5 Letter Words Containing W

How to find a five-letter word with a W in Wordle

Looking for 5 letter words that contain W to solve a Wordle? The finder above already has W in "Must contain". If you know its spot, use a green box instead.

A real example from our word list: the answer is SWING, and all you know is that it has a W in it, which leaves 136 common words. Open with WROTE, the guess that splits this set most evenly.

Guess 1: WROTE W is yellow, and the rest are grey. That leaves 7 possible answers.

Guess 2: SWAIN S and W are green and I and N are yellow, and the rest are grey. That leaves 1 possible answer.

Guess 3: SWING All five letters are green. Solved in 3.

Where W appears in the word

In common words with W, the letter sits most often in the first spot (43%) and least often in the fifth (7%). If you've had W come back yellow, try it in the first or second spot next.

1 of them use W twice, like widow.

The letters that appear most often alongside W are E (in 48%), O (in 40%) and R (in 40%).

About 5 letter words with W

W often comes first, as WH or WR (white, write), and it often ends a word as -OW, as in allow and below. In the middle it usually follows a vowel, as in power and tower. W is worth 4 points in Scrabble. If W is yellow in Wordle, try it first or after O.

W ranks 20 out of 26 as a letter for 5 letter words.

Where W fits in a word

W is most often a first letter, as in water and world. Second-spot W follows S or T, as in sweet, swing, twice and twist. At the end, W is nearly always -OW, as in allow and below. In the middle, W usually follows O or E, as in power and fewer. A yellow W in Wordle is best tried first, then second after S or T. For W at the start, see 5 letter words starting with W. For W endings, see 5 letter words ending in W.

Vowels in 5 letter words with W

E is the most common vowel here, appearing in 48% of the common words, followed by O (40%) and A (32%). The least common is U (2%).

44% have just one vowel, like which, world, known and wrong. At the other end, aware, awake and await have three or more.

Nouns, verbs and adjectives

By main meaning (WordNet), there are 68 nouns, 34 verbs, 24 adjectives and 3 adverbs.

Nouns include world, while and power. Verbs include watch, lower and write. Adjectives include known, wrong and sweet. Adverbs include below, twice and newly.

Best Wordle guesses with W

Top guesses, with the average number of the 136 common words each leaves: WROTE (4.5), WORSE (4.9), WATER (5.8), WIRED (6.0) and WEIRD (6.1).

24% repeat a letter, and 16 have a double letter, like allow, sweet, worry and wheel.

Highest-scoring 5 letter words with W in Scrabble

Top common words: whack (17), waltz (17) and wacky (17). All valid words: whizz (29), swizz (26) and woozy (20). 72 words reach 15 points or more.