5-Letter Words Containing L and W
There are 216 five-letter words containing L and W, including 43 common puzzle answers. These are the words with the letters L 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 L 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.
- WOULD Used to indicate a conditional or hypothetical action or state
- WORLD The earth and all the people and things on it
- WHILE A period of time; also, during the time that
- WHOLE Complete with all parts included
- LOWER To move something or somebody to a lower position
- BELOW In or to a lower place or position
- ALLOW Make it possible through a specific action for something to happen
- WHEEL A circular frame that rotates on an axle, used in vehicles and machines
- AWFUL Very bad or unpleasant
- NEWLY Very recently
- BLOWN Past participle of blow; moved or shaped by air
- WHALE A very large marine mammal with a streamlined body and a blowhole
More Common Puzzle Answers
- TOWEL
- CLOWN
- ELBOW
- FLOWN
- CRAWL
- JEWEL
- SWELL
- DWELL
- BRAWL
- WALTZ
- VOWEL
- LOWLY
- WIELD
- SHAWL
- SWIRL
- GROWL
- WHIRL
- PROWL
- TWIRL
- TWILL
- TRAWL
- DWELT
- BYLAW
- WHORL
- SCOWL
- WHELP
- DRAWL
- WRYLY
- DOWEL
- SWILL
Show all 43 common puzzle answers All 43 common puzzle answers
- AGLOW
Narrow These Words
Add what else you know. The TurnWord Advanced Finder opens with this list's letters already in place, where you can mark letters green, yellow or gray and sort by fewest words left.
Useful Pattern Information
- Most common first letter: W (33%), L (11%), S (11%)
- Most common last letter: S (31%), L (21%), Y (10%)
- Most common additional vowel: A, in 39% of these words
- L is most often the fourth letter (37%)
- W is most often the first letter (33%)
- Letters that most often appear alongside: S, A, O, E, I
- Most have 1 vowel (55%)
- 21% contain a repeated letter
- 43 of the 216 are common puzzle answers (20%)
Other Valid Words
173 additional dictionary words contain both L and W — valid guesses, though rarely answers. Most common first.
- WALLS
- WALES
- WALKS
- WELLS
- WELSH
- FLOWS
- BLOWS
- FLAWS
- BOWLS
- WILLS
- CLAWS
- BOWEL
- WALLY
- SLOWS
- WELCH
- LOWRY
- WALDO
- LAWNS
- GLOWS
- WALLA
- WILDS
- HOWLS
- WILES
- LOWES
- PLOWS
- WELDS
- ALWAY
- WILCO
- WOOLY
- WAILS
Show all 173 words All 173 words
- SWOLE
- WILTS
- WEALD
- WELTS
- FLOWY
- WELLY
- FOWLS
- SWALE
- NAWAL
- LOWEN
- OWLER
- WOLFS
- WHEAL
- GLOWY
- JOWLS
- WOOLS
- MALWA
- HALWA
- WOLDS
- WHELK
- NEWEL
- OWLET
- WEDEL
- COWLS
- CLEWS
- BLOWY
- BAWLS
- ABLOW
- WOLLY
- SWOLL
- WELKE
- WYLES
- LOWED
- COWAL
- JOWLY
- LOWAN
- WANLY
- WETLY
- WALIS
- LAWER
- LOWTH
- RAWLY
- CROWL
- SWAIL
- CHAWL
- WHELM
- SEWEL
- TWEEL
- ROWEL
- YOWLS
- PLEWS
- PAWLS
- WALER
- WILIS
- MAWLA
- SLEWS
- YAWLS
- WOLVE
- SOWLE
- LOWNE
- WILGA
- WALED
- WILED
- SWALY
- WALIE
- ALOWE
- LAWED
- WEALS
- LAWIN
- SWILE
- CLOWS
- WALTY
- WIELS
- WALDS
- BLAWS
- LOWNS
- LOWND
- ALEWS
- FLEWS
- OWLED
- WEELS
- TWALS
- WAULS
- PILOW
- WANLE
- DWALE
- SWEAL
- WELKS
- DOWLY
- LOWSE
- DOWLE
- BLAWN
- TEWEL
- WOOLD
- SLAWS
- SOWLS
- WEILS
- THOWL
- DOWLS
- FLAWN
- DWILE
- PILAW
- AWOLS
- WOALD
- SWELT
- WYLED
- GOWLS
- WAWLS
- FLAWY
- MEWLS
- POWLT
- SWEEL
- LAWNY
- WHILK
- LOWTS
- AWEEL
- TWILT
- WOFUL
- LAWSY
- AFLOW
- NOWLS
- SPAWL
- LIWAS
- WAULK
- LAWKS
- PLOWT
- SWAYL
- WULLS
- FULWA
- WRAWL
- KWELA
- LOWPS
- AWDLS
- LWEIS
- DWALM
- WELKT
- SWOLN
- UNLAW
- WILJA
- KWIRL
- DWAAL
- HWYLS
- LIWAA
Related Searches
Playing a word game?
Get your next guess from the Word Solver.
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.