5-Letter Words Containing C and W
There are 69 five-letter words containing C and W, including 19 common puzzle answers. These are the words with the letters C and W anywhere in the word, in any order. A handy list for Wordle and other five-letter word games.
Popular 5-Letter Puzzle Words Containing C and W
Common puzzle answers are everyday words of the kind word puzzles choose as solutions, most common first. Plurals and rare words are valid guesses but rarely answers, so they're listed separately below.
- WHICH Used to ask about or identify a specific one from a set of alternatives
- WATCH A small portable timepiece worn on the wrist or carried
- TWICE Two times
- CROWD A large number of people gathered together
- CROWN An ornamental headdress worn by a monarch as a symbol of sovereignty
- SCREW A fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head
- WITCH A person, especially a woman, believed to have magical powers
- WRECK Something that has been destroyed or severely damaged
- CLOWN A person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
- CRAWL To move slowly on hands and knees or with the body close to the ground
- WHACK To hit hard with a sharp blow
- WACKY Ludicrous or foolish
More Common Puzzle Answers
- WINCH
- CHEWY
- WINCE
- COWER
- SCOWL
- MACAW
- WRACK
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Useful Pattern Information
- Most common first letter: C (46%), W (32%), S (14%)
- Most common last letter: S (29%), H (12%), K (10%)
- Most common additional vowel: O, in 39% of these words
- C is most often the first letter (46%)
- W is most often the fourth letter (35%)
- Letters that most often appear alongside: S, O, A, H, E
- Most have 1 vowel (72%)
- 12% contain a repeated letter
- 19 of the 69 are common puzzle answers (28%)
Other Valid Words
50 additional dictionary words contain both C and W — valid guesses, though rarely answers. Most common first.
- CREWS
- CLAWS
- CROWS
- WELCH
- COWAN
- CREWE
- WICKS
- CHEWS
- WENCH
- WICCA
- WILCO
- CHOWK
- COWED
- WACKO
- CHOWS
- SCHWA
- COWLS
- CLEWS
- WICKY
- WECHT
- COWAL
- COWRY
- WACKS
- CROWL
- SCOWS
- CHAWL
- CWTCH
- CRAWS
- CAHOW
- CHAWK
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- WACKE
- CAWED
- CHAWS
- CLOWS
- WOCKS
- SWACK
- WRICK
- COWKS
- SCAWS
- SCROW
- CAWKS
- SCRAW
- COWPS
- TWOCS
- WAACS
- OWCHE
- SCOWP
- SOWCE
- CRWTH
- GAWCY
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Generated from the TurnWord word database, the dictionary behind the Word Solver and Word Bot. Common puzzle answers are our curated answer list, the everyday words word puzzles tend to use as answers — not the official answer list of any game; every other word is a valid guess. Counts and statistics are computed from this list. Word database updated September 19, 2026.