5-Letter Words Containing K and W
There are 102 five-letter words containing K and W, including 15 common puzzle answers. These are the words with the letters K 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 K 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.
- KNOWN Recognized, familiar, or aware of through experience or information
- AWAKE Not sleeping; fully conscious
- WRECK Something that has been destroyed or severely damaged
- WHACK To hit hard with a sharp blow
- WOKEN Stopped sleeping or became awake
- WACKY Ludicrous or foolish
- TWEAK To adjust something finely or make small changes to it
- AWOKE Past tense of awake; stopped sleeping
- WHISK A kitchen utensil with wire loops used for beating eggs or cream
- WREAK To cause something to happen as a consequence
- WONKY Shaky, unsteady, or crooked; not working properly
- ASKEW Tilted or positioned crookedly to one side
More Common Puzzle Answers
- SWANK
- WRACK
- GAWKY
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Useful Pattern Information
- Most common first letter: W (44%), K (17%), T (6%)
- Most common last letter: S (33%), K (26%), E (9%)
- Most common additional vowel: A, in 54% of these words
- K is most often the fourth letter (41%)
- W is most often the first letter (44%)
- Letters that most often appear alongside: A, S, E, O, N
- Most have 1 vowel (58%)
- 20% contain a repeated letter
- 15 of the 102 are common puzzle answers (15%)
Other Valid Words
87 additional dictionary words contain both K and W — valid guesses, though rarely answers. Most common first.
- WORKS
- WEEKS
- KNOWS
- WALKS
- HAWKS
- WAKES
- TWINK
- KIWIS
- WICKS
- WINKS
- TWERK
- WINKY
- CHOWK
- WIKIS
- WACKO
- WAKEN
- SKEWS
- WAKER
- WAKED
- WONKS
- KREWE
- WHELK
- WANKS
- WANKY
- KAPOW
- KNOWE
- SWINK
- WEEKE
- WICKY
- WELKE
Show all 87 words All 87 words
- WARKS
- WACKS
- WORKY
- TWONK
- KAWAS
- WAKAS
- CHAWK
- GAWKS
- WACKE
- WOKER
- WOCKS
- SWACK
- WRICK
- COWKS
- WELKS
- DOWAK
- WROKE
- KAWED
- HOWKS
- TWANK
- BAWKS
- MAWKS
- CAWKS
- WHILK
- PAWKS
- WEKAS
- WAUKS
- AWKIN
- MAWKY
- GOWKS
- SKAWS
- PROWK
- EWKED
- RAWKS
- AWORK
- PAWKY
- WAULK
- LAWKS
- KWINK
- DAWKS
- TWIRK
- WHEEK
- KNAWE
- KWELA
- KOTOW
- RIKWA
- KNOWD
- QUAWK
- SNOWK
- WELKT
- KWIRL
- KAWAU
- WAKFS
- YAKOW
- WOKKA
- KOIWI
- KWAAI
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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.