5-Letter Words Containing H and W
There are 169 five-letter words containing H and W, including 39 common puzzle answers. These are the words with the letters H 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 H 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
- WHERE In or at what place or position
- WHILE A period of time; also, during the time that
- WHITE Achromatic (without hue), like the color of snow
- WHOLE Complete with all parts included
- WATCH A small portable timepiece worn on the wrist or carried
- WORTH The value or usefulness of something
- WHOSE Belonging to or associated with which person
- SHOWN Made visible or displayed to others
- THROW To propel something through the air with a rapid arm movement
- WHEEL A circular frame that rotates on an axle, used in vehicles and machines
- THREW Propelled something through the air
More Common Puzzle Answers
- WITCH
- WIDTH
- WHEAT
- WEIGH
- WHALE
- WRATH
- WHARF
- WHACK
- WHINE
- WHIFF
- WHOOP
- SHAWL
- WHISK
- HOWDY
- WINCH
- WHIRL
- CHEWY
- WHINY
- SWISH
- SWATH
- SHOWY
- AWASH
- WAHOO
- WHORL
- WHELP
- SWASH
- PSHAW
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Useful Pattern Information
- Most common first letter: W (57%), S (12%), H (12%)
- Most common last letter: S (22%), H (18%), E (8%)
- Most common additional vowel: E, in 31% of these words
- H is most often the second letter (59%)
- W is most often the first letter (57%)
- Letters that most often appear alongside: S, E, A, T, O
- Most have 1 vowel (66%)
- 25% contain a repeated letter
- 39 of the 169 are common puzzle answers (23%)
Other Valid Words
130 additional dictionary words contain both H and W — valid guesses, though rarely answers. Most common first.
- SHOWS
- WELSH
- HAWKS
- WHATS
- SHAWN
- WELCH
- WIGHT
- WHIPS
- WHIMS
- WAUGH
- WHIGS
- CHEWS
- HOWLS
- SHREW
- HOWES
- WENCH
- WASHY
- WHIZZ
- CHOWK
- WHIST
- WASHI
- HOWTO
- WYTHE
- WUSHU
- THAWS
- WHEAL
- WITHE
- WROTH
- DAWAH
- WHARE
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- WHISH
- WHIRR
- WHOSO
- HALWA
- SHAWS
- WHENS
- HEWER
- WHATA
- HEWED
- WHELK
- CHOWS
- WHOMP
- WOOSH
- SCHWA
- WHANG
- WITHY
- DHOWS
- WHETS
- SHEWN
- WAHEY
- HOWAY
- WHEEN
- WECHT
- HAWED
- WHOOT
- NOHOW
- LOWTH
- SHEWS
- WHIRS
- SWITH
- HAWSE
- WHUMP
- SAWAH
- WITHS
- CHAWL
- WHELM
- WHITY
- CWTCH
- WHITS
- SHAWM
- WHINS
- WHOOF
- CAHOW
- CHAWK
- WHIES
- CHAWS
- WERSH
- WHEAR
- WISHA
- WHAMS
- WHOWS
- WHAPS
- WHISS
- WHOPS
- WHORT
- WHIDS
- HOWRE
- SHOWD
- THEWS
- WHAUR
- WAHAY
- WHIOS
- WHAMO
- WISHT
- WHEYS
- WHUPS
- SHWAS
- WHEWS
- THOWL
- HOWKS
- THAWY
- SHROW
- HOWBE
- THEWY
- WHIFT
- WHEFT
- WHIPT
- WHILK
- HOWSO
- WHAUP
- PHWAT
- THEOW
- WHEEP
- THRAW
- WHEEK
- FOWTH
- ROWTH
- EWHOW
- HAWMS
- THAWT
- SOWTH
- HOWFS
- HOWFF
- REWTH
- MAHWA
- OWCHE
- WHYDA
- HEWGH
- HWYLS
- CRWTH
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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.