle, if W is green last, O is almost certainly fourth, and the remaining question is the first three letters. For the bigger group of W-first words, like where, which and write, see 5 letter words starting with W.
Vowels in 5 letter words ending in W
A is the most common vowel here, appearing in 50% of the everyday words, followed by O (46%) and E (42%). The least common is U (4%).
33% have just one vowel, like throw, threw, screw and straw. At the other end, miaow has three or more.
Nouns, verbs and adjectives
By main meaning (WordNet), there are 11 nouns, 4 verbs, 2 adjectives and 1 adverb.
Nouns include screw, arrow and widow. Verbs include allow, throw and renew. Adjectives include askew and aglow. Adverbs include below.
Best Wordle guesses that end in W
Top guesses, with the average number of the 24 everyday words each leaves: STRAW (2.8), ASKEW (3.2), ABLOW (3.4), PSHAW (3.6) and BELOW (3.7).
29% repeat a letter, and 2 have a double letter, like allow and arrow.
Highest-scoring 5 letter words ending in W in Scrabble
Top everyday words: squaw (17), oxbow (17) and bylaw (13). All valid words: squaw (17), oxbow (17) and yakow (15). 3 words reach 15 points or more.
All 62 valid 5 letter words ending in W53 rarer words accepted in Scrabble and Wordle, not shown above. Plurals are marked.
- threw11
- shrew11
- askew12
- squaw17
- bylaw13
- endow9
- macaw12
- sinew8
- aglow9
- oxbow17
- miaow10
- pshaw13
- papaw12
- strew8
- ablow10
- nohow11
- vrouw11
- serow8
- cahow13
- strow8
- advew12
- bedew11
- besaw10
- embow12
- emmew12
- endew9
- enmew10
- ensew8
- ewhow14
- immew12
- indew9
- indow9
- kotow12
- navew11
- pawaw13
- pilaw10
- pilow10
- resaw8
- resew8
- resow8
- scraw10
- scrow10
- shrow11
- sprew10
- sybow13
- theow11
- thraw11
- unlaw8
- unmew10
- unsew8
- upbow12
- vinew11
- yakow15
Questions people ask
How many 5 letter words ending in W are there?
62 valid words; 9 of them are common everyday words.
What is a five-letter word that ends in a W?
The most common is below. Other everyday examples are allow, throw and screw.
What is the best Wordle guess that ends in W?
allow, leaving about 1.4 possible answers on average.
Which 5 letter word ending in W scores the most in Scrabble?
Among common words, widow scores 12 points. Among all valid words, squaw scores 17.
What 5 letter words start with S and end in W?
S is the most common first letter for these words (6 of the everyday words). Examples: screw, straw, shrew and squaw.
Do more 5 letter words end with W or start with W?
62 valid 5 letter words end with W, compared with 400 that start with it. See 5 letter words starting with W.
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