5-Letter Words Containing M and W
There are 66 five-letter words containing M and W, including 8 common puzzle answers. These are the words with the letters M 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 M 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.
- WOMEN Adult female persons
- WOMAN An adult female human
- SWAMP Low-lying wetland area with water and dense vegetation
- SWARM A large group of things or people moving together
- MOWER A garden tool for mowing grass on lawns
- SWAMI A Hindu religious teacher or spiritual leader
- WIMPY Weak and ineffectual
- MACAW A large, brightly colored parrot with a long tail from Central or South America
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Useful Pattern Information
- Most common first letter: W (36%), M (29%), S (14%)
- Most common last letter: S (36%), Y (11%), W (11%)
- Most common additional vowel: A, in 55% of these words
- M is most often the fourth letter (30%)
- W is most often the first letter (36%)
- Letters that most often appear alongside: A, S, O, E, R
- Most have 1 vowel (52%)
- 20% contain a repeated letter
- 8 of the 66 are common puzzle answers (12%)
Other Valid Words
58 additional dictionary words contain both M and W — valid guesses, though rarely answers. Most common first.
- WORMS
- WARMS
- SWIMS
- WHIMS
- MOWED
- SWAMY
- WIMPS
- MEOWS
- WEEMS
- WOMBS
- WORMY
- MALWA
- WHOMP
- MIAOW
- WOMYN
- WHUMP
- WHELM
- SHAWM
- MEWED
- MAWLA
- WAMES
- WAMED
- MOWAS
- MAWED
- WAMUS
- WOMAS
- MOWIE
- WHAMS
- MAWNS
- MAWRS
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- WHAMO
- WASMS
- MOWRA
- WEMBS
- WOMBY
- MEWLS
- SMEWS
- MAWKS
- DWAMS
- ROWME
- MAWKY
- DWAMY
- WEAMB
- ASWIM
- AMOWT
- EMBOW
- SOWMS
- HAWMS
- SMOWT
- DWAUM
- MAWPS
- MAHWA
- IMMEW
- DWALM
- EMMEW
- ENMEW
- UNMEW
- AWMRY
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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.